Re: [Support] [orca-list] sonar bersion based off of debian sid and wheezy
Dave you should go under preffered applications. You can change the
browser and mail client there.
On 12/26/2012 04:27 PM, Dave Hunt wrote:
> Hi,
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> I see that Firefox and Thunderbird are installed, and thank you for
> that. I tried to set some keyboard shortcuts, like 'ctrl+alt+b' to
> launch the default browser. This didn't work. Next, I went to
> 'details' in GNOME Control Center, and discovered that there is no
> default browser defined, and mutt is defined for mail, with no way to
> change this default to thunderbird or set anything as default browser.
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> Cheers,
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> Dave Hunt
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> On 12/26/2012 02:31 PM, Jonathan Nadeau wrote:
>> Sadly I didnt' have these problems after installing. everything worked
>> fine for me on both versions. Oh also I forgot to let people know that
>> firefox and thunderbird are installed.
>>
>> On 12/26/2012 10:57 AM, Dave Hunt wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I gave the Sid version a spin, and find that it is the expected GNOME
>>> 3.4.2 experience, with speech and audio starting at boot-up; very
>>> nice! The volume and mute toggle shortcuts work, though I'd move them
>>> in an installation to hard drive. My wifi would not connect to any of
>>> the networks, though about 10 get listed in the menus; I tried one
>>> secured and one open. For the secured, I was never prompted for the
>>> key; the open just didn't connect. When exploring the GNOME control
>>> center with the arrow keys, I found that I could not interrupt Orca's
>>> speech. I plan to play with this a little more on a wired network
>>> connection.
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>>> Cheers,
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>>> Dave H.
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>>> On 12/23/2012 09:04 AM, Jonathan Nadeau wrote:
>>>> Hello list,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There is a new version of Sonar now based off of Debian-Wheezy and
>>>> also
>>>> Debian-Sid. I only made the 32 bit version but they are both using
>>>> a pae
>>>> kernel so it will notice ore than 4 GB. Of ram. Here is a link to the
>>>> download.
>>>>
>>>> Also below are instructions for installing the sonar based Debian the
>>>> install is accessible but some of the fields don't read what you are
>>>> filling in or what you are saying yes or no to. I will have these
>>>> instructions on the sonar-project.org website at some point today.
>>>>
>>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/sonargnulinux/files/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Before you start the install you will want to start the orca
>>>> preferences
>>>> and choose your keyboard layout.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Now press the windows key and type in the word live. This will
>>>> bring up
>>>> the installer.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Then it says that the installer itself will use english and you choose
>>>> yes or no. After you tab to yes then press the spacebar.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Next you will choose extra locals to be installed. If you just want 1
>>>> language installed you can just press tab to next and press the
>>>> spacebar.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> After this you will choose the default local for the installation.
>>>> Arrow
>>>> through the choices and then tab to next and press the spacebar.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Now you will configure the keyboard configuaration. If you are using a
>>>> u.s. Keyboard you can press tab to next and then press the spacebar.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Next is setting up the keyboard layout. The default is u.s. Again
>>>> if you
>>>> are using a u.s. Keyboard you can press tab and then the spacebar.
>>>> During this point of the installer you will have the option to set up
>>>> the kill x by pressing control, Alt and backspace. You will see this
>>>> option as you are tabbing through the menu. If you would like this
>>>> option just press the spacebar to check the box.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Next is creating your partition. Here it says if you already have your
>>>> partition set up you can press quit and you will quit gparted. Or
>>>> if you
>>>> don't have any partitions set up yet you can press continue to open
>>>> gparted and start your partitioning.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You will arrow down and it will show your HDD. Here you will press
>>>> enter
>>>> to choose your HDD.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Now you will arrow donw and it will show 3 partitions if you already
>>>> have been running a Gnu/Linux operating system. The first partition
>>>> should be the largest and this is the one you will want to format.
>>>> Here
>>>> you will right click on this and arrow down to format. Press the right
>>>> arrow over and select the file system you would like to format your
>>>> partiton in. I recommend either x3 or x4. Now press enter to choose
>>>> your
>>>> file format. Then tab or arrow until you see apply and press the
>>>> spacebar. Then it will ask if you are sure that you want to format and
>>>> press apply again to continue. This will take a few moments to format
>>>> your HDD.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> After formatting you will want to tab and then press close. Now press
>>>> control q to quit gparted.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Arrow down until you see your hDD which will be labeled as sda.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Arrow down again and Then you will choose sda again.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Arrow down and Here you will choose your file system again either
>>>> choose
>>>> x3 or x4 and press the spacebar.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You will arrown down and it will ask if you want root on home
>>>> partition
>>>> this is the only choice so press the spacebar.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here the first text box is to enter your root passward.
>>>>
>>>> The next text box is to reenter your root password.
>>>>
>>>> Next is to choose the full username.
>>>>
>>>> Now you will choose the name of the user to create.
>>>>
>>>> Here enter the password for the user it must be different from the
>>>> root
>>>> password.
>>>>
>>>> You will enter your username password again here.
>>>>
>>>> The last text box is to choose the host name of the computer.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Now it will be asking where do you want to place the master boot
>>>> record.
>>>> It is set to mbr by default. Then you can press the spacebar.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Now it says that your system clock is set to your local time.
>>>> Answering
>>>> no will set it to UTC. So choose yes or no and then press enter.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Now you will arrow throught the time zones and choose one and then
>>>> press
>>>> the spacebar.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It will ask if you want to continue and you will press yes or no with
>>>> the arrow key and then press the spacebar on your choice.
>>>>
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>>>> Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
>>>> The manual is at
>>>> http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
>>>> The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
>>>> Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
>>>> Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
>>>>
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