I am using Orca, actually. When I press alt-control-F2, F3, etc. the speech disappears for a while. Then it comes back and says I'm on the desktop, but the Braille terminal shows a shell prompt. The VM is completely unresponsive at the moment.
> On Jul 2, 2016, at 10:32 PM, Dave Mielke <d...@mielke.cc> wrote: > > [quoted lines by Amanda Lacy on 2016/07/02 at 22:16 -0500] > >> I'm using a Vinux VM on my Mac. BRLTTY displays the message in the >> subject line instead of what's on the screen. How do I fix it? > > Brltty shows "screen not in text mode" when your system is switched to a > graphical console and a graphical screen reader (like Orca) isn't running. In > your case, my guess is that your system is booting to an X console. I suspect > that what you need to do is to switch to a text console. > > Linux systems usually boot to tty1, so my guess is that your system defines > its > consoles such that X is on tty1, and that tty2 through (maybe) tty6 are text > consoles. To switch to a different console, you need to hold both Control and > Left Alt while pressing the associated Function key. So, in your case, you'd > probably need to hold both Control and Left Alt while pressing F2. I'm not > sure > if, on a Mac-hosted virtual machine, you can do that directly if if the key > combination is a bit different. > > -- > Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | The Bible is the very Word of God. > Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | http://Mielke.cc/bible/ > EMail: d...@mielke.cc | Canada K2A 1H7 | http://FamilyRadio.org/ > _______________________________________________ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc > For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
