I wouldn't be using OS X on that machine as 10.3.9 is not accessible for the visually impaired user. I would be wiping the current install of VINUX (linux) on that machine in favor of a properly working openBSD with a working X11+Gnome+ORCA setup.
I will have to arrange a time with you to do this. I will be out on a tandem ride tomorrow for my weekly training regimen for the upcoming Tour De' Hero metric century Bicycle event (if you have to ask why a blind person is riding a bike, its a tandem and I am the stoker). I should be around tomorrow after 3 PM Arizona time (GMT -7) (6 PM EST). my Skype name is technomage-hawke. feel free to add me and when I get back, I'll check and return the friend request. until then... -Eric On Jan 21, 2011, at 9:29 PM, Super Bisquit wrote: > I need to let the laptop charge up since it is the only active x86 > machine I have here to put skype on. If you are going to use OpenBSD > along with MacOSX, then you need to follow the link about using disk > utility. I do not have any Mac systems installed on any of my > machines. > > Give me a reply, let me know what hours you will be up, and I will be > sure that I am here at my place. > Eastern Standard Time on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. > I'll be ready to start when you need on Saturday after 7:00 AM here. > > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Eric Oyen <eric.o...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I appreciate the help. I already have VINUX on there (debian based). However, I am having problems with the DBUS system where its udisks-deamon program would start taking more cpu until the system would become completely unresponsive. this would happen after a random amount of time from startup. >> >> I've used openbsd on an old and machine as a firewall, so basic startup isn't that hard. getting speech to work though I have never tried with this OS though. >> >> I can setup a webcam and operate via Skype on my OS X machine here. >> let me know how you want to proceed here. >> >> -Eric >> >> On Jan 21, 2011, at 6:03 PM, Super Bisquit wrote: >> >>> I'm willing to work with him through this one. >>> Once he sets it up, it should be good. I can also do a FreeBSD and Debian >>> walk through. >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Joel Rees <joel_r...@sannet.ne.jp> wrote: >>> >>>> On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:48:13 -0500 >>>> Super Bisquit <superbisq...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Before someone boos or flames me for the next statement, please read what >>>>> the man is asking and what he requires. >>>> >>>> I don't think we'll see any flames or boos on this one. >>>> >>>> OpenBSD is not going to be easy for a man with limited eyesight to keep >>>> running. >>>> >>>> I'd suggest the Vine derivative of Debian, except that most of the >>>> support for that is in Japanese. (Great for my kids, maybe, but their >>>> mother tongue is Japanese.) Also, I haven't cleared Fedora 12 off that >>>> iBook, yet, so I haven't really tried it myself yet, either. >>>> >>>> (I'm busy trying to move my personal web server from on old Mac OS to >>>> openbsd.) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Joel Rees <joel_r...@sannet.ne.jp>
