Theo,
Don't you just love it when folks ask questions they already know the answers
to?
Still, FUSE is a wonderful idea. It certainly would make OpenBSD more versatile
(and even allow it to wend its way further into both the user and corporate
market segments.
anyway, hope you are having a ni
Did I say that it had to be run today? Funny, I only remember remarking that
its a wonderful idea.
As for my being an idiot, the jury is still out on that one. :) I know that
this is your way to motivate others into doing for themselves. There are better
ways to do this, but you are you and I a
Inquiring minds want to know…. Please cite the sources for your assertions
(including links to actual sources and documents).
In all honesty, it sounds like you have a personal problem with the man himself.
As for OpenBSD, I've found it to be a hell of a lot more secure than most of
the other O
the blind zone.
This is what I mean by sighted assistance. So right now, if I can't do it
myself, whats the point?
-eric
On Jul 4, 2013, at 10:09 PM, openda...@hushmail.com wrote:
> On 5. juli 2013 at 4:59 AM, "eric oyen" wrote:
>>
>> My only problem (and it
what hardware? my laptop machine. also, its new enough that the only serial it
has is USB (which, as far as I know, doesn't support sserial redirection). I
also have a desktop machine and its new enough not to have any classic serial
ports either. so, no redirection there either.
and since there is
openbsd where everything worked during
> install? If so, you can point that out to Alexander Hall who is one of those
> who commit to the installer.
>
> On Sat, 6 Jul 2013 19:43:07 -0700
> eric oyen wrote:
>
>> what hardware? my laptop machine. also, its new enough that
for X: GTK DM (gnome 3, fvwm or XFCE with ORCA (this for the X desktop) after
installation.
EMACSpeak for the CLI at system start.
I am not sure what packages would be available that could send data to the USB
port for a plug in braille display device. I may have to look around and see
whats availa
USB stick might be easier
> for you, but in terms of the least effort overall to get something
> that works, the console redirection might be easier overall, since
> building and maintaining an all-singing, all-dancing USB stick
> installer with all that good stuff included (and vetted for
&g
I wouldn't say he is a pro. It sounds more like some script kiddie with a
better than normal script.
in any case, its time to nip this in the bud before it becomes a full blown
weed.
-eric
On Jul 11, 2013, at 10:22 AM, Jack Woehr wrote:
> Notice that "Thomas" is also "Jash" of the "OpenBSD Do
well,
Twitter does have its useful purposes. There is plenty of information on there
of a technical nature. The major problem is just filtering out all the noise.
Unfortunately, the idiots know about twitter and try to use it to their
advantage. SOmetimes that works, and other times it backfires
raging about it only makes you look defensive. If someone accuses you of lying,
ask them to present real facts to back up the assertion. If they can't, then
you don't have to do a thing (they are already made foolish enough). Besides,
anyone who really knows you will dismiss the accusations wit
I am currently at the colorado center for the blind in littleton colorado. I
fly back on december 19.
I still have the place in phoenix though I might not be back there until may.
just going back for christmas vacation.
-eric
twitter: n7zzt
Facebook: eric.oyen
Skype: technomage-hawke
On Dec
There are actually rather a few of us. I have a fairly large IT skillset, but
haven't had the opportunity to use them in some time.
ALso, I am virtually the only blind user of OpenBSD that I know of (use a
remote login as some tools won't work directly from console). I won't harp on
that point
geez! there are better technologies out here. SUre, if a technology works for
20 years, then go with it. However, there are loads faster ways (and a lot more
secure too). Why not use bit torrent? Its fast, reliable and really only needs
a half dozen seeds at various places across the net . THe p
like any other population, we have our parrots, non-thinkers, OCD, Bi-polar,
stupid or the otherwise normal. we also have more than a few extremely
intelligent people.
one thing I have noticed (because I also suffer from it) is that more
intelligent you are, the worse your interpersonal skills ten
ate.
>
> On Dec 1, 2011 5:58 PM, "Eric Oyen" wrote:
> like any other population, we have our parrots, non-thinkers, OCD,
Bi-polar,
> stupid or the otherwise normal. we also have more than a few extremely
> intelligent people.
>
> one thing I have noticed (because I
Super Biscuit wrote:
> Mr. Eric Oyen is blind. He cannot see the keyboard and makes occasional
mistakes. Had you ever read or subscribed to the OpenBSD powerpc mailing
lists, you would know this.
even given the right dependencies (one would think
novell would make a more robust production ready OS).
anyway... life goes on.
-eric
On Dec 5, 2011, at 11:53 PM, Tomas Bodzar wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 4:13 AM, Eric Oyen wrote:
>> easy there pardoner! :)
>>
>> I th
hello group.
I have an interesting (and fairly technical) question.
the question is: how can I forward the install screen via ssh to another
machine on my network? I ask this because I didn't see any specific
instructions that applied. my issue right now is that I need a sighted
assistant to read
ost) is
> one of those remote management cards. Sun had a LOM card that you
> could SSH to, and then access a console from it...
>
> I think you can get one of those PC Weasel cards, but there really
expensive.
>
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 19:16, Russell Garrison
> wrote:
&
On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 21:54 -0700, Eric Oyen wrote:
>> no kidding about the expensive part. a stand alone unit (designed for a
pci-e
>> or pci-x slot) can be generally more expensive than purchasing a server
grade
>> motherboard with an associated daughter board management device. T
well, until *YOU* responded to it, it had pretty much died.
also, not all in this thread was pointless. I did learn a few new things and
managed to get some other (BSD related) questions answered.
-eric
On Dec 7, 2011, at 9:53 PM, Ariane van der Steldt wrote:
> Just give up on this thread. It's
thanks for the info. I tried looking that up in google and got so many hits of
a non-relivant nature that I gave up on it.
-eric
On Dec 8, 2011, at 1:27 AM, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2011-12-07, Eric Oyen wrote:
>> hello group.
>>
>> I have an interesting (and fairl
On 2011-12-07 20.47, Eric Oyen wrote:
>> the question is: how can I forward the install screen via ssh to another
>> machine on my network? I ask this because I didn't see any specific
>> instructions that applied. my issue right now is that I need a sighted
>> assistan
oh yeah. forgot about those. I had one on an old firewall box. unfortunately,
it was the old ISA bus and all my current machines are pci-e.
thanks for the reminder.
-eric
On Dec 10, 2011, at 10:15 PM, Corey wrote:
> On 12/07/2011 01:47 PM, Eric Oyen wrote:
>> hello group.
>&g
that is sage advice for any of us.
I, myself got more than a little help here and got some good suggestions
(including some hardware I forgot about). I think next month, I will get a
framegrabber device with built-in ethernet port and can also manage BIOS and
PCU tasks).
reading never hurts and i
hello fellow BSD'ers. I recently got some good news. it seems that I have been
accepted into a formal training program at the Colorado Center for the Blind.
this is a year long stint with Independent living skills, mobility training
and computer skills training (using Jaws and windows 7, though the
looks like someone either got onto a spam list or their machine is infected...
oh joy!
On Jan 16, 2012, at 10:14 AM, Software Press wrote:
> This is the confirmation email. To confirm your email address and to
activate on our mailing list click the link:
the sound is quite good. not quite as hard as KMFDM can get, but a good tune
for what most of us are. Some other good material would include Jefferson
Airplane, Cream, Black Sabbath, Rush and Kiss.
Btw, How did you ever get KMFDM to come on board with this?
-eric
On Mar 23, 2012, at 3:07 PM, The
ah. I see. :) anyway, sounds pretty good from here. I may have to set aside
some funds next month, buy a package of the latest OpenBSD and also the cd
mix.
the only other thing I need to do is setup the scripting I will need to allow
an unattended installation and software setup for the blind.
an
there is a project that you can install an embedded version of openbsd on. its
called the routerboard project. no need for power sapping drives, big screens
and all that junk.
I don't have the site on hand, but it is out there.
-eric
On Apr 16, 2012, at 11:58 PM, Marcin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am
hello everyone.
I was thinking that if we had a live image (A full running system) with an
installer, we could have easier installations for the blind (and others as
well). Now, some systems have the ability to port the screen to a local serial
port (these are getting rare in modern commodity syst
, 2012, at 7:53 PM, Weldon Goree wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-05-11 at 18:47 -0700, Eric Oyen wrote:
>
>> I was thinking that if we had a live image (A full running system) with an
>> installer, we could have easier installations for the blind (and others as
>> well).
>
> Li
e glorious to be able to interface in a way thought possible.
I wish I could be able to plug right into my brain and show what it has been
missing.
as for my feat: I installed and hop it works.4.5 openbsd
On May 12, 2012, at 2:58 AM, Andri wrote:
> 2012/5/12 Eric Oyen
>
> >
ok,
thats a bunch of information. However, for me, its the same as rocket science
as I am totally blind and would require sighted assistance just to get it to
either install a network card, or port to USB/Serial. Unlike the rest of you,
using a computer with little or no accessibility on boot-up i
:
> Hi
>
> "LiveCD" on the unofficial openbsd :
>
> http://livecd-openbsd.sourceforge.net/
>
> http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/?en/LiveCD
>
>
>
> 2012/5/12, Eric Oyen :
>> hello everyone.
>>
>> I was thinking that if we had a live image (A fu
aired individuals.
those are some of the big suggestions. frames don't have to be used, but they
do make organizing the web site a damned sight easier.
-eric
On May 14, 2012, at 6:28 AM, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
> On Sun, 13 May 2012 18:17:10 -0700
> Eric Oyen wrote:
>
>> there are
is it me or does there seem to be a lot more spam on the lists of late?
-eric
On Jul 26, 2012, at 9:36 AM, Jan Izary wrote:
> Learn H0w T0 Earn M0ney 0nline N0w
>
well, I am wondering what packages I can use to edit man pages. also, I may
have to change how a man page would be laid out because my screen reader (both
in linux and OS X) seem to have trouble handling the change in content when I
navigate through a man page in a terminal session.
There was a we
12, at 11:34 AM, bert wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:54:25AM -0700, Eric Oyen wrote:
>> well, I am wondering what packages I can use to edit man pages. also, I
may
>
> What's your favorite text editor?
>
>> have to change how a man page would be laid out because my sc
the suggestions.
-eric
On Jul 26, 2012, at 12:14 PM, Ted Unangst wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:54, Eric Oyen wrote:
>> well, I am wondering what packages I can use to edit man pages. also, I
may
>> have to change how a man page would be laid out because my screen reader
>&
, 2012, at 12:18 PM, Ted Unangst wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:44, Eric Oyen wrote:
>> is it me or does there seem to be a lot more spam on the lists of late?
>
> There's a spam filter, sometimes it works, sometimes not so much. You
> should probably be running yo
ul 26, 2012, at 12:48 PM, Jack Woehr wrote:
> Eric Oyen wrote:
>> I mentioned being blind.
>
> So overall how is OBSD when one is a blind user?
>
> --
> Jack Woehr # "We commonly say we have no time when,
> Box 51, Golden CO 80402 # of cours
t work for you, please let us know.
>
>
> On 2012 Jul 26 (Thu) at 13:23:27 -0700 (-0700), Eric Oyen wrote:
> :well,
> :
> :its pretty good in a remote session. I tried installing an X screen reader
> :from ports and was met with a number of unsatisfied dependencies. that was
&g
On Jul 26, 2012, at 11:24 AM, Weldon Goree wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-07-26 at 10:54 -0700, Eric Oyen wrote:
>> well, I am wondering what packages I can use to edit man pages.
>
> The pages themselves are marked-up text; just use a text editor. Note
> that OpenBSD doesn't use grof
asier with braille. however, since
I don't know braille well enough, that is outside the point of the topic (for
now).
-eric
On Jul 26, 2012, at 7:22 PM, Ted Unangst wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 17:27, Eric Oyen wrote:
>> man,
>> the format of that page is ugly to liste
easy would be to teach your screen reader to mdoc(7) and man(7) formats.
This will do it best as you'll have hyperlinks and other stuff the way you
want.
>
> ... And for now going with MANPAGER and /etc/man.conf will be your best
option, I think.
>
> 27.07.2012 4:33 пользователь "
graphical.
thanks for shortening those links for me.
also, I corrected my email so that it should send from here in the future.
-eric
On Jul 27, 2012, at 8:25 AM, ropers wrote:
> On 27 July 2012 14:50, Eric Oyen wrote:
>> a braille API that works in Linux and all flavors of BSD:
>
h! that explains a lot. now I know where to go. :)
On Jul 27, 2012, at 8:38 AM, Ted Unangst wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 15:27, ropers wrote:
>> On 27 July 2012 14:50, Eric Oyen wrote:
>>> I need to use something that supports DOC 7?
>>
>> What is DO
at is something to consider.
-eric
On Jul 27, 2012, at 9:14 AM, Dennis Davis wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2012, ropers wrote:
>
>> From: ropers
>> To: Eric Oyen
>> Cc: misc
>> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:25:14
>> Subject: Re: man page contents [was: Re: C**.o
a lot of people get sucked into the scareware (al la cleanmypc, macdefender,
etc.). most of them don't understand (or want to) how their machines operate.
to them, its a black box. Usually, they just install anything that sounds
zippy to them and then end up spending lots of money to get back to
JC,
thanks for the information. certainly food for thought. its too bad there is
no way to convert back from html. that would make life a lot easier for some
of us who can code there (not me). still, having options for conversion from
the new man format to css, html, pdf and others is very nice ind
they can't
handle it, the n they need to sell off the machine and start collecting books.
until they do, I continue to make a small amount of money over their panic.
-eric
On Jul 28, 2012, at 2:56 AM, Florenz Kley wrote:
> On 28 Jul 2012, at 00:03, Eric Oyen wrote:
>> (though
it may be drifting a bit. I like fvwm and xfce for their ability to interface
well with ORCA screen reader. the nice thing about them is their low resources
foot print.
anyway, I think the scareware thread has died.
-eric
On Jul 28, 2012, at 7:27 AM, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>> The reason I often
braille display devices are available. unfortunately, they often cost well
into the mid thousands and most of us blind folks cannot afford that essential
technology.
as for driver support, that is still entirely up to the hardware vendor to
provide either the API or communications protocols for th
the problem is that they are so expensive. in fact, anything that is marketed
to the blind gets some cost boost because the manufacturers claim its a niche
market (I don't call 26 million people a niche market). there is also the
problem that these same manufacturers use government contracting as a
oh yeah. thermoform paper. the problem is that any heat tended to permanently
deform it. it did produce some nice sharp braille.
the other thing which works well for storing long term braille (like an index
card) is the plastic backing out of bacon packages. that stuff is heavy enough
that braille
it and you get braille tty.
>
> On Sun, 29 Jul 2012, ropers wrote:
>
>> On 29 July 2012 02:48, Eric Oyen wrote:
>>> the old steel perkiness brailler
>>
>> For the record: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perkins_Brailler
remains).
-eric
On Jul 29, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> Eric Oyen wrote on Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 07:57:59AM -0700:
>
>> its too bad there is no way to convert back from html.
>
> That wouldn't be impossible to write; but it would be an awful
&
more
than 10,000 pages a month in braille and they need servicing on as often a
basis. 120 pound bond paper is rather hard on the print heads they use (and
its the only stuff that will reasonably hold braille).
-eric
On Jul 29, 2012, at 2:56 PM, Jack Woehr wrote:
> Eric Oyen wrote:
>>
ription bottles, canned
food, etc. not exactly useful for full sized sheets. their bigger cousins are
still only used by a printing house (where the cost per sheet can be
minimized).
-eric
On Jul 29, 2012, at 7:13 PM, Jack Woehr wrote:
> Eric Oyen wrote:
>> 120 pound bond paper is
I can't speak for the rest of you, but I think this thing should be put to bed
now.
-eric
On Jul 30, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Hugo Osvaldo Barrera wrote:
> On 2012-07-27 15:41, Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 05:36:38PM +1000, David Diggles wrote:
>>> The calomel pheno
I happen to be one of the end users of OpenBSD and read this (and the other
related) list and I have not seen much in the way of the behavior you are
describing. Granted, Theo has his preferred methods when it comes to
developing and reviewing code for the OS and utilities.
The only response I hav
I haven't been around here long enough, but having a list, even if it isn't
currently used a lot isn't a bad thing. The fact that there isn't a lot of
security holes in OpenBSD is a testament to how good a job the devs are doing.
unfortunately, there are louts on every mailing list (even here). It
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