which Ubuntu

2021-06-16 Thread K0LNY
Hi All, I'm going to put Ubuntu in my windows in my VmWare. I had Ubuntu 18X in VmWare on my previous Win7 install., this is a clean install of windows, so I thought I'd go with a newer Ubuntu. Sounds like there has been some problems with one of the newer Ubuntu installs, I don't recall if it w

Re: fenrir screen-reader

2021-07-22 Thread K0LNY
Is it really Fenrir you want, or RH Voices? Glenn - Original Message - From: "Daniel Crone" To: Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2021 11:58 PM Subject: fenrir screen-reader I would like to hear from anyone about whether it is possibleto install fenrir on ubuntu 20.04. -- Ubuntu-accessi

difference in WI-FI between Ubuntu and windows

2020-03-20 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi All, Maybe someone might shed some light on the difference and possible reasons for this situation. I have an Intel NUC 5PPYH, which has 8GB of RAM. I'm running windows 7 professional, and I also use Ubuntu 18.04 on it. It uses an Intel WIFI chip inside and recently in Windows, I have been deal

Asus 901

2020-03-26 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi, I have an old Asus 901 netbook, currently running Ubuntu 10.04. It seems to have issues connecting to WIFI. At any rate, I thought I'd update it to 16.04 or newer, but when I try booting to live images of 16 or 18, it looks like it booted, but there is no audio, that is, I cannot bring up Orc

loss of Internet Access on Ubuntu 10.04

2020-03-31 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi, I'm going to see if I can just upgrade this Ubuntu 10.04 on the Asus netbook. I cannot seem to get WIFI on it, so I plugged it directly into my router via Ethernet cable, and it still does not access any web pages using FF. I checked to ensure the "work off line" was not checked. So I'm wonder

Fw: loss of Internet Access on Ubuntu 10.04

2020-03-31 Thread Glenn K0LNY
them do nothing. ifconfig did not show any IP address. Thanks for any assistance. Glenn - Original Message - From: Glenn K0LNY To: Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 3:37 PM Subject: loss of Internet Access on Ubuntu 10.04 Hi, I'm going to see if

Fw: Fw: loss of Internet Access on Ubuntu 10.04

2020-03-31 Thread Glenn K0LNY
progress. Glenn - Original Message - From: "Jude DaShiell" To: "Glenn K0LNY" Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 6:51 PM Subject: Re: Fw: loss of Internet Access on Ubuntu 10.04 Hi Glenn, In /etc/network-interfaces/network-interfaces.d are sample files for different type netwo

Skywave Ubuntu can't get Orca Going

2020-04-03 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi All, Hoping you can help me get this talking. I downloaded a version of Ubuntu Mate with SDR software preinstalled, along with Internet radio stuff. It looks like it should work well for the Nooelec SDR dongle I just got. It's called Skywave Linux. Anyway, I have not been able to get Orca or

Ubuntu Mate 14.10

2020-04-04 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi All, Because it is no longer supported, I cannot get this from the Ubuntu site, as far as I can tell. So does anyone have this where I can download it? I would like to start with that on my older Asus 701 netbook. I had a Ubuntu Gnome 11.04 ISO that I installed, but that is all I have around h

installing espeakup

2020-04-08 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi, I keep trying different distros on this netbook, an Asus 701 with little success. I did get Ubuntu 11.04 working with Orca. I want to try something newer, so I downloaded Ubuntu Server 14.10, and it will come without the GUI. So if I can get it talking with eSpeakup, I will try to install Mat

Can't Seem To Get Orca Going

2020-04-09 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi All, Has anyone ever been able to get Orca going on a Ubuntu based distro where Orca does not work out of the box? One I really want to get going is called Skywave Linux. https://skywavelinux.com/ A description from their page is below. I have tried rewriting the ISO several times, in case I br

Ubuntu Mate

2020-04-11 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi, I downloaded Ubuntu 16.10 from Ubuntu.com and it booted to Unity. The problem with that is that I cannot get to any of the system Internet and Networks to connect to my WIFI. I thought that Mate came starting with 16. Unity is awful. If I cannot find 16.10 Mate, how am I supposed to connect to

Found out why I can't install anything past Ubuntu 11 on this netbook

2020-04-12 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi All, I've seen the PAE error message on the Ubuntu server and Arch installs when someone read the screen for me, and I just watched a Youtube that describes how to get around the error. It seems that almost all Intel processors after 2000 were made with PAE (physical Address Extension). https

bad sources.list file

2020-04-14 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi, I keep getting an error that line 55 in my sources.list file is bad. I can't update anything or get updates. Ubuntu 11.10 I wonder if someone here who knows more about this can contact me off-list and look for a problem in my sources.list file. And if I can use someone else's, please send me a

Re: Ubuntu 20.04

2020-05-05 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi, If you want Orca during an install, you should not select install from the boot options. I'm guessing that is what happened when you pressed F12. Most computers any more, especially one that can run Ubuntu 2020, would not need F12 to select the boot device. It is older computers that didn't a

Re: maybe off topic but how do I setup orca on a flash drive

2020-05-07 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi Don, I use Universal USB Installer. It offers to make a persistence file. I have read that one should always make a persistence file within 512 MB ranges, like 512, 1024, 2048, etc. Here's a link: https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/ Glenn - Original Message

Latest Ubuntu For a CD

2020-05-11 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi, I want to install Ubuntu on a computer with 512 mb of RAM, and it only has a CD drive. I think Ubuntu 16 is probably the latest version that will run on that amount of RAM. But the ISO will only fit on a DVD, and this drive only has a CD drive, and the BIOS or boot options don't recognize a

Re: sound with h d m i

2020-05-18 Thread Glenn K0LNY
I use Ubuntu without a monitor, maybe you installed it with a monitor to begin with and now it expects it. Glenn - Original Message - From: "Daniel Crone" To: Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 9:51 AM Subject: sound with h d m i I am using ubuntu 20.4 with a usb sound card and headphones. I

Packet Software

2020-06-18 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi, For all the many years I have been in Ham radio, I have always wanted to try Packet Radio. I just bought a TNC, which is fairly new. My community has a digipeater available too. So I'm wondering if there is packet software that works with Orca that is recommended. Thanks. Glenn -- Ubuntu-acc

Ubuntu-Mate With Orca for the Raspberry PI 4?

2020-07-21 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi, I downloaded a Ubuntu-Mate image, Ubuntu-Mate Buster for the RPI, and I cannot get Orca talking. ubuntu-mate-18.04.2-beta1-desktop-armhf+raspi-ext4.img It is a Raspberry PI 4 with 4GB of RAM. If this is not the right image, could anyone give me a link to Ubuntu-Mate with Orca? Thanks. Glenn--

Re: Ubuntu-Mate With Orca for the Raspberry PI 4?

2020-07-21 Thread Glenn K0LNY
stall sshguard which is highly optimised and well suited for use on the Raspberry Pi to protect from brute force attacks against SSH. - Original Message - From: Glenn K0LNY To: Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 11:41 PM Subject: Ubuntu-Mate With Orca fo

Re: Ubuntu-Mate With Orca for the Raspberry PI 4?

2020-07-22 Thread Glenn K0LNY
2, 2020 3:12 AM Subject: Re: Ubuntu-Mate With Orca for the Raspberry PI 4? Hello, I want to use Ubuntu Mate on my Raspberry Pi 4B 2 GB. I need some link too, i am adding to you, Glenn. Links are wellcomed. Please, have you anybody on the list some link? Best regards Vojta. Glenn K0LNY napsa

Re: Ubuntu-Mate With Orca for the Raspberry PI 4?

2020-07-22 Thread Glenn K0LNY
oops, as I'm looking at it, it reads beta1 also. Glenn - Original Message - From: "Glenn K0LNY" To: ; "Vojtěch šmiro" Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 9:24 AM Subject: Re: Ubuntu-Mate With Orca for the Raspberry PI 4? Try this link: https://ubuntu-mate.org/

Re: Ubuntu-Mate With Orca for the Raspberry PI 4?

2020-07-22 Thread Glenn K0LNY
I just joined the Ubuntu-Mate forum and posted a complaint at: https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/accessibility-for-the-raspberry-pi/22371 Glenn - Original Message - From: "Glenn K0LNY" To: "Glenn K0LNY" ; ; "Vojtěch šmiro" Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 9:

Re: Ubuntu-Mate With Orca for the Raspberry PI 4?

2020-07-22 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Try this page which has a Raspbian download with instructions for the visually impaired: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspberry-pi-os/ Glenn - Original Message - From: "Glenn K0LNY" To: "Glenn K0LNY" ; ; "Vojtěch šmiro" Sent: Wednesday, Jul

Re: Ubuntu-Mate With Orca for the Raspberry PI 4?

2020-07-22 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Here's the page with instructions: https://techesoterica.com/getting-the-orca-screen-reader-working-with-a-raspberry-pi/ Glenn - Original Message - From: "Glenn K0LNY" To: "Glenn K0LNY" ; ; "Vojtěch šmiro" Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 1:37 PM Sub

ubuntu-mate-18.04.4-desktop-i386 silence or no boot

2020-08-07 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi, I've downloaded this twice and I'm having booting to it on a 4GB USB drive. I have no problems using Ubuntu-Mate 16.043 on my computers, but with ubuntu-mate-18.04.4-desktop-i386 I get no audio, and don't hear the speakers pop when booting to it. I'm using an Intel NUC with 8GB of RAM. I beli

Re: ubuntu-mate-18.04.4-desktop-i386 silence or no boot

2020-08-07 Thread Glenn K0LNY
I guess if I knew I was going to have problems with it, I wouldn't have tipped Ubuntu-Mate 10 dollars today. Glenn - Original Message - From: Glenn K0LNY To: Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Friday, August 07, 2020 2:42 PM Subject: ubuntu-mate-18.04.4-desktop-i386 silen

Re: Ubuntu Mate on Raspberry Pi

2020-08-17 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Yeah, I was hoping Paval's steps would work for me too, but they didn't. Those are the right type of steps we need, but perhaps a bit more precise. Glenn - Original Message - From: "Vojtěch šmiro" To: Sent: Monday, August 17, 2020 7:38 AM Subject: Re: Ubuntu Mate on Raspberry Pi Hello

Re: How to switch Libao to Alsa?

2020-08-19 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi Vojta, How did you get Orca talking on the rPI 4? I have a rPI 4 with 4 GB of RAM, and I followed the steps that Paval sent out, but could not get it talking. Thanks for any insights. And Here's something on the reverse of what you want, so these steps may help, I saved this message from Mike

Ubuntu-Mate as Gest OS

2020-09-03 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi All, I'm running windows 7 64, on a computer with 8 GB of RAM. I installed VmWare 15X and then installed Ubuntu 16.043 into VmWare. I gave that 3 GB of RAM. I get no audio, or it is not working at all. I tried Ubuntu 18.043 as well. According to the keyboard commands I found for VmWare, after I

Re: Ubuntu-Mate as Gest OS

2020-09-04 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Yep, that fixed it! I had to enter on show disabled devices, and I went into the properties and enabled it. Thanks. - Original Message - From: Al Puzzuoli To: 'Glenn K0LNY' Sent: Friday, September 04, 2020 1:24 PM Subject: RE: Ubuntu-Mate as Gest OS Hi Glenn, Sometimes,

ubuntu-mate log in automatically

2020-09-04 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi All, I just got Ubuntu Mate 18.0.4.5 installed in VmWare. Usually when installing from a live version, I get the opportunity to set it to log in automatically, but with the VmWare install, I only got to set the username and password. Can anyone inform me how to set this after it is installed?

streaming web page from the CLI

2020-09-09 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi, I have a broadcastify/radio reference account that I use to stream local police and fire, since they are all digital now. I would like to boot to a CLI and interface the web page and stream this. I've been doing this from my main windows computer, but I want to do it with a less powerful comp

Re: streaming web page from the CLI

2020-09-11 Thread Glenn K0LNY
al.rc. I've never done any of this, so bear with me please. Glenn - Original Message - From: "Storm Dragon" To: "Glenn K0LNY" Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2020 2:05 AM Subject: Re: streaming web page from the CLI Howdy Glenn, Mpv may be able to do what you want.

Re: Orca not working with ubuntu-mate-20.10 installer on Live CD?

2020-11-28 Thread Glenn K0LNY
I have found with previous installs, that if you do the quit option when Orca isn't working, and then cancel the quit before actually quitting the install, Orca starts working again. HTH. Glenn - Original Message - From: Al Puzzuoli To: ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Satu

Re: monitor needed with ubuntu

2021-01-11 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi Daniel, The ability to run without a monitor is more a function of the hardware. I'd would guess that all computers since Windows XP can boot without a monitor. One might be able to set the BIOS to require a monitor, but typically by default, all operating systems can boot headless to my knowl

Orca Not Working For Some Reason On Skywave Linux

2021-01-26 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi All, I'm hoping some of you might have some ideas for me to try getting Orca going on Skywave Linux. https://skywavelinux.com/ Skywave Linux is an image of Ubuntu with the mate desktop and i3 window manager, whatever that is. Here's what it reads on that page about that: "Skywave Linux is a 64

dpkg problem using apt

2021-02-06 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi All, I'm running Ubuntu 18 in a VmWare session on this computer, and I tried to install a package that I read from it's web page that it will install into Ubuntu with apt sudo apt install gnuradio -y And I get an error that reads like: unable to acquire the dpkg front end lockIs another proces

Installing SSH

2021-04-22 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hello, I'm trying to install Ubuntu-Mate for Raspberry PI on my RPI 4. It does not come with SSH, and it shows up in the network, but I get an access denied with both Teraterm and Putty. So I plugged in a keyboard, and booted it again and hit enter a few times, because I think there is no passwor

Re: Installing SSH

2021-04-22 Thread Glenn K0LNY
The error is actually connection refused when trying to SSH into it. - Original Message - From: Glenn K0LNY To: Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 6:21 PM Subject: Installing SSH Hello, I'm trying to install Ubuntu-Mate for Raspberry PI on my

installing SSH Manually

2021-04-22 Thread Glenn K0LNY
Hi There, So here's an idea, and I don't know if it will work, or the best option, I downloaded the open SSH Server for my Ubuntu, ARM version, and I copied it into the /boot folder so I'll have access to it in the OS. I'm wondering if it would work to make a bash script to run it, or if I could