results of my try.

[Karen Lewellen]

because speakup commands do not work with my hands.  I do not care for its 
function, things are used for one side of the keyboard, etc. etc.
Oh and the materials for the program leave  *much* to be desired.


On Wed, 28 Jan 2015, Christopher Chaltain wrote:

> I don't understand the need to get someone sighted, and I read the whole 
> thread. You mention silencing Speakup, but I'm not sure why. Why can't you 
> leave Speakup running, run the commands with Speakup and capture the output 
> to share with the list? If you're referring to content in another thread, I 
> don't recall that information. I'm not a paid support staff member, I'm just 
> another Linux user trying to help.
>
> On 01/28/2015 05:28 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>>  To paraphrase Tim, those suggestions require eyeballs.  If you read the
>>  information, it should be clear I had to get someone else to do that,
>>  and it took some arranging.
>> 
>>
>>  On Wed, 28 Jan 2015, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
>> 
>> >  Actually, the suggestions don't require any more experimentation than
>> >  what you did. But the command you did as a regular user really does
>> >  have to be done as root. Also the only difference between ifconfig
>> >  eth0 and ifconfig is that the ifconfig without the argument allows
>> >  debian to show you which interfaces if any are working. It is quite
>> >  possible that your setup is working but under a different interface
>> >  than eth0.
>> > 
>> >  --
>> >  Cheryl
>> > 
>> >  "Move forward by looking back!
>> >  "Above all, fear the Lord
>> >  and worship Him faithfully with all your heart;
>> >  consider the great things He has done for you."
>> >  (1 Samuel 12:24 (HCSB)
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >  On Jan 28, 2015, at 10:34 AM, Karen Lewellen
>> >  <klewellen at shellworld.net> wrote:
>> > 
>> >  I believe I have made it very clear how much experimentation is
>> >  possible in prior discussions.
>> >  I followed Tim's directions, there are  the results.
>> >  Karen
>> > 
>> > 
>> >  On Wed, 28 Jan 2015, Willem van der Walt wrote:
>> > 
>> > >  Hi,
>> > >  As root, do:
>> > >  ifconfig and check which interfaces show up.  Your ethernet might be
>> > >  picked up as another interface, e.g. eth1.
>> > >  You should simply first test by pinging your router.
>> > >  HTH, Willem
>> > > 
>> > > 
>> > >  On Tue, 27 Jan 2015, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>> > > 
>> > > >  Hi all,
>> > > >  here is what happened when seeking the ip address.
>> > > >  Let me explain how I set up the machine.
>> > > >  before even booting I put the dsl cable I am using now to send
>> > > >  this message into the linux box, keeping it connected to my
>> > > >  modem/rooter  as usual.
>> > > >  Because  we were pressed for time,  after letting speakup start,
>> > > >  and entering my username, Karen, and my password, I simply used
>> > > >  the print screen key to  silence speakup.
>> > > >  the error message we got is below.
>> > > >  I saw karen at suburst:~s and there was no other place to type so
>> > > >  after karen at sunburst:~s I typed /sbin/ifconfig eth0 as instructed
>> > > >  the message we got was:  eth0: error fetching interface
>> > > >  information: Device not Found
>> > > > 
>> > > >  We tried the step more than once to be sure.
>> > > >  let me add that typing shutdown -h  also produced an error, so I
>> > > >  simply turned off the machine after restoring speakup.
>> > > >  The Ethernet card was in the computer before the hard drive
>> > > >  containing Debian was installed, so was the rest of the hardware
>> > > >  Linux identified.
>> > > >  thoughts?
>> > > >  Karen
>> > > > 
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