Get Out Of Jail Free!

[Deedra Waters]

Janina,  maybe we should  leave gnopernicus out of this for now?  You make
it sound like this will be a great thing, and who knows, maybe it will,
but the problem I'm seeing with that right  now is 1, we don't have any
info on it, and 2 your comment about control and alt keys has apparrently
confused someone



On Mon, 20 May 2002, Janina Sajka wrote:

> No, Greg, leave the Ctrl key in. Read the rest of my note to
> understand why. You'll thank me after you get Gnopernicus.
> 
> On Sun, 19 May 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> 
> > This is correct, however, drop the ctrl key.
> > Greg
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 11:43:49PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > > On Mon, 20 May 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Q: How to become root in another console?
> > > 
> > > Use Ctrl-Alt-FX (where X is a number 1 to 6) meaning use the
> > > function keys on the top row of the qwerty keyboard. You know
> > > what function keys are, right?
> > > 
> > > Use this key cvombination to go to a console where you are not
> > > logged in and login as root.
> > > 
> > > Alternatively, I believe you wrote the other day that you telnet
> > > to your linux machine from your Windows machine? Well, if emacs
> > > seems to go bad on you, go to your Windows machine and open a
> > > telnet session to your Linux machine. Just because emacs isn't
> > > talking doesn't mean your machine is dead.
> > > 
> > > If you're already logged in via telnet from Windows as whatever
> > > you use for your username, type:
> > > 
> > > su -
> > > 
> > > and provide the root password.
> > > 
> > > Actually, there's no reason not to open several telnet sessions
> > > from your Windows machine. Your Windows is capable of that, isn't
> > > it?
> > > > Q: How can I read the screen if emacspeak is not speaking? I want to find
> > > > out the PID of the process I should kill.
> > > > 
> > > In a different console or a different telnet session. You can
> > > open more than one at a time, you know. This is Linux, not
> > > Windows.
> > > 
> > > 
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> 				Technology Research and Development
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> 				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> 
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