Get Out Of Jail Free!

Octavian Rasnita orasnita at home.ro
Mon May 20 01:38:02 EDT 2002


I can't read the screen to see what is happening so please tell what happen
when pressing only the alt key.

I tried it this way, with no results.
I will try it with control.
Teddy,
orasnita at home.ro

----- Original Message -----
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: Get Out Of Jail Free!


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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Janina Sajka, Director
Technology Research and Development
Governmental Relations Group
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
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