Get Out Of Jail Free!

[Ed Barnes]

Hanina: I'm wondering, will the next question be, where's the pull down 
menu, the file menu and all that. I'm laughing, <big grin>. Ed


On Tue, 21 May 2002, Janina Sajka wrote:

> Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 10:04:09 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Janina Sajka <janina at afb.net>
> Reply-To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Re: Get Out Of Jail Free!
> 
> Nothing happens if you press just Ctrl or just Alt. What makes
> you think it would? Nobody said that.
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 20 May 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote:
> 
> > 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
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