speakup and ubuntu

[Sean Murphy]

Hi.

The GDM script in the /etc/init.d directory only stops the Gnome Desktop 
manager.  Not X11.

Sean----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marcel Oats" <moats at orcon.net.nz>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: speakup and ubuntu


> You should be able to stop X with the command gdm-stop.
> It's a script I think.
> Handy things scripts?
> At 12:09 PM 4/12/2006, you wrote:
>>You may as well just put runlevel 3 as your default in /etc/inittab. Then
>>just run startx (I think) to run the GUI, and use control+alt+f1 to switch
>>to the first console. X runs on tty7, so just use altf7 to run the gui
>>console. DOn't know how you'd stop it. Run `init 3` I imagine.
>>
>>HTH,
>>
>>Chris Norman
>><!-- cnorman at rnibncw.ac.uk -->
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Danny Crone" <dannyboy at pobox.com>
>>To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
>><speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>>Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 5:23 AM
>>Subject: Re: speakup and ubuntu
>>
>>
>> > Does ubuntu have a file I can edit, so the gui only runs when I need 
>> > it?
>> > If so, would startx run the gui?
>> > How would the gui be stopped?
>> >
>> > On Dec 1, 2006, at 8:30 PM, Lorenzo Taylor wrote:
>> >
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>> >> While you're still in graphical mode, press the kill speakup key
>> >> next to
>> >> the scroll lock to the right of f12.  All other consoles will work
>> >> correctly at that point.
>> >>
>> >> Lorenzo
>> >> - --
>> >> I've always found anomalies to be very relaxing. It's a curse.
>> >> - --Jadzia Dax: Star Trek Deep Space Nine (The Assignment)
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