Kali Linux

Techswing33 techswing33 at gmail.com
Tue Nov 14 16:20:03 EST 2017


Can you elaborate?

On 9/2/17, Techswing33 <techswing33 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> With regards Kali can you make the changes you made to your installed
> system as a post-install basically customize the iso and remaster it
> so that the options will be available?
>
> Thanks.
> Dave.
>
>
> On 8/23/17, Øyvind Lode <oyvind.lode at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Installed kali with speech.
>> Kali installed a desktop by default and I did not get the option to
>> not install a desktop like in debian.
>> The system did not talk when I booted it up after installation.
>> No braille either though I used both braille and speech during install.
>> I switched to a text console and fired up brltty and configured it to
>> start at boot time using systemctl.
>> All services is disabled by default on kali.
>> Ok, so far so good.
>> I have braille now which makes it easier to type commands and read
>> output in the text console <smile>
>> I then found that espeakup is in fact there but not loaded at startup.
>> speakup and speakup_soft kernel modules is not loaded at boot up either.
>> Loaded both speakup and speakup_soft and started espeakup and wolla;
>> it's speaking.
>> Still no speech in the gui though but I don't care about the gui.
>> I hope I can perform all hacking and penetration testing from the text
>> console anyway.
>> If I have to use orca and the gui I will have a problem since kali
>> will be running in a VM on a server and I don't know about a way to
>> run X and gui apps remotely in a accessible way for me that depend on
>> a screen reader.
>> Currently I'm running kali on my own vm at home where I now have both
>> braille and speech on the text console and I can access it from all
>> hosts on my lan via ssh (including over the internet).
>>
>>
>> On 23 August 2017 at 17:15, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com> wrote:
>>> speech-dispatcher is on the system, espeakup I think is not.  However
>>> you
>>> could probably install and use fenrir although that package needs work
>>> on
>>> configuration scripts.  One thing fenrir does not do is put a default
>>> key
>>> combination on the system to control fenrir.  It's left to the user to
>>> choose this and edit the right configuration file correctly with normal
>>> text
>>> editor.  One advantage is, all lives in user space.  I need to chroot my
>>> kali system andchange the root password so I can log in, one of the
>>> installers used a password they couldn't remember for my new computer.
>>> If
>>> that works, I could search the archives and find if espeak is in those
>>> archives.
>>>
>>> On Wed, 23 Aug 2017, ?yvind Lode wrote:
>>>
>>>> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 10:22:18
>>>> From: ?yvind Lode <oyvind.lode at gmail.com>
>>>> Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
>>>>     <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
>>>> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
>>>> <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: Kali Linux
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cool!
>>>> Does that mean I have to use gnome and orca to access kali tools?
>>>>
>>>> I would prefer to only have a CLI system with speakup and brltty.
>>>> This is the way I do with debian.
>>>> Hit 's' at the boot prompt to get a talking install and I chose to not
>>>> install a desktop environment and only use the CLI and also remote
>>>> access via ssh.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 23 August 2017 at 15:40, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> To install kali linux on a system use the s boot parameter and you'll
>>>>> get
>>>>> a
>>>>> talking install.  Once you have done that, and you reboot orca will
>>>>> come
>>>>> up
>>>>> talking automatically.
>>>>> Lode wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 07:08:18
>>>>>> From: ?yvind Lode <oyvind.lode at gmail.com>
>>>>>> Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
>>>>>>     <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
>>>>>> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
>>>>>> <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
>>>>>> Subject: Kali Linux
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I found an article on the kali forums or the blog that accessibility
>>>>>> were
>>>>>> added.
>>>>>> This article was dated back in 2013 and it stated accessibility was
>>>>>> added after being contacted by two blind security enthusiasts.
>>>>>> Nice!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I need to use Kali for work related stuff.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone know the status of accessibility in current Kali builds?
>>>>>> I really hope these two blind enthusiasts is on this list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I really hope most tools in Kali is for the CLI, so I don't have to
>>>>>> work with gnome etc :)
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