November 2020 - Blind-sysadmins - lists.hodgsonfamily.org

success
by Marvin Hunkin 05 Nov '20

05 Nov '20

Hi. Got hyper v and a remote connection and got windows server, windows narrator very sluggish. So installed nvda latest version. Was able to do a roll and create an active directory. And also updated. Only issue I have says windows is not activated. Did try finding a key. Do I need to install the kms server, or how to find my activation key. Keeps saying not active or could not activate. Any ideas. Thanks. Ps: apart from that working fine. Able to add dkestop icons and ale to install software. Thanks.

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hyper v
by Marvin Hunkin 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

Hi. Tried setting the audio to remote computer. But still chrashed my speech. So will have to see if my friend has a remote computer and use the remote connection manager. Tried that what andrew suggested and did research. Still just says input capture and then only hear caps lock on and off. Going to try the nvda remote connection. But maybe not to a virtual machine. Or else have to on my friend telling me where things and not hearing any speech. Any one ran into this issue with hyper v. When I had vm ware workstation, and then would then connect and then selected windows server 2019. Then when I then select server manager. Said some thing about no server pool info. My sighted friend tried virtual box but kept chrashing. I did use remote connection to a remote computer. Able to get speech. So will ask my friend. See if he has a remote computer cann connect to. I know this does work. Thanks.dpened

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Building a Linux kernel for WSL2 using GCC
by Simon Eigeldinger 02 Nov '20

02 Nov '20

Hi, Moved away from Clang to GCC. Sounds more standard anyway. *smile* Now you can use all Ubuntu versions to compile the kernel. Building a Linux kernel for WSL2 using GCC Last updated: 18:28 02.11.2020 Or just get it and updated versions of this documentation from here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nhcbxnv5zllxuof/AABbHdkf3Yd4RuEPnkBf5MMLa?dl=0 Note: Changed from Clang back to GCC because this seems to be a more standard way of doing it. Sources https://www.xyb.name/2020/03/14/build-your-kernel-for-wsl2/ https://nathanchance.dev/posts/wsl2-kernel-clang/ Howto 1. Download and install the needed tools. Use Ubuntu. $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt upgrade $ sudo apt install g++ make flex bison libssl-dev libelf-dev bc wget 2. Download the kernel source code The latest is 5.9.3 at the moment of writing. Find the latest info on https://www.kernel.org/ $ wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-5.9.3.tar.xz $ tar xf linux-5.9.3.tar.xz $ cd linux-5.9.3 $ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel/master/Micros… You can also use linux-next (bleeding edge code) if you want: $ wget https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/snapsho… for the kernel of 30 October 2020. Modify the dates. See the kernel website for the latest. 3. Build the kernel. An out directory (out.x86_64) can be handy to have a clean environment. $ make -j$(nproc) -s KCONFIG_CONFIG=config-wsl O=out.x86_64 distclean olddefconfig all Move the kernel to the Windows file system. I have my kernels sitting at e:\wsl\kernel. $ cp out.x86_64/arch/x86/boot/bzImage /mnt/e/wsl/kernel/linux-5.9.3 Tell WSL2 to use that kernel when booting up. Create a .wslconfig file in your user directory for example at c:\users\username. This file should contain the following: [wsl2] kernel = e:\\wsl\\kernel\\linux-5.9.3 Note that you need to use double backslashes. Then do on a cmd window. $ wsl --shutdown Then load a linux distro and type $ cat /proc/version Now you should see something like that Linux version 5.9.3-microsoft-standard (root@SimonPC) (gcc (Ubuntu 10.2.0-13ubuntu1) 10.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.35.1) #1 SMP Mon Nov 2 17:42:10 CET 2020 Some have noticed that the VM gets stuck starting with a custom kernel at times; if that happens, run wsl --shutdown and try reopening one of the distributions again, it will usually work after a couple of times. Enjoy.

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hyper v
by Marvin Hunkin 02 Nov '20

02 Nov '20

Hi. Got the jaws 2020 august remote remote services and a trial. Now downloaded and installed. Now when I go to hyper v. and connect, with windows server 2019. Does not give me any speech, just says input capture and then caps lock on or off, and it chrashes my system. So did have a trial of a remote server from http://www.heropa.com, but cost them a lot of cash and burnt my bridges. So wondering if there a free remote computer server service, that's free, has windows server 2016 or 2019, then can then install nvda, and jaws on it. Wondering. If nvda has a remote option. Is that fee or cost money or a trial. Thanks.

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vm ware fusion
by Marvin Hunkin 02 Nov '20

02 Nov '20

Hi. Is vm ware fusion only for mac, or does it work with windows. And do have a jaws remote licence and a trial licence. And jaws 2020. So what else do I need to get hyper v to read the content inside windows server 2019. Thanks.

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Building the WSL2 kernel with Clang
by Simon Eigeldinger 01 Nov '20

01 Nov '20

Some nerds might be interested: Building the WSL2 kernel with Clang Last updated: 22:10 30.10.2020 Or just get it and this documentation from here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nhcbxnv5zllxuof/AABbHdkf3Yd4RuEPnkBf5MMLa?dl=0 Sources https://nathanchance.dev/posts/wsl2-kernel-clang/ https://www.xyb.name/2020/03/14/build-your-kernel-for-wsl2/ Howto 1. Download and install the needed tools. Use Ubuntu 20.04. Ubuntu 20.10 seems not to work at the moment. $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt upgrade $ sudo apt install -y --no-install-recommends bc bison build-essential ca-certificates flex git gnupg libelf-dev libssl-dev lsb-release software-properties-common wget Install Clang 11 $ cd ~ $ wget https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh $ chmod +x llvm.sh $ sudo ./llvm.sh 11 2. Download the kernel source code The latest is 5.9.2 at the moment. $ wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-5.9.2.tar.xz $ tar xf linux-5.9.2.tar.xz $ cd linux-5.9.2 $ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel/master/Micros… 3. Build the kernel. An out directory (out.x86_64) can be handy to have a clean environment. $ make -j$(nproc) -s CC=clang-11 KCONFIG_CONFIG=config-wsl LD=ld.lld-11 O=out.x86_64 distclean olddefconfig all 1. Move the kernel to the Windows file system. I have my kernels sitting at e:\wsl\kernel. $ cp out.x86_64/arch/x86/boot/bzImage /mnt/e/wsl/kernel/linux-5.9.2 2. Tell WSL2 to use that kernel when booting up. Create a .wslconfig file in your user directory for example at c:\users\username. This file should contain the following: [wsl2] kernel = e:\\wsl\\kernel\\linux-5.9.2 Note that you need to use double backslashes. Then do on a cmd window. $ wsl --shutdown Then load a linux distro and type $ cat /proc/version Now you should see something like that Linux version 5.9.2-microsoft-standard (root@SimonPC) (Ubuntu clang version 11.0.0-++20201021094914+176249bd673-1~exp1~2 0201021075533.113, LLD 11.0.0) #1 SMP Fri Oct 30 21:04:46 CET 2020 Some have noticed that the VM gets stuck starting with a custom kernel at times; if that happens, run wsl --shutdown and try reopening one of the distributions again, it will usually work after a couple of times. Enjoy.

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hyper v
by Marvin Hunkin 01 Nov '20

01 Nov '20

Hi. Set up the list to receive digests. Have I been banned. Thought I was on topic and only two posts. And one reply. Thanks.

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