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Vmware Workstation9, Linux vms, and no audio, Solved!
by David Mehler 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Hello, I was having an audio problem with my Linux* virtual machines. They had worked previously, but after upgrading to workstation9 at least I am assuming that's when they broke, no audio in existing or new Linux virtual machines. This included Arch, and Ubuntu, for sure. So I googled and found this link: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=di… I checked my .vmx files for each of the effected virtual machines and didn't find a sound.virtualDev entry, even though in the graphical configuration editor, (settings), I sound a sound card installed in the vm, connected at vm startup and set to the host sound card. So going on the article I added in the es1371 sound.virtualDev entry, no good. I then changed the config to: sound.virtualDev = "hdaudio" restarted the vm and it worked great! If you find a vm whose audio isn't working give this a try. Hth Dave.

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Alternative solutions for Cisco Jabber
by Chamandeep Singh Grover 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Hi all, I am working within a company where they have recently rolled out Cisco Jabber for instant messaging, video chat, teleconferencing and desktop sharing. I am blind and make use of Jaws for windows version 15 and this is not compatible with Cisco at all; it is impossible to navigate around the interface. As a short-term solution, i am using Instantbird for instant messages. This is an XMPP client only. Whilst this solves some of my problem, i am still unable to get access to the Active directory to search for and find users; instead i'm having to manually search my outlook address book and find their extension numbers to add them. This is because the Instantbird application does not support the LDAP protocol. The other problem i face is not being able to tell who is calling me on my cisco desk voip phone. So my question to the group really is have any of you faced this situation and if so how did you manage to get around it? I have already raised requests to the service team within my company who have raised this matter with Cisco and it has been escalated quite high within Cisco. I have also spoken to Sight and Sound here in the UK who offer a script development service, has anyone tried this for Jabber? does it work? I want to be sure that there are no alternative solutions before going into the lengthy process of a government access to work application and the development of the actual scripts. If anyone has an alternative application or a set of applications that would solve my problems, i would be very grateful to hear from you. My top priorities are the instant messsaging with AD access and being able to read the caller display on my voip phone. Regards, Chamandeep Singh Grover

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Ubuntu Accessibility down
by David Mehler 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Hello, Is anyone using a Ubuntu 14 or Ubuntu with Unity Desktop system? If so, how? I've got a project that requires Ubuntu 14.04 lts desktop, I've got that now I can't even do the simplest tasks, running a program. The Unity documentation is for me at least a lesson in frustration, click this, lense that, irrrrk! I'd like to go to gnome which I know, but gnome3 even has changes. Help appreciated. Thanks. Dave.

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Ubuntu Accessibility down
by David Mehler 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Hello, Is anyone using a Ubuntu 14 or Ubuntu with Unity Desktop system? If so, how? I've got a project that requires Ubuntu 14.04 lts desktop, I've got that now I can't even do the simplest tasks, running a program. The Unity documentation is for me at least a lesson in frustration, click this, lense that, irrrrk! I'd like to go to gnome which I know, but gnome3 even has changes. Help appreciated. Thanks. Dave.

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Vmware Workstation9, Linux vms, and no audio, Solved!
by David Mehler 17 Jun '14

17 Jun '14

Hello, I was having an audio problem with my Linux* virtual machines. They had worked previously, but after upgrading to workstation9 at least I am assuming that's when they broke, no audio in existing or new Linux virtual machines. This included Arch, and Ubuntu, for sure. So I googled and found this link: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=di… I checked my .vmx files for each of the effected virtual machines and didn't find a sound.virtualDev entry, even though in the graphical configuration editor, (settings), I sound a sound card installed in the vm, connected at vm startup and set to the host sound card. So going on the article I added in the es1371 sound.virtualDev entry, no good. I then changed the config to: sound.virtualDev = "hdaudio" restarted the vm and it worked great! If you find a vm whose audio isn't working give this a try. Hth Dave.

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Team Viewer help please.
by Corey Knapp 17 Jun '14

17 Jun '14

Hi can you please give me detailed directions on using team viewer with NVDA thanks so much. Corey

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Alternative solutions for Cisco Jabber
by Chamandeep Singh Grover 17 Jun '14

17 Jun '14

Hi all, I am working within a company where they have recently rolled out Cisco Jabber for instant messaging, video chat, teleconferencing and desktop sharing. I am blind and make use of Jaws for windows version 15 and this is not compatible with Cisco at all; it is impossible to navigate around the interface. As a short-term solution, i am using Instantbird for instant messages. This is an XMPP client only. Whilst this solves some of my problem, i am still unable to get access to the Active directory to search for and find users; instead i'm having to manually search my outlook address book and find their extension numbers to add them. This is because the Instantbird application does not support the LDAP protocol. The other problem i face is not being able to tell who is calling me on my cisco desk voip phone. So my question to the group really is have any of you faced this situation and if so how did you manage to get around it? I have already raised requests to the service team within my company who have raised this matter with Cisco and it has been escalated quite high within Cisco. I have also spoken to Sight and Sound here in the UK who offer a script development service, has anyone tried this for Jabber? does it work? I want to be sure that there are no alternative solutions before going into the lengthy process of a government access to work application and the development of the actual scripts. If anyone has an alternative application or a set of applications that would solve my problems, i would be very grateful to hear from you. My top priorities are the instant messsaging with AD access and being able to read the caller display on my voip phone. Regards, Chamandeep Singh Grover

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] teamviewer and passing keystrokes to remote side
by curtis jackson 16 Jun '14

16 Jun '14

what version of team view does this work with Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 13, 2014, at 9:35 AM, Barry Toner <Barry.Toner(a)clanmil.org.uk> wrote: > > Hi, > > I posted a couple of weeks ago regarding this. > > Quit your local screen reader, then this free's up the numpad and the other SR keystrokes. > > To get back into local ctrl, alt t for local lock screen, alt t for task manager, then Win Key m to get you onto yoru desktop. Next fire up your screen reader by hitting WinKey plus r, and in my case type NVDA, and thump return. Careful when alt tabbing not to get stuck back in TV. Yes it's faffy, but it works if you need to use TV. > > TV isnt' true remote access for us with a decent performance because it's not pasing audio directly, but because I found RIM utterly rubbish and needed a way to access PC's unattended I went for TV and I manage around 35 PC's and 20 laptops spread out over the country solo with this. > > Barry. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Brian Moore > Sent: 13 June 2014 15:15 > To: Blind sysadmins list > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] teamviewer and passing keystrokes to remote side > > HI all. Considering giving up rim in favour of team viewer for remote controling computers. Rim is expensive and has some pretty serious issues if the remote end has another screen reader running, particularly jaws. > > However, I have a few questions. > > 1. how do I pass screen reader key strokes to the remote side. > typically, this will be nvda key strokes. I must be missing something because even when I execute nvda commands in the remote window, they are acted upon locally. > > 2. I can not figure out how to end a session with a keyboard. > > Does anyone do this regularly? if so, wouldn't mind chatting via skype or something and actually experimenting a bit to get this right. > thanks for any ideas. > Brian. > > -- > Contact me on skype: brian.moore > follow me on twitter: > http://www.twitter.com/bmoore123 > > > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list > Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list > Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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Any new rootkits in the last two days
by David Mehler 15 Jun '14

15 Jun '14

Hello, I have a question, is there any kind of new rootkit or malware released in the last day or so? It effects win7/8 boxes administrator account, what was described to me, the box gets slow, and was shut down. This is win7, was shut down cold then restarted a few minutes later. The user attempted to log in as administrator. Now what makes me suspect rootkit is that the admin password was entered, the system said invalid password, the owner did a login attempt so many times that the admin account locked out. The system was forcefully shutdown, and brought back up. This time administrator logged in successfully, but it went in to what was called a temporary account like a guest account, and stays there. Files are only accessible by the computer icon via start menu. Programs do not work such as word. I'm really thinking rootkit. An AVG antivirus scan was run as was a disk cleanup, both came up with nothing. Any ideas? Thanks. Dave.

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Any new rootkits in the last two days
by David Mehler 15 Jun '14

15 Jun '14

Hello, I have a question, is there any kind of new rootkit or malware released in the last day or so? It effects win7/8 boxes administrator account, what was described to me, the box gets slow, and was shut down. This is win7, was shut down cold then restarted a few minutes later. The user attempted to log in as administrator. Now what makes me suspect rootkit is that the admin password was entered, the system said invalid password, the owner did a login attempt so many times that the admin account locked out. The system was forcefully shutdown, and brought back up. This time administrator logged in successfully, but it went in to what was called a temporary account like a guest account, and stays there. Files are only accessible by the computer icon via start menu. Programs do not work such as word. I'm really thinking rootkit. An AVG antivirus scan was run as was a disk cleanup, both came up with nothing. Any ideas? Thanks. Dave.

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