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free sshfs client for Windows?
by John G. Heim 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

Anybody have a recommendation for a free sshfs program fro Windows? I personally use ExpandDrive and consider it worth every penny of the registration cost. However, I'm writing a howto for my department and I know some people will not want to pay.

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anyone using a mac to do their job?
by Scott Granados 13 Jul '10

13 Jul '10

So I'm do for a laptop refresh at work and they have decided to give me the option of a new I7 Mac. Is Voice Over ready for the job site? How does it work with things like ssh, rt tracker via http, and what about this windows under parallels thing? I keep hearing about VM fusion. Anyone who could give me a primer I'd really appreciate it. What's the ideal configuration I should shoot for? Thank you Scott

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vmware workstation 6.5
by John G. Heim 12 Jul '10

12 Jul '10

All, I know this is a long shot but is anyone still using vmware 6.5 for linux? I recently upgraded my kernel to 2.6.32 and now I can't get the vmware monitor kernel module to compile. I'm looking for hints & tips as to how to figure out why it won't compile. I've looked in the logs in /tmp but there doesn't seem to be any error messages there. I presume there are error messages on screen but I can't see them and orca won't read them because the compile is run as root. I know from past experience that instead of running vmware as a regular user and giving it the root password to compile, you can instead open a terminal window and run vmware as root. It then starts compiling the modules and you get access to the compiler messages. I did that and it seemed to work. Only when I run vmware, it still wants to compile and install the vmmon module. Vmware still runs and I have even created a virtual machine (I think). But the machine won't run without the vmmon module. You can open a gnome terminal window and type 'su

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Off Line storage
by Sean Murphy 12 Jul '10

12 Jul '10

all. I wish to set up a off line Linux server that I can manage that has a higher band width than what I can get normally. This will permit me to store files remotely and provide access to family/friends so we can share photo's and family material. So I am looking for something that is cheap. If I hav to provide the hard disks, that is fine. If I have to provide the PC. well, I can do that but it is going to be more difficult. If it is all virtual, that is fine. I want to have a SSH logging to this box. Any ideas? Sean

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u3 smart drive
by David Mehler 11 Jul '10

11 Jul '10

Hello, I've got a new sandisk u3 smart flash drive. I'm trying to install u3 compatible programs on it, but they're not installing. When i initially plugged in the drive u3 was not on there, i had to download the u3 software, run it and now it's showing up. This drive also came with password encryption, which i'm also not seeing. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks. Dave.

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] I.t. Professionals
by John G. Heim 27 Jun '10

27 Jun '10

Yeah, you make a good point. One of the first things somebody said to me after we'd settled on the name, International Association of Visually Impaired Technologists, was, "Why are you limiting it to just visually impaired people?" Well, I guess mostly because it didn't occur to me to include people with other disabilities. Doh! But I decided it was better this way because blind people have such specific needs when it comes to dealing with computers. You can't be all things to all people. But I would be willing to work with someone starting a more encompassing group. The final point I should make is that IAVIT is not a civil rights group. Legally, we're not set up that way and I personally have no interest in suing anybody. I want to work with companies to create technical solutions to access problems.I see IAVIT more like the W3C than like the NFB. Not that there is anything wrong with the NFB's approach. In fact, part of the reason I think IAVIT doesn't have to sue anybody is that there are already plenty of other groups doing that kind of thing. -----Original Message----- .From: "Sean Murphy"<mhysnm1964(a)gmail.com> .Sent: 6/26/10 5:24:14 AM .To: "Blind sysadmins list"<blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> .Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] I.t. Professionals . .John, .I am aware of that project and I am on the list. . .I want to focus on finding those peole people from any disability to develop .contacts to identify their problems and in turn get more people who have .disabilities employed into large I.T. companies. . .Sean .----- Original Message ----- .From: "John G. Heim" <jheim(a)math.wisc.edu> .To: "Blind sysadmins list" <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> .Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 11:32 PM .Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] I.t. Professionals . . .> I'm trying to start an organization called the International Association .> of Visually Impaired Technologists. We have a web site at .> http://www.iavit.org and we are already incorporated as a non-profit. We .> do not have tax exempt status from the IRS yet. That will probably not be .> coming through until the fall. .> .> We have a wiki set up and our webmaster is going to be configuring the .> security pretty soon and then we'll be trying to get people to write up .> documentation for techniques to use if you're blind. And we are trying to .> set up some teams to work with manufacturers to make their products more .> accessible. If you have any interest in that project let me know because .> not too much interest has been shown in that direction. We'd like to .> contact Cisco, VMWare, and some of the BIOS companies to see if we can get .> them to design in features to make it easier for blind technologists to .> use their products. .> .> ----- Original Message ----- .> From: "Sean Murphy" <mhysnm1964(a)gmail.com> .> To: "Blind sysadmins list" <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> .> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 8:35 PM .> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] I.t. Professionals .> .> .>> All. .>> .>> I am seeking for people in any country who are I.T professionals or wish .>> to join the ranks to get in contact with myself. .>> .>> The goal here is to establish a network of people to identify common .>> barriers and how we can help others to get into the I.t. industry or .>> advance in their current. [Message truncated. Tap Edit->Mark for Download to get remaining portion.]

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ebay
by Ben Mustill-Rose 26 Jun '10

26 Jun '10

Hello all. I know this isn't exactly sys admin related but I'm posting it here since I'm guessing that some of you may have done this before and also because people on this list are very knoligeable. I'm getting tired of posting to other lists / forums where a topic gets hyjacked completely by someone who clearly can't help me with my question but still sees fit to ask something that could easily be googled. Anyway, rant over, here we go. I do a fair bit of selling on ebay - mainly hardware that I don't need anymore with the odd computer every now and again that I've made out of parts that I have. I'm wanting to become more active on ebay which has made me think a bit more about the look of my listings. In other words, I'm wanting to make my descriptions more ahem...pretty. At the moment, I write the description with a little bit of html for new lines and paragraphs but that's about all. I've been told that this looks unprofessional in comparison to other peoples descriptions and I'm worried that this will effect the price that my items sell for. I'm wondering how other blind people who list on ebay make there auctions look visually appealing? For a computer for example, I usually have a quick spec at the top, then a bunch of stuff about why people should buy from me instead of someone else, then a couple of suggested uses for the box along with a more extencive spec. At the bottom I have all my terms. Is there a program or website that has some templates where I can copy & paste all the stuff in that will make my descriptions look better than they do at the moment? Again, I'm sorry for bringing this question to the list, but I've consistantly got really helpfull answers from people on here when I've had questions. Any pointers at all would be very welcome. Chears, Ben.

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I.t. Professionals
by Sean Murphy 26 Jun '10

26 Jun '10

All. I am seeking for people in any country who are I.T professionals or wish to join the ranks to get in contact with myself. The goal here is to establish a network of people to identify common barriers and how we can help others to get into the I.t. industry or advance in their current career. Such as barriers in certifications. Access to books. Employer programs to employ disable people. Development of resources outlining accessibility of products. Etc. This is not focusing on the Blind but all disable people. In the world wide networking industry, the large networking vendors/providers relise there is a shortage of people with talent in this area. If this is the case here, then where else in I.t. So at this stage I am collecting resource material, contacts from other disability groups and names to bounce ideas off. To try and get more disable people employed. Sean

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gdm3 startup sound
by John G. Heim 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

Anybody know how to make gdm3 make some kind of sound when it starts? Previous versions of gdm would beep when the login sscreen appeared. YYou could also make it play a sound file like the ubuntu drums when gdm started up. But I configured gdm3 the same way as I did my previous gdm version and it won't play the sound file. You used to be able to get it to play a sound file by editing /etc/gdm/gdm.conf and adding these lines to the [greeter] section: SoundOnLogin=true SoundOnLoginFile=/etc/gdm/welcome.wav

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unformat partation?
by Ibraam Wahib 19 Jun '10

19 Jun '10

hello my friends: I'm in a great problem, I've computer office, we put all data on a hard disk, and we not take back-up from some times, after restore windows from ghost on C partition, D )all data( become unreadable, each time click give me format the disk yes/no... even on dos not read it. please which tool can I use to not format fix file system or at least copy data to another disk.. its sata hard disk D size is 100 gb.. please help me as quick as possible.. thanks very much.. ibraam

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