[macvoiceover] Re: Running Linux in VMWare Fusion and the caps lock key

  • From: VaShaun Jones <vashaun.jones@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:59:57 -0500

Hi, Can you tell me how to get a talking version of linux on my Mac using 
Fusion? If you'd like to speak off list I'd surely appreciate it.

Thanks in advance,
VaShaun Jones
On Dec 20, 2011, at 2:59 PM, Robin Kipp wrote:

> Hi all!
> Well, I've installed Debian Squeeze on my Mac using VMWare Fusion, and also 
> got the Gnome desktop and Orca screenreader. However, as my keyboard doesn't 
> have a number pad, I will need the caps lock key to activate Orca specific 
> functions. I've tried this, but it somehow seems as if the caps lock key 
> won't have any effect on the Linux machine. Instead, the caps lock function 
> just gets enabled or disabled on my Mac. Is there anything I can do so my Mac 
> will ignore the caps lock presses and just pass them on to the Linux virtual 
> machine?
> Thanks!
> Robin>
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