Hi Gordon, I have some good news. I called Novell and
was able to talk to one of Novell's Linux Tech's and
he helped me check out Suse 9.3 Professional from
there Web site and we found that blinux is still a
package
in Suse 9.3.
They have not removed it.
Blinux is a package in there Hardware Package Group of
Packages and called SBL. The package is not installed
by default but is on the Suse 9.3 CD's and DVD's and
can be installed by Yast.
I went to one of my Suse computers and started up Yast
and went to Software and then Install Software and
then did a search in Hardware Package Groups for SBL
and there it is. You can check the box and then Yast
will
ask for the Suse CD or DVD and it will install the
package.
Now I know this is not going to be easy for you
because you can't point and click your way through all
of this as I was able to. But the blinux Package is
still in Suse and I think its an upgraded program
because its SBL 2.2 .
The bad news is that Novell doesn't offer support for
blinux so you can't call a Novell tech for help.
You will have to get help from someone who has
installed and worked with this package or from a Linux
users group that can help you find someone with help.
I konw this is not going to be easy but there is hope
that with the right kind of help that it is possible.
Now that we know that it's in 9.3, I will try to help
you find someone who has experience with configuring
it. It would be great if you could find someone close
to you who could help you install the SBL Package and
then see what happens after you install and re-boot.
I will see if anyone in a Linux users group around
here has any experience with blimux.
Don
--- Gordon Smith
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Hi. Well, I managed to get SUSE 9.3 installed this morning. Sadly, however, it seems that the commitment to making SUSE accessible right from the ground up has disappeared, along with the acquisition of the operatingg system by Novell. Unless there is something I have missed, the installation is now totally inaccessible to blind people. This, from my perspective at least, is a huge step backwards. Since, now that I have it installed, I can't do anything with it. I can't even change any settings, because I have no access to the KDE desktop. So unless this changes in some way, looks like SUSE was indeed a waste of money, and is now dead in the water for blind people. It may be useful once you get it installed with accessibility options enabled. But there doesn't seem to be any easy method of doing that. The requests for help from SUSE themselves have so far been totally ignored. In other words, I've hit a brick wall which, it seems, there's no way around. At least Redhat went out of their way to compile kernels which give accessibility from the ground up. Ah well, come back Fedora ... all's forgiven. But unless things change radically again for the better, looks like I'll just have to put SUSE down to experience, and move on.
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