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diff --git a/trunk/gnome2-accessibility-guide/C/sysadmin.xml b/trunk/gnome2-accessibility-guide/C/sysadmin.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 587a7fc..0000000 --- a/trunk/gnome2-accessibility-guide/C/sysadmin.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,342 +0,0 @@ - -<appendix id="sysadmin-0"> -<title>System Administration</title> -<para>This appendix -describes some tasks that a system administrator needs to perform to enable -accessible login and to facilitate the use of the assistive technologies that -are available in the GNOME Desktop.</para> -<sect1 id="sysadmin-6"> -<title>Enabling Full Screen Magnification</title> -<indexterm> -<primary>Screen Reader and Magnifier</primary> -<secondary>enabling -full screen magnification</secondary> -</indexterm> -<para>The following sections -describe the methods to enable full screen magnification.</para> -<sect2 id="sysadmin-48"> -<title>To Enable Full Screen Magnification Using Two Video Cards</title> -<para>To enable full screen magnification in <application>Screen Reader and -Magnifier</application> using two physical video cards, perform the following -steps:</para> -<orderedlist> -<listitem> -<para>Configure two video cards as :0.0 and :0.1.</para> -<note> -<para>It is not essential that both video cards have the same resolution -and bit depth. However, if the resolutions and bit depths of both cards differ -greatly, the apparent magnification factor may differ slightly from the nominal -magnification factor.</para> -</note> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guisubmenu>Accessibility</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Screen Reader and Magnifier</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Click on <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Gnopernicus</guilabel> menu window.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Click on <guilabel>Magnifier</guilabel> to open the <guilabel>Magnifier Preferences</guilabel> dialog.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Click on the <guibutton>Add/Modify</guibutton> button to display -the <guilabel>Zoomer Options</guilabel> dialog.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>In the <guilabel>Display Screen</guilabel> section, type <userinput>:0.0</userinput> in the <guilabel>Source</guilabel> text box. </para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>In the <guilabel>Display Screen</guilabel> section, type <userinput>:0.1</userinput> in the <guilabel>Target</guilabel> text box. </para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Set the Zoomer Placement values to be <literal>[0,0,1023,767]</literal>.</para> -<note> -<para>These instructions assume a video resolution of 1024x768. </para> -</note> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Click <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> and <guibutton>Close</guibutton> -to close the <guilabel>Zoomer Options</guilabel> dialog. </para> -<para>The magnified view is displayed on the second display 0.1.</para> -</listitem> -</orderedlist> -</sect2> -<sect2 id="sysadmin-49"> -<title>To Enable Full Screen Magnification Using One Video Card on Linux Systems</title> -<para>To enable full screen magnification on Linux systems using one physical -video card and one virtual video card, perform the following steps:</para> -<orderedlist> -<listitem> -<para>Open the file <filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config</filename>.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Create a new section at the end of the file as follows:</para> -<literallayout>Section "Device" -Boardname "dummy" -Driver "dummy" -Identifier "dummy" -VendorName "dummy" -EndSection </literallayout> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Copy the <literal>Monitor</literal> section and paste it at -the end of the file.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>In the new <literal>Monitor</literal> section, edit the <literal>Identifier</literal> line as follows:</para> -<para> -<literallayout>Identifier "MonitorD"</literallayout> -</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Copy the <literal>Screen</literal> section and paste it at -the end of the file.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>In the new <literal>Screen</literal> section, edit the <literal>Device</literal>, <literal>Identifier</literal>, and <literal>Monitor</literal> -lines as follows:</para> -<para> -<literallayout>Device "dummy" -Identifier "Screen[D]" -Monitor "MonitorD"</literallayout> -</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Edit the <literal>ServerLayout</literal> section to change -the <literal>Screen</literal> line as follows:</para> -<para> -<literallayout>Screen "Screen[0]" 0 0</literallayout> -</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Insert the following line in the <literal>ServerLayout</literal> -section:</para> -<para> -<literallayout>Screen "Screen[D]" RightOf "Screen[0]"</literallayout> -</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Save the <filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config</filename> file.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Restart the X Server.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Start the <application>Screen Reader and Magnifier</application> -application.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Click on <guilabel>Startup Mode</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Gnopernicus</guilabel> menu window.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Select the <guilabel>Magnifier</guilabel> option in the <guilabel>Startup Mode</guilabel> dialog.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Click on <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Gnopernicus</guilabel> menu window.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Click on <guilabel>Magnifier</guilabel> to open the <guilabel>Magnifier Preferences</guilabel> dialog.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Click on the <guibutton>Add/Modify</guibutton> button to display -the <guilabel>Zoomer Options</guilabel> dialog.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>In the <guilabel>Display Screen</guilabel> section, type <userinput>:0.1</userinput> in the <guilabel>Source</guilabel> text box. </para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>In the <guilabel>Zoomer Placement</guilabel> section, set -the value of the <guilabel>Left</guilabel> spin box to <userinput>0</userinput>.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Click <guibutton>Apply</guibutton>.</para> -<para>The <application>Screen Reader and Magnifier</application> user interface -is no longer visible.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Log out of your session.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Log in to a new session.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Enter the following command to start <application>Screen Reader -and Magnifier</application> in full screen magnification mode:</para> -<para> -<command>gnopernicus -display :0.1</command> -</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>When you log out of your session, select the <guilabel>Save -current setup</guilabel> option. </para> -</listitem> -</orderedlist> -</sect2> -</sect1> -<sect1 id="sysadmin-52"> -<title>Enabling Braille</title> -<indexterm> -<primary>Braille, enabling</primary> -</indexterm> -<para>To enable -your system to support Braille output, you must configure the access rights -to the serial port to which the Braille device is connected. To do that:</para> -<orderedlist> -<listitem> -<para>Log in as the <literal>root</literal> user.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Enter the following command:</para> -<para> -<command>chmod 777 /dev/ttyS0</command> -</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Enter the following command:</para> -<para> -<command>chmod 777 /dev/ttyS1</command> -</para> -</listitem> -</orderedlist> -</sect1> -<sect1 id="sysadmin-37"> -<title>Configuring Alternative Pointer Devices</title> -<indexterm> -<primary>configuring two pointer devices</primary> -<secondary>on -Linux systems</secondary> -</indexterm> -<para>The following sections describe how to configure your system to use -a standard physical mouse and another pointer device such as a single switch -device or head tracker device, and how to configure <application>On-Screen -Keyboard</application> to use the second pointer device.</para> -<para>To configure an alternative pointer -device, perform the following steps:</para> -<orderedlist> -<listitem> -<para>Before you connect the alternative pointer device to your -system, enter the following command to list the existing devices:</para> -<para> -<command>ls -l /dev/usb/hid*</command> -</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Connect the alternative pointer device to your system.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Enter the following command again to list the new device:</para> -<para> -<command>ls -l /dev/usb/hid*</command> -</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Open the file <filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config</filename>.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Edit the <literal>InputDevice</literal> section where the <literal>Driver</literal> value is set to <literal>mouse</literal> as follows:</para> -<itemizedlist> -<listitem> -<para>Change the <literal>Option Device</literal> line to the following:</para> -<para> -<literallayout>Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"</literallayout> -</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Comment out the <literal>Option Protocol</literal> line as -follows:</para> -<para> -<literallayout>#Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2"</literallayout> -</para> -</listitem> -</itemizedlist> -<note> -<para>If you are not using USB connections for your primary mouse device -and other pointer device, you do not need to carry out this step.</para> -</note> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Create a new <literal>InputDevice</literal> section as follows:</para> -<para> -<literallayout>Section "InputDevice" -Driver "mouse" -Identifier "Mouse[3]" -Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse1" -Option "Name" "Autodetection" -Option "Vendor" "Sysp" -EndSection</literallayout> -</para> -<note> -<para>If you are not using USB connections for your primary mouse device -and other pointer device, you do not need to carry out this step.</para> -</note> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Edit the <literal>ServerLayout</literal> section as follows:</para> -<itemizedlist> -<listitem> -<para>Change the <literal>InputDevice "Mouse[1]"</literal> line -to the following:</para> -<para> -<literallayout>InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"</literallayout> -</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Create a new <literal>InputDevice</literal> line as follows:</para> -<para> -<literallayout>InputDevice "Mouse[3]" -</literallayout> -</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Remove any occurrences of the attributes <literal>SendCore</literal> or <literal>AlwaysCore</literal> from any of <literal>InputDevice</literal> lines.</para> -</listitem> -</itemizedlist> -<note> -<para>Ensure that only the device that you are using as the primary -mouse device has the <literal>"CorePointer"</literal> attribute and ensure -that the alternate input devices do not have the <literal>SendCore</literal> -or <literal>AlwaysCore</literal> attributes.</para> -</note> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Save the <filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config</filename> file.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Restart the X Server.</para> -</listitem> -</orderedlist> -<sect2 id="sysadmin-47"> -<title>To Configure On-Screen Keyboard to Use an Alternative Pointer Device</title> -<indexterm> -<primary>On-Screen Keyboard</primary> -<secondary>configuring for -two pointer devices</secondary> -</indexterm> -<para>To configure the <application>On-Screen Keyboard</application> application to use an alternative pointer -device, perform the following steps.</para> -<orderedlist> -<listitem> -<para>Start the <application>On-Screen Keyboard</application> application.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Click on <guilabel>GOK</guilabel> in the <guilabel>GOK - main</guilabel> window.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Click on <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> to open the <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Click on the <guilabel>Actions</guilabel> tab.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>In the <guilabel>Event Source</guilabel> options, select the <guilabel>Other input device</guilabel> option. <application>On-Screen Reader</application> -displays the name of the input device that you configured in the text box -next to the <guilabel>Other input device</guilabel> option.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<para>Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to close the <guilabel>GOK -Preferences</guilabel> dialog.</para> -</listitem> -</orderedlist> -</sect2> -</sect1> -</appendix> |