[nfbcs] help with X11 forwarding

[Jim Barbour]

Hello, 

You will not be able to run any X11 apps on that machine after ssh'ing in, including a browser. Your screen reader will not know what to do with the graphics  it generates.

If it is just a browser you need, see if you can run a browser locally on your Windows machine. If you need to run other X-based programs, you won't need to login directly to a console, and install the orca screen reader. 

Jim

Written While on the Move

> On Sep 16, 2015, at 3:06 PM, Vincenzo Rubano via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> from what I know, the only way to make your setup accessible is to install orca on the vm and then forward both audio and X11 over ssh; if you cannot install orca on the vm, I don’t think you have any way to access it…
> 
> Vincenzo.
> 
>> Il giorno 16 set 2015, alle ore 23:59, Amanda Lacy via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> ha scritto:
>> 
>> I'm trying to take a network security class. The professor has given
>> me an inaccessible VM (no Orca installed) and wants me to ssh into it
>> with X11 forwarding enabled. Then I'm supposed to open the web browser
>> Iceweasel and visit some web address.
>> 
>> My problem: the browser opens but I can't navigate it with a screen
>> reader. Is there any way to get this to work? At the moment I'm
>> running the VM on Windows but I have a Mac I can also use.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Amanda
>> 
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