Re: [Trisquel-users] Taurinus X200 laptop now FSF-certified to respect your freedom

2015-10-02 Thread lap4fsf

Hi Chris,

Given your vast experience with Intel Processors, graphics cards and other  
computer hardware, can you help me?


My computer is having following specifications:-
[1] Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU E7400
[2] Graphics driver: Intel® G33 x86/MMX/SSE2
[3] Memory: 2.0 GiB
[3] Mother Board: ASUS P5KPL-CM

(1) Is it possible to install a 64 bit version of Trisquel GNU/Linux on this  
system?


(I presently have a 32 bit version of same OS, everything works fine. One of  
my friend suggested 64 bit versions works faster and allows the use of more  
RAM, if compatible with the processor arch. So can I give it a try?)


(2) Can I flash my BIOS with libreboot?

(AFAIK, ASUS has some sort of flash utility (I don't remember the exact name,  
but something like EZ Flash) in the BIOS Setup, so I don't think it should be  
that hard to libreboot my computer.)


 


Re: [Trisquel-users] Torify my Software Updater and Synaptic

2015-10-02 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
In related news looks like some Debian guys are putting up Tor-Enabled Debian  
Mirrors. Watch out for proprietary software though.


https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=15/09/06/1542241


Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with resolution in Live DVD

2015-10-02 Thread Adonay Felipe Nogueira
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Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with resolution in Live DVD

2015-10-02 Thread gnuser

Thanks for the reply!
Here is the outpup you asked:

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI  
RS880M [Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series]


However, and maybe I am being slow on this one, but... Why did the older  
kernel had the ability to work well without a proprietary firmware and the  
newer one doesn't?? I thought the newer kernel would have better support than  
the older.


You mean that the 3.10 libre kernel works fine at native resolutions (for  
example the one I mentioned 1366x738) even without the patch, right?


I suppose all the newer kernels will have the same issue, right? Without  
patch, no deal, right?
What is the latest kernel that will have support for a longer period of time  
that we could use without the patch? Seeing as the patch doesn't work all  
that well...


Could you please provide more info on who is the person who developed the  
patch? Website, forum, contact, anything..?


I don't like the idea of using a kernel that crashes on me (I want a stable  
and secure OS) but even less the idea of installing something from an unknown  
source.


Thanks!!


Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with resolution in Live DVD

2015-10-02 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
> Why did the older kernel had the ability to work well without a proprietary  
firmware and the newer one doesn't?? I thought the newer kernel would have  
better support than the older.


It's because the mainline bastards upstream decided to simplify the radeon  
driver. They love the blob so there's no problem in their universe...


If only Torvalds showed some balls and kicked the blobs out of the mainline.  
Linux is extremely well established by now, vendors would rush to make their  
blobs free software.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Torify my Software Updater and Synaptic

2015-10-02 Thread gnuser
I knew of that. It would be awesome if Trisquel did the same thing, but I  
don't think the project can handle it right now (the immense amount of work  
it requires is prohibitive).
However, maybe trying to ask Ruben to get apt-transport-tor in the  
repositories would be a nice idea. Think it's worth it?


I actually tried to compile it in my machine but it didn't work...


Re: [Trisquel-users] Torify my Software Updater and Synaptic

2015-10-02 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp

It's all really above my paygrade! :)

I think it would be a good thing and that the threats are real but I'm no  
expert. Privacy and security are always good things and as Snowden taught us  
being paranoid is probably not enough.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Does Anyone Know How to Map a Network Drive in Trisquel?

2015-10-02 Thread jason

"SFTP is for access over the internet, is it not?"

Network protocols are for accessing over a network, public or private. The  
internet is nothing more than a network of networks. Your stuff at home is a  
network.  Best not to draw arbitrary restrictions over what sort of network a  
given protocol is "supposed" to run on. There's no difference. :)


Re: [Trisquel-users] Midori won't open some websites because of security certificate problems

2015-10-02 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp

I too like locate (when the file I'm looking for isn't brand spanking new).

Unlike other tools like find(1), locate uses a previously created database to  
perform the search, allowing queries to execute much faster. This database is  
updated periodically from cron.


May I suggest the mlocate package instead of the locate package.

mlocate instead of re-reading all the contents of all  directories each time  
the database is updated keeps timestamp information in its database and can  
know if the contents of a directory changed without reading them again. This  
makes updates much faster and less demanding on the hard drive.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Help needed - Cannot log in trisquel after external harddisk not ejected properly

2015-10-02 Thread devtaporia
the file was .bck , so i executed 'rm -rf .config && mv .config.bck .config'  
first. Then this command "$ mv .config/gnome-session  
.config/gnome-session.bck" was showing error that particular folder does not  
exist. So, after reading the old comments carefully, i understood that

i first renamed .config to .config.bck.
then logging in automatically created a new .config
so you would have wanted me to first executed 'rm -rf .config && mv  
.config.bck .config' and then to create a new .config folder and shifted  
files from .config.bck to .config graphically. i was able to log in everytime  
after all files were shifted..


I may have misunderstood the instructions, so please comment.

Also, i am attaching a new log file.the old one was from the guest user id.

Also want to thank you for answering with a lot of patience details, the tab  
function is of great help.


Lastly, as this operation is taking a lot of our time, would you recommend i  
just redo the configuration settings on the old user or create a new user .  
Is there any fundamental problem which could reoccur in future if i do not  
find the fault file ?


Re: [Trisquel-users] Midori won't open some websites because of security certificate problems

2015-10-02 Thread svhaab

Off topic.
Supertramp, I too find navigating commands difficult. I do not blame  
gnulinux. I am almost always unable to read a man. Those of you who manage  
must be either skilled or have picked up early. About the 'find' ex, it is  
the '-iname'. Where did minus and 'i' come from? Much of the time to me it is  
like restarting when I face a new command or problem. I cannot figure the  
basic syntax, if there is any. Fx I wanted to use 'tcplay' by its commands. I  
did not get further than mounting a container.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Taurinus X200 laptop now FSF-certified to respect your freedom

2015-10-02 Thread lap4fsf

>> 1 yes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2

That's good news! I am going to download the 64 bit version of Trisquel  
GNU/Linux now!


>> no http://www.libreboot.org/docs/hcl/index.html#supported_list

Thank you for the link. It can come handy at some point of time in future.

>>Why is this question in this thread?

I have very little practical experience with Intel processors and graphical  
drivers. So I thought it would be nice to post my doubts, as there is a  
greater chance of getting an authentic reply from distinguished forum users,  
like Chris.


Apologies, if I am in the wrong space. Thank you for the fast response!


Re: [Trisquel-users] My GPG/Enigmail is completely broken.

2015-10-02 Thread Sachin
I am going to check whether problem persists with gnupg compiled from source


Re: [Trisquel-users] Does Anyone Know How to Map a Network Drive in Trisquel?

2015-10-02 Thread firefoxbugreporter
Have you tried restarting the system? It should be automatically mounted on  
boot.

To mount all from /etc/fstab without a reboot execute:
sudo mount -a
If that doesn't work, append "user" like this:
guest,uid=1000,iocharset=utf8,user
This will allow you to mount after booting with a click.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with resolution in Live DVD

2015-10-02 Thread gnuser
Thanks for the explanation. I thought it could be something like that but  
wasn't sure.


I couldn't agree more.

So newer kernels mean better NVidia support, but worse AMD support right?


Re: [Trisquel-users] Midori won't open some websites because of security certificate problems

2015-10-02 Thread greatgnu

Hi tonlee!
I see what you say. I started with computers when I was very young. My first  
pc was a 386 laptop when I was 10 or 11. I have used DOS 3.1, win 95, 98 ,  
me, xp and winzozz 7. Vista I skipped (didn't use computers during several  
years during the "vista period"). I switched to GNUX 2 years ago and ever  
since I have been reading and playing a lot, but I wouldn't define myself as  
"skilled". I guess computers (no matter what OS) require some logic, nothing  
special.. and I do realize that most people don't have it and it takes them a  
lot to learn but I really believe that EVERYBODY can learn (and should learn)  
few CLI commands. I really reckon that learning the essential CLI commands is  
not only beneficial to everybody's computing but also vitally necessary.

If you know how to read you can learn!!
I can recommend you an excellent pdf ->  
http://en.flossmanuals.net/_booki/command-line/command-line.pdf


And here is a useful wallpaper that can help you too ->  
http://vagubunt.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/cli_rehashed_by_doom-d2yf3nv.jpg


cheers


Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel and Ubuntu Phone

2015-10-02 Thread sleepruim

Found this. Thought it might be interesting:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seeed/rephone-kit-worlds-first-open-source-and-modular-p?ref=hero_thanks


Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel and Ubuntu Phone

2015-10-02 Thread jei
So I'm using an Ubuntu phone. While compared to other phones you're certainly  
more free here, it's not fully free in any way, so I don't know if it is  
relevant for this forum/list, but I can give you some answers to your  
questions:


>I'd lke to be able to sync contacts and calendar with a POP/IMAP email  
program.


I use syncevolution for this. I don't think there's a GUI for this (at least  
there wasn't when I started using Ubuntu Touch), but you have access to a  
terminal anyway so it's easy to configure and sync from there. I have my  
calendar/contacts stored on a server that supports CalDAV and CardDAV, and  
then just sync it everyday. That way when I make a change somewhere else, it  
will propagate to any of my other devices after the sync. Of course you could  
also write a cronjob for this, most of GNU tools and standard tools that you  
know from a Linux environment are available on the phone. (As long as they  
work with ARM.) The only thing that doesn't work for me is GnuPG, and that's  
why I don't use E-Mail at all on my phone, because all of my mail is  
encrypted. There is an e-mail client that is kind of decent (Dekko), but  
that's it.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Does Anyone Know How to Map a Network Drive in Trisquel?

2015-10-02 Thread someonedidnotlikeitsothisishowitlooksnow
"(...)I am accessing a drive that is attached to another linux computer on my  
local network(...)"
Seems perfect fit to use NFS. Give it a try. Samba was made for  
multiplattform with Windows machines and Linux based ones..{[


Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with resolution in Live DVD

2015-10-02 Thread greatgnu
You mean that the 3.10 libre kernel works fine at native resolutions (for  
example the one I mentioned 1366x738) even without the patch, right?


exactly so. All the ATI GPUs have always required the proprietary firmware  
for video acceleration but they displayed the native screen resolution until  
linux kernel 3.10. After that, as lembas pointed out, they simplifies the  
driver so, all the kernels after the 3.10 need the blob for you to just have  
a decent screen resolution. 


Re: [Trisquel-users] Torify my Software Updater and Synaptic

2015-10-02 Thread gnuser
VPN's are not safe. No one will go to prison for you. Tor is the way to go.  
Decentralized and with no central point of failure.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with resolution in Live DVD

2015-10-02 Thread greatgnu

https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html


Re: [Trisquel-users] Torify my Software Updater and Synaptic

2015-10-02 Thread greatgnu

that depends on the vpn provider.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with resolution in Live DVD

2015-10-02 Thread greatgnu
It's because the mainline bastards upstream decided to simplify the radeon  
driver. They love the blob so there's no problem in their universe...


If only Torvalds showed some balls and kicked the blobs out of the mainline.  
Linux is extremely well established by now, vendors would rush to make their  
blobs free software.


lembas, my friend!!! + 3435 !! :)


Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with resolution in Live DVD

2015-10-02 Thread gnuser

Is kernel 3.2 still supported?


Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with resolution in Live DVD

2015-10-02 Thread gnuser
So, we have some options until 2016... after that we are gonna need the patch  
in a workable condition... damn...


Re: [Trisquel-users] Torify my Software Updater and Synaptic

2015-10-02 Thread greatgnu

A trusted and safe VPN may ease your mind maybe..



Re: [Trisquel-users] WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!

2015-10-02 Thread freeworld4

Removing the PPAs through this guide gets rid of the authentication errors.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/307/how-can-ppas-be-removed


Re: [Trisquel-users] WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!

2015-10-02 Thread freeworld4

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install thepackageyouweregoingtoinstall


Re: [Trisquel-users] Does Anyone Know How to Map a Network Drive in Trisquel?

2015-10-02 Thread davidpgil

Fair. lol


[Trisquel-users] Professional Photography Tools Free Software

2015-10-02 Thread freeworld4
What are all the programs that a professional photographer would use if he  
had to only use free software?
Is their a meta package to install it all? How do I request this feature in  
trisquel?


[Trisquel-users] Re : Help needed - Cannot log in trisquel after external harddisk not ejected properly

2015-10-02 Thread lcerf
Again: now that you can graphically log into your user account (can't you?),  
you can rename the files from the file manager. You can display the hidden  
file from the related entry in the menu or use Ctrl+H.


The problem related to the configuration of some application in your desktop  
environment. Not to the X server (the logs you show us are OK).


The renaming procedure I was suggesting aims to find out what application  
creates the problem. If you do not mind reconfiguring to your tastes some  
desktop applications, then just (re)moving the whole ~/.config. Creating a  
new user would mean even more applications to reconfigure to your tastes,  
moving your user files and changing their owner to the new user. You had  
better just (re)move the ~/.config.


[Trisquel-users] Simple Evolution Setup Q

2015-10-02 Thread john_harvey
Hello. Novice GNU person here. I'm trying to first time set up an email  
account. I go through the Evoution setup but it doesn't work.


I think it needs a password to my provider (comcast.net) but nowhere does it  
ask for a password.


Where might that be in the setup wizard?

Thank you.

Zem


Re: [Trisquel-users] Does Anyone Know How to Map a Network Drive in Trisquel?

2015-10-02 Thread davidpgil
hrmm not working... I wonder what would stop this from working...  
Investigating...


Re: [Trisquel-users] Does Anyone Know How to Map a Network Drive in Trisquel?

2015-10-02 Thread davidpgil
The Attached drive is NTFS, but the system is a Linux system. So probably  
don't use NFS eh?


Re: [Trisquel-users] Simple Evolution Setup Q

2015-10-02 Thread Dave Hunt
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The first time you check or send mail, I think Evolution will ask you
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Re: [Trisquel-users] Simple Evolution Setup Q

2015-10-02 Thread john_harvey
Thanks Dave. I looked for that, but I've tried to send with no such prompt. 


[Trisquel-users] Re : Back to Trisquel 7, need some help

2015-10-02 Thread lcerf
Like I wrote: the versions of the packages in Trisquel's repository almost  
always are those of Ubuntu 14.04.


[Trisquel-users] Re : Taurinus X200 laptop now FSF-certified to respect your freedom

2015-10-02 Thread lcerf
Most programs are single-threaded, i.e., would run on one single 33MHz  
processor.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Taurinus X200 laptop now FSF-certified to respect your freedom

2015-10-02 Thread onpon4
Indeed, combining 100 processors together would in practice mostly just allow  
you to run 100 programs simultaneously without adding further slowdown.  
Multi-threaded programs that can actually take advantage of multiple  
processing cores do exist, of course, but it's a difficult job to do and  
typically reserved for programs that really need it. Even then, it's usually  
only a small number of threads, nowhere near 100; there's only so much you  
can do concurrently, after all.


Some jobs can of course be easily split up, like brute-force password  
cracking, but most of the time there is a certain order you need to do some  
essential things in. If you have to do 10 jobs before moving onto the next  
set of jobs, and one of them is guaranteed to take 10 milliseconds while the  
rest of them take only 1 millisecond, it's no help at all to give an  
individual thread to the rest of them; you might as well just split those  
jobs into two threads, one for the job that's going to take 10 milliseconds  
and one for the 9 jobs that are going to take 1 millisecond each.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Taurinus X200 laptop now FSF-certified to respect your freedom

2015-10-02 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp

1 yes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2

2 no https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libreboot#Supported_systems


Re: [Trisquel-users] Midori won't open some websites because of security certificate problems

2015-10-02 Thread Faalentijn
On 01/10, rhut...@posteo.de wrote:
> I know. But i don't see why i should invest more than 10 minutes into
> figuring out how to really "find" that file. Man pages are generally
> ridicoulus. Two online pages that i read about it gave me some advice, but
> it was incomplete and the commands i tried didn't work - or at least didn't
> bring me any result.
You might be looking for locate(1) command which is a much faster and
simpler alternative to find. I find it much easier to use for just
locating files however for more difficult things I do tend to use find
(because of the -exec option).

You just use it by typing: "locate foo bar baz" and it will find all
instances of files named foo, bar or baz.
-- 
I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.
-- William Allen White


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Re: [Trisquel-users] LibreOffice: from repos or their own website?

2015-10-02 Thread strypey
"LO has the advantage of being able to incorperate code from Apache into LO,  
but not vice-versa."


Is that because of licensing issues?

"Apache's pretty much dead, friend."

Just for clarity, do you mean *Apache* is dead, or *Apache OpenOffice* is  
dead?


Re: [Trisquel-users] Fresh Toutatis Install on Fujitsu Lifebook, Wireless Internet Not Working

2015-10-02 Thread moxalt
> Is it actually possible to replace the WiFi card in a laptop?

That depends. Unless it's a sealed case, you should be able to open it up and
replace the wifi card with one that fits. However, a worryingly large number of
manufacturers implement hardware locks which prevent user-installed wifi cards
from working with the rest of the computer, denying you control over your own
hardware. I don't think that is the case with Toshiba, but Lenovo, IBM, Dell,
HP, and few others do engage in this nasty practice.

Your safer just using a USB wireless adapter from Tehnoetic or Thinkpenguin.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Fresh Toutatis Install on Fujitsu Lifebook, Wireless Internet Not Working

2015-10-02 Thread moxalt
> I then mounted these manually when I ran the Toutatis install. Don't know if
> that's relevant but...

It shouldn't be, but you never know. You should have partitioned things again
with the Toutatis partman, instead of using old partitions from a failed
installation.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Simple Evolution Setup Q

2015-10-02 Thread moxalt
You are correct. On first POP/IMAP/SMTP/whatever connection, if the server
prompts for a password, Evolution will ask the user for one.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Professional Photography Tools Free Software

2015-10-02 Thread moxalt
Yeah. I'd recommend Shotwell, GIMP, and the UFRaw extensions. That should
pretty much be all you need- a pretty decent photography suite.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with resolution in Live DVD

2015-10-02 Thread moxalt
> So newer kernels mean better NVidia support, but worse AMD support right?

In that case, things are getting better for me. I have a NVidia :)

You'd think that with the power and influence Torvalds and gang have these
days, due to the popularity of the Linux kernel, they could easily de-blob
mainline Linux and all the companies who have based their entire businesses on
the kernel would have to scramble to free their firmware, or at least help out.
A license change requires a lot less effort than completely switching away from
the Linux ecosystem.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Taurinus X200 laptop now FSF-certified to respect your freedom

2015-10-02 Thread moxalt
> (AFAIK, ASUS has some sort of flash utility (I don't remember the exact name,
> but something like EZ Flash)

Easy Flash, actually.

> in the BIOS Setup, so I don't think it should be that hard to libreboot my
> computer.)

ASUS Easy Flash is a utility designed to update the BIOS with new versions from
ASUS. It cannot be used to install alternate BIOSes. It's actually a lot easier
to install Libreboot than all that- Libreboot comes with a flashing utility
which lets you flash Libreboot directly to your ROM via software from within
the operating system (in most cases).

Regardless, Libreboot/Coreboot doesn't support your system. Libreboot only
works on a range of Thinkpads, the ASUS KN4-DRE server board, and the Macbooks
1 and 2.


Re: [Trisquel-users] Taurinus X200 laptop now FSF-certified to respect your freedom

2015-10-02 Thread moxalt
> 1.  a low priced computer to come out with free software support

What do you mean by 'free software support'? A machine with proprietary BIOS
(and potentially other low level nasty things) but one that supports a free
operating system? In that case, just browse around h-node. I'm sure you can
find a workable system and get it second hand. If in doubt, just buy from
Thinkpenguin.

On the other hand, if you mean a Librebooted system, you're not getting
anything cheaper than Minifree (if you're in the UK) or Libiquity (if you're in
the US). Or just buy a Thinkpad second-hand and Libreboot it yourself.

> 2.  a laptop that has more than just Libreboot, I want a fully free machine

Wait no longer! They already exist. As I said, Minifree/Libiquity. They even
have low-level nasty things from Intel removed, like the Intel Active
Management Engine.


[Trisquel-users] Fresh Toutatis Install on Fujitsu Lifebook, Wireless Internet Not Working

2015-10-02 Thread strypey
Hi everyone, I just bought a second-hand Fujitsu Lifebook T Series (model  
T4215). They were designed for XP, but this one was running 7 when I bought  
it. I tried to install Belenos from a liveUSB (made with UNetbootin) which  
had worked fine installing on my Acer Aspire One, but I had a few teething  
problems. The graphical installer crashed a couple of times before  
completing, and the text installer left me with a command-line only system,  
and my liveUSB borked by the installer putting GRUB on that instead of the  
hard drive. A separate GRUB problem left my Aspire One booting into a GRUB  
shell that I don't yet know how to use.


Fortunately the Lifebook has a CD-ROM drive (unlike the Aspire One), and I  
had a Toutatis liveCD lying around from some experiments with an old desktop.  
I just installed Toutatis from the liveCD and installed all the available  
updates. However, my wireless internet is still not working. The network menu  
says "device not ready" which I'm assuming means a driver problem?


I can think of a number of things to try:
* upgrading to Belenos using the Update Manager
* making a new Belenos liveUSB and do a fresh install
* upgrading to a newer kernel

Does anyone have any other suggestions, or advice on which of the above is  
the best approach to this kind of problem?


Re: [Trisquel-users] Fresh Toutatis Install on Fujitsu Lifebook, Wireless Internet Not Working

2015-10-02 Thread strypey
One more thing, when I tried to Belenos install, I removed the Windows  
partition, and manually partitioned to create a 20GB EXT4 root partition, a  
4GB swap partition, and the rest of the disk as an EXT4 /home partition  
(about 75GB). I then mounted these manually when I ran the Toutatis install.  
Don't know if that's relevant but...


Re: [Trisquel-users] Fresh Toutatis Install on Fujitsu Lifebook, Wireless Internet Not Working

2015-10-02 Thread jason

Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

That is it. Your WiFi requires proprietary software. Trisquel, by its nature,  
doesn't include proprietary software so your WiFi doesn't work.


Your options are to replace the WiFi card or to use a USB port for WiFi or go  
without WiFi.


This USB WiFi thingy will work just fine without any proprietary bits:
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-usb-adapter-gnu-linux-tpe-n150usb


Re: [Trisquel-users] Simple Evolution Setup Q

2015-10-02 Thread strypey

What version of Trisquel and Evolution do you have?


Re: [Trisquel-users] Fresh Toutatis Install on Fujitsu Lifebook, Wireless Internet Not Working

2015-10-02 Thread strypey
OK thanks. Good to know. Toutatis is running fine for now, so I will leave  
upgrading to Belenos for now, and look into your other suggestions. Is it  
actually possible to replace the WiFi card in a laptop?


[Trisquel-users] Re : Problem with resolution in Live DVD

2015-10-02 Thread lcerf
See https://trisquel.info/forum/screen-resolution-0 (you can apparently get  
the correct resolution with a 3.11 kernel).


[Trisquel-users] Re : Fresh Toutatis Install on Fujitsu Lifebook, Wireless Internet Not Working

2015-10-02 Thread lcerf
You can try to update the kernel:  
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/update-linux-libre-kernel


However, it is very likely that there is no free firmware for your Wifi card  
('lspci' would tell). Even in the latest kernel. The solution therefore  
becomes to substitute the Wifi card or use a Wifi adapter.


To have the guarantee that it will work with Linux-libre (hence Trisquel),  
you can get it from http://libre.thinkpenguin.com or http://tehnoetic.com  
(other vendors may sell some supported hardware but they never provide the  
relevant information: the chipset).


[Trisquel-users] Re : Professional Photography Tools Free Software

2015-10-02 Thread lcerf
GIMP + the UFRaw extension I guess. However Trisquel's repository has other  
programs that handle the RAW formats: RawTherapee and Darktable.


And there are programs to organize (chronologically, with tags, etc.) the  
pictures. Shotwell in particular.


[Trisquel-users] Re : Simple Evolution Setup Q

2015-10-02 Thread lcerf
Check again the protocols, server addresses and ports (the account is  
modifiable from the Edit/Preferences menu):  
https://askubuntu.com/questions/583504/setup-evolution-for-comcast-mapi-server-on-12-04


Re: [Trisquel-users] Fresh Toutatis Install on Fujitsu Lifebook, Wireless Internet Not Working

2015-10-02 Thread strypey

The output of lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and  
945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS,  
943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME,  
943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition  
Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1  
(rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2  
(rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3  
(rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI  
Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI  
Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI  
Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI  
Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI  
Controller (rev 02)

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge  
(rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller  
(rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA  
Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02)

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8055 PCI-E  
Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 12)
05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan]  
Network Connection (rev 02)
08:03.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711MP1/MS1 MemoryCardBus Controller  
(rev 20)
08:03.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711MP1/MS1 MemoryCardBus Controller  
(rev 20)

08:03.2 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MMC/SD Controller
08:03.3 Bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MS/xD Controller