Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 6.0.1 (with recent updates) just hanged on me big time!

2014-09-21 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
First try running those from the terminal to see if you get an error message. (You could hold the shift key during reboot to get into the GRUB menu where you can choose which kernel to boot. And if you really want you can uninstall the new kernel if it's indeed to blame.)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Update Manager Not Working

2014-09-21 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
Thanks to kpengboy & GustavoCM there is now a fix. You can fairly easily apply it yourself. See https://trisquel.info/en/issues/12270#comment-56900

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 6.0.1 (with recent updates) just hanged on me big time!

2014-09-21 Thread gary02121993
Dude how do I get back to the previous kernel? Ever since I installed that things got pretty crappy. It might be the culprit. I've already updated and upgrade my system from both GUI and terminal ways. One of the crappiest things that happened is that I try to open up Mixxx and Cheese via ctr

Re: [Trisquel-users] Where are all the security updates?

2014-09-21 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
> Something which I'm failing at by not having figured out how to properly quote comments in the forum software yet :) Just add a ">".

Re: [Trisquel-users] Where are all the security updates?

2014-09-21 Thread trisquel
-- "This is the truth with regret. I think we should Move to parabola" I think Trisquel is in the best shape of any of the Free distributions, and I doubt things are any rosier elsewhere. My comments are meant to be help strengthen Trisquel. -- "I don't see how Ruben living off just a part

Re: [Trisquel-users] need examples of non-free format abandonment

2014-09-21 Thread tegskywalker
How about these? http://www.codealchemists.com/worksdatabaseconverter/ http://www.mydigitallife.info/convert-microsoft-works-database-wdb-to-csv-or-excel-without-works-installed/ https://support.microsoft.com/kb/197894

Re: [Trisquel-users] Cannot boot from CD.

2014-09-21 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
> Is there any problems associated with partitioning for and adding a third OS, generally? If a distro installs an older version of the GNU GRUB bootloader or another bootloader altogether it might not detect your current distros. Restoring the bootloader could be tricky. So, like always,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Cannot boot from CD.

2014-09-21 Thread john_harvey
Will do. One last thing: I have Ubuntu and Trisquel installed already. Is there any problems associated with partitioning for and adding a third OS, generally? Thanks, Zem

Re: [Trisquel-users] need examples of non-free format abandonment

2014-09-21 Thread shiretoko
This refers to the works word format, not the database. In fact, I found quite a few converter for "works word" as well as for "works excel", but none for works database.

Re: [Trisquel-users] need examples of non-free format abandonment

2014-09-21 Thread tegskywalker
Fun fact.. documents created in iWork may also embed a PDF version of the document which can be extracted. I haven't touched an iWork file since 2010, but I remember that option.

Re: [Trisquel-users] need examples of non-free format abandonment

2014-09-21 Thread tegskywalker
What if you use this program in Office 2003 or 2007 and then save in a newer format or OpenDocument via a plugin or native support in 2007? https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=12 FYI this is the other plugin for older Office: http://sourceforge.net/projects/odf-converter

Re: [Trisquel-users] Cannot boot from CD.

2014-09-21 Thread legimet . calc
I didn't realize you were talking about a different distro. It would probably be better to ask on that distro's forum/mailing list/irc/whatever.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Cannot boot from CD.

2014-09-21 Thread john_harvey
Thanks! Its actually the second disk I've burned. So I'll try for third and see how it goes.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Cannot boot from CD.

2014-09-21 Thread legimet . calc
Sounds like the CD has a problem so that the computer boots from the hard drive instead.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Cannot boot from CD.

2014-09-21 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
Hi there and welcome to freedom! Maybe there's something wrong with that CD? Does it work on another machine? Since you've last installed Trisquel, it has replaced the GRUB background with its. Also there is a hidden timeout as you've noticed and looks like Trisquel also makes itself the def

[Trisquel-users] Cannot boot from CD.

2014-09-21 Thread john_harvey
Hello All. I'm new to GNU/linux. I have been running Ubuntu on my old Dell Inspiron 1520. I also just installed Trisquel (and am now waiting for a usb wifi card from thinkpenquin to test it out on the web.) The case: I'm trying to run a third disto that my wife is interested in, from dis

Re: [Trisquel-users] Update Manager Not Working

2014-09-21 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
> I'll never be able to close it except by restarting. You can use for example the xkill command if this unfortunate situation should repeat. Open a terminal or alt+F2, punch in the command and then point and click the offending window.

Re: [Trisquel-users] is email a communication protocol?

2014-09-21 Thread riftyful
I thought Tox.im was just a website for Tox? Tox itself, as far as I know, is free software, so yes, I believe it uses free protocols. But I'm no expert.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Update Manager Not Working

2014-09-21 Thread xnchgyqk
Right after I made this post I tried sudo apt-get dist-upgrade (thanks Christianity) and that installed the last two updates. So where it stands now, I do have a way to install all the updates via the terminal, but the update manager is broken and I have no fix for it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Icecat 30 and paypal login?

2014-09-21 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
I wouldn't do business with paypal. They're infamous for freezing accounts randomly and stealing any money on it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Update Manager Not Working

2014-09-21 Thread xnchgyqk
It's the same for me. I still can't install updates using the graphical update mananger due to this problem. Recently the update manager showed thirty something updates available. I opened the update manager and experienced the problem this thread is about. So I ran sudo apt-get upgrade.