Re: [Trisquel-users] Complete replacement of virtualbox

2014-10-15 Thread Sachin
The video resolution can be changed for xorg.conf in the vm but your video driver has to be set to vga or qxl (I am not sure) the default is cirrus which only supports 1024x768 Virt-manager's vnc viewer can't share clipboard so if you use remmina instead you'll be able to share clipboard. For

[Trisquel-users] Amd ati graphic cards only chipset matters not brand and version?

2014-10-15 Thread svhaab
On h node if you select amd ati, pci e, and works with 3d acceleration, you get radeon hd 4870, 6450, 7450, 8450, radeon r5 230. Cards with these chipsets come in different brands and versions. Fx various memory sizes. You get a free hardware amd ati graphic card with 3d acc no matter what

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free hardware and open source and hp printers?

2014-10-15 Thread lakbk89
Hi Tonlee, I am having a HP Deskjet D1500 series printer. It works like charm with Trisquel GNU/Linux 6.0.1 LTS version. So I understand, atleast from software point of view, the HP Printers of D1500 series are completely compatible with free software. But the same may not be true for some

Re: [Trisquel-users] Amd ati graphic cards only chipset matters not brand and version?

2014-10-15 Thread Michał Masłowski
All of these reports are incorrect, people either think that llvmpipe provides GPU acceleration (it uses the CPU instead) or use the nonfree firmware. Find a way to improve h-node.org documentation to prevent such mistakes? pgpSRjtXMo3K5.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't Connect to VPN?

2014-10-15 Thread willieaames25
Try to change your vpn connection or reboot the existing one. IPVanish is very reliable vpn connection for me. http://www.bestvpnservice.com/providers/220/ip-vanish-vpn.html

Re: [Trisquel-users] OpenGL problem

2014-10-15 Thread mtsio
@lembas I'm not running mini. I installed 'libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-trusty' but still the same problem.

Re: [Trisquel-users] IceDove replaced Thunderbird.

2014-10-15 Thread onpon4
I don't get this: There was an FSF blog post from either earlier this year or last year making a list of software the FSF was using, and Thunderbird was in the list. It has been absolutely common knowledge that Thunderbird was in Trisquel. People talked about and recommended Thunderbird

Re: [Trisquel-users] IceDove replaced Thunderbird.

2014-10-15 Thread simonhandel
Everything works great. The only issue I have is the missing import function in vCalendar, so I have to rewrite all entries from Lightning.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Help! GUI doesn't install????

2014-10-15 Thread lcerf
That is the proper runlevel for a graphical boot... I don't think there can be a problem in the script but let see anyway: can you show us the beginning of /etc/init/lxdm.conf (the lines with start on and stop on)? Enabling Trusty's graphical stack is not hard nor dangerous (easy to revert

Re: [Trisquel-users] A replacement for google doc for collaboratively write documents

2014-10-15 Thread franparpe
Sorry, could you elaborate more on making a wiki group? I don't know anything about that, a link with documentation would help. Etherpad is very good. Thank you all.

Re: [Trisquel-users] IceDove replaced Thunderbird.

2014-10-15 Thread franparpe
Yes, it helped. Thank you for clarifying that jxself, I didn't fully understand all of that. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Amd ati graphic cards only chipset matters not brand and version?

2014-10-15 Thread svhaab
Thanks. I cannot get a 3d acceleration supporting pci e graphic card that is free hardware? Does fsf know their h node info on graphic cards is incorrect?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Help! GUI doesn't install????

2014-10-15 Thread cassidy
@Magic Banana This is what is in the beginning of /etc/init/lxdm.conf: start on ((filesystem and runlevel[!06] and started dbus and (drm-device-added card0 PRIMARY_DEVICE_FOR_DISPLAY=1 or stoppped udev-fallback-graphics)) or runlevel

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installation Problems

2014-10-15 Thread simonafreeman
Hi David, I would try booting to a live session and then reformatting the partition where you planned to install Trisquel. Do you have multiple primary partitions or drives as this can cause an issue.

Re: [Trisquel-users] IceDove replaced Thunderbird.

2014-10-15 Thread shiretoko
Could you tell us about the email you mentioned? Never heard of it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] A replacement for google doc for collaboratively write documents

2014-10-15 Thread Sachin
I meant use a wiki software like mediawiki make it readable and editable for only the people you want.

Re: [Trisquel-users] IceDove replaced Thunderbird.

2014-10-15 Thread Michał Masłowski
A user reported this issue on the IRC channel several days ago, then mailed it to RMS (who reminded us of it at least on https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnu-linux-libre/2014-10/msg7.html). Known obvious freedom issues open for 1.5+ years after the developer decided that they need to be

Re: [Trisquel-users] Amd ati graphic cards only chipset matters not brand and version?

2014-10-15 Thread Michał Masłowski
Do you know what free hardware is? Some NVIDIA PCIe cards have 3d acceleration with Nouveau working with Trisquel. pgpOegeJuJQit.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [Trisquel-users] IceDove replaced Thunderbird.

2014-10-15 Thread trisquel-57dhdj
Nice to know, Thanks you :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] A replacement for google doc for collaboratively write documents

2014-10-15 Thread trisquel-57dhdj
mediawiki is hard for small project. I suggesd dokuwiki or wikiwiki both are free software.

[Trisquel-users] Re : IceDove replaced Thunderbird.

2014-10-15 Thread mtlben
I note that RMS suggested to simply rename Thunderbird to Icedove, not to remove it altogether...

Re: [Trisquel-users] IceDove replaced Thunderbird.

2014-10-15 Thread trisquel-57dhdj
Are there any instruction for upgrade and removing thunderbird for icedove on trisquel 6? Thanks you.

Re: [Trisquel-users] IceDove replaced Thunderbird.

2014-10-15 Thread legimet . calc
OK, but instead of removing thunderbird completely on T6, wouldn't it have been a better idea to replace it with icedove and add a transitional package for thunderbird?

Re: [Trisquel-users] A replacement for google doc for collaboratively write documents

2014-10-15 Thread franparpe
I was watching videos about doku and I've to say that it is very impressive and I've found pluguins to export to odf format. It is a shame it doesn't have an integrated chat to speak with others and I think you cannot see the other person typing as you do so you cannot work at the same

Re: [Trisquel-users] IceDove replaced Thunderbird.

2014-10-15 Thread onpon4
Yeah, Trisquel should be patching Ubuntu's Thunderbird appropriately and renaming the package to e.g. icedove, and the thunderbird package should become a transitional package for the new package. Suddenly panicking and removing Thunderbird entirely was a bad decision. I note that the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installation Problems

2014-10-15 Thread dlb025
yeah i boot 1 primary partition for windows because i need Microsoft office and the partition for trisquel is primary.

Re: [Trisquel-users] A replacement for google doc for collaboratively write documents

2014-10-15 Thread onpon4
You don't need wiki software to provide a chat feature! Just use IRC or XMPP if you want text chat, or if you want voice or video chat, Mumble or SIP (Ekiga, Jitsi, etc).

Re: [Trisquel-users] Amd ati graphic cards only chipset matters not brand and version?

2014-10-15 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
Does fsf know their h node info on graphic cards is incorrect? I notified them about this.

Re: [Trisquel-users] A replacement for google doc for collaboratively write documents

2014-10-15 Thread franparpe
Sorry onpon4 but I've written my complain poorly: It's not about the chat feature, it's about working on the same document at the same time. Let me put an example of what I mean: I remember working on a tutorial for the Trisquel wiki: I was correcting some mistakes I've made but a very

Re: [Trisquel-users] IceDove replaced Thunderbird.

2014-10-15 Thread christian
And you're honestly saying that Thunderbird was in Trisquel by mistake for all that time, and the mistake was only realized when RMS sent an email about it? I have to agree, I even made a forum post asking why we weren't using icedove well over a year ago, and got exactly one response (I

Re: [Trisquel-users] IceDove replaced Thunderbird.

2014-10-15 Thread Andrew Roffey
christian wrote: And you're honestly saying that Thunderbird was in Trisquel by mistake for all that time, and the mistake was only realized when RMS sent an email about it? I have to agree, I even made a forum post asking why we weren't using icedove well over a year ago, and got exactly

Re: [Trisquel-users] Amd ati graphic cards only chipset matters not brand and version?

2014-10-15 Thread tegskywalker
Nvidia generally has better GNU/Linux support and many of their cards can do 3D acceleration with free drivers. I really want an Nvidia GTX 970 based card (ASUS or MSI) in the near future and hopefully a future update can bring free driver support like my current GT 430.

Re: [Trisquel-users] A replacement for google doc for collaboratively write documents

2014-10-15 Thread onpon4
Maybe you could achieve what you want with VNC control? That is, one of you setting up a VNC server allowing others to take control, and then all collaborators connecting to that server. If you need a VNC client/server package to recommend, I'd suggest TightVNC. On Trisquel, Remmina seems

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Enhancement Project reaches version 0.1 alpha milestone

2014-10-15 Thread adel . afzal
Hey MySelf, I made an account on your wiki. I can help with writing/editing. I don't really know where to start. Let me know if I can help with something.

Re: [Trisquel-users] IceDove replaced Thunderbird.

2014-10-15 Thread jason
This wasn't a mistake, it's been common knowledge. Knowledge of a mistake doesn't mean that it didn't originate as a mistake. It did take a long time to get corrected, yes, and many people knew of this being an example of non-free software existing in Trisquel. It's still a mistake though

Re: [Trisquel-users] GNU/LINUX logo and logotype

2014-10-15 Thread cd1207
More appropriate if you can barely see the Linux...

[Trisquel-users] Acer Aspire V 11 Touch fails to boot off a USB LiveInstall

2014-10-15 Thread sstewartgallus00
I can navigate the initial menus of the installer but when I try to go further the system errors out into single user mode. No real filesystems are mounted, the only thing there is the initramfs. I have an error saying that no mountable filesystem could be found. There is no /dev/sdb file

Re: [Trisquel-users] Acer Aspire V 11 Touch fails to boot off a USB LiveInstall

2014-10-15 Thread sstewartgallus00
Nevermind. It seems that legacy boot mode was buggy but that UEFI boot mode with secure boot disabled was not buggy and works.

Re: [Trisquel-users] LibrePlanet 2015: Call for Sessions volunteering

2014-10-15 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
Registration is now open. There is a travel scholarship available. You can apply for one or contribute towards the fund. https://fsf.org/blogs/community/registration-opens-for-libreplanet-2015

Re: [Trisquel-users] Acer Aspire V 11 Touch fails to boot off a USB LiveInstall

2014-10-15 Thread sstewartgallus00
So the problem only appears to affect Ubuntu based distros https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/1241589/comments/61 Wasn't Trisquel going to be moved to being based on Debian? In any case, I guess I can use GNewsense for now.