Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems with OS after upgrade

2018-06-27 Thread Mason Hock
I'm glad everything is working now. Without knowing the last thing(s) you did before your system started working I can't say what fixed it, but as long as the problem doesn't return I wouldn't worry about it. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 upgrade: Power Off/Restart/Suspend/Lock Screen/Log Out broken

2018-06-27 Thread robert . beedle
Thank you mason, after removing gnome-panel everytihng is now working as intended. You not only helped me de-bug the problem but I also learned more about how Trisquel works as someone on the lower end of technical skills. Hats off and thanks again for your time in reading and responding

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 upgrade: Power Off/Restart/Suspend/Lock Screen/Log Out broken

2018-06-27 Thread Mason Hock
None of those packages look problematic. To clarify what's going on, Trisquel 8 uses MATE as its default desktop environment, whereas Trisquel 7 and earlier used GNOME. The transition is why the upgrade process is a little messy. The 'trisquel' metapackage installs everything needed for the

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to permanently disable/remove Orca Screen Reader?

2018-06-27 Thread Mason Hock
Thanks for the feedback. Assuming that you have completed every step on the documentation page, including logging out and logging in again, can you next try the following? - Go to Control Center -> Startup Applications and see if Orca is in there. If so, deselect it, log out, and log in. - If

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 upgrade: Power Off/Restart/Suspend/Lock Screen/Log Out broken

2018-06-27 Thread robert . beedle
Thank you for the reply mason. I checked the packages through the Synaptic Package Manager and noticed "trisquel" was not installed and configured, although "trisquel-recommended" was. I added the "trisquel" package and noticed it did make some changes to my Panel, but it did not resolve

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to permanently disable/remove Orca Screen Reader?

2018-06-27 Thread will . brokenbourgh2877
Mason, thanks for those instructions for disabling Orca. Unfortunately, that does not shut Orca off for me. I have to go into the terminal and kill it to shut off the screen reader. While this is a great feature for the visually impaired, it's pretty annoying to listen to when you don't

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 upgrade: Power Off/Restart/Suspend/Lock Screen/Log Out broken

2018-06-27 Thread Mason Hock
Try installing the packages 'trisquel' and 'trisquel-recommended'. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

[Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 upgrade: Power Off/Restart/Suspend/Lock Screen/Log Out broken

2018-06-27 Thread robert . beedle
Hi to all, I purchased a Libiquity Taurinus X200 about 18 months ago as a first try of freeware. My machine runs Libreboot for firmware and was running Trisquel v. 7 successfully with very few bugs. I recently ran the upgrade to 8 through the Trisquel updater program. An initial problem