Re: [Trisquel-users] about printing

2020-07-16 Thread fredo
Would anyone know if it has the printer tracking function? You can check it with a blue light. You can also use one of the following tricks to check if the dots appear : Making the dots visible By design, it’s nearly impossible to see the dots with the naked eye, so you’ll want a way to

Re: [Trisquel-users] enigmail gone after upgrade

2020-04-28 Thread fredo
Unfortunately the newest icedove with the newest enigmail plugin from mozilla website does not work. So I'll keep the old version until something changes. I tried on a newly upgraded computer and I've been able to install the latest release of enigmail (2.1.6) on Icedove 68.7.0 without

Re: [Trisquel-users] enigmail gone after upgrade

2020-04-28 Thread fredo
It is possible to downgrade Icedove using synaptic package manager. Simply select it from the list, then click Package>Force version. You will then be able to select the desired version and apply the changes. I recommend using the option "Block version" after downgrading so you can do other

Re: [Trisquel-users] 3D printing with free software

2020-01-19 Thread fredo
Check here if you find something that suits your needs or a link to such a free software project : https://www.instructables.com/howto/3D+printer/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Setting ip a server part II (at least)

2020-01-19 Thread fredo
What do you need this server to do? I recommend installing and setting up what you need as you need it. Precisely you may not need mysql, or any other database server if you only plan to host html files, or plan top use a flat-file CMS, like PluXml. Apache and the latest version of php is a

[Trisquel-users] ImageMagick convert:not authorized

2019-10-05 Thread fredo
Hello, I had this issue while trying to convert some images into a pdf document whith ImageMagick, even with sudo. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42928765/convertnot-authorized--error-constitute-c-readimage-453/52661288#52661288 The workaround indicated in the topic worked well, but

Re: [Trisquel-users] Recommended Music players?

2019-10-05 Thread fredo
I recently tried several music players after some comparison and I ended up chosing Sayonara Player wich seems a good choice for organizing and listening a music collection https://sayonara-player.com/ I searched something light that would let me do that simple tasks efficiently, without

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu Studio As Base for Next Trisquel? Trisquelize for Ubuntu Studio?

2019-05-20 Thread fredo
Hi ! I didn't read the full topic. Just wanted to say this quickly : Ubuntu studio is just a "realtime flavoured" Ubuntu, with good tweaks in system files and up to date repos. I personnaly use Trisquel for music production, as it is shipped by default with a lowlatency kernel, wich allows

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Ready For Development And Testing

2019-05-05 Thread fredo
Hi ! It's the same for me : I could never install a working version of minitube. Musictube would also be a good idea.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Why does installing Trisquel 7 updates cancel my sound system?

2019-03-28 Thread fredo
Hi I use both Trisquel 7 and Trisquel 8 and don't experience any problems with sound. I even use those systems for realtime music production. To help you with the issue you're facing we need more informations about it. Have you checked your soundcard ? Have you checked sound parameters ? If

[Trisquel-users] APT security issue

2019-02-03 Thread fredo
Hello, how about a fix for that ? https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2019/msg00010.html Has it already been published and I missed it ? Is it planned ?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hello everyone! I have a question about this part of Trisquel GNU/Linux

2019-01-21 Thread fredo
So am I. Often

[Trisquel-users] Re : Installing Trisquel on EFI

2018-07-23 Thread fredo
Thank you for your answer. I can neither boot from legacy mode nor from efi. I think this is because there is no efi boot partition with a GPT partition table correctly installed on my hard drive. I will try with Debian testing. On the french forum we have found this wich is particularly

[Trisquel-users] Installing Trisquel on EFI

2018-07-17 Thread fredo
Hello, after having unsuccesfully tried several ways to install trisquel on an efi system, I come here to get some help. I successfully booted and installed trisquel about ten times, always with the same issue : grub can't install because it "can't get the canonical path of'cow'". I am

Re: [Trisquel-users] Videotelephony on Trisquel 7

2018-05-24 Thread fredo
framatalk is a french instance of jitsi meet that just works on my abrowser 59.0.2

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I make a live DVD or live USB on Windows 10

2018-05-21 Thread fredo
You may have an issue booting on a live USB/CD on a windows 10 computer due to the way it handles UEFI. When I succeeded I had to click on windows 10 icon whith CTRL key pressed (maybe another key don't remember well), then click on restart. This opened a blue parameters window wich

Re: [Trisquel-users] Fastest Libre GNU/Linux Distro for 800mhz 32-bit Laptop?

2018-01-03 Thread fredo
Though maybe a bit outdated, there is also Librepup based on trisquel7 packages and linux-libre. With that you can wake up any old computer. iso here https://archive.org/details/librepup-6.0.2.0 forul thread http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=101106 librepup.info is now a dead

Re: [Trisquel-users] Touchpad on/off shortcut

2017-08-12 Thread fredo
Dunno sorry. Maybe in your keyboard parameters, there must be an option as described in your tuto for xfce.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Touchpad on/off shortcut

2017-08-12 Thread fredo
Oh ! I made a mistake : desactivating touchscreen is specific to xfce (though some recent DE like cinnamon may offer this option too). Desactivating the touchpad should be easy to do on every DE. Some people use this https://launchpad.net/touchpad-indicator, but the script you linked to

Re: [Trisquel-users] Touchpad on/off shortcut

2017-08-12 Thread fredo
It will work, but only if you install xfce desktop environment. This option is specific to xfce. Once you have the correct DE, there is nothing complicated, you'll have a nice button.

Re: [Trisquel-users] can you identify a vpn or tor user?

2017-07-30 Thread fredo
Your ISP will also know that you use Tor, unless VPN before or bridges. Or unless you setup tor correctly to hide your connection to the ISP. A documentation page about this option does exist on the tor website, but I forgot it's name so I can't retrieve it. Anyone knows ?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libre-Blogging?

2017-07-25 Thread fredo
>Maybe an alternative could be Drupal (https://www.drupal.org) Or SPIP, very convenient and lightweight https://www.spip.net/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Dock a window to the left or right side of your monitor

2017-07-02 Thread fredo
I guess you talk about tilling. You can simply install gnome3 or another DE that handles tilling by default as default DE in trisquel doens't. You must be able to install a windows tilling manager in lxde or gnome flashback, but I don't know how

Re: [Trisquel-users] a list of in fact gnulinux libre distributions?

2017-06-19 Thread fredo
Thinking about librepup using trisquel's packages https://freepo.st/post/b3efy88e though it's probably not up to date (https://notabug.org/dimkr/woof-CE-libre), one could use it to wake up an old computer and make it free.

Re: [Trisquel-users] librebootable.info

2017-05-29 Thread fredo
It is. You simply install your server locally with something like : sudo apt-get install apache php mysql php-mysql (approximate, check the packages name) then you just have to put the mediawiki files in /var/www and install it with your browser by typing "localhost" in the adress bar.

Re: [Trisquel-users] DVD rip stops at 30+ minutes

2017-04-16 Thread fredo
I had the same problem when trying to rip a DVD with handbrake. It stopped at 1O minutes everytime. I gave up thinking there was some sort of copy protection. Just after this I succesfully ripped another one. You may try to check if there is something wrong with the DVD.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Obsolete software in the Trisquel repos

2017-04-14 Thread fredo
jxself wrote : "Are you offering to help out and accomplish this?" How can we help ? Do we need precise technical knowledge and spend a lot of time to care about not bringing issues ? Is it just a copy-paste task ? I can help by updating some software I know, but it's maybe not that much

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems with playing DVD

2017-04-14 Thread fredo
And to install it ;-) copy the full name of your package, open a terminal in the place you have downloaded it (for example : cd ~/Downloads, or simply right click in an empty space in the files manager) then type sudo dpkg -i PASTE HERE THE NAME OF YOUR PACKAGE and you're done. Next

Re: [Trisquel-users] JWPCE

2017-04-10 Thread fredo
Hello, I found this https://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/uim-anthy wich replaces this proprietary software by allowing a system wide japanese input. Every text editor can write in japanese the same way (romaji to kana to kanji by hitting space bar or enter). Uim is in trisquel's repo.

Re: [Trisquel-users] JWPCE

2017-04-01 Thread fredo
Ok thank you for answering me. I'll switch to tagaini jisho for dictionnary and try to find some other way to have asian characters input.

Re: [Trisquel-users] JWPCE

2017-03-30 Thread fredo
Looks like you check the rights of JWP. I took a screenshot of my JWPce copy wich tells it is GnuGPL, with the interface inspired from JWP. Downloaded it from here http://www.tanos.co.uk/jlpt/extras/jwpce/ Here a port for Nintendo DS providing the sources

[Trisquel-users] JWPCE

2017-03-29 Thread fredo
Hello just to talk about this software I use quite often. It allows us to write in japanese (katakana/hiragana) with our keyboards and has a huge kanji dictionary with automatic recognition based on pronociation. It is made for windows and one can use it very simply with wine (out of the

[Trisquel-users] Re : Gnokii

2017-03-06 Thread fredo
Sorry, I made a mistake about the forum langage... Here is the traduction : "Hello everyone, I try to repair my old nokia (hard reset) and I need to backup the contacts. I'm trying to use Xgnokii but it doesn't launch. Here is the output from the terminal : (xgnokii:10802): Gtk-WARNING

[Trisquel-users] Gnokii

2017-03-06 Thread fredo
Bonjour à tous, pour tenter de réparer mon nokia (hard reset), j'ai besoin de sauvegarder d'abord les contacts. J'essaie d'utiliser Xgnokii, mais voici ce qu'il me renvoie quand j'essaie de le lancer : (xgnokii:10802): Gtk-WARNING **: horizontal scrolling not implemented (xgnokii:10802):

[Trisquel-users] Re : For those of you who want a libre version of pokemon,

2016-12-04 Thread fredo
You can also look at tuxemon, wich is a very good original pokemon rewriting in python. This is under a CC license. Not finished yet but promising. It is a total conversion with complete story rewriting and no reference to nintendo. https://tuxemon.org/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Using Evolution Mail with mailbox.org

2016-12-02 Thread fredo
You can also launch evolution in a terminal to see if it outputs something when trying to connect. I personally don't use evolution, except on some computers, to have a quick imap access. I prefer icedove wich seems more convenient for a day to day use (powerful, full of options and

Re: [Trisquel-users] Using Evolution Mail with mailbox.org

2016-11-28 Thread fredo
No, but I remember I spent a long time configuring my accounts in evolution the first time. You have to carefully enter all the parameters by yourself because it has no automatic feature like icedove. Are you in pop3 or imap4 ? Have you checked your authentification service ? There are a

Re: [Trisquel-users] Using Evolution Mail with mailbox.org

2016-11-28 Thread fredo
Can you be more precise ? Have you an error message while trying to connect ?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Waiting for Trisquel 8 (Flidas)

2016-11-28 Thread fredo
Aaah thank you magic banana. I read there https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/package-helpers/blob/belenos/CONTRIBUTING.md that it's for code, bugs, and documentation. Isn't there a different way for contributing to the doc (loging in on the website and editing the wiki). Do I make a

Re: [Trisquel-users] External HDD preparation best practices

2016-11-25 Thread fredo
Just to say there is a preacution while formatting SSD hardrives, if you plan to buy one. Mine is broken since I formatted it in fat32. Now it takes five hours to copy 2Go of date from the disk to the computer. I've read somewhere you must format that type of disk with care, letting some

Re: [Trisquel-users] An alternative to gmail

2016-11-12 Thread fredo
Keep in mind that thunderbird isn't in trisquel repositories. If you want to use this software, you'll have to install it's free fork icedove. If you want to use GPG to encrypt your mail, and maybe pop3 protocol to automatically take your emails from the server, the use of icedove will be

[Trisquel-users] Re : Forum request: signatures

2016-10-08 Thread fredo
Ok, I checked what you did SuperTramp83 and there is nothing to add to your english version. On the french side we have this page https://trisquel.info/fr/faq wich cannot be edited. Any idea about how to do it ? Must we contact a webmaster ?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Forum request: signatures

2016-10-05 Thread fredo
Ok, I guess I won't be able to work as hard as you did, but I'll help as much as I can. I'll begin to check by myself were to begin. See you soon on the wiki ;-) @others : Anyhting about how the mailing list works ?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Forum request: signatures

2016-10-05 Thread fredo
I can help traducing this page from spanish to french/english. Do you have a link plz ? Did you begin the english page ? By the way, i'd like to know how the forum works, I'd like to build such a mailing-list bound forum on another website.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Its been nice meeting you all,

2016-05-06 Thread fredo
Or simply disable it in the control panel ;-)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Where do you get your media from?

2016-04-20 Thread fredo
You can also have some good music here http://www.auboutdufil.com/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Where do you get your media from?

2016-04-20 Thread fredo
You can also have some good music here http://www.auboutdufil.com/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Where do you get your media from?

2016-04-20 Thread fredo
I already reported it to a member of the community, they are working on it ;-)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ransomware in Trisquel/Ubuntu

2016-04-20 Thread fredo
And keep in mind that the id of an external hard drive (sdb>sdc) can change after reboot ! This can save you from doing operations on a non-desired drive.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Where do you get your media from?

2016-04-20 Thread fredo
https://www.google.fr/advanced_search also allows to search for CC and other free licensed works (usage rights at the bottom of the page).

Re: [Trisquel-users] Where do you get your media from?

2016-04-20 Thread fredo
On https://pixabay.com you can find CC images.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Icedove version 38.4.0-1-deb7u1+7.0trisquel2 fails to connect to OpenMailBox.org's IMAP and POP3 servers

2016-04-18 Thread fredo
I can see the issue has been opened here in trisquel.info, but has it been done there : https://wiki.debian.org/Icedove#Reporting_Bugs ? And maybe it comes from the upstream thunderbird ? Bt the more, has someone tried to expose the problem to openmailbox maintainer ?

[Trisquel-users] Re : Icedove version 38.4.0-1-deb7u1+7.0trisquel2 fails to connect to OpenMailBox.org's IMAP and POP3 servers

2016-04-18 Thread fredo
Just to say that all of this can be done in a grahical way within synaptic : So, for newcomers in linux : open synaptic package manager select icedove package click on package/force version don't forget to block the version to prevent the updater from installing the newest version until this

Re: [Trisquel-users] Icedove version 38.4.0-1-deb7u1+7.0trisquel2 fails to connect to OpenMailBox.org's IMAP and POP3 servers

2015-12-09 Thread fredo
hello I have the same issue with icedove 38.4.0 with openmailbox and mailoo.org. I can't receive emails from these servers but i can send from the client. Trisquel 7 32bit version

Re: [Trisquel-users] Making the radeon kernel module work again

2015-08-12 Thread fredo
As i'm not very familiar with it, I'd like some help with the cvt command. Did I succeed in adding a new reso to xrandr ? Can I now use it ?

[Trisquel-users] Re : Making the radeon kernel module work again

2015-08-11 Thread fredo
Ok, so here is what I did : xrandr --newmode 1280x1024 109.00 1280 1368 1496 1712 1024 1027 1034 1063 -hsync +vsync wich returns : xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default X Error of failed request: BadName (named color or font does not exist) Major opcode of failed

[Trisquel-users] Re : Making the radeon kernel module work again

2015-08-11 Thread fredo
What does it means a bad EDID info ? I don't understand. I already have the package x11-xserver-utils, here is the output of xrandr command : xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default Screen 0: minimum 1024 x 768, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768 default connected primary

Re: [Trisquel-users] Making the radeon kernel module work again

2015-08-10 Thread fredo
Hi, I'm trisquelizing a computer for a friend with a Radeon GPU : 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV730 PRO [Radeon HD 4650] With the default kernel, I could'nt get a good resolution. I tried downgrading the kernel, and then jxself posted the new

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't get Mate to work in my Trisquel (7), can anybody help?

2015-07-27 Thread fredo
I wasn't able to install cinnamon, and I gave up trying all the desktop environment. Installing gnome 3 was enough for me, and it works very good. I know some people here installed some other DE, but I always had issues. Only enlightenment and xfce worked good enough to keep it. I recommend

[Trisquel-users] Re : How to shut up Windows users

2015-07-02 Thread fredo
What I saw was not untrue information but just an add for a gaming os apparently based on linux kernel, and other people saying I prefer win 7 Or I prefer win 8.1. I saw nothing wich looked like a debate or something like that. Just people saying quite meaningless things.

[Trisquel-users] Re : anyone using Trisquel for music production?

2015-05-08 Thread fredo
You're right, and as I can't edit my post, here is the link : http://www.linuxmao.org/Trisquel

Re: [Trisquel-users] anyone using Trisquel for music production?

2015-05-06 Thread fredo
Hi, I do use Trisquel for audio production. I only installed a few software from the official repos (ardour, qjackctl, mixxx, lmms, audacity, zynaddsubfx,...) and it's sufficient for me. With another french member of trisquel community we made this small wiki page (in french) about

[Trisquel-users] Re : PCManFM: Not authorized to perform operation

2015-04-20 Thread fredo
Hello, I've got exactly the same problem with a Dell latitude D-500 with Trisquel 7. I succesfully mounted the windows partition with the above command, but the user will need to be able to mount it with the simple graphical tools. How can this be done ?

Re: [Trisquel-users] I am looking to build my first computer.

2015-02-08 Thread fredo
When I'll make my new pc I'll not only take hardware compatible with trisquel, but also a coreboot or libreboot compatible motherboard : http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards

[Trisquel-users] Re : My router is now running LibreCMC

2015-01-21 Thread fredo
Mine is running open wrt, so for those who need help to flash their TP-link, ask me ;-) Btw, i read this on open-wrt website : Free and open-source. The project is entirely free and open-source, licensed under the GPL. The project is intended to always be hosted at an easily accessible

[Trisquel-users] Re : Wireless router suggestions?

2015-01-19 Thread fredo
I use a TP-Link TL-WR740n running open wrt (very easy to flash with a graphical interface) and it works perfectl with my trisquel 7. http://www.tp-link.com/En/products/details/?model=TL-WR740N https://openwrt.org/

[Trisquel-users] Re : Wa can change, but not in one day

2015-01-05 Thread fredo
Don't talk to me about steam ! It's been preventing me to play skyrim for 2 or 3 years, although I own the game on a legal dvd... I'm now gonna fix it thanks to wine and Gnu/linux. Steam IS evil. I just think like magic banana. We have to consider that it could make a lot of gamers (aka not

[Trisquel-users] Re : Window Border Themes

2015-01-04 Thread fredo
search for themes in synaptic, it will at least give ou some options.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Text to speech for gnulinux?

2014-12-29 Thread fredo
First of all, sorry, cause I'm french and i'm gonna give you useful but french links. The last voice I played with under windows was microsoft sam and I don't know anna. Under trisquel we have orca preinstalled, but the voice quality is not that good. You can change the ugly voice by

[Trisquel-users] Re : Librem 15: A Free/Libre and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms

2014-12-18 Thread fredo
I agree with everything you said except your last sentence. I think you pointed the most important thing in this debate without wondering how to change it. I mean communication, information, education. Of course snowden's revelation didn't reach everyone equally because of their different

[Trisquel-users] Re : Librem 15: A Free/Libre and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms

2014-12-18 Thread fredo
sasaki - do you really think that to those 1.2 billion facebook users a concept like privacy (real life or digital) really means something? I don't. A little amount of them is aware of the shit it is but keep using it. Schools are teaching us how to use microsoft and google software

[Trisquel-users] Re : Librem 15: A Free/Libre and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms

2014-12-18 Thread fredo
Maybe, starting companies and education are both things to be done. Here, in france, we have french data network who gives access to internet in a way that respects freedom and privacy. The branch in my city also offers hosting services on virtual and physical machines. Maybe are you

[Trisquel-users] Re : I accidentally burned an ISO to a flash drive containing files.

2014-12-14 Thread fredo
Thank you for this helpful post, it will help me too as I had the same problem, but with my external hard drive (copied an iso on /dev/sdc instead of /dev/sdb...). I have only writen a 3Go iso on a 300Go hard drive and formatted. I'd like to know how long it could take to recover my data

[Trisquel-users] Re : how to combine an audio track and video file?

2014-12-14 Thread fredo
you can also do this with the preinstalled video editor in trisquel : pitivi. I personnaly have some problems using it and find kdenlive easier to use.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Help with Evolution Email from this Forum?

2014-12-06 Thread fredo
Hello, I don't understand anything about german, but maybe you'll find some information here : https://telekomhilft.telekom.de/t5/Andere-E-Mail-Programme/Evolution-mail/td-p/647215 You can also contact the project devs : https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution I've just changed my default

[Trisquel-users] Re : Installing Cinnamon 2.4 stable in Trisquel 7

2014-12-05 Thread fredo
I tried this on trisquel 6 and had to completely reinstall my system. So I guess I had some trouble with 3d acceleration wich is maybe needed for cinnamon ?

[Trisquel-users] Re : Resolution problem on laptop + some questions

2014-12-05 Thread fredo
I'll try it and post on the forum if I succeed.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Resolution problem on laptop + some questions

2014-11-29 Thread fredo
Abraham, Trisquel's repository contains some free console emulators, including psx. I let you check this out by yourself. If you like retro gaming, i suggest you to give a try to puppy arcade 11 wich contains many preconfigured emulators, including some recent consoles.

[Trisquel-users] Wifi card no more supported on trisquel 7

2014-11-18 Thread fredo
Hello, I had some problems with my wifi card (Edimax IEEE 802.11n Wireless lan pci card) wich I didn't have under trisquel 6. On both versions it wasn't recognized and I could not use wifi, but under trisquel 7 it continuously covered my terminal with this message : [ 1805.047780]

[Trisquel-users] Re : Sound problems with Trisquel 7

2014-11-15 Thread fredo
Have you tried the version 3.17 ? It solved my wifi card drivers problems. Have you checked your cpu architecture ?

[Trisquel-users] Re : trisquel-mini performances

2014-11-04 Thread fredo
Thank you for the tip of restarting lxdm. I'll check this the next time I use this computer to see if the problem came from here, then buy some more ram and install trisquel mini 7. @lembas : I'm not able to package any program. I have to practice a lot before.

[Trisquel-users] trisquel-mini performances

2014-11-01 Thread fredo
Hello, I'm a new trisquel user (installed it some months ago) and I use both trisquel and trisquel-mini (6.0.1) on different computers. I noticed that my install of trisquel-mini on a relatively good computer (Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz, 512 Mo of ram, Nvidia Ge force 2 MX200), was

[Trisquel-users] Re : trisquel-mini performances

2014-11-01 Thread fredo
You mean the apps I use could be the main problem ? It's right that I sometimes use two or three apps at the same time : GNOME Mplayer for music and abrowser or midori for browsing for example. I also often use audacity. Now for example, with midori opened and a movie copying from my hard