Well it's ok, it gives me an opportunity to learn and get things right.
Thanks again for your help btw.
If I can get my install process to be faster (install scripts, a few config
files here and there, encrypting /boot, setting a few sepcific programs), a
new install might take less time
I've already tried all this (minus the "touch"), but for good measure, I
tried both again.
I've also removed those locking .Xauthority-* files that appeared again.
But When I reboot, or when I just go startx from tty2,
I still get xinit: connection to X server lost.
If you can find an X60, you can put Libreboot on it.
You can try a Samsung np-nc10, wich has a BIOS, but the management engine
there poses zero threat. I've posed about it somewhere on the forum, if
you're interested.
Of course, there's also the EOMA68 card.
Then you have options that
After launching startx, I have this:
xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/user/.Xauthority
the the screen gets blank, like it's turned off.
But it's not, since when I manually turn the laptop off, the screen shows up
again with a message about me shutting the PC.
I tried :
- chmod
"Playing nice with Alsa" made mpv play through jack without any
configuration.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/JACK_Audio_Connection_Kit
Personally, unless I really need a program that can't live without
Pulseaudio, I won't use it ever again any time soon.
Well, until further specific
Hey thanks SuperTramp83, I too just removed Pulseaudio, and the sound works
like a charm.
Now sure, I need to load and start qjackctl automatically since I use it
(should be easy enough in i3), or at least route everything alsa (native
soundcard) to my external soundcard (maybe doable in
For those interested, there are ways to either silence pulseaudio while jack
is running, or route it through jack. Or also remove it. I didn't try any of
those yet though.
For my keyboard controller requiring non-free firmwares for midi usb, I'll
try connecting it through midi only and see
One last thing: the programs not going through jack naturally play through
the computer's speakers.
Is there a way to prevent that?
Hi,
I just managed to make some new hardware work in full freedom.
I started qjackctl, found my hardware audio interface,
started other programs like audacious (in which I had to select the option
for jack compatibility)
then linked it to the system output.
I had to download a plugin for vlc,
The forum software works, but my main concern (apart threads being locked
after some time) is the access to knowledge.
It's all wiki-focused, which is both good and bad. I never ever think of
looking for something in there. I just use the search feature. So I thought a
few links in the
Then ok, it's not fully libre culture by definition.
Yet I still think it's libre enough.
I'm all for focusing on freedom, unless it ends up hurting me. I mean the
right to re-sell artwork serves no logical nor meaningful purpose.
I know this is a different issue, but there is some similarity: when creating
online comics (think XKCD), the licensed that can be used allows libre use of
the work, with one limitation: no commercial use. Basically, do whatever you
want with it, but don't re-sell it.
I like it, but it's
evil-mode rocks if you like Vim's way.
I don't really have a need for such an advanced text editor (I'm no
programmer/dev), but it's fun. Also I will at least get skills to manipulate
text and lines in bulk, which is not doable in a normal text editor like
Writer. It will basically be a
I don't have the problem, but out of curiosity:
I think either vmlinuz is really missing, or GRUB links to it the wrong way.
vmlinuz is supposed to be in the /boot folder as far as I know
(https://superuser.com/questions/62575/where-is-vmlinux-on-my-ubuntu-installation),
so that would be the
I don't mind, I feel stupid myself regarding that stuff. But the fact is,
with the guides I gave you, I managed to chroot into my drive. And that's
knowing all too well how irritating this stuff is.
Also, no one can help if you're not more precise with your error messages:
only two
He didn't, he can't boot manually (cryptomount -a etc.). Specifically because
of that vmlinuz thing.
To me this is not a Libreboot issue, but a problem with the way Trisquel was
install (I didn't have that issue, personally).
That's just a guess, but maybe try to go in the /media folder and create a
/usr folder, then try again (you'll most likely need to be as root user to do
so).
I don't know if it's supposed to be there by default or not, I can't remember
exactly how it went for me.
Is it an error while chrooting?
What is /dev/zapper?
At which step are you exactly?
Trying to mount the partitions, as in this?
mkdir /media/linux
mount /dev/main/root /media/linux
mount /dev/main/usr /media/linux/usr
mount -o bind /proc /media/linux/proc
mount -o bind /dev /media/linux/dev
mount
It's rather straightforward once you get a bit used to the CLI.
Semi-pro tip: don't type the ROM's name every time, just type the first 2
characters, and press TAB. It will be witten for you.
I just have written an answer that the forum refused to let me publish
(access denied)...
Anyway, here it is:
https://stephentanner.com/restoring-grub-for-an-encrypted-lvm.html
I took it from here:
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/netinsall-tty-apt-get-update-not-working#comment-98813
The
I have no idea if it would work with a cdrom, but I guess it should work. I'm
looking for a chrooting tutorial I've posted somwhere in the forum.
Modify CBFS? You mean extracting grutest.cfg, modifying it and adding it
again to the ROM?
Wait, I just remembered something: it's possible to access the HDD from a
liveUSB. I can't remember how the procedure is called, but I know I've
detailed it in this forum (and did it obviously). Oh right, it('s called
chrooting, and it might be easier to troubleshoot while being logged.
Maybe try this then:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/150691/missing-vmlinuz-from-boot
Good, then when booting manually, you get an error about vmlinuz, right? What
does it say exactly.
Then you need to start from here.
Did you flash Libreboot yourself?
Did you install Trisquel yourself?
You need to know how the volume group and the logical volume were named
(either by you or the person who installed Trisquel), as well as the
passphrase that allows you to decrypt the HDD.
That means reading and answering to the forum posts by email? Would my
signature appear if I don't answer from email?
I mean by turning the computer on, failing to log in, then getting back to
the GRUB menu, pressing "c".
From there, you type :
cryptomount -a (press "enter")
set root='/lvm/yourvolumegroup-yourlogicalvolume' (press "enter")
linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/mapper/yourvolumegroup-yourlogicalvolume
Thanks.
Sure, why not. But how do I create a new entry?
I can edit existing articles, but that's it.
Can you log manually?
If so, do you have the vmlinuz error there as well?
Are you sure you typed it exactly the right way?
Yesterday, I was so sure I had it right, but being tired, I actually forgot a
/.
If I did it right, this should help you:
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/shorter-and-thorough-guide-updating-libreboot-x200
The error messages stop appearing eventually (after a few attempts).
Since sticky threads are possible but not really used, I wanted to put some
URLs as my signature with a couple of tutorials.
I personally see no downside to such a feature.
1 - in the CLI (update the URL according to the stable relese you want):
wget -r --no-parent https://libreboot.org/release/stable/20160907/
2 - check the shasum/gpg https://libreboot.org/gpg/ . It's rather
straightforward, just follow the guide. For the complete CLI beginner, just
type the
One last thing please: my background.jpg isn't displayed.
I extracted the one I wanted from an old ROM image, saved it as
background.jpg (it was .png), and added it back in the ROM image.
Oh well :(
Thank you for your clarifications. At least I tried all I could on this
machine.
Well, when spawning the game in a new x server (with the following command
found thanks to archwiki: xinit /usr/games/openra mono --gc=sgen -- :1
vt$XDG_VTNR), I do have the laptop's native resolution also displayed on my
external screen.
At first I thought it was playable, but as soon as
That means if /boot wasn't encrypted, I could have used libreboot_grub.cfg in
/boot/grub/ ?
Is it me or this wasn't clearly written in the guide ? Am I supposed to guess
?
Anyway, thanks again for your explanations, much appreciated.
Well, looks like I have very few options left. Here are the answers to my bug
report, basically suggesting that my GPU is too weak, and that I should
update the Kernel (still need an information from you jxself, about a
connection timeout, but I'll try again first), AND Intel Mesa drivers,
Thank you, I'll try this. I'm trying to put it in /boot/grub/ and renamed as
libreboot_grub.cfg, which means I'm not putting it back in the ROM since it's
supposed to work that way.
Awesome, thank you :)
After trying to post this on #libreboot, it was taken as flooding, and I
can't connect anymore :
menuentry 'Load Operating System (incl. fully encrypted disks) [o]'
--hotkey='o' {
# GRUB2 handles (almost) every possible disk setup, but only the location of
# /boot is actually important since
I need some help on this:
I'm supposed to install mono 3.0,
but in the repo I have a hard time identifying it, or something similar.
I have libmono stuff, varying from 2.0 (even if the column version mentions
3.2.8) to 4.0.
Which one is it? Most of them are libraries.
Thank you.
Ok, I tried the Libreoot update, unfortunately nothing improved (plus I have
to figure out what to modify in the grub.cfg for automatic boot, but that's
another story).
The only thing that kind of works is running the game with --render sdl.
The only issue is that since it's from the command
That would probably be dissuasive, since "lurking" is one of those popular
guilty pleasures.
On the other hand, since my page would be automatically active when my
machine is on (meaning others pages would be on only when someone with the
same system is connected), how would I feel about
I see, thanks for the explanation MB.
Oh, that's cool. Specially for what I have in mind (if it's even possible),
it shouldn't need much resources.
I have a very specific, but possibly completely wrong idea of the way I want
to use this server.
(I think) I get the basic idea of a server, but this is a special case. Most
services would be useless if the server isn't on at all times.
I'm thinking of a way to keep my data on my machine,
I know this, yet I have a hard time imagining I can install one computer
inside or alongside another, both running at the same time, and without
virtualization.
Ah, maybe I misunderstand how this works.
I don't plan to be hosting anything. I was thinking of having a pod with my
data on it, and connect with others from my pod when I'm on.
supposedly, if others either have their own pod or are on someone else's, it
should work.
And I was thinking
I have to agree with you: I stopped watching the mailinabox tutorial when the
guy said "this will take about an hour or two".
When you think that the people you communicate with must do as much for the
whole thing to make sense, you can be that only a few would try it.
Even gpg is
I didn't think of stability issues (which I kinda have).
I'm definitely not too hot for remote hardware unless I intend to have many
visitors.
Last but not least, let's say I want a server to get social media like
Diaspora the easy way (just like getting a program from the repo). I don't
I can see that it would be complicated for emails.
But I assume it should be OK for things like social media, or many other
services.
Just out of ignorance : I didn't know I could set up my main OS also as a
server at the same time.
Not sure how I'd do that though, it seems harder to do (but virtualization is
hard in its own way as well, specially since Virtualbox isn't an option
anymore).
Hi,
I was wondering if there might be technical issues
preventing me from having my personal server not on an external machine
'netbook, BBB etc.),
But inside a virtual OS on my main PC?
It would demand more CPU power and RAM, but that aside, what else?
Plus I doubt it would take much RAM and
I wish I could implement a password on my e-reader (Kobo Aura).
It's the only feature I really miss.
A PIN, anything.
Also, I wish I had downloaded more internal dictionaries before breaking the
WIFI inside, but oh well, it's a minor inconvenience.
Anyway, I'd keep that in mind if I wanted
I don't know what it is for exactly, it isn't for me.
I suppose it's something about scheduling, but I might be completely wrong.
I'll try to get the latest version.
If it fails, I'd rather install a Qemu/KVMed Windows just for that, with all
the sandboxing I can find.
Another computer takes
Sorry, I meant that since the 7 didn't work as I thought, I tried the 6 as
well.
So I guess I should try the 8 from a ppa?
I also tried the version 6 but there's still some loading error (not much to
work on) that doesn't exist on Windows.
It's nearly working, but not yet.
I tried updating everything and restarting the PC.
Don't mind the outdated OS warning though, it happens on Windows as well.
Is there some
Looks like too much trouble. After restartiing Abrowser, I have no java
warning, but I fail to completely download or make the .exe work (error, and
no way to run it in sandbox mode).
I'll try to run Windows on a virtual machine.
It roughly says: "Microsoft doesn't support XP anymore, it's highly
recommended that you use an up-to-date OS (and not "browser").
I partially solved it by using Random Agent Spoofer set on MSIE 10. Now I
only have a partial warning.
But it says I need Java installed.
Is it not installed by
Yes, it's a librebooted X200. In a way, it is reassuring : the machine might
have what it takes then.
Thanks for the explanation.
I just tried the --renderer sdl command, but the unexpected result was this:
it started on the laptop screen only.
At the second attempt, both screen were on (mirrored).
After closing SuperTux, I had to use the xrandr specific command to get my
external screen
I can confirm that there's no private convo going on with me involved. I
should definitely try SuperTuxKart and see how it runs though.
I see, so if the game has already fast rendering, the GPU would only be a
barely noticeable improvement.
But then, why do you think it might be the GPU in my case?
My basic guess is that since rendering suffers at bigger resolutions (gotta
figure out the game's native resolution btw), then
I tried Freedoom with PrBoom from the repo, and even at the highest
resolution, it's fluid (though the temperature rises very high). I even tried
the openGL mode.
I see your point.
Well, I'll see if the kernel update helps. Else, I'll have to accept that my
machine is too weak. Though I've
What you suggest should definitely be called a crowdception.
Well, I think even SuperTux runs slower at full resolution, so it happens
consistently.
Unfortunately, you might be right. My only chance left is the kernel update.
I find it disappointing because none of the games I tried are in 3D, only 2D.
Well, there's still hope. Worst case, I can still
I tried it. I tried the one frome Trisquel pages (not as up-to-date), and
both brought improvements.
But it's still not good.
Last thing I didn't try: jxself kernel update (but there's a connection
timeout right now).
Here are the steps I followed, and I'm stuck at step 5 (the update >
connection timed out):
1 - sudo aptitude install apt-transport-https
2 - Then edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file on your system and add the line:
deb https://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/freesh/ freesh main
3 -
When streaming heavy videos, yes, it heats up to the point of crashing. But
it's hard to specifically reproduce this issue.
For the game, temp and CPU % are both pretty low.
Just to make sure, I'll see if that % reflects CPU frequencies.
Ok this is what I'm gonna try first:
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=51486
If still not successful, I'll try a kernel update.
I'm running i3wm, and RAM shouldn't be an issue (I think I got 8GB).
Supposedly, another X server would provide better performance, but it's
indeed troublesome to setup.
I think it's weird because lowering the FPS limit works for a while, and as
son as there is some more action onscreen,
Wait, I don't understand, but now it's very fluid, and even the rendering
curve is below the treshold. Even Compton is on. It's great, but it would
have been better if I could measure and knwo what went wrong/right so I can
fix it in the future. Oh well, can't complain on this one :)
Thanks. So this stack actually updates the kernel as well.
At least in Ubuntu, I'll read the Trisquel page about this, it's probably a
bit different.
I don't understand how this works yet.
Supposedly, if I can launch a game on another X server, I should be launch
any other program along with it.
Anyway, I'm not there yet.
I can navigate through tty1 to 6 (7 being my normal X server).
The problem is, on tty1 (ctrl+alt+F1), I have some
I see, thanks for the warning as well.
I'll try to properly span another X server first, and see how this goes.
Impressive. Too bad this can be globally fixed only with the latest future
Linux release.
But the workaround is definitely better than nothing.
You mean updating that "xorg stack" thing?
That means I should update the kernel first, then this?
My current version is 3.13.0-92-generic, so I'll tr this if the second X
server option isn't satisfying, thanks for the idea.
No, but turning Compton off made the "rendering widget" go down. the
rendering one is still too high though.
Yes, turning it off imporeved the situation a bit, but it's still too slow.
Thanks, I'll try this. I tried, but without much success yet.
It seems I need to go to ctrl+alt+F1,
and then type some command.
Something along "x :1", or maybe with startx, I have to find the different
sources again.
Isn't it possible to start a Mumble session there as well?
Windowed mode
I've seen this with 2 open source games (with non-free or freeware assets):
every time I set the display according to my screen resolution, it works, but
it's pretty slow.
It's not even 2D stuff, and I'm running these (openxcom and openRA) on an
X200.
Is it just the CPU being too weak, or
In my Abrowser it was set to "true" by default.
But that's still focusing on defeat.
I mean sure, it's good to think of backups, or plan "B",
but there's still a shot for plan "A".
Focus on spreading the word, That's the only thing that matters, extended
time or not.
Um, Since there are so many things to disable, the question I'm asking myself
not-so-sarcastically is: what's to leave enabled?
Like, the minimum functional stuff?
Of course, there's still the problem of having too much of a specific
footprint and thus standing out.
Thanks, looks like one solid way to figure things out. I'll also try to
figure out how Debian deals with that (does it have a Universe repo, does it
have security updates, what's the point of the Universe repo, etc.)
I see, so this weakness is supposed to be counterbalanced with the updates
(so non LTS versions).
Well, I guess taking into account how few GNU/Linux users exist, a few
obscure security breaches isn't as problematic as more juicy targets like
Windows and Mac. I mean Trisquel as-is is still
I see your point, but most GNU/Linux programs and OS run better on older
machines (I think). But I don't know, Blender most likely needs as much power
as its proprietary counterparts for heavy duty stuff.
Again, not too sure about what I affirm here.
This looks like a super small resolution. Disclaimer: I'm not a math person.
I'd describe the product this way:
* 100% free hardware
* long-lived hardware
Hopefully I don't miss anything essential, but I feel any of the other
qualities come from those 2 ideas.
When I think performance, I
Beautiful, thank you :) !
Sorry, I didn't meant tiny as a way to minimize the issue.
And I see your point with those further examples.
Well, bottom line is: that definitely sucks. What can be done, in your
opinion?
I see. So basically it's the same as Ubuntu, minus clarification in
/etc/apt/sources.list.
That means VLC doesn't have updates on Ubuntu either?
How come nobody cares on Ubuntu's side?
Thanks for the info.
I replied to 2 comments there, hope it helps. I tried to bring a different
perspective.
The main criticisms are performance and upgradability of individual parts.
But mostly performance.
But I can understand them (well, besides being so fakking aggressive for no
reason). Frankly, it took
So in a nutshell, they want to lock just a tiny part of it (the wifi
firmware), right?
And no mesh networking means the slow death of libre decentralized services
(at least through wifi, which still sucks)?
Also, a device being non-compliant means it's illegal to get/use?
Yeah, and it works. It seems CUPS works like the main setup, but then each
program has its own personal profile, so to speak.
I probably have tweaked Evince a bit too much since I can print with GIMP in
color. I have no idea how to reset Evince's settings though.
Anyway, I tried a high
I'd like to point out that IceCat is much less of a big issue because it's
not the default browser.
Don't get me wrong, it should at least come with a warning (which is in the
works I believe), but the first problem is Abrowser's update.
Oh, I see. But how can you be sure that it's not only the main repo, and
instead a mix of main and universe?
What's the proof(s) that main is only main, or some mix up?
Not trying to be confrontational btw, just trying to learn how all this
works.
I'll try another one then.
Btw I have a diagonal cut (glitch) when scrolling up and down at full speed
on Abrowser. No big deal though.
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