Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel, Text mode install (selected no packages to install)

2013-12-30 Thread unknown . 10001 . notthis
That solution did not work. However i found plenty of others here. I commented out the sleep calls in /etc/init/failsafe.conf, and rebooted. Boot time was about 17 seconds (normal).

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes

2013-12-30 Thread uedibupi
glxinfo | grep OpenGL OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc. OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x300) OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20 OpenGL extensions:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes

2013-12-30 Thread uedibupi
The videos are local. The computer freezes sometimes when I use Totem and SMplayer. I haven't tested other players though.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes

2013-12-30 Thread uedibupi
The software that I've installed recently, as far as I can remember, are i2p and VirtualBox. I don't think they have anything to do with this problem. I read /var/log/dpkg.log. I found this: 2013-12-01 13:47:41 status installed linux-generic 3.2.0.56.66+6.0trisquel2 I didn't find anything

Re: [Trisquel-users] LightDM installer script

2013-12-30 Thread cyberhawk
What would be the benefit of installing LightDM anyway? I'm running KDE on my machines and using kdm.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free Clarendon!

2013-12-30 Thread cyberhawk
Clarendon looks like a very good font, it's really pleasent to read. If someone owns the patent for Clarendon and sells it for $120 per license (right here) I can hardly imagine, that he will free it for $30K. Armworm, can you be completely sure the guy won't just take the money and keep

Re: [Trisquel-users] How can I disable the 'Recent Documents' menu?

2013-12-30 Thread chris . arijs
via ADD/REMOVE applications: search for Privacy

Re: [Trisquel-users] sound not working with headphones

2013-12-30 Thread silvibus
Try this in a terminal: amixer -c0 set Headphone unmute #Careful, headphone volume will be at 100% after this command amixer -c0 set Headphone 100%+ You could also try the command 'alsamixer' (without quotes). (which is a graphical interface to amixer) If you see 'MM' below any of the colored

Re: [Trisquel-users] 6.0.1 Ready For Testing

2013-12-30 Thread arielxgbarton
If you want it based on Debian, Use Gnewsense or standard debian.

[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes

2013-12-30 Thread holger . beetz
You are currently running the Mesa Software Renderer for 3D which makes playing games with 3D (like Tux Racer, Open Arena, etc) very slow. I can not comment on your desktop experience but for 3D you will most likely not be able to play any 3D games on Trisquel. Pure software based renderer

Re: [Trisquel-users] Antwort: Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes

2013-12-30 Thread Ivaylo Valkov
В 12:45 +0100 на 30.12.2013 (пн), holger.be...@gmail.com написа: You are currently running the Mesa Software Renderer for 3D Also the vendor string (VMWare Inc.) suggests that this is a virtual machine, which means that your video card is emulated in software. Running in a virtual machine

Re: [Trisquel-users] Antwort: Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes

2013-12-30 Thread Michał Masłowski
You are currently running the Mesa Software Renderer for 3D Also the vendor string (VMWare Inc.) suggests that this is a virtual machine, which means that your video card is emulated in software. VMWare also employs developers of the software rasterizer,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Antwort: Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes

2013-12-30 Thread Ivaylo Valkov
В 13:16 +0100 на 30.12.2013 (пн), Michał Masłowski написа: Running LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=t glxinfo | grep OpenGL should output the same vendor string on real hardware. Good to know. Thanks! signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes

2013-12-30 Thread holger . beetz
The vendor string itself does not indicate that he is running a VM and his video card is emulated but that lvmpipe (= the software OpenGL implementation of Mesa) is running. See here: http://www.mesa3d.org/llvmpipe.html I do not remember the exact details but AFAIK VMWare provided some code

[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Intel processor microcode security update for Trisquel

2013-12-30 Thread simonhandel
In contrast to try to get all information by for example spying on submarine cables, the TAO group, as far as I know,is designed to infiltrate special targets of interest. I don't think it is feasable to manipulate all electronics. But nonetheless I will try to avoid shipment from US and the

[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes

2013-12-30 Thread holger . beetz
@spyfall: It might be useful if you post your system specs in order to nail the your source of problem. For lacking 3D support the issue is simple: All ATI/AMD based cards rely on non-free ucode / BIOS files to enable 3D via radeon driver. This is not supported by Trisquel.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How can I disable the 'Recent Documents' menu?

2013-12-30 Thread cya
Those using Gnome and/or any of the Ubuntu-based distros should learn about zeitgeist, apport, scopes, lens, geoglue, whoopsie, and the uses of Gnome Activity Journal. Surely, Trisquel has removed these? :-) As Spinoza said, installing the missing “Privacy” app is a good first step:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes

2013-12-30 Thread mikko . viinamaki
That's a new kernel and could be related. You could try the new Linux-libre kernels from e.g. http://jxself.org/linux-libre/ uname -r will show you what kernel you're running now. Holding shift at boot should show you the grub menu where you can select which kernel you want to boot. I

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes

2013-12-30 Thread uedibupi
I am not running Trisquel on a virtual machine.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes

2013-12-30 Thread uedibupi
uname -r 3.2.0-57-generic

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes

2013-12-30 Thread uedibupi
lshw -short H/W path Device Class Description = system Satellite L645 (PSK0NL-00H001) /0 busBase Board Product Name /0/0

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes

2013-12-30 Thread Ivaylo Valkov
В 17:01 +0100 на 30.12.2013 (пн), [nospam] написа: I am not running Trisquel on a virtual machine. Sorry, my mistake. The VMWare vendor string fooled me. As others have pointed out, that string does not (necessary) mean an emulated card as I expected. signature.asc Description: This is a

Re: [Trisquel-users] Run from the CD

2013-12-30 Thread nowaman
Seems to me that trisquel didn't correctly detect your graphics card or screen resolution. If you see the trisquel boot menu, maybe you can try different resolutions. I don't know if this bypasses X11 autodetection, but it might be worth a shot. If anyone knows a way to prevent x11

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes

2013-12-30 Thread LDrumbler
Your comment is blank again.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anybody ever heard of Yacoin?

2013-12-30 Thread nowaman
Eem. I don't quite know, mate. For those people who are in the field and heard of cryptocurrencies, those coins seems like either a threat or hope. Either way, it's part of the revolution which will not be televized. cryptocoins are here to stay, because it's an invention that can't be

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes

2013-12-30 Thread mikko . viinamaki
You can find the comment in the mailing list archives, i.e. http://listas.trisquel.info/pipermail/trisquel-users/2013-December/031451.html

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anybody ever heard of Yacoin?

2013-12-30 Thread hharding04
What I would like more people to realize is that the bitcoin network and, by extension, almost all cryptocurrencies can be easily compromised. Either through blockchain spam, 51% attacks, or selfish miner exploits. (Details about these can be found on peercoin's new website and forums)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes

2013-12-30 Thread dhunt
I find vlc player most suitable for video playback.

Re: [Trisquel-users] LightDM installer script

2013-12-30 Thread hellocomputer8
Heres the .tar.gz archive

Re: [Trisquel-users] Secret 3G Intel Chip Gives Snoops Backdoor PC Access

2013-12-30 Thread davidvargas1
I forgot to tell you I had the same experience, the only difference was that my Toshiba laptop started to levitate in mid air!, like a flying persian carpet then my clone desktop PC, decided to dance La Macarena, then my LG Smartphone was just laughing AT ALL THIS MESS! I forgot to

[Trisquel-users] Re : new to netinstall

2013-12-30 Thread magicbanana
Just complementing the previous answers: 'sudo halt' can be used to shutdown the computer (however, if it is a server, you probably do not want to shutdown!); Ctrl+C aborts the running command (see the manual of 'kill' to abort another process, e.g., that runs in the background). A command

Re: [Trisquel-users] new to netinstall

2013-12-30 Thread george . standish
@MagicBanana, actually, it's just ALT+Fx or ALT+(LorR)ArrowKey. CTRL is only required when in Xorg.

[Trisquel-users] Re : what are some alternatives to LibreOffice Impress?

2013-12-30 Thread magicbanana
For scientific-like presentations (i.e., clear ans structured rather than fancy), Beamer LaTeX rules. If you already know LaTeX there is little more to know. You can see a recent presentation I made and its source to understand the syntax: http://dcc.ufmg.br/~lcerf/tutorial.pdf

Re: [Trisquel-users] Secret 3G Intel Chip Gives Snoops Backdoor PC Access

2013-12-30 Thread stask
Enlightening talk. Not a dream. http://youtu.be/b0w36GAyZIA

Re: [Trisquel-users] Are fonts software?

2013-12-30 Thread antiesnob
Fonts ARE software. I think the question is. Are fonts programs?

[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Secret 3G Intel Chip Gives Snoops Backdoor PC Access

2013-12-30 Thread simonhandel
Thanks for the link. Jacob Appelbaum is great and his passion for freedom and true knowledge is really inspiring for me. Do you know which kind of computer he is using?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need advice about wireless

2013-12-30 Thread tony . schaefer
How would i fined out if my wireless chipset is compatable before I install trisquel 6.0?

[Trisquel-users] Making the switch from Ubuntu

2013-12-30 Thread tony . schaefer
I am presently running ubuntu 13.10 on my toshiba laptop, which I use mostly as a desktop. I installed Trisquel on an older laptop just to get a look at it and see how it ran. And it was an easy change and it's working great. I know no one likes to associate Trisquel with ubuntu but after

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need advice about wireless

2013-12-30 Thread george . standish
If you have access to the machine, try in the LiveCD first.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Migration from Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy) to Trisquel 6.0 (Toutatis)

2013-12-30 Thread tony . schaefer
Yes, Freedom DOES Matter. No disrepect to Richard but if he had consulted someone about the name (GNU) we might have avoided this conversation altogether. (Shrug)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Making the switch from Ubuntu

2013-12-30 Thread sirgrant
Most of the big differences are philisophical. There are technical differences but most of them relate to the philosophy or free software. Ubuntu is not as strict about non-free software as Trisquel is. Ubuntu provides a non-free (multiverse) repository and has no policy as far as I'm

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need advice about wireless

2013-12-30 Thread tony . schaefer
OK, that's great. So anything that's NOT compatible will show up when I run it on the live CD?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Making the switch from Ubuntu

2013-12-30 Thread tony . schaefer
Oh, OK. Yes that makes sense. Thanks for the response.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need advice about wireless

2013-12-30 Thread wlqdqxvu
The USB thingie gives you the best control money can buy. It's as good as Ethernet. Because you know what? When you want it off, it's off. No more trouble if the soft keys are recognised by the system. No more trouble what if the hardware button actually works. Do you want to save power?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Buying a Trisquel laptop in France

2013-12-30 Thread wlqdqxvu
I know it is a long shot in the dark, but any chance this is caused by a graphics card mode settings by the kernel? Could you test a Trisquel Live CD with more verbose output and nomodeset enabled? It's a good shot in the dark. One side of the issue is the graphics card which needed newer

Re: [Trisquel-users] Buying a Trisquel laptop in France

2013-12-30 Thread wlqdqxvu
Out of curiosity, where can one acquire a 1005PC as they seem out of production.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Buying a Trisquel laptop in France

2013-12-30 Thread wlqdqxvu
Do you know for a fact that ldlc laptop can run Trisquel out of the box? How about coreboot?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Buying a Trisquel laptop in France

2013-12-30 Thread wlqdqxvu
ISTR an FSFE newsletter lauding a French user enforcing their right to buy a laptop without Microsoft Windows. So, please, whatever you do buy - don't pay 'Windows Tax.' I'm puzzled by the French so far. They have such forward initiatives, and yet others are so backward. Two years ago I

Re: [Trisquel-users] Buying a Trisquel laptop in France

2013-12-30 Thread wlqdqxvu
About two years ago I was thinking the same thing as you do. I discovered that I need a larger bag to carry it. That the large surface of the cover can bend in the middle as much as to see waves on the screen. That the power needed to light up such a surface eats up the extra battery making

Re: [Trisquel-users] Making the switch from Ubuntu

2013-12-30 Thread onpon4
SirGrant said: So for example lets say you have a browser on ubuntu. If you go to a website that uses flash video it may encourage the user to install the non-free adobe flash software. That's not an example, this is something web pages do, not something Firefox does. Abrowser doesn't

Re: [Trisquel-users] Why block Tor even for browsing?

2013-12-30 Thread wlqdqxvu
You should upgrade. But you probably already know that. The 3.5 lacks vidalia tho.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Migration from Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy) to Trisquel 6.0 (Toutatis)

2013-12-30 Thread onpon4
Maybe he should have called it Stallmanix. Despite the accusations that Stallman has an ego to feed, they seem to have no problem with Torvalds doing it blatantly as long as they like the way the name sounds. :P In all seriousness, I don't think that would have prevented the incident. It's

Re: [Trisquel-users] Buying a Trisquel laptop in France

2013-12-30 Thread cyberhawk
I bought mine used, got a great deal and a device in good condition, basically like new. There are different revisions of the eeepc laptop, I got the 1005PE.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Buying a Trisquel laptop in France

2013-12-30 Thread wlqdqxvu
Nice. I do that for bikes and anything I can fix and change myslef. For high tech I need refurbished. Even if it's only a cleanup and a new battery.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Are fonts software?

2013-12-30 Thread antiesnob
If it is not hardware, then it is software... And fonts (for me) are not programs.

Re: [Trisquel-users] [Off Topic] Work Christmas Party Gifts

2013-12-30 Thread jason
Great for spreading free software. Another thing is a gift membership to the FSF, or other items from https://www.fsf.org/givingguide (P.S., for GPL compliance purposes hopefully those DVDs came with source code or, at least, an offer of source code valid for three years for those software

Re: [Trisquel-users] Migration from Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy) to Trisquel 6.0 (Toutatis)

2013-12-30 Thread cya
Neither the name nor the penguin mascot were choices made by Linus. He wanted to call the system Freax by combining free, freak, and the letter X - a polite hat-tip to the system lineage. Just think, you could be begging to be called gnu freaks today. Oh wait, we already are! :-) Ari

[Trisquel-users] Re : new to netinstall

2013-12-30 Thread magicbanana
That is right. Thank you for the correction.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Need advice about wireless

2013-12-30 Thread magicbanana
It will simply not work on the Live CD. That said, a newer kernel may make it work. You can tell us the output of 'lspci' (from the Live CD if you wish) and we may inform you whether an update would be useful.

Re: [Trisquel-users] [Off Topic] Work Christmas Party Gifts

2013-12-30 Thread superbyelich
jxself, Unfortunately, no. I am still new to the whole thing, but wouldn't that have been part of the Trisquel ISO anyway? GrimLok