Re: [Trisquel-users] Uruk screenshot and font rendering;
Tramp now...that's a killer for my eyes! /*v°\
Re: [Trisquel-users] webcam recording question
Thanks again; I'll have a closer look at alsamixer soon I'm thinking about recording the event as audio only this time; the webcam that I have is not that great so maybe an audio recording is better this time
Re: [Trisquel-users] webcam recording question
Ah, I'm not as familiar with LXDE. Looking at a Trisquel Mini installation I have in a VM, I'm not sure where the setting is. When you right-click the volume control applet, you get an option called "'Volume Control' Settings" and that opens a command-line program called "alsamixer". I'm guessing that's probably what you need to use. Not entirely sure, though.
Re: [Trisquel-users] webcam recording question
I can't find System Settings in Trisquel Mini ... do you know how I can change the sound settings with Mini? Should I install the program xfce4-mixer, to access sound settings? http://askubuntu.com/questions/80384/where-are-the-lxde-sound-preferences
[Trisquel-users] webcam recording question
Is there a webcam recording program that will allow me to select a USB microphone instead of my laptop microphone? Cheese does not seem to offer this option.
Re: [Trisquel-users] webcam recording question
Use the sound settings to control this (under System Settings). Cheese just uses whatever the defaults are.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Problem with desktop background and items
Probably. The problem is "which one". I do not know (I have never used LXDE) but it probably is below ~/.config. You can even move/rename that entire directory and see if that solves you problem. If so, you can then restore some of the folder ~/.config used to contain (if you do not want to reconfigure by hand many applications).
[Trisquel-users] Re : Any torrent sites that do not require javascript?
The more users of Tor, the harder it is to spot any of them in particular.
[Trisquel-users] Re : LAMP stack on Trisquel
$ sudo tasksel install lamp-server
Re: [Trisquel-users] Connection problems with ThinkPenguin Wireless N USB Adapter about 9 month sin
Thanks for this, Chris. It was really generous and helpful. I'll look into my options and as always keep ThinkPenguin in mind as a place with various solutions.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Connection problems with ThinkPenguin Wireless N USB Adapter about 9 month sin
I'll try and answer the first question about LibreBoot. LibreBoot is a BIOS that does not normally ship on IBM/Lenovo laptops, but you can get such laptops refurbished with this BIOS software. If you don't know what LibreBoot is then it's almost certain you don't have it. What this means is that you have a BIOS from Lenovo and it uses a whitelist. This means you can't replace the internal card as only the card(s) in the whitelist will work. Generally that would consist of the cards that the laptop shipped with. That would be why you were told to go with a USB wifi adapter instead. It may not be an issue with the USB controller although the description does align roughly with the results of the issue your describing. But it's still just one possibility that isn't that terribly uncommon. There are many reasons it might stop working. For example it could be your USB ports are worn out. This is also not terribly uncommon. USB ports were really designed to have devices inserted and removed frequently. As a result they can go bad. Changing ports might resolve that sort of issue too. Internal cards and there ports aren't going to wear out generally speaking as the cards don't get inserted and removed frequently. Doing this though does have an impact on such devices/slots/connectors as well though if you were to insert/remove a card/connector frequently day after day for several months. Ultimately I'd go with the 34mm PC Card if replacing the internal card was not an option. The 34mm PC Card uses the same highly desirable PCIE chipsets that are used internally. It's just an external form factor now. They are not quite as good as the internal cards, but still, better than the USB option.
Re: [Trisquel-users] An Introduction, and a few questions
ah crap, I guess I too made the same error. (more though.)
Re: [Trisquel-users] I was wondering, if I did a full disk encryption,
I have it mostly figured out, the part that is hard, is keeping the grub configured permanently to boot correctly without adding extra commands. (which with the /boot encrypted seems to be happening a lot.) load operating system seems to keep resetting whatever i change in it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I was wondering, if I did a full disk encryption,
Do you still have need of our help then? Or did you get it to at least partly work?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Connection problems with ThinkPenguin Wireless N USB Adapter about 9 month sin
First, thanks for such a quick reply. (Email alert sent.) Could you tell me what command I need to run to see if I'm running libreboot? (I don't think that I am -- this was a Trisquelized Ubuntu, though perhaps I ran the additional change.) If it turns out I am running Libreboot, can I fix the problem by changing that? (On a related note, I believe my device had a whitelist of wireless cards and that in an earlier exchange with you or someone else on the forums I was told to go for this USB wireless card.) If I'm not running Libreboot, then I don't exactly understand what you were saying before. That the USB controllers of my computer won't work with the adapter? (They worked for the first six months.) That the adapter has been broken by the controllers? That the controller is damaging all adapters I connect to it? (This in response to a point in the email.) I think I just simply didn't understand. I have used many USB adapters, several on a daily basis, for years since getting the laptop and all continue work fine. This device worked fine for the first six months. Apologies for any misunderstanding on my part here. Please assume good intentions, I think I'm just not following you.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Uruk screenshot and font rendering;
!!
Re: [Trisquel-users] I was wondering, if I did a full disk encryption,
something kept timing out and I hate to say this, but I think i found out what happened!
Re: [Trisquel-users] I was wondering, if I did a full disk encryption,
yes well, I keep trying to make it set so that when i boot it up after doing the steps it will auto boot, but the load operating system config keeps resetting to default. so.. idk The parameters for libreboot's load operating system option.
Re: [Trisquel-users] An Introduction, and a few questions
Yes, Tonlee. I technically did indeed break the forum rule. Maybe I shouldn't have. But I broke it in good faith, if I may say so. See, after the OP explained us he could not buy another PC and also that with trisquel his PC was unusable being that it would shut down for the great heat, I figured that probably he would go and install Ubuntu. I just pointed out he had a better alternative to A - a computer you can not use without the firmware for the GPU OR B a computer with a lot of proprietary software (Ubuntu). But, yes, you are right on one thing - rules should apply to everyone. >If you think my post was about pointing at you No, mate, I just didn't understand you well, it's ok, peace.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Uruk screenshot and font rendering;
Bravo ;-)
Re: [Trisquel-users] I was wondering, if I did a full disk encryption,
for offline if need be these are in french
Re: [Trisquel-users] Uruk screenshot and font rendering;
non c'è di che ;P
Re: [Trisquel-users] Connection problems with ThinkPenguin Wireless N USB Adapter about 9 month sin
It's most likely one of two issues. There are known problems with libreboot and USB devices. There are also issues with certain USB controllers on some machines. Basically they're flaky with devices of a certain spec/type/class. Plugging the adapter into a different port might work if there are multiple different USB controllers on the machine. I'd probably suggest an internal card though if you have libreboot. If you don't then you'll probably be locked out of that option. We do have a 34mm PC Card now which should also work fine. That may be a better fit for this laptop. We're revamping out website and so this product hasn't been added to the catalog yet although you can request an invoice if you email sales.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I was wondering, if I did a full disk encryption,
Calm Storm You do have the https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/full-disk-encryption-install wiki page LVM Full disk encryption text-mode installation as Jxself suggested.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Connection problems with ThinkPenguin Wireless N USB Adapter about 9 month sin
One particular oddity is that, roughly half of the drops, the blue light goes out on the wireless adapter but the Trisquel console continues to display wifi bars. The other half of the time, the blue light stays on, sometimes solid, other times blinking, but the wifi signal is completely dropped in the panel and none of the many available connections are visible. In both cases, the connection has been lost, and it takes on average five minutes of physically removing and reinserting the USB before it connects again. I realize these are superficial symptoms. Since I'm sure there is a command I can run that will produce useful output which better demonstrates what is going on under the hood, please let me know and I'll run the command(s) next time I'm down and post that output(s) the following time I'm back up.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I was wondering, if I did a full disk encryption,
Have the instructions on a mobile phone or tablet computer. Then just follow them exactly.
Re: [Trisquel-users] ibm power is all free software?
The prototype tested on the Phoronix website had an AMD graphics card and a Broadcomm wireless card: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article=talos-workstation=1 I think these are just prototype s though, so maybe these were just cheapest for the system. Other than these the POWER8 architecture is most free software-friendly architecture comparable in performance to Intel chips. It is mostly used in servers and supercomputers because of this. At any rate, even if they shipped it with these components they could be replaced as they would not be soldered. The Nvidia Kepler cards run with free firmware and some Atheros wireless cards. I would buy one if I had the money.
[Trisquel-users] Connection problems with ThinkPenguin Wireless N USB Adapter about 9 month sin
(I've sent this to ThinkPenguin support, but in the event it is not a hardware issue but something else, I thought I might share it here so people could help me explore other issues that could be at play, and so that if this were the case it would help others. Of course, whenever I can access this forum, it means I cannot repeat the problems at that time, but I appreciate any guidance you can offer and I've referred to this post in my open ticket with the TP folks.) I'm a previous customer who purchased a wireless adapter for my laptop to switch to Trisquel 7. It has mostly worked fine and I'm grateful to you for helping me make the transition to Trisquel from other less-free GNU/Linux alternatives. SPECIFICATIONS: Device: Lenovo Thinkpad x220 OS: Trisquel 7 Belenos Hardware in question: Wireless N USB Adapter w/ External 5dBi Antenna (Atheros AR9271) from Thinkpenguin SYMPTOM: Previously: dropped connections; now: failure to reconnect in a reasonable amount of time At present, though, I'm having a really hard time with the device. At least once per day, sometimes for periods lasting thirty minutes or more, it ceases to function. I've tried every possible permutation of unplugging and replugging it from the USB port, doing so before or after flipping the wireless killswitch, and so on, to no avail. For the past two months, it has been regularly dropping connections (at least once per hour), and this new issue means that when it drops that connection it almost never reconnects, and I spent between one and fifteen minutes waiting for it to start working again. ISSUE: Device? I have of course also rebooted the router and modem when possible, but this happens on every network I connect to: multiple different home networks, university, and work. If there are some commands I can run to produce helpful output for you, or some other troubleshooting strategies I can try, I'd be happy to do so. Thank you for your time and I look forward to your feedback at your earliest convenience. Respectfully, Isaac
[Trisquel-users] I have all but figured out full disk encryption using libreboot,
Its just that last step, I wondered, how do you A: modify the grub so that you automatically boot into the trisquel without needing to use a bunch of commands part. and B: set up a special grub password to prevent people who have physical access from messing around. in all honesty, A is more important to me at the moment. https://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/encrypted_trisquel.html I used the guide on the left to get as far as I have.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I was wondering, if I did a full disk encryption,
That aside though, I am extremely close. ;) I would also though like to make a grub password seperate from the other password.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I was wondering, if I did a full disk encryption,
I am at the last part, but it is a bit confusing, I need to ask something, when editing the load operating system area for full disk encryption like it says in libreboot, I wondered if someone could simplify what my next move is? " I want to be able to "automatically boot without having to type a bunch of commands." https://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/encrypted_trisquel.html (is the guide I am using. but the last step the Modify grub.cfg (CBFS) is really hard and I don't want to mess anything up.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Gnulinux systems has to pay microsoft license? Else gnulinux cannot get installed on secure boot computers?
No to all questions. Computers have always been known to be sold with proprietary BIOS (hence being non-free hardware), but now UEFI have come to be both proprietary *and* intrusive, granting back-door access to computers. Ignacio Agulló · agu...@ati.es This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
Re: [Trisquel-users] ibm power is all free software?
Yes it would appear so. https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/interested-in-a-powerful-free-software-friendly-workstation
Re: [Trisquel-users] ibm power is all free software?
Is it a fsf complying computer?
[Trisquel-users] ibm power is all free software?
https://www.raptorengineering.com/TALOS/prerelease.php Price and that it is not a notebook aside, is the computer all free software?
[Trisquel-users] Gnulinux systems has to pay microsoft license? Else gnulinux cannot get installed on secure boot computers?
http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/discussion/2016-April/010912.html Is this correct, no gnulinux system can get on a secure boot computer if the gnulinux system does not pay microsoft for a license? If microsoft is not under any obligation to grant a license they have full system control about all secure boot computers. Has trisquel bought a microsoft license?
Re: [Trisquel-users] An Introduction, and a few questions
Supertramp > I think you have some troubles with the language. Agreed. I am writing in foreign language about computers. Keeping my posts short. Clarifying apparently did not work. > can't understand what is the fuss. No fuss. It is about to what extend it complies with forum rules to tell how to install non free software. My questions. > install Debian, temporarily add the non-free repo and install the package firmware-linux-nonfree and then remove the non-free repo from sources.list in /etc/apt. Are you telling a member how to install non free software? Yes or no? Is telling a person how to install non free software against forum rules? Yes or no? If the answer to the second question is no, then many posts on this forum have been incorrectly named to be against forum rules. If you think my post was about pointing at you because you tell how to install a piece of non free software, you are wrong. I think the questioner should be told how to get his hardware to run properly. I want there to be an option to tell a questioner how to install non free software in cases where fx it is a matter of getting a piece of hardware to work properly and there is no free software option. Maybe by messaging such answers to the questioner, if that is not against forum rules? >You should mention thinkpenguin every time a post is about getting hardware. To my knowledge in english you may say 'you can' in the sense 'one can'. Maybe I should have written 'Thinkpenguin computers etc should be mentioned every time a post is about obtaining hardware'.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Should free hardware have warranty
I recall the OUYA allowed modification without voiding the warranty-- I.E. tinker with the internals, and as long as you didn't cause the problem, they'd replace.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Should free hardware have warranty
I recall the OUYA allowed modification without voiding the warranty-- I.E. tinker with the internals, and as long as you didn't cause the problem, they'd replace.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Uruk screenshot and font rendering;
Eagle eyes! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_eye grazie mille SuperTramp83..;-) I hadn't noticed.. ciao!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with desktop background and items
Then the only thing I can suggest to try at this point is creating a new user and seeing if things work as a new user. If it does, that will help troubleshoot what to do with your current user.
[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Problem with desktop background and items
As mentioned in the original posting, the problem arose out of nothing, on the topical install of Trisquel mini, without ever having done any system changes (default DE is LXDE). I made it worse then, as described. I guess i can change it back somehow because i copied my home folder to another computer (accidentally including the hidden folders), pretty much exactly the same install as here, and now i have the same problem on the other computer, too. So it must be something in the config files, i guess.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Any torrent sites that do not require javascript?
...and you said "That turns people who really need anonymity harder to spot though." So I did not understand what you are saying.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Any torrent sites that do not require javascript?
Riseup does not require it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Any torrent sites that do not require javascript?
>Trisk Spellian is talking about accessing a website where to download a torrent file. Not about using BitTorrent through Tor. Yes, I was talking about that too. Not only it **will without fail** your IP but it would also slow down the network for the people who really need it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with desktop background and items
Is your image on a removable drive? The drive won't be mounted automatically, usually, so LXDE isn't able to load a background image, hence the blank background. Store the images in your home folder. I usually have them in a folder in ~/Desktop.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with desktop background and items
> lost the desktop panel It sounds like you have been starting Openbox by mistake. It is a window manager that LXDE uses. Did you select'openbox' in the Trisquel display manager (where you log in)? In the display manager, change it back to LXDE by selecting the icon by your name, and then list of your desktop sessions should appear. Select LXDE or Trisquel-mini, not Openbox.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with desktop background and items
Before answering the following list of questions, have you tried the following: Create a new, regular, user. Then log in as that new user. Do you have the same problems as the new user? Just to clarify the details of your system: 0.) "i have copied the home folder via deja dup to another computer with Trisquel mini that worked fine before" Is that what you have done here? You copied your home folder from another system to the one you are now having problems with? What happens when you use the default home folder given for a new user? 1.) What version of Trisquel are you using? Is it Trisquel-Mini? If so, what version? 2.) Did you choose all the defaults at installation? In other words, if I went through the installer on your hardware and accepted every single default choice would I get your exact setup? 3.) After installation, did you make any major system changes? Are you using the same window manager? What window manager is that? You mentioned Openbox, is that the default, or did you add that? 4.) Are you using the same DE as the default? Was the default XFCE? 5. Has this installation worked before? If so, what are some of the recent changes that you have made? 6.) Has everything worked since your last big change? Basically, what changes have you made to the default Trisquel-Mini install?
Re: [Trisquel-users] LAMP stack on Trisquel
sethcch...@gmail.com, Ven 13 Mai 2016 01:46:36 CEST: I've heard of setting up a LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) to run a web server on Ubuntu. I'm just double-checking, but it would seem to be exactly the same process on Trisquel, right? Of course you can get such a server in Trisquel, though it's called GLAMP instead of LAMP, because of naming the system GNU/Linux rather than just Linux. About being exactly the same as in Ubuntu, well, I don't know. But it's an easy process. Text-mode Trisquel 7 installer allows you to get the GLAMP server with a single keystroke, and I think it's similarly easy with the graphic installer. Here you have a snapshot: https://trisquel.info/files/Encrypted_Install_26.png That snapshot is from the Trisquel Documentation, actually from the Full Disk Encryption Install page ( https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/full-disk-encryption-install ) but you don't need to make an encryption install if you don't want to. The GLAMP installation will be available to you in any case. Ignacio Agulló · agu...@ati.es This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Should free hardware have warranty
Normal hardware doesn't either. Many mobile phones only have the warranty required by law and often fail to honour it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem with desktop background and items
Does anybody have a clue how to solve this? I guess it can be changed in some settings, because i have copied the home folder via deja dup to another computer with Trisquel mini that worked fine before and now it is the same as here.
