Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8.0 mini recognizes ath5k as wired ethernet adapter

2019-11-12 Thread jason
The drivers come from the kernel and it seems a logical place to start. Part of troubleshooting is trying out different things. Trying a different kernel would then help to, if nothing else, rule that out.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8.0 mini recognizes ath5k as wired ethernet adapter

2019-11-12 Thread xliang9550
I planned to make a presentation using a free/libre distribution yesterday, but with very limited hardware resources. And the situation was very embarrassing. They said that Trisquel was the stupidest operating system that even couldn't correctly detect the type of a mature NIC. And I

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel and Kylin

2019-11-12 Thread xliang9550
Ubuntu Kylin's desktop environment (namely, UKUI) version 2.0 is based on MATE, so there are quite some similarities. UKUI is also in Debian's main repository (starting current stable, "buster"), and you can try it if you like. Rumor has it that UKUI 3.0 would be based on KDE.

[Trisquel-users] Trisquel and Kylin

2019-11-12 Thread Caleb Herbert
I can't help but notice that Trisquel's MATE configuration looks very similar to Ubuntu Kylin's MATE. Did Ruben look to Kylin when designing Trisquel's interface? -- Caleb Herbert KE0VVT 816-892-9669 https://bluehome.net/csh <>

[Trisquel-users] Re : Invert screen

2019-11-12 Thread lcerf
Using the 'dark background and light text' addon for firefox compensates for the problem, but the color settings of the addon and the theme are not exactly the same. Again (and sorry if either I was not clear the first time or if I misunderstood the sentence above): You can know the

[Trisquel-users] Re : Trisquel 8.0 mini recognizes ath5k as wired ethernet adapter

2019-11-12 Thread lcerf
Have you tried a newer kernel? Trisquel 8 ships with Linux 4.4 but you can install, from its repository, the package "linux-image-generic-hwe-8.0" to get a 4.15 image. You can have version 4.19 or even 5.3 following the instructions on https://jxself.org/linux-libre/ You need to reboot on

[Trisquel-users] Re : 'Open in terminal' does not work

2019-11-12 Thread lcerf
Sure (and sorry for the delay). The screenshots of the first three tabs are attached. I believe the rest is default.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem installing free graphics card help here guys

2019-11-12 Thread greatgnu
You are out of luck. Unfortunately to my knowledge ATI gpus require proprietary firmware in order to work properly (yes, even to display the correct video resolution). Consider (if you are able to do so) selling your hardware and buying some freedom compatible one. This website can help

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problem installing free graphics card help here guys

2019-11-12 Thread 3adab
The card I have closed source I know that I just want to install an open source card This is the output of the matter 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Cedar [Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 Series] [1002:68f9]

Re: [Trisquel-users] When will Trisquel 9.0 release?

2019-11-12 Thread mason
> yes for now i do need to install jami or ring! and > upgrade keepassx from 2.0.2 to 2.0.3 Jami provides an apt repository. If you edit /etc/apt/sources.list as root and add the line deb https://dl.jami.net/ring-nightly/ubuntu_16.04/ ring main You should be able to then run $ sudo apt update

Re: [Trisquel-users] When will Trisquel 9.0 release?

2019-11-12 Thread contactezrached
> Are there specific packages that you need upgraded? If so, I might be > able to advise you on the best way to upgrade those particular packages. yes for now i do need to install jami or ring! and upgrade keepassx from 2.0.2 to 2.0.3 cause the lastest release fixes some importante issues and

Re: [Trisquel-users] Messages to the mailing list

2019-11-12 Thread mason
> A while ago, a few hours before I was on the mailing list, I sent an > e-mail reporting a problem with the netinstall of the main Trisquel > image (iso). I got an e-mail, that my message would get through, when > someone looked at it. That is now a week or more ago. It is a serious > issue, that

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 netinstaller images available for testing

2019-11-12 Thread mason
> Thank you very much for bringing us the testing image. However, it seems > that the site hasn't HTTPS configured. Thanks for pointing this out. I've asked David if there's anything he can do about this. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [Trisquel-users] When will Trisquel 9.0 release?

2019-11-12 Thread mason
> i wanna know if i can use the trisquel 9 without runing into some > privacy and security issues, I'm not aware of any privacy-hostile changes between Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 18.04. If have been such changes, I would like to know so we can fix them. Otherwise, Trisquel 9 should be equally

Re: [Trisquel-users] GAPCOIN Math Crypto-Currency for TRISQUEL Users

2019-11-12 Thread mason
> Hmm, I guess gov does not like TBB much as after switching circuits ten > times I simply gave up viewing their "ACCESS DENIED".. I will have to use > my imagination :/ Sorry for posting a broken link. Fortunately archive.org does not hate Tor users, so you can still learn how much GAP is

Re: [Trisquel-users] When will Trisquel 9.0 release?

2019-11-12 Thread contactezrached
> Nice! Did you use the netinstaller? No i upgraded from trisquel 8 following the instructions given by MD here https://trisquel.info/en/forum/trisquel-unstable#comment-143882 i wanna know if i can use the trisquel 9 without runing into some privacy and security issues, cause for me all i

[Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8.0 mini recognizes ath5k as wired ethernet adapter

2019-11-12 Thread xliang9550
My wireless adapter is shown as following using lspci command. (It's actually an Atheros AR5424, though) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01) In Trisquel 8.0 mini, it's recognized as "Wired 2" (whereas "Wired 1" is the true ethernet adapter) and I