You used Fedora 28, which comes with Gnome Shell (not considering the spins,
akin to Trisquel mini)? That's far from minimal or lightweight.
Anyway, not many solutions :
either learn how to make a minimal install (best solution, there must be a
tutorial around the web), or maybe easier,
lswh gives driver=ath9k_htc driverversion=4.14.67-gnu firmware=1.4, things
like that.
I changed the Wi-Fi channel on my ISP's modem.
It seems pretty stable for now. No error messages, no disconnections I could
witness.
Hopefully it stays that way.
I'll get back to you if it gets wobbly
I tried Wicd instead of Network-manager, it's the same result.
I reinstalled the ath9k driver (it's a dongle bought from technoethic which
still works as far as I can tell).
What else could I try ?
Thank you.
ANSWER
It was a bug.
https://blog.sombex.com/2017/12/fix-cant-connect-to-wifi-issue-in-debian-9-and-other-debian-based-linux.html
1. Open this file:
sudo gedit /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
2. add these 2 lines and save:
[device]
wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no
3. Restart Network
It is indeed ath9K_htc.
I reinstalled the whole OS, and now the proper Wi-Fi network is already
listed. But after inputting the passphrase, I still can't access the network
via Wi-Fi.
I'll reinstall the linux-libre kernel now, and see how it goes.
Btw, for your linux-libre tutorial:
"gpg
Nothing really :
most of my data was on an encrypted HDD.
The OS was on the SSD, along some configuration files and .org files (oh
well...).
So I picked an old HDD from an older machine which I was using as an external
drive, erased it and made a new install.
Ah, maybe this matters:
this
Yes, personal, not pro.
I checked them from another machine, all caps or not, etc.
I also have the document from my ISP where they're printed/written.
Sorry, I'll clarify :
When I say I'm rebooting (by choice), it's only meaning that I tried this
option, since it solves issues sometimes.
When I say it's a working card, I mean it's recognized by lsusb, and it
worked up until now (my SSD died, I had to reinstall on a new disk).
My problem
I have a working tehnoethic Wi-Fi dongle.
It is listed in lsusb.
ath9K driver is installed.
jxself's linux-libre kernel is installed.
I rebooted the machine several times.
What else could I try please ?
Thanks Magic Banana.
Out of curiosity:
1. I've unplugged B (the important one) and kept A and C plugged (empty).
2. I've put C as ext4 and with a specific mount point. there's a file in it,
to see if it's still there after the install.
3. I configured A as LVM, and made / and /swap as logical
Assuming you did manual partitioning, did you have to select the partition
type ?
I forgot one thing:
I'm in the manual partitioning page,
and the disk shoes as sdb, with tiny bits of space before and after.
So I don't know if it counts as a partition.
I have drive A and drive B.
I want a fresh install on A while setting up a mount point for B (already has
user data, and is encrypted).
Some background : B was initially empty and set up with LVM.
Since the SSD with the OS gave up on me, I can decrypt it and access it with
a live CD.
My
Hi, it's been a while.
My machine didn't want to boot anymore.
After a few tests, it's my SSD : it's not detected anymore.
After some research, it seems it's dead.
I tried the SSD on another machine,
and although I can't detect it on gnome-disks or in sudo fdisk -l,
it IS listed as /dev/sdb in
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https://inconsolation.wordpress.com/2015/04/30/bonus-2015-in-review-and-closure/
WARNING: Not every program listed there is proper free software (or so it
seems to me, like for shpaint).
Enjoy!
You're good... Gotta learn about those sweet paths.
Thanks a lot man :)
I honestly don't even remember why.
Believe me, it was painful to make this work.
You'll save yourself a lot of time (and despair, and anger haha) reading from
my mistakes.
You can Ctrl+f to look for keywords instead of reading it all (which I
concede looks like a daunting task, even for
Hey SuperTramp, my pirate-get command wasn't found (yet installed). I checked
on the gitub issues pages without success, so I wondered if you ever had this
issue.
peerflix is a beauty.
It's all in the "hack and hack unholy scriptures" up there.
But quick answer: I bought a specific chassis (around 100€) because yes, it
had to fit properly. But I remember someone suggesting to simply drill the
missing holes in a standard chassis.
It's not librebooted since I've had
/LOL
Yes it is, but the setup is rather painful, as you will see if you read the
whole thing:
The CPUs are rather "old", so the best are around 60€ top (couldn't find
them brand new though).
Yes, mine runs with one CPU. I have some rare Xorg crashes I have to
identify, but for the most part,
I found nothing about it anyway.
I don't understand what you mean either.
Emacs can be found on any OS ever.
PPA isn't that safe for not so well known software.
As for systemd (whatever that is), I see enough people adore it, and enough
complain about it.
Anyway, Emacs (with org-mode,
Woah, what ?? EmacsOS ?!
I have to check this out, thanks for the info !!!
I simply helped someone install spellchecking dictionaries
on LibreOffice (actually OpenOffice, but still).
It could be a bit more straightforward though,
since I had to open the dictionary while the software is turned off,
and I had to select the dictionary for the paragraph as well.
But it
"Yeah, but it's kinda lucrative." -- Purism, probably.
Same old thread, and I'm not even a real long time user...
Fact? Trisquel will remain "outdated".
just take it for what it is: an entry level and/or an "average" user's OS.
It shouldn't be an issue as long as security updates are up (which was an
issue with the browser at some point).
Just
Thanks a lot mason.
Indeed, it was enough for my needs.
This is the odd part:
on Trisquel's working PC, I have:
* open-ath9k-htc-firmware
* firmware-atheros
* firmware-carl9170
on another Trisquel that's not working with this Wi-Fi device, I have none of
these installed.
On the Debian ASUS non working, I have installed "firmware-linux-free",
The Wi-Fi device works with free software (tested on another machine).
My PC is an ASUS KFSN4-DRE.
It's listed within lsusb as as Atheros AR9271.
But I have nothing in iwconfig nor in ifconfig -a.
I also tried lspci, ip a...
And I did a few reboots.
seems my PC "failed to load ath9k_htc".
I
Actually all " emails belong to jxelf since they're displayed on the X200
with the key print.
jxself's repo: fingerprint displayed for one computer, not the other.
One is an X200, the other (not properly displayed on this one) is KFSN4-DRE
from Asus.
Instead I get 3 uid with different emails belonging to jxself most likely.
Any idea why?
Even after blacklisting the default card (and a proper poweroff, then
reboot), alsa still doesn't work by itself, but only through jack.
I modified /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf as:
blacklist snd_hda_intel
I also tried from
One possibility is that the hdmi from the GPU (considered as the default
soundcard) might block something.
When jack is on, it is normal that alsa can't work.
Jack works with configured programs.
In theory, it means that alsa works through jack only (need to confirm).
But when jack is off, alsa doesn't work.
The simplest way is to just use jack, but alsa alone still seems broken, and
I don't like
I pretty much did all the checks I could find, but I still have issues with
alsa.
I'll try to set up my external soundcard as the default one and hope for the
best.
Super odd: in Audacious, instead of default pcm in the parameters, I selected
one of the lines named after my external soundcard and I got sound output.
Now I restart qjackctl, and it doesn't fail.
I don't understand.
In alsamixer, I have no levels of volumes displayed, and I can't mute any
https://wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_TL-WN722N
I bought the wrong version. Version 2 isn't using Atheros.
Nevermind, the interfaces are not in /etc/network/interfaces.
Minimal install is a bit too minimal sometimes.
As for the sound, no idea.
I know it's a server board, but I don't understand why my external Wi-Fi key
isn't recognised with Wicd or sudo ifconfig (supposedly supported, a TP-LINK
WN722N, Atheros version).
Ethernet works, but I don't see it in sudo ifconfig either??
As for the sound, in qjackctl I have a "system"
For anyone with the same issue, forgetit if you have a specific AMD CPU.
Check archwiki's lm-sensor page for the k10temp tweak, which didn't work for
me.
Even if it would have worked, it would be inaccurate.
So I'll get a rhebus with a probe on the CPU indicating the proper temp.
Bonus,
Necroing a bit, as I want to monitor my CPU temp and fan speeds, and control
all that:
* I have 2 case fans, 2 CPU fans, and a GPU connected directly on the
motherboard (+adapters on CPU fans for lower RPM/noise)
* I installed lm-sensors
* I configured it (defaults, and accepted the config to
The "plain" option did the trick.
Another possibility is that it was an incomplete entry in crypttab (while the
other HDD wasn't configured... ), but I don't feel like checking at this
point.
So it was complicated, as usual, but it's solved at last.
Maybe I can try this:
https://sgros.blogspot.nl/2013/12/systemd-waiting-for-external-crypted.html
Here's the journalctl -xb log:
https://pastebin.com/bBJt2zEj
Some lines are supposed to be in black (don't seem like errors), some are in
red.
I remember one about the CPU thermal probe not working or something.
But what interest us is the repeating lines in the end, about cryptsetup, or
* I still can't access my drives without decrypting them and mounting them.
* one of the drives isn't even encrypted yet, and I can't mount it in
nautilus. All i did was to format it with one ext4 partition.
* I can see both drives though because I labeled them from /media in Gparted.
But
Thank you, now I'm in. Well, I couldn't mount /usr ("write-protected", then
"does not exist").
But I can access fstab anyway.
I don't know what to change though.
I 'll comment the new lines out for now, and see how it goes.
I don't know how to chroot.
Following this
guide(https://stephentanner.com/restoring-grub-for-an-encrypted-lvm.html),
vgscan is nowhere to be found on the LiveCD.
Also, I'm not even sure I'm unlocking the proper path.
After encrypting the HDD and enabling the keyfile,
I can't access the console anymore.
After booting and unlocking the main drive (SSD), it tries to unlock the
newly encrypted HDD with the keyfile, and...
I'm into emergency mode, and it says the root account is locked.
Of course it's locked,
After yet another install, I configured the drives to be mounted on
/media/folder1 and /media/folder2.
I was rewarded with systemd's cyclone eye. Great.
So Since I'm getting tired of all these bugs (not strictly Trisquel related),
I'll just encrypt them after the install with this
Additional info: --no-install-recommends might be the culprit. It seems it is
to be used sparingly, not all the time.
I'd have to reinstall to be sure thoughn because even removing myself from
the input group works just fine now.
Nautilus sees and unlocks an encrypted external HDD amazingly well.
I'll try encryption again on the internal HDD and see how it goes. If it
works, I most likely did something wrong during the install.
Here's a possible reason why Nautilus doesn't see the internal HDD: The path
I told it to
OK, after the failed attempts above to unlock the drive as non-root:
* burn that computer
* uh, maybe try something else first. Like reformatting the drive with
Gparted.
I didn't succeed in opening gnome-disks as root.
G_IS_DBUS_CONNECTION failed
G_IS_DBUS_PROXY failed
Just a quick recap about this hacked install:
* encrypted internal HDD not recognized as root (same with different file
managers).
* I can input the passphrase as the normal user, but opening is
It's complicated, it's an internal HDD, and the working machine is a laptop.
It might work with gnome-disks as sudo or gksudo, I didn't try yet.
No worries, the HDD is encrypted but empty for now. Thanks though, this might
work just fine.
Even PCmanFM as root doesn't display my drives (displayed as non-root).
It's kind of reassuring for Nautilus with gksudo (besides the odd looks).
Less regarding pkexec, but oh well.
It's less reassuring regarding unlocking my drives.
Well, I can reformat them with Gparted if I have to.
I'll try
I'm tempted. What about constant fixes and all that?
Is it really troublesome, or only something to check before updating?
I find in fstab the 3 logical volumes /root /home and /swap, and /boot.
The 2 other HDD which I can see in Nautilus (but can't in sudo nautilus) are
not there.
Anyway, I'm off the computer for a few days, but please keep the ideas
coming.
Even better: isn't there a file manager that just
Right, I forgot.
Unfortunately, no luck with gksudo anyway.
As for pkexec,
I want to try again:
* On another machine with gnome shell, the command "pkexec env
DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY" is the only one that worked.
* it's odd as no files related to nautilus in the
OK, gksudo gave me the exact same result as sudo:
* odd display
* no access to the locked drive
I still have pkexec to fix hopefully (since it's the recommended way), and
through the command line (most likely like this:
But isn't gksudo deprecated? But I can install it and try, no problem.
I've never opened this one yet, but I do open external encrypted HDD on my
other PC but with gnome-disks, and with sudo.
Oh right, I forgot this option ^^"
Let me figure out how and I'll try.
I donwloaded a policykit agent, and modified the path in .xinitrc to launch
it on startup and rebooted.
Now I have (authenticating as the normal user and inputting the sudo
passphrase when asked for):
polkit-agent-helper-1: error response to Policykit daemon: GDBus-Error:
pkexec nautilus (after installing nautilus-admin and restarting) gives me:
Error executing command as another user: not authorized.
additional info: sudo nautilus looks weird (not only the GTK), the disk isn't
displayed.
Thanks a lot albertoefg. I'll try from the CLI since sudo Nautilus doesn't
look right (even if I installed nautilus-admin).
This internal HDD is displayed in Nautilus,
and I am prompted to input the passphrase.
But it doesn't work.
It was encrypted during the install.
On another machine, I had to open gnome-disks as sudo,
then I could open the HDD.
Isn't it better (and possible) to just unlock from the normal user?
Well, regarding mouse and keyboard(s) being accessible from startx without
sudo, it definitely works :)
If I have other bad surprises, now I know I can add my user to more groups
for different purposes.
But I still don't like how it's a bit hacked (instead of a working directly
from a
Bingo, adding my user to input did work.
But I'm not satisfied:
* .xinitrc should load X automatically, it doesn't.
* Why do I need to add my user to the input group? Do I need to belong to
other groups just to have a functional machine?
And, uh, that would be pretty much it.
It seems I need to add myself in the input group:
https://github.com/bulletmark/libinput-gestures/issues/7
But How come I'm not into this group in the first place?
Well, I'll test that first, because there's no point to this question if it
doesn't solve the issue.
is it fine in terms of free software? If so, I guess I can find them on
nvidia's website?
But I thought my GPU worked just fine with Nouveau (which it does, even right
now with an incomplete startx launch).
this
(https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/149985/startx-cannot-open-dev-fb0-permission-denied)
seems interesting.
Before trying to fix (most likely format) my thumb drive and fetching the
full logs, I'll reboot into the new user and try startx again. It seems
startx might be occupied by the old user.
In the original user's xorg's log, in addition to what's listed for the new
test user:
* (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting (and for fdev on the
line efter)
* (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
* (WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no multi-card
Good call, with the new user, I can't launch startx at all, and it seems I
have now access to some xorg log.
The plot unfolds (I hope so)!
Sure, I just added exec i3.
But my original one is like this:
#!/bin/sh
# /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
#
# global xinitrc file, used by all X sessions started by xinit (startx)
# invoke global X session script
. /etc/X11/Xsession
/usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 # &
exec
Uh, something new:
* I deleted i3 (apt-get purge, autoremove, clean), and startx still lands me
in i3
* I removed the (empty) i3 folder present in .config, but I still land in
i3...
As it could be important, one thing I did during the install is the
following:
the /boot partition I set up as the one to be initialized.
But now in my directory tree, I see in / another /boot folder, and also
another /lost+found (the same I find in /home).
I only have a .bashrc, and a .profile which redirects to .bashrc.
I renamed it to _old (same wit .xinitrc), the issue still remains.
Compared to a working install, /home, and the folders and files inside it
have the same ownership and permissions.
I can try with a fresh copy of .xinitrc from /etc/X11/xinit and modify it
accordingly (with exec i3).
OK, I'll try this, thanks again.
Yes, no dedicated /home encryption, but an encrypted partition containing
/home, /root and /swap.
On the other hand, I have other fully encrypted disks (nothing installed on
them though).
No custom config files by default yet (besides the .xinitrc for testing).
I notice now that /home
Many thanks for your help albertoefg!
root user has a different config file that is not in /home but in /root
If you encrypted disk and /home when you unlock at boot you are only
unblocking the disk but not /home
Make sure /home is decrypted before startx
On the disk where
You're right, let me try again this way then:
* the keyboard and mouse respond very well in the shell (well not the mouse
of course), but after startx, which boots i3wm, it doesn't.
* the keyboard doesn't activate the screen after moments of inactivity.
* It did work after startx on an earlier
Not a full guarantee, but removing the battery should also prevent modem
activity.
Some phones have a dedicated battery, but it's the CMOS type (for the
date/time), it should not be capable of keeping the modem on.
But really, even with the Neo900, the only choice is either having a
No, any of the bash files are the default ones.
The i3 config is also the default (I didn't have the opportunity to copy my
personal config yet).
It's basically a fresh install (with the drive erased) with xorg, i3 and
pcmanfm installed.
I added a personal .xinitrc just to see if it would
What about this ?
http://stats.blogoverflow.com/2011/08/using-emacs-to-work-with-r/
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1422987/emacs-mode-for-r
http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2014/03/emacs-ess-and-r-for-zombies.html
https://www2.stat.duke.edu/courses/Spring09/sta244/computing/R-ESS.html
sudo startx worked.
It's not recommended, so it's not a solution.
I'm even more sure that i3/the X session didn't freeze as the time display
progresses.
This time I enabled the numpad, and what's odd is that he led stays on even
if I unplug, then replug the keyboard.
I tried to switch to a tty, or even kill the X session, but neither the mouse
or
Check Paul's answers:
https://redmine.replicant.us/boards/33/topics/7383
Encryption shouldn't be an issue after unlocking the disks/partition. I don't
understand. The install went just the same way beyond the partitioning.
It must be something related to xorg.
It kinda makes sense for the USB keyboard not available until reaching the
shell though.
Hi,
the keyboard and mouse respond very well in the shell (well not the mouse of
course),
but after startx, which boots i3wm, it doesn't.
At first I thought i3wm was freezing, but the mouse pointer changed from the
waiting icon to the normal pointer after a bit (yet still immovable). And
It seems more complex than I thought. The config makes it even less likely to
be used by friends/family.
And you're right again, I didn't think about the hardware. One more downside.
My perspective is always the random normal user who's privacy conscious. To
me it would be the rare case of
I see, so for personal machines (including a Replicant phone, though there's
no guarantee the private key can't be accessed from the modem), problem
solved.
So Thunderbird + Enigmail on Tails would need some config on each boot? Too
bad, as if it wasn't annoying enough to reboot from a
I recently have regular Wi-Fi disconnections. Turns out removing the X200
laptop from it's base helped, and probably getting closer to the source
helped just as much.
I'll have to test again soon, but it never happened before.
Another problem of a personal mail server is that the most common webmails
might reject it as spam.
For other uses than email, a personal server is still a great idea.
Ah, right, the title isn't encrypted, I forgot.
Regarding privacy, security and reliability, encryption seems to still be
The info is very hard to find. Short of going into a (rare) dedicated shop,
all the links are dead (the french Tatoo goes back to 95 though).
I only found that in "francs", sending a message (numeric only) costs 3,71.
Roughly half a €, which is a lot to ask to any sender.
Worse, it seems it
The simplest way would be this:
https://meet.jit.si/
provided it's not too crowded, and provided it fully works.
Else Jitsi works better if you can get past the glitchy install (don't
install from the repo, it's outdated, and get a good xmpp provider. A search
on the forum might give you
Interesting. So the most common mail providers might not allow encrypted
emails to pass?
To make sure we're talking about the same method, I'm talking about using
something like Thunderbird instead of the Webmail.
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A few more remarks:
* Both persons need to
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