Re: [Trisquel-users] Libavcodec vulnerable or not supported -NO playable video
Here's a similar thread with a reply https://trisquel.info/en/forum/abrowser-not-playing-soundfiles-problem-libavcodec
Re: [Trisquel-users] Black screen at booting
You'll probably get the biggest savings by using hibernate vs. shutdown. Having said that there is software like bootchart in the repos to help analyze the boot sequence.
Re: [Trisquel-users] gnuzilla filters down
In the meanwhile perhaps you could point to some mirror like this old one from April https://web.archive.org/web/20160425221243/http://gnuzilla.gnu.org/filters/blacklist.txt Might be better than nothing.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Just a friendly reminder that Trisquel 7.0 is not outdated
At least the browser in 6 is very outdated. I wouldn't recommend it to anybody.
Re: [Trisquel-users] [Trisquel 8.0] - Unar
It is in Trisquel http://packages.trisquel.info/search?keywords=unar
Re: [Trisquel-users] Tox chat ? can you install on trisquel?
It certainly seems free software. It might require newer libraries than currently available in the repositories in Trisquel. Try first installing the core [1] and if successful then say the uTox client [2]. 1 https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/blob/master/INSTALL.md#user-content-most-unix-like-oses 2 https://github.com/uTox/uTox/blob/develop/docs/INSTALL.md#user-content-unix-like
Re: [Trisquel-users] Running script at startup not working
Inside the cron environment? If not or unsure, modify your command in crontab toDISPLAY=:0 whatevercommand
Re: [Trisquel-users] Howto reactivate laptop's NIC (it worked fine and still works under Parabola)
No, it's not a workaround but the fundamental passage of time at question here. We can't possibly build drivers today for the gadgets of tomorrow.
Re: [Trisquel-users] aspell-ptl and hunspell-pt
You can see the files installed by a package for example in Synaptic package manager or on command line withdpkg -L packagename
Re: [Trisquel-users] Using Evolution Mail with mailbox.org
There seems to be something like two dozen claws plugins in the repos.
Re: [Trisquel-users] how do you read your books: pdf or html?
> And If I want to download epubs where I could find them? Here's a few epubs https://gutenberg.org
Re: [Trisquel-users] Running script at startup not working
The manual page for cron says "When executing commands, any output is mailed to the owner of the crontab". This output will by default found in the ~/mbox file. That might come handy. While probably unrelated to this issue, when dealing with anything graphical and sometimes even without any apparent reason with silly programs you get output like "Error opening display!" which can be mitigated by setting the DISPLAY variable. (usually to :0)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Asus KFSN 4-DRE at the end of november 2016
Don't be too cheap with the power supply. Bad power makes for strange effects and could fry your other parts. As for what brand to select or avoid my knowledge is ancient. You'll need a heatsink and probably also a fan. Unless you're building something that creates very little heat. A CPU without a heatsink+fan might fry very fast or at least shutdown automatically as the heat gets too high. Note that different parts use different sockets so plan accordingly. :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Waiting for Trisquel 8 (Flidas)
I think this is a very good idea. This will help Trisquels 9, 10, 11... etc. Fingers crossed.
Re: [Trisquel-users] why in gnu/linux is so super-complicated/super-annoying to install something from source... God!
Usual compile on GNU/Linux is very simple:./configure make
Re: [Trisquel-users] What other forums so you use and recommend?
M$ has obviously understood that free software is a force to contend with. "First they ignore you, then they fight you, then you win." (--attributed to Gandhi) And they've picked up their weapon of choice, FUD, like so often before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt#Microsoft So they indeed do get much better along with "Linux" and "open source" than GNU/Linux and free software and spread disinformation to keep the more potent stuff hidden away from the masses. This is why it is so important that we who know use the proper language and try to educate others.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing R from source
I think it's that home prefix that means the file is elsewhere. How to fix that smoothly I don't know. Maybe you can specify somewhere in rstudio that you used such a home prefix for R. Or a dirty and dangerous solution could be copying the file over. Note that this could lead to problems because now this file would never get updated for one thing... Does this help? https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/200661703-R-shared-library-usr-local-lib-R-lib-libR-so-not-found-UBUNTU-11-
Re: [Trisquel-users] firefox addons spy on you, what to do?
You can install extensions by downloading the .xpi and drag it onto a browser window.
Re: [Trisquel-users] An alternative to gmail
> I want to stop using anything related to google. Congratulations, I hope more people will follow your example. We have to stop feeding these monsters.
Re: [Trisquel-users] sudo passwd doesn’t change password
Whenever some command fails to perform, read its manual page. E.g.man passwd
Re: [Trisquel-users] Running out of space in partition 1
15 GB sounds like a decent amount. Have you deleted your APT cache? That's all the packages you've ever downloaded. You can do that withsudo apt-get cleanor somewhere in the Synaptic package manager too if you wish to do it graphically. Besides that you've probably collected a fair number of kernels, you only need one so you might want to uninstall the older ones, at 150 megs a pop. The logs probably don't take a huge amount of space but if they do and you have no use for them, feel free to zap them.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel boycott by Libreboot
I bet a lot of proprietary software developers and homophobes are rolling on the floor laughing. Watching this train wreck must make them feel vindicated.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trouble getting nouveau to load instead of vesa for my nvidia 970
Some people just care about their freedom.
Re: [Trisquel-users] wi-fi crash and available space
The default install makes quite a small root partition. If you haven't done too much with your install yet, you might consider re-installing with either one partition or root+home with a large enough root. One partition is easier with regards to space management but on the other hand if you have a separate home it's easier to do re-installs or clean new version installs preserving the home partition...
Re: [Trisquel-users] Which partitions are safe to delete?
Congratulations!
Re: [Trisquel-users] PayPal !!! ?
> What's wrong with Paypal ? Plenty, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paypal#Criticism (Note that their corporate minions have probably cleaned out the most damning parts long ago...)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 consistently fails to add network printer?
Maybe fedora has newer driver version?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Purism Is Still Hoping To Build A GNU/Linux Free Software Librem Smartphone
There is a significant question in the survey: How important is FSF RYF? I think that makes it worth taking.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Home email server
Here are some interesting blog posts related to running your own mail server * B. Kuhn on spam http://www.ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2015/09/15/email.html * B. Mako Hill on the recipient's role https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/google-has-most-of-my-email-because-it-has-all-of-yours I think everybody should run their own, we don't need the current gatekeepers.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Best free software friendly router
That seems less than optimal. I probably would try to inform him of the situation via https://www.thinkpenguin.com/contact
Re: [Trisquel-users] [Dev] Misleading information in EOMA68 news
I think it's important these issues be discussed. Let's all remain polite when doing so even if we come to different conclusions. Also please don't -1 a post unless it's spam.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Live USB or install to USB?
It makes a lot of sense. Malware is very common and well documented. Hardware black bag jobs are rare and expensive. Of course, all new intel and apparently amd also machines come with built-it hardware backdoors so...
Re: [Trisquel-users] Little problems with HDD and video
Regarding the first question you could put your Abrowser profile and cache into ram. That will make things faster and no more disk crunching, probably helps with battery life as well. There are various scripts floating around to do that (the issue is preserving changes as ram is volatile). Or you could do it manually. There is an existing tmpfs in /dev/shm.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Getting debian fsf approved
There is text installer and then there is expert installer (which is also text based). I assure you it's there.
Re: [Trisquel-users] explaination about free software mouvement and Trisquel in Trisquel 8 Flidas
Great idea.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Full screen at full resolution slow for some games
Have you looked at the temperatures and cpu frequencies? It might be overheating and then going to lower frequencies to limit heat.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Full screen at full resolution slow for some games
Yes. The order of updating these probably isn't important, And of course newer things don't _always_ work better so see for yourself.
Re: [Trisquel-users] ATI blobs?
> Does all old "ATI" graphics chips need to run blobs? No. I have an ancient radeon and I get a nasty slow 2D and the correct native resolution without any blobs. I don't know if those cards you mention would work without the blob. Then there's also these probably worth looking at * https://trisquel.info/en/forum/making-radeon-work-again-bringing-back-linux-libre-34 * https://trisquel.info/en/forum/making-radeon-kernel-module-work-again
[Trisquel-users] Linux high profile TCP vulnerability
https://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/39030 Way beyond my paygrade but sounds serious, There is a proposed workaround.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Linux high profile TCP vulnerability
Bleh, apparently there is a typo in the workaround, it's supposed to be net.ipv4.tcp_challenge_ack_limit = 9 (i.e. missing the / at the beginning)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Full screen at full resolution slow for some games
Also, do you have the latest xserver+etc? https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/update-linux-libre-kernel (nevermind the misleading link title)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Formatting HDD: unused space ?
The difference comes from using different units, GiB vs. GB. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix $ units '232 GiB' GB * 249.1081 Don't know about encryption, more worried about losing the password myself than getting black bagged. Regarding the terminal closing thing, switch to the terminal window and hit Ctrl+Z, that will suspend the process in it. Then input bg which will make the process run in background and now you should be able to close only the terminal window. (easiest with Ctrl+D)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Conflicting packages and libqt4-opengl-dev
Have you tried apt-get with --no-install-recommends? Sometimes the recommends get in the way in surprising ways.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Development updates
Great to hear this! I think even monthly updates would be wonderful. I hope toutatis as well will receive some sorely needed browser love.
Re: [Trisquel-users] can't restore bookmarks with .json file
Dunno why that's not working. When you insert a USB key, I believe Trisquel by default automatically mounts it under /media. If not you can do it manually too. Also, next time you forget your password, it can be reseted, no need to reinstall everything.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel won't install on Lenovo ThinkCentre
Glad to hear that. Enjoy freedom!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Screen resolution changed after changing it in a program
Probably the easiest solution with games that exhibit this issue is to write launch scripts that contain the resolution reset command at the end. Detecting the docking station is a lot trickier. You can check dmesg and the connect it and recheck dmesg to see what it saw. Other parts of the solution might include udev or incron watching for specific changes in /sys, /proc or /dev. For example your docking station might come with extra usb ports and as a hacky solution you could use the usb port count as an indicator.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Distorted desktop graphics after system crash
Right. In that case copy the system wide file from /etc to .compton.conf and modify it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Distorted desktop graphics after system crash
You do know that files starting with a dot are hidden by default in the file browser?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel won't install on Lenovo ThinkCentre
Strange. One more way is to remove the HDD and put it to another box and then install Trisquel onto it there before returning it to this troublesome box.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Unable to remove programs
Another thing you can easily and absolutely risk free do is clean the apt cache.sudo apt-get clean Of course, if you first make backups, then resizing the partitions is risk free as well.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to netinstall from trisquel gnome usb?
What is interesting in that log is any repeated lines. What is filling it?
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to netinstall from trisquel gnome usb?
> The log file is over flowing in var. What's in it? It's best to check so it can be fixed. Some bug can make logs swell several gigabytes.
Re: [Trisquel-users] european union pays free software audit
Interesting! Thanks for sharing.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Broadcom wifi
The text in the openfwwf readme continues "While it might work with later core revisions as well, their RF behaviour is not validated and might damage the hardware or violate frequency spectrum regulations." So if it's not rev 1, there could be issues. Having said that I would believe it works but might not work perfectly.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Broadcom wifi
Only some very old as far as I know using openfwwf: Broadcom AirForce wlan chipsets: * BCM4306 * BCM4311 revision 1 * BCM4318 * BCM4320
Re: [Trisquel-users] VLC or alternative for HEVC
> Thanks, but isn't this repository out of Trisquel's control? Yes. > I read this post https://trisquel.info/en/forum/how-do-i-play-h265hevc-vlc and it says that we should avoid adding other 3rd party repos. You have to decide for yourself whether you trust whoever setup the PPA enough to practically give them root rights to your machine. On the other hand if you do decide to trust them, you'll get updates automatically.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Haven't had any software updates for a while
It's not search but install/update/remove history.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Haven't had any software updates for a while
It's under File > History.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Haven't had any software updates for a while
Thanks for the heads up. I've never used a rolling release distro before but I've heard these stories before. I guess what they say about the bleeding edge is true.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Haven't had any software updates for a while
Which of the free distros do you have experience with? I'll probably leave Trisquel as well but I'd rather move to a free distro than an optionally free distro. That would make it so much simpler to answer people who ask which distro I'm using. :) I think Parabola is where I'm going next.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Haven't had any software updates for a while
> I'm worried that I'm open to security vulnerabilities. You are. https://trisquel.info/en/forum/abrowser-version-trisquel-6 (the problem is apparently also in trisquel 7)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Javascript in Epiphany Browser
Tried these? https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Web#Getting_in_Touch
Re: [Trisquel-users] Netinsall, tty, apt-get update not working
Thanks for the thorough explanation, much appreciated.
Re: [Trisquel-users] reading epub and mobi files on Trisquel
I just checked that Sky Road thing and it reads fine in both fbreader and okular. For okular to eat .mobi I had to also install the kdegraphics-mobipocket package.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Netinsall, tty, apt-get update not working
One funny sounding variation I've heard about is you can have the /boot on a thumb drive. I believe that way the computer won't boot without it. No idea how to do it though or whether it's super safe or anything.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ryzom game
Looks free to me! https://www.fsf.org/news/free-ryzom-1
Re: [Trisquel-users] Free and Open Google Hangouts/ Skype Alternative?
Possibly https://ring.cx/ No first hand experience though but would seem to fit the bill.
[Trisquel-users] LibrePlanet 2016 recordings are up
https://libreplanet.org/2016/program/ I also found interesting the story about the streaming/recording software that was developed for the conference. The live streaming this year worked somewhat better than last year but I think the recording side worked much better.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone using LibertyBSD? How does it compare to Trisquel?
There is also package xbindkeys-config - an easy to use gtk program for configuring Xbindkeys.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Suggestions for Low Profile Wifi Dongle?
There is always the possibility to go with an internal adapter but if your machine has a wifi whitelist it might not be possible.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Netinsall, tty, apt-get update not working
Are you aware of the grub differences? grub is "grub 1" i.e. version 1.97 config file /boot/grub/menu.lst grub2 is "grub pc or grub 2" i.e. version 1.99 config file /boot/grub/grub.cfg created by rules in /etc/default/grub. The latter file is what you're supposed to edit and then run update-grub because if you edit the .cfg directly, your changes will be overwritten when update-grub gets run next time (e.g. when there is a kernel update). You might want to remove the quiet and splash parameters to see what's going on.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Getting Started with Free and Open Source Projects
"I'm a poorly skilled UNIX programmer but it was immediately obvious to me how to incrementally extend the DHCP client code (the feeling was exhilarating and addictive)." -- Vinod Valloppillil, a Program Manager at Microsoft in http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/halloween2.html
Re: [Trisquel-users] Netinsall, tty, apt-get update not working
apt-cache depends --no-recommends $PACKAGE
Re: [Trisquel-users] Certificate Patrol installation, again
Hello! Topics get closed after a certain time of no replies I believe. Turns out the "custom license" is MPL 1.1, so it is free software. [1] I don't seem to be getting that author not verified message. 1 https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#MPL
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel allowing remote login as root?
Not sure in which version it got changed. Looks like the bug is filed against version 6 for what it's worth.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to adjust brightness in Trisquel mini
What is the output of find /sys -iname brightness
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel allowing remote login as root?
The ssh server used to be part of the default install but it no longer is. https://trisquel.info/en/issues/11188
Re: [Trisquel-users] Laptop too hot - CPU (almost) always at 100%
That command works if you're super user (i.e. after sudo su). If you want to use sudo with the command as one liner, you need to also use tee because currently only echo gets run as super user but the redirect which would need it doesn't get the sudo power. Why that's so I don't remember or understand.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Laptop too hot - CPU (almost) always at 100%
So this is a "suspend/hibernate/whatever" bug. The default kernel comes with a ton of drivers. Many of these will be as removable modules and not baked in. (And for many devices having a driver active means they will be powered on.) You could induce the 100% cpu condition and then lsmod to see what modules there are and then try removing (rmmod) those one by one to see if you can find the culprit that way. If you do, then add the offending module back (modprobe) and see if the condition persists or not. If not, then you could modify the "suspend/hibernate/whatever" scripts to do the module un/loading for you.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Installation problem of Trisquel 7 on laptop ASUS X554LA
You need to edit /etc/default/grub as super user and then run update-grub as super user afterwards. The variable is GRUB_GFXMODE, see https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.txt
Re: [Trisquel-users] Sent an Email to GNU.org about these 2 new Libre OS
> What do you think about these OS? Nothing. > Why haven't they still been approved? Have they officially asked to be included in the list? If yes, then they just must be patient. Of course if the process is taking years then maybe a poke is in order.
Re: [Trisquel-users] CDE -- Common Desktop Environment
> I had to adjust my laptop's screen brightness manually as the dedicated keys won't work. If the xev command sees the dedicated keys, it's fairly simple to create a keybinding to change brightness. It might be possible even if not but I haven't had to find out about that. (This probably should go to another thread though.)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Installation problem of Trisquel 7 on laptop ASUS X554LA
Do you get the normal resolution once you log in? Have you tried to set the resolution in grub?
Re: [Trisquel-users] New security addons
Just wanted to point out that JavaScript and Java are different beasts. Something (most of) you probably already know.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I need a G++ 4.9. Where to find it?
Restricted is one of the ubuntu repos, non-free. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_os#Package_classification_and_support
Re: [Trisquel-users] Wacom tablets
Looks like there is also something called mypaint in the repos that's supposedly specifically for wacoms according to the package description.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Envy 24 sound card issues.
http://packages.trisquel.info/search?keywords=mudita
Re: [Trisquel-users] Partioning issue, duel boot
One swap is enough unless you hibernate one distro onto it and then use another distro before thawing the first one.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Petition for Intel to Release an ME-less CPU design
IANAL (I'm not a lawyer) but these guys are, maybe they could help you. https://www.softwarefreedom.org/about/contact/
Re: [Trisquel-users] Need a reliable VoIP soulution with video.
Great post, thank you!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Where did LibreJS go?
1 yes, everything under ~ should belong to you 2 you ran it as root with sudo icecat (It's probably a bad idea to run it as root anyways but) if you wish to run graphical apps as root, use gksudo instead of sudo.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Buck up using rsync
"If we wanted to restore just the file "Mail/article" in /home/me as it was three days ago into /home/me /restored_file: duplicity -t 3D --file-to-restore Mail/article scp://u...@other.host/some_dir /home/me/restored_file" --duplicity manual page
Re: [Trisquel-users] Content sharing in schools
Hi there! I agree teaching kids dependence of such megacorps is a very bad idea. Perhaps instead one of these could come handy. We use Moodle at our uni but it's not very simple. The second link could possibly be used to help convince the administration. Glad to see somebody who cares about his old school and kids! * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_learning_management_systems * https://www.gnu.org/education/education.html#content
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel GNU/Linux code tracker
Sometimes a cookie related problem.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I want Unity without VirtualBox. Proprietary scope.
Here is useful information on (trying to) remove the spying in unity https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://fixubuntu.com/ Tris 6 is based on 12.04, no spying there and Tris 7 on 14.04 where this needs to be applied.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Password Generator instead of a password manager
You can use any extension you wish or none. In UNIX-like systems file type is decided by magic number instead of filename extension. Here the magic number is the hash bang. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_format#Magic_number Your English is fine, I didn't even notice the mistake until you pointed it out!
Re: [Trisquel-users] I was wondering, if I did a full disk encryption,
Do you remember tosudo update-grub
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] Stallman Talk
The first paragraph reminds me of the "UNABOMber manifesto" which I also found interesting. As a leftist myself I think the politics related parts of it are laughably misguided however but his points about the nature of technological advance seem pretty spot on to me. Also I generally don't condone blowing people to pieces though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski For a somewhat less explosive approach there is also Winner's Do Artifacts Have Politics? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langdon_Winner#Technology_and_politics I think these are all important questions which we as a society should be asking ourselves, especially in a time like this when the technological advancement is more rapid than ever and pretty unanimously seen as a force for good.
