Re: [Trisquel-users] Kernel panics

2015-02-17 Thread tempaccount325
To me it seems that it is just lacking in RAM. Trisquel's requirements can be found here (http://trisquel.info/en/wiki/system-requirements) , but you will have to confirm that you are using the default ISO (uses GNOME). The processor seems to be 64-bit

Re: [Trisquel-users] Update Manager Not Working

2015-02-08 Thread tempaccount325
I was using the default Trisquel 7,0 GNOME desktop and this also happened to me. In my case, the cursor was black and in the screenshot it was white or the other way around. For taking the screenshot I used gnome-screenshot. I can't really help you with the update manager as I have really

Re: [Trisquel-users] HPLIP issue

2015-02-07 Thread tempaccount325
HP Color LaserJet cm1312nfi Multifunction Printer HPLIP Support Here is the doccumentation: http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/color_laserjet/hp_color_laserjet_cm1312nfi_mfp.html

Re: [Trisquel-users] HPLIP issue

2015-02-07 Thread tempaccount325
Device Plugin (Required/Optional) Min. Plugin Version Reason(s) HP Color LaserJet cm1312nfi Multifunction Printer Required 2.8.10 Scanning support. From http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/plugin.html, this has the complete listing of printers that

Re: [Trisquel-users] HPLIP issue

2015-02-07 Thread tempaccount325
Here is an update. I was discussing this issue with vixxio on IRC and we still have not figured out a solution. The printer is being connected by USB and it was listed when the command lsusb was used, both prior and post reboot. Initially, this was the method being followed to install the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems with synaptic and apt-get update

2015-02-07 Thread tempaccount325
Include the output of: df -h Probably /var is full if you made a separate partition. If not then it's the root partition or the whole system, which you should solve quickly as it can cause the system to be unstable.

Re: [Trisquel-users] advice moving to free software

2015-02-07 Thread tempaccount325
Do want advice on replacing the function of the software you are currently using? In that case it would probably help if you listed the software you use or be descriptive about what you use the software for and what you want it to do in the future.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems with synaptic and apt-get update

2015-02-07 Thread tempaccount325
It's hard to tell what the problem is. What I have experienced is some software looping and creating tremendous amounts of logs, but it could be a script gone wild, for example. You should really tells us what your partition scheme is like or include the output of df -h so we can target

Re: [Trisquel-users] What is Trisquel 7 equivalent of libusb-0.1.12 ?

2015-02-06 Thread tempaccount325
Are any of these relevant? root@trisquelserver:/usr/share/hplip# apt-cache search libusb libftdi1 - Library to control and program the FTDI USB controller libftdipp1 - Library to control and program the FTDI USB controller libgusb-dev - GLib wrapper around libusb1 - development files libgusb-doc

Re: [Trisquel-users] No Gnome panel

2015-02-04 Thread tempaccount325
Is there no chance that the panel is hidden off-screen? This has happened to me on some monitors. You can change the resolution in gnome-control-center . There is also a tool to popup the menu. It does the same action as if it were clicked by the mouse. It's called gnome-panel-control and it

Re: [Trisquel-users] Over 300 businesses now whitelisted on AdBlock

2015-02-04 Thread tempaccount325
From what I read, you are judging something as good and bad without making clear that this is your own perspective. Since you are keeping yourself to TV adverts, you have to understand that they are produced by marketing teams, not the product designers themselves or the companies' owners.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Over 300 businesses now whitelisted on AdBlock

2015-02-04 Thread tempaccount325
The addon description says that it blocks ads and then that it blocks annoying ads and then just ads again. Seems like not very well defined at all. I have also read through their Acceptable Ads policy, the following comes to attention: No applicant will be favored or treated differently,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedom friendly wifi router

2015-02-04 Thread tempaccount325
That is what I imagined, but without a clear statement on the website, it is too much of a risk since I am depending on the router. I think this also happened, when I was looking at different Operative Systems for my router.

Re: [Trisquel-users] time settings and window snapping

2015-02-03 Thread tempaccount325
For those of you that want to keep the default Trisquel 7.0 GNOME Flashback look of your desktop and want window snapping. You will have to switch your window manager for Compiz. I wrote it up over here https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/compiz . Once you are done installing it, you have to go

Re: [Trisquel-users] No Gnome panel

2015-02-03 Thread tempaccount325
The .iso image is not granted to be the same unless you check the hashes that are shared by the download provider. Nonetheless, it is a shame that you got such an issue. We can probably work this out faster if you tell us what error you were given you when you ran the following command

Re: [Trisquel-users] Microsoft invests in Cyanogen to take Android away from Google

2015-02-03 Thread tempaccount325
Unfortunately, the original poster decided to link the more sensationalist and speculative article, rather than the report it is based from (it is linked in the first few paragraphs), which details some interesting statistics and does not try to force the reader into thinking in a particular

Re: [Trisquel-users] problems compiling from source

2015-02-03 Thread tempaccount325
I don't think sdcc works with binary files. I think you are supposed to use the .ihx (intel hex) file with the device you want. This file contains binary code translated into hex format. The documentation seems to confirm this (http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/doc/sdccman.pdf).

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wireless interface changes on occasion from wlan0 to wlan1 and back

2015-01-31 Thread tempaccount325
Yes, it is contradicting in the case that the formatting would be correct ( I just considered two different cases). Now the latter is correct. Whatever you name your interface on that file should take effect. Note: If the configuration file is correctly configured your Atheros interface

Re: [Trisquel-users] rmdir unable to remove directory than is 0wned by me and has me as group

2015-01-31 Thread tempaccount325
I can't really help you with Atom as I had never heard of it prior to your comment. Unless you include an excerpt from this process directly from the command line it is going to be hard to help you further than what I told you above.

Re: [Trisquel-users] can you turn the lenovo thinkpad x200 into fsf Libreboot X200?

2015-01-30 Thread tempaccount325
See http://shop.gluglug.org.uk/product/libreboot-installation-service/ . They also mention installing an Atheros wireless NIC.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 and two floppy drives: 2-1/2 and 5-1/4

2015-01-30 Thread tempaccount325
I still had one running last year. What a nightmare had to use printer buffers so the computer would not freeze. Not to mention paper costs. It came on a single sheet, 500 pages(A5) long perforated on both sides and it still managed to jam. Hey, any luck with formatting/opening/writing ?

Re: [Trisquel-users] rmdir unable to remove directory than is 0wned by me and has me as group

2015-01-30 Thread tempaccount325
It depends on the parent directory, in this case it is /usr/share . If this parent directory does not give you write permission, you won't be able to remove/edit/create files within this directory. When you want to write outside of the /home/$USER/ directory with one of the Desktop users it

Re: [Trisquel-users] problems compiling from source

2015-01-30 Thread tempaccount325
Yeah, that sounds about right. Either libraries missing or flags not included in the compile command. It could be other things, like bad includes and other pre-processor tasks, but less likely and harder to fix, if you are not familiar with the code and there are some bad practices in the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 and two floppy drives: 2-1/2 and 5-1/4

2015-01-30 Thread tempaccount325
Here's a nice size to capacity table with the year they were introduced in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk#Sizes.2C_performance_and_capacity 1.44MB sounds more likely. I was handed a few dozens of these, when I replaced a point of sale computer at an Hotel. Those make for nice cup

Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedom friendly wifi router

2015-01-30 Thread tempaccount325
I have a TL-WR841N v8.4 at work (it's one of those that looks like a melted heap of plastic). It has a physical wifi switch near the ethernet ports. I am not sure if this particular model is compatible with libreCMC. You can check the hardware specifications of some of the versions on the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Tweaks to optimize user friendliness

2015-01-29 Thread tempaccount325
Hmm, I have heard linux handles touchscreens in non-natural way. I guess it has to be application specific or something. Maybe only some browsers support touchscreen movement? I am uncertain. This is all hypothetical.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Help putting a bash script on a wiki page.

2015-01-29 Thread tempaccount325
Well, you can change it to .txt (I do not recall sh bing there - maybe it was just added?), but this should be addressed. Use this forum topic to try and paste your files.

Re: [Trisquel-users] python3-distupgrade conflicts with trisquel metapackage

2015-01-29 Thread tempaccount325
How are you trying to install it? Did you install anything to replace it's function? Here are a few commands for reference (I am running Trisquel 7.0 on this machine): root@trisq:~# apt-cache showpkg python3-distupgrade Package: python3-distupgrade Versions: 1:0.220.6+7.0trisquel11

Re: [Trisquel-users] My family has smart TVs and I am scared.

2015-01-29 Thread tempaccount325
Not one mention of the Brand, model or reference documentation? A Smart TV can be a wonderful tool in the realm of Free software. I see lot of generalization for the concept and not for the current status quo.

Re: [Trisquel-users] My family has smart TVs and I am scared.

2015-01-29 Thread tempaccount325
You also will have to understand that you do not represent the whole user-base for the Smart TV technology and there are can be many applications in the enterprise and hospitality world among others. The products that are are mostly talked about are catered towards households and Facebook

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wireless won't work :-(

2015-01-29 Thread tempaccount325
You wireless NIC is the of same series as this machine (they both depend on the same non-free firmware to operate on linux - it's called iwlwifi for reference) : Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 [Rainbow Peak] (rev 34) I currently have a Wireless Repeater

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wireless won't work :-(

2015-01-29 Thread tempaccount325
You wireless NIC is the of same series as this machine (they both depend on the same non-free firmware to operate on linux - it's called iwlwifi for reference) : Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 [Rainbow Peak] (rev 34) I currently have a Wireless Repeater

Re: [Trisquel-users] Help putting a bash script on a wiki page.

2015-01-29 Thread tempaccount325
This probably warrants for a bug report. I tested it out and to me it seems that the server tries to execute the file due to it's name, when you click it. This happens despite any chain in permissions on the uploaded file.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 and two floppy drives: 2-1/2 and 5-1/4

2015-01-29 Thread tempaccount325
Hmm, that was really the extent of what I know about floppy devices. You mentioned both floppy drives being on the same cable. Are they in series perhaps? I can see how the controller would handle this and Linux subsequently getting confused. I forgot to mention this before... In order to

Re: [Trisquel-users] Switch off an Nvidia Card

2015-01-28 Thread tempaccount325
Nvidia usually has a switch in the BIOS, if you have switchable graphics. Probably for other cards too.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wireless interface changes on occasion from wlan0 to wlan1 and back

2015-01-28 Thread tempaccount325
I do not know if there are other reasons for a wireless interface being named any thing else than wlan0 other than unless you have multiple NICs (USB dongles get the same name pattern from what I recall - wlanX for wireless and ethX for ethernet) or you associated multiple names with the

Re: [Trisquel-users] all-in-one computer options

2015-01-28 Thread tempaccount325
I think the post refers to All-in-one computers as those that have the motherboard behind the screen as as all relevant ports around the frame of the screen or behind, which rarely mean that they're portable. The Pocket Wee is a type of Single-board computer without the screen. I see this

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wireless interface changes on occasion from wlan0 to wlan1 and back

2015-01-28 Thread tempaccount325
Can you give us the output of ip a then? Do you use any USB adapters or not?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 and two floppy drives: 2-1/2 and 5-1/4

2015-01-28 Thread tempaccount325
Two floppy drives are in my Trisquel 7 setup. One is a 3-1/2 inch that works fine. On the same cable is another floppy drive, a 5-1/4 inch that worked when it was in my old debian system, long since abandoned. However, with them both in place, powered up, and containing appropriate disks,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Tweaks to optimize user friendliness

2015-01-28 Thread tempaccount325
I do not know what to tell you really. The GNOME Flashback DE is all about simplicity. It even comes with Metacity, which is a simple window manager. I do prefer the settings you get when you right click the Desktop on XCE, GNOME Flashback's is just too minimalist (it does not even give you

Re: [Trisquel-users] new vulnerability affects most gnu/Linux Systems

2015-01-28 Thread tempaccount325
Just read it, please.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser sync doesn't work

2015-01-28 Thread tempaccount325
I finally managed to test this and I am having the same issue. I tested both Icecat and Abrowser on a fresh and upgrafed Trisquel 7.0 install. I was able to sign up to sync within Abrowser, but logging in results in Unexpected Error (both of these actions require javascript to be enabled in

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wireless interface changes on occasion from wlan0 to wlan1 and back

2015-01-28 Thread tempaccount325
The output from ip a shows that the system is only using the Atheros card. I have a couple devices with multiple ethernet ports and the naming for the interfaces was persistent across reboots, but I guess wireless interfaces do not load consistently(paralel). Do you often remove one of

Re: [Trisquel-users] QEMU and KVM Problems

2015-01-27 Thread tempaccount325
Since I do not seem to be able to edit my own post: Virtualbox will not be included in Trisquel 7 as the newer versions (from 4.2 on) depend on the non-free open watcom compiler. I was not aware of this change and therefore I cannot really recommend your to use Virtualbox anymore.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Mini LiveCDs being weird (one asks for user:pass, other won't bring up network).

2015-01-27 Thread tempaccount325
Why would they work fine 4 or 5 times, then suddenly get weird on me? you have to clarify if it is the network, the number of isos, the iso that shows up a prompt,... About the network. ifup/ifdown only works if you have a configuration file (/etc/network/interfaces by default) that has

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to disable mouse clicks with touchpad on Trisquel 7

2015-01-26 Thread tempaccount325
You should be able to do this through your Desktop Environment, I will assume that it's GNOME Fallback it is the default. If you cannot find what you are looking for in the Gnome Control Center Mouse Touchpad Touchpad and then disabling Tap to click, you can check directly in GNOME's

Re: [Trisquel-users] QEMU and KVM Problems

2015-01-26 Thread tempaccount325
Telinome, Using KVM virtualization usually implies setting static values in the respective internet configuration file (/etc/network/interfaces) and I have used this method, but it's just too unpractical. So I really recommend that you get Virtualbox if you find yourself frequently on the

Re: [Trisquel-users] QEMU and KVM Problems

2015-01-26 Thread tempaccount325
It depends on what program is managing your network interfaces. Some add an entry to an external configuration file, for example when it includes WPA configurations. But idealy that's how you want the file to look like in the case of NetworkManager.

Re: [Trisquel-users] QEMU and KVM Problems

2015-01-26 Thread tempaccount325
The hardware does not seem to be an issue, but will still need some more info other than it not booting sometimes. You could try to install the basic netinstall version of Trisquel and see if it also breaks, but this is like walking in the dark.

Re: [Trisquel-users] No picture in guvcview

2015-01-22 Thread tempaccount325
It might help if you include the hardware that you are trying this on. I recall getting a very similar error on an Asus EEE 1001P for the default configuration on guvcview, but unfortunately I did not have time to chase this issue at the time and I not longer have that laptop ( I was able to