Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?

2017-10-12 Thread masonhock
If you start a thread about your booting issue (what does the red "failed" message appear next to), I'm sure someone here can help you with it. If you are frustrated the menu bar and other interface features, then your problem is not with Trisquel but with the desktop environment, GNOME.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?

2017-10-12 Thread justinorthrop
Which do you recommend? The most crippling problem I had with my Triskell setup was that, gradually over time, Abrowser began to become slower and slower, and crash frequently. Other things I've noticed are that the boot time has increased, and there is a little red "failed" thing that

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?

2017-09-06 Thread masonhock
If that's the only reason you're switching, Parabola or Debian 9 (avoiding the non-free and contrib rebos) might work for you, and unlike Ubuntu will respect your freedom.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?

2017-09-06 Thread justinorthrop
The reason I'm switching from Trisquel is to get away from bugs, actually. Also, I never did figure out how to navigate y'all's user manual.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?

2017-08-13 Thread info
Hi, installing a distro can be done using this guide: https://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/grub_boot_installer.html modifying the boot menu can be done using this guide: https://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/grub_cbfs.html I saw "ubuntu" mentioned. obviously you should use trisquel, since it's a

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?

2017-08-13 Thread info
Also, sometimes the default "load operating system" menuentry doesn't correctly auto-detect your configuration, from the partitioning and so on on the drive. if you come across that issue, see the first link I gave, which shows you how to modify grub.cfg. You can use that to add a custom

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?

2017-08-12 Thread happy_gnu
This is more of a Libreboot problem than Trisquel or Ubuntu. So you might want to ask to libreboot.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?

2017-08-12 Thread happy_gnu
This is normal do a Trisquel live USB with Ubuntu and it will say "you can run Ubuntu..." Trisquel substituted all the "Ubuntu" for "Trisquel" so is normal.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?

2017-08-12 Thread greatgnu
>So I have a Libreboot with Trisquel on it, but I'd like to put Ubuntu on it instead. Stopped reading there. This forum is against non-free software. I am pretty sure Buguntu has plenty of forums where you can ask your questions. Bonne fortunae!

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?

2017-08-11 Thread justinorthrop
Something is disturbing me, though. I've tried two versions of Startup Disk Creator to put Ubuntu on the USB drive, and when both of them finished, they gave the following messages... The gtk version gave: Installation is complete. You may now run Trisquel on other computers by booting

[Trisquel-users] How do I change the boot order so that my libreboot boots first from the USB drive?

2017-08-11 Thread justinorthrop
So I have a Libreboot with Trisquel on it, but I'd like to put Ubuntu on it instead. I've got a flash drive prepared for this, but I'm not sure how to change the boot order so that the USB is tried before the internal drive. So far, I've discovered that tapping F5 while the machine is