meh, is any fix for this planned? It's been with us ever since I joined this
beautiful forum :/
I deleted the mail itself by finding it via
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Thunderbird#Linux_and_Unix
although after reading Magic Bannana's comment and taking a look at my log
folder I believe that the repeating firmware error was the real cause of my
shrinking disk space.
I didn't realize all of those messages were being logged, but it explains why
as we worked on this my remaining disc space shrank from a few hundred MB to
0. I'll try your other suggestions as well. Thanks!
This is really good advice.
I hope you learned and enjoyed fixing your computer.
As you can see the main way to solve a problem is generally looking at the
error and looking for it in the internet.
Sometimes the error has multiple lines and only one of them is the answer.
If you ever have
This worked! I had to use 'sudo apt-get purge thunderbird*' to get clear up
some disk space because running 'update-initramfs -u' gave me 'cp:fails to
extend ...: No space left on the device' but after that I was able to restart
and rerun that command, and after one more restart I can log in
That is exactly the direction.
Change directory to /etc/modprobe.d/
To do this in the terminal as root type this
cd /etc/modprobe.d/
cd stands for Change Directory.
After that you can create the file
nano iwl3945.conf
This will open the nano editor you should be able to type what you
With the Wifi disabled, I no longer get the "missing free firmware" error.
Instead I just get "Starting LightDM Display Manager, Stopping Send and event
to indicate plymouth is up" and then I am returned to the login screen.
However, I am now able to open a terminal with Ctrl-Alt-F1. I was
Create a file '/etc/modprobe.d/iwl3945.conf' containing 'blacklist iwl3945'.
Run 'depmod -ae' as root
Recreate your initrd with 'update-initramfs -u'
Restart
1.- turn off your computer
2.Unplug WiFi
and turn off the laptop's integrated WiFi (there is is supposed to be a
switch)
3.- turn on (do not plug WiFi)
4.- Try to login
If you login please connect WiFi.
Tell me how did it go
If you are able to login connect WiFi
If you're referring to the error that I get when I try to log in or use
Ctrl+Alt+F#, I get the following three lines over and over again
iwl3945 ... : /*(DEBLOBBED)*/ firmware file req failed: -22
iwl3945 ... : Could not read microcode: -22
Missing Free firmware
Sometimes the "microde" line
Does the "missing firmware" shows anything else?
I am able to open a terminal as guest using Ctrl-Alt-T (Ctrl-Alt-F* causes
the same problem as before). When I enter "su - mason" I am prompted for a
password, but when I enter my pass word it says "setgid: Operation not
permitted." I'm sure that I'm typing my password correctly because I
I don't have more time right now, but I am gonna leave this link here:
https://raphaelhertzog.com/2011/03/14/missing-firmware-in-debian-learn-how-to-deal-with-the-problem/
I don't know if it will help us. But I don't want to lose it. For now lets
make sure you can start your user from the
Ok.
Could you login as guest open a terminal (please tell me if you have trouble
with this)
In the terminal type
su -user "your-user"
It should ask for a password. If you are able to login in the terminal as
your user please do this.
lspci
And paste the result here. You can paste it
Brother HL-2270DW. I just plugged in the USB cable and it worked. If a driver
was installed it happened so quickly that I didn't notice.
I also found the splash screen a little strange, as it wasn't there the first
time I installed Trisquel, but appeared when I after installing libreboot,
What printer is this and how did you install it?
I doubt this is the problem but better be safe.
Splash screen is not what I was expecting :/
When you go to a tty (Ctrl+alt+f2 or f3 or whatever..) Can you use it ? You
must put your username and password.
No, I haven't installed a new desktop environment. I can think of only two
changes I made shortly before the problem began.
(1) Installing Thunderbird and making the mistake of letting it download all
of my emails, which took up all of my remaining disk space. I'll delete these
once I can
Yeah they didn't help me much either. The answer was too technical and as you
say you are new, I wasn't OK with it.
Now that I think about it is not related to kernel. Because you can login
with guest but not your user. Did you try to install a new Desktop
Environment or something
Could you post a picture of the splash screen with trisquel logo? Just to be
sure is not kernel
On IRC #libreboot they said that libreboot just loads the distro's grub menu
so it's a Trisquel issue.
Ok I se what you mean now.
The splash screen is already grub.
It seems that it lacks the option to select a different kernel or advanced
options.
Let me looking at the manual of grub and at libreboot.
You can also ask on IRC #libreboot how to boot a different kernel.
I'll try to answer as
I am new to GNU/Linux and don't really understand what grub is. When I power
up, I see the libreboot menu. It has two options that mention grub:
-Load test configuration (grubtest.cfg) inside of CBFS
-Search for GRUB2 configuration on external media
The first of those options makes the menu
Isn't the splash screen grub??
If not this is:
When GRUB 2 is fully functional, the GRUB 2 terminal is accessed by pressing
c. If the menu is not displayed during boot, hold down the SHIFT key until it
appears. If it still does not appear, try pressing the ESC key repeatedly.
Ctrl+Alt+F2,F3,F4... all have the same result.
ESC toggles the splash screen on and off and Shift doesn't do anything,
whether the splash screen is on or off. Is there another key that could work?
Should I do something differently from the libreboot menu?
Press Shift or ESC at boot and in GRUB select advanced options hit enter and
select a different kernel.
Here you have a more detailed instruction with images:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/621393/how-to-change-kernel-at-boot
The top one is normally the latest then there is probable a
How would I go about trying this?
When I tried Ctrl+Alt+F1 from the login screen I got the "missing free
firmware" message for about 20 minutes, after which the computer froze up.
Could you try booting with a different kernel?
Everything was working for a while, but now whenever I try to log in I get
the same "missing free firmware" message for a few minutes and then return to
the login screen. From the login screen I am able to see ATHEROS UB93 and
connect to wifi, so the device still seems to be working, but the
This worked. Thanks so much! I've been very impressed by the responsiveness
of this community.
*facepalm* Do as jxself says. I don't know how I missed this solution.
That's not necessary, and improper because it's being done behind the package
manager's back so it'll never get updates. The proper way is to use the
package manager to install the package called open-ath9k-htc-firmware.
Do you have htc_9271.fw in your /lib/firmware folder? If not, see if you can
copy it from the live system on the USB drive to the /lib/firmware folder on
your ThinkPad.
I recently installed Trisquel on my ThinkPad x60. Since the wifi card is
nonfree and will not work with Trisquel, I got a USB wifi adapter from
ThinkPenguin. I tested it while running Trisquel from a USB drive without
installing, and Trisquel recognized the device immediately and I was able
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