Re: [Trisquel-users] Lost admin password on my libiquity taurinus x2000 with trisquel

2017-08-02 Thread chasepc
so when i try to make the startup disk the make startup disk button is inactive, the erase disk button is active when I try to erase the disk i get this error rg.freedesktop.DBus.Python.dbus.exceptions.DBusException: com.ubuntu.USBCreator.Error.NotAuthorized so it seems I can't make a

[Trisquel-users] Lost admin password on my libiquity taurinus x2000 with trisquel

2017-08-02 Thread chasepc
As the title says I lost my admin password and am locked out, I've read through this thread https://trisquel.info/en/forum/locked-out-admin-log Since I bought this computer with trisquel installed on it as well as libreboot I'm not sure if the same process in the posts mentioned above is

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lost admin password on my libiquity taurinus x2000 with trisquel

2017-08-02 Thread chasepc
It's a beautiful system, especially when I'm not locked out of it. I was hesitant about fully switching to a free life so. Kept my MacBook for a while and just sold it last week to go full freedom full Time but forgot to decrypt my passwords that I had stored on my MacBook before I

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel with Full Disk Encryption, including /boot/, on Libreboot systems

2017-08-02 Thread chasepc
Thanks, Is there a way to encrypt the disk without reinstalling trisquel on a computer that's already configured with trisquel and libreboot? I have libiquity taurinus, Sorry if that's stupid, Ive only had my system for a short time.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lost admin password on my libiquity taurinus x2000 with trisquel

2017-08-02 Thread chasepc
I followed this https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/how-create-liveusb and keep getting a failed to install message. not sure what i'm doing wrong

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lost admin password on my libiquity taurinus x2000 with trisquel

2017-08-03 Thread chasepc
So nothing I tried was working from my guest account in trisquel so I made a live USB on a windows computer and reinstalled trisquel on my x200 now I am in control of my computer but lost libreboot when I reinstalled trisquel. So I guess I need to reconfigure libreboot now and should be

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lost admin password on my libiquity taurinus x2000 with trisquel

2017-08-03 Thread chasepc
Super confused, is libreboot still on my system somewhere or do I need to download it and install. How do I see what bios is running after new installation of trisquel

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lost admin password on my libiquity taurinus x2000 with trisquel

2017-08-03 Thread chasepc
I'm just not sure where to start since it was already flashed with libreboot I'm not sure which installation instructions to follow on libreboot website. Yes I'm supernoob,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lost admin password on my libiquity taurinus x2000 with trisquel

2017-08-03 Thread chasepc
Tried this, says unable to change root gid: operation not permitted Is this because I'm signed in as guest?

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to modify the time before screen goes to sleep

2017-08-14 Thread chasepc
Lol, not sure how I overlooked that but thanks: )

[Trisquel-users] Encrypting files?

2017-08-14 Thread chasepc
I've been encrypting files with my pgp key and I found out yesterday when I used photorec to recover a deleted file on a USB drive that it recovered the unencrypted files, so am I encrypting files the wrong way? When I decrypt my files it makes a decrypted zip file then unzip the file to

Re: [Trisquel-users] trouble configuring nordvpn/openvpn

2017-08-10 Thread chasepc
It's not there unfortunately, I have the unzipped file in downloads and can see all the certificates but none are available in those files you mentioned or others when I'm looking for them through network manager. I tried to extract the files into those folders and get a error message.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Issues when trying to install tor browser

2017-08-12 Thread chasepc
I just downloaded it today, was having trouble with the command line install instructions as well, I don't know why but a lot of command line instructions don't work for me and I'm not familiar enough to figure out why, but I extracted It in downloads was able to run TOR from there. Moved

[Trisquel-users] How to recover deleted files on a USB drive?

2017-08-13 Thread chasepc
How to recover deleted files on a USB drive? I'm not sure how this file got deleted but it has some criticle information in it that will cost me thousands of dollars if lost. It's on a USB drive i was tranfering files between two computers and it mysteriously vanished. Any help on

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to recover deleted files on a USB drive?

2017-08-13 Thread chasepc
Thanks, tried both. Photorec worked

[Trisquel-users] How to modify the time before screen goes to sleep

2017-08-13 Thread chasepc
Can't figure out what setting to adjust to change how long before my screen goes to sleep, right now it sleeps after a few minutes and have to enter my password again. I tried adjusting power settings to not suspend and has no effect on this.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lost admin password on my libiquity taurinus x2000 with trisquel

2017-08-04 Thread chasepc
Cool, looks like I'm all good. Thanks, turns out to have been a good thing to go through this because I was able to setup disk encryption when I reinstalled trisquel and got to meet you fine folks. Now on to further learning and enjoying the free life. Peace!!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lost admin password on my libiquity taurinus x2000 with trisquel

2017-08-04 Thread chasepc
Yes that was me, thanks again

[Trisquel-users] Bitcoinabc and electron wallet

2017-08-05 Thread chasepc
I'm trying to install either wallet for bitcoincash on trisquel, I'm able to run electron cash from the root directory electrum but when I try to install on my system get " importerror: no module named setup tools. I tried to install bitcoinabc and it shutdown my computer sayin something

[Trisquel-users] What's the best vpn for trisquel

2017-08-05 Thread chasepc
What's the best vpn for trisquel?Looks like some people are using nordvpn, seems decent at a glance they are based out of panama which is good. Anyone use ExpressVPN on trisquel? They have a onion website which is nice and I think they are the only ones with that so can pay with

Re: [Trisquel-users] What's the best vpn for trisquel

2017-08-05 Thread chasepc
Also expressvpn has a DNs leak test, haven't looked to see if nordvpn has that.

Re: [Trisquel-users] What service do you recommend to replace OpenMailBox

2017-08-06 Thread chasepc
https://eludemaillhqfkh5.onion.to/about Elude is a good service and works with thunderbird and is accessed through TOR.

Re: [Trisquel-users] What's the best vpn for trisquel

2017-08-07 Thread chasepc
I certainly don't want opinions, good info like what you presented is what I've been looking for. Thank you

[Trisquel-users] trouble configuring nordvpn/openvpn

2017-08-09 Thread chasepc
I'm stuck on trying to ca.certificates package, this is what it says :/etc/openvpn$ apt-get install ca-certificates E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root? what do I do?

Re: [Trisquel-users] trouble configuring nordvpn/openvpn

2017-08-09 Thread chasepc
ok, that worked certificates installed, I verified with synaptic package manger as well. now I'm trying to configure my vpn in network manager using password authentication, I've selected the server I want to connect to in etc/openvpn file. trying to find the cooresponding ca-certificate

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lost admin password on my libiquity taurinus x2000 with trisquel

2017-08-04 Thread chasepc
The boot menu flashes but doesn't have that graphic on it just black background, does that matter?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Bitcoinabc and electron wallet

2017-08-06 Thread chasepc
Electrum runs fine it's the alt wallet electroncash that won't install, it's for the alt coin bitcoin. Cash that came out of the uahf. I can run the binary through electrum parent directory but trying to install it get " import error no module named setup tools. I figured out that the

Re: [Trisquel-users] facebook trackin, google trackin and VPN

2017-08-06 Thread chasepc
Most reputable vpn say they don't use logs, but you gotta trust them on their word so don't do anything too sketchy on it. Use tails and go to a library or coffee shop if you need to be anonymous. . I started a thread asking what's the best vpn for trisquel but no replies yet. Searching

[Trisquel-users] Pgp not importing keys

2017-08-21 Thread chasepc
The prompt comes up asking if I want to import a key then disappears after click yes but no key is imported. I updated all my software and still not working. Any idea what's going on or how to fix?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Purism working on libre phone

2017-08-29 Thread chasepc
Thanks brother!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Purism working on libre phone

2017-08-28 Thread chasepc
I'm not trying to fan the flames with this and I think this is an important post as not everyone has been around here for a long time or is as knowledgeable on the subject as some of you more experienced long time members. and even though it is publicity for purism, this thread made me hold

Re: [Trisquel-users] Purism working on libre phone

2017-08-29 Thread chasepc
Thanks for the info, good stuff here.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Purism working on libre phone

2017-08-29 Thread chasepc
Yeah it's definitely deceptive marketing, in the same response he says it's 90-95% freed and then calls it a 99% solution in the same response. Anyways, glad to hear some input because those guys are good at marketing even if they are full of shit. Is this ME neutralization script

Re: [Trisquel-users] Purism working on libre phone

2017-08-29 Thread chasepc
It seems to me that a lot of the people here on this forum work in the computer industry and have fairly advance knowledge already. Bridging the gap between developers and normal every day users is a big task. Try and do some basic searches as if you were someone without any knowledge of

Re: [Trisquel-users] Whonix on trisquel?

2018-01-21 Thread chasepc
Yeah I read through that, I was asking if there is another way to use whonix on trisquel without virtual box?

[Trisquel-users] Whonix on trisquel?

2018-01-21 Thread chasepc
Trying to put whonix on trisquel, seems it won’t work because virtual box won’t work on trisquel. Am I missing something? Is there another way to make it work?