Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Unable to add new WiFi connection
Hi Jon, I cannot help in the TP-Link issue. But if your router has Wlan, as I think, you actually do not need it on the box. E.g.I am not using my box as router. Dietmar Am 5. März 2019 00:09:52 MEZ schrieb Jon Carriel via Freedombox-discuss : >Hello. I'm a non-technical newbie who just recently bought a Cubietruck >in order to create a FreedomBox, and I've managed to connect it to my >LAN, via a Cat5 line to my cable router. I've gotten as far as the Apps >screen, using a Chrome browser on my Windows7 PC. I'm now having >difficulty getting my TP-Link TL-WN722N to register. > >On the Settings / Networks / Add Connection screen, when I pull down >Physical Interface, nothing appears but "-- select --". I'm told I >should be seeing a green light on the TP-Link unit, but there isn't any >light. (When I plugged it directly into the PC, no light appeared >either, and Windows also does not find the unit. The CD that came with >the product spins out of control, and I can't trace whatever driver I >might need on it.) > >Am I doing something wrong, or do I have a defective piece of >equipment? > >If we can get beyond this issue, I confess to finding the plethora of >options on the Add Connection page pretty daunting, and would >appreciate suggestions and hints for a standard set-up. > >Many thanks for any help! JON CARRIEL > >= > >JONATHAN CARRIEL >The Thomas Dordrecht Historical Mystery Series >www.JonathanCarriel.com > >- [Die Fasting](http://www.JonathanCarriel.com/01/df.htm) [1758] >- [Great Mischief](http://www.JonathanCarriel.com/02/gm.htm) [1759] >- [If Two Are Dead](http://www.JonathanCarriel.com/03/i2ad.htm) [1762] >- [Exquisite Folly](http://www.JonathanCarriel.com/04/ef.htm) [1765] >- (in drafts) [Corrupt >Hearts](http://www.jonathancarriel.com/concept.htm) [1770] ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@alioth-lists.debian.net https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
[Freedombox-discuss] Unable to add new WiFi connection
Hello. I'm a non-technical newbie who just recently bought a Cubietruck in order to create a FreedomBox, and I've managed to connect it to my LAN, via a Cat5 line to my cable router. I've gotten as far as the Apps screen, using a Chrome browser on my Windows7 PC. I'm now having difficulty getting my TP-Link TL-WN722N to register. On the Settings / Networks / Add Connection screen, when I pull down Physical Interface, nothing appears but "-- select --". I'm told I should be seeing a green light on the TP-Link unit, but there isn't any light. (When I plugged it directly into the PC, no light appeared either, and Windows also does not find the unit. The CD that came with the product spins out of control, and I can't trace whatever driver I might need on it.) Am I doing something wrong, or do I have a defective piece of equipment? If we can get beyond this issue, I confess to finding the plethora of options on the Add Connection page pretty daunting, and would appreciate suggestions and hints for a standard set-up. Many thanks for any help! JON CARRIEL = JONATHAN CARRIEL The Thomas Dordrecht Historical Mystery Series www.JonathanCarriel.com - [Die Fasting](http://www.JonathanCarriel.com/01/df.htm) [1758] - [Great Mischief](http://www.JonathanCarriel.com/02/gm.htm) [1759] - [If Two Are Dead](http://www.JonathanCarriel.com/03/i2ad.htm) [1762] - [Exquisite Folly](http://www.JonathanCarriel.com/04/ef.htm) [1765] - (in drafts) [Corrupt Hearts](http://www.jonathancarriel.com/concept.htm) [1770]___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@alioth-lists.debian.net https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
Re: [Freedombox-discuss] trouble configuring letsencrypt, apache, subdomains...
On 04/03/19 12:44 pm, David Mintz wrote: [...] > Thought experiment: Suppose you just disable the RedirectMatch "^/$ > ..." and use one and the same domain for serving both your personal > site and plinth/freedombox apps? (sounds like the implication below > is that you can do that). I am trying to imagine any reason one would > regret the decision, other than having to navigate explicitly to > /plinth when you need it. Yes, having to bookmark the /plinth or /freedombox URL and using that to reach the UI is the only downside. Other than that, it should work nicely. We are looking to cater to this use case better an document it. We could explicit add apps for or document some static site generators too. > > I will have to get back home to play with it, I'm not even sure if > I'm on 19.2 or something else. I think by default we get automatic > upgrades, right? I hesitate to fool with configuration through the > web interface alone and no shell access. 19.2 should reach testing users after March 12. It is currently in unstable. There is a way to not mess up the existing configuration files and yet the achieve the same effect. Create file /etc/apache2/conf-available/freedombox-alternate.conf (this is included before /etc/apache2/conf-available/freedombox.conf). Add a redirect there like this: RedirectMatch "^/$" "/index.html" Then: a2enconf freedombox-alternate systemctl reload apache2 This should allow you place files in /var/www/html/* and start with 'index.html' there. -- Sunil signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@alioth-lists.debian.net https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
Re: [Freedombox-discuss] trouble configuring letsencrypt, apache, subdomains...
@Sunil thank you for this clear and thorough explanation. I think I've now got a better handle on the issues and will be able to fix. And thank you for Freedombox. Thought experiment: Suppose you just disable the RedirectMatch "^/$ ..." and use one and the same domain for serving both your personal site and plinth/freedombox apps? (sounds like the implication below is that you can do that). I am trying to imagine any reason one would regret the decision, other than having to navigate explicitly to /plinth when you need it. I will have to get back home to play with it, I'm not even sure if I'm on 19.2 or something else. I think by default we get automatic upgrades, right? I hesitate to fool with configuration through the web interface alone and no shell access. Anyway, thanks again. On Mon, Mar 4, 2019, at 1:56 PM, Sunil Mohan Adapa wrote: > On 02/03/19 10:27 pm, David Mintz wrote: > [...] > > I also notice that it tries to redirect me to /plinth, which I see > > coming from the directive in freedombox.conf (which I gather is > > global, not sure how I go about overriding that just for this vhost). > > Just released version 19.2 allows you set the home page to 'Apache > Default' that will pick up the index.html page in /var/www/html . On an > older version you can edit /etc/apache/conf-available/freedombox.conf > and change the 'RedirectMatch "^/$" "/plinth"' to what ever you wish. > (This manual change will require you to answer a conffile prompt for > next version of FreedomBox package upgrade, due to a small oversight. > After that the file that will contain the redirection is > /etc/apache/conf-available/freedombox-apache-default.conf). > [snip] --- David Mintz https://davidmintz.org Capitalism has failed. https://wsws.org --- David Mintz https://davidmintz.org Capitalism has failed. https://wsws.org ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@alioth-lists.debian.net https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
Re: [Freedombox-discuss] securedrop.org on freedombox
> > https://securedrop.org/ https://onionshare.org/ is likely better. > Added to https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/LeavingTheCloud > As usual, we need a Debian package for it first. No, it is not. ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@alioth-lists.debian.net https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
Re: [Freedombox-discuss] trouble configuring letsencrypt, apache, subdomains...
On 03/03/19 8:21 am, Daddy wrote: > Hello! > > What's the exact certificate error? Is the setup using separate > certificates for each of the sites, or the same cert? > If it's the latter, the certificate would have to be "wildcard" > certificate, supporting multiple subdomains. Let's encrypt is issuing > these kind of certificates for about a year, but as far as I know, > freedombox is not using the option. > Indeed FreedomBox is not yet using this option. From what I remember proving ownership of the domains for issuing wildcard certificates requires a DNS based mechanism (not sure if other methods were implemented later). In FreedomBox, we need to implement robust DNS server handling (for Dynamic DNS and other cases too) before we can start setting up wildcard certficates. -- Sunil signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@alioth-lists.debian.net https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
