[Trisquel-users] I just installed XFCE and I love it! But I'm missing my wifi/network applet...
I know it's still running because it's automatically connecting me to my home wifi network and popping up notifications when it's done. In htop I can see that it is running in the background. However it does not show up in the system tray and I cannot figure out how to get it to, so I can't interact with it or anything. Can anyone help me please?
Re: [Trisquel-users] I just installed XFCE and I love it! But I'm missing my wifi/network applet...
There seems to be a problem with xfce's system tray, you can use another system tray; summon the terminal emulator and: $ sudo aptitude install xfce4-indicator-plugin Then, go to the panel, left click and select panel and add elements to the panel. After that, select the new indicator you have downloaded. You will see that the indicator is too complete, press right mouse button with the cursor over the new tray and select properties to be able to choose what applications you don't want to show up. After selecting what you want, restart the session. Tell us if that worked.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Weather Item in Panel in Trisquel 7
Thanks kfarwell, I'll give that a try.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I just installed XFCE and I love it! But I'm missing my wifi/network applet...
That worked! In order to restart it to make the changes take effect I had to reboot because I noticed the logout button on the indicator does not work. Shut down does, but not log out.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Update the Trisquel-Mini 7.0
Hello lcom23, I had the same problem after upgrading my installation from 6.0 to 7.0. It appeared to be a problem with the rights that did'nt allow to really upgrade (make the installation). I had to go, in the main menu, to (sorry if the titles of the elements are not goo as I Translate it from french) Preferences - Desktop session settings and to check the PolicyKit Authentication Agent line. I hope that it helps.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I just installed XFCE and I love it! But I'm missing my wifi/network applet...
Go to session and startup - Application startup and disable Indicator Application, you wouldn't need to add the indicator plugin on your panel and then logout and login
Re: [Trisquel-users] Microsoft was the biggest presence at a recent Linux conference in Washington. Your thoughts?
Just a little update on systemd, since it played a role in this post... Devuan (Debian fork) is expecting a systemd free version of Jessie to be released sometime this summer... antiX (based on Debian), is currently working on a systemd free version of Jessie. Uses nonfree, however, they provide instructions on how to remove/purge the programs and block them so the system is free/libre... Manjaro (based on Arch) offers a version with openRC instead of systemd. Slackware has no plans on adding systemd, Gentoo gives the user the option of using it or notFreeBSD no systemd.. gNewSense not systemd...for now... http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Re: [Trisquel-users] Update the Trisquel-Mini 7.0
Did you see any indications of packages being held back? If so you can try a dist-upgrade. Let me know if this helps. sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Here are the differences with the upgrades: upgrade upgrade is used to install the newest versions of all packages currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in /etc/apt/sources.list. Packages currently installed with new versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no circumstances are currently installed packages removed, or packages not already installed retrieved and installed. New versions of currently installed packages that cannot be upgraded without changing the install status of another package will be left at their current version. An update must be performed first so that apt-get knows that new versions of packages are available. dist-upgrade dist-upgrade in addition to performing the function of upgrade, also intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions of packages; apt-get has a smart conflict resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary. So, dist-upgrade command may remove some packages. The /etc/apt/sources.list file contains a list of locations from which to retrieve desired package files. See also apt_preferences(5) for a mechanism for overriding the general settings for individual packages.
[Trisquel-users] Nice Trisquel style theme for icewm
Found this on box-look, of course it is not the same, but it is one of the nicest themes I have seen for good ol icewm! http://box-look.org/content/show.php/Trisquel?content=164600
Re: [Trisquel-users] Update the Trisquel-Mini 7.0
Hello Kromas. I went with the commands you indicated the system updated. But when you open the Update Manager packages still appear enabled to update with total of 65 MB in size.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Update the Trisquel-Mini 7.0
Hello Jullius22. In sessions settings do not have that option.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I just installed XFCE and I love it! But I'm missing my wifi/network applet...
What? But a_slacker_here told me to install it and it fixed the problem.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I just installed XFCE and I love it! But I'm missing my wifi/network applet...
It certainly seemed to work, it's there now. However there are two things wrong. You are right that it is too complete, I cannot take away specific parts of it, either I can have the whole thing or remove the whole thing. I'd love to be able to get rid of the chat indicator since I've never once used it. And, as you can see in the screenshot, the color is all messed up.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Weather Item in Panel in Trisquel 7
There is also https://launchpad.net/my-weather-indicator, but I haven't tested it with Trisquel.
Re: [Trisquel-users] KGoldRunner Expansion Pack
I'll be sure to try it. KGoldRunner is one of my favorite games!
[Trisquel-users] Re : Few problems in Trisquel 7
I guess the Live system does not include localization files for Bulgarian (only the installer is localized) and the relevant files must be downloaded through Language support (or something similar) in the System settings window of the newly installed system. You need not reinstall but that may be the quicker way if you have not spent much time configuring, installing new programs, etc. You could also discover GRUB's password (the user is named grub) from a live system: just read the file /etc/grub.d/01_PASSWORD on the root partition of the installed system. With this piece of information, you can then reboot (without the live system plugged) enter GRUB's configuration, edit the boot line to pass the single keyword among Linux's options, directly get a root terminal from which you can execute 'passwd user', where user is the login of the user you want the password modified. One more reboot and you can log in the system with that user (and his new password). To manually partition your drive, choose the last option (maybe called Something else) when the graphical installer asks you if Trisquel should take the whole disk, etc. You can then erase existing partitions, create new ones (with the types of filesystem of your choice) and decide what directory (/, /home, etc.) will be on it. You obviously need a root partition (i.e., mounted at /) to proceed. Nothing is mounted on a swap partition. 4 GB of swap probably is enough. The swap is not only used when the RAM is fulled but also when hibernating the system. In that latter case, the whole content of the RAM is dumped to the disk (I guess it is zipped first though) and that is why users who want to hibernate any non-swapping system want as much swap as they have RAM. As for the chosen types of filesystems, Trisquel defaults to ext4 for the system (a very well tested type of filesystem) and XFS for /home. XFS is said to be particularly efficient to manage large files such as the user files (1 MB is large). It has a significant drawback though: it cannot be shrunk. But since you plan to use 50 GB for the system, you should be safe: the system will not need to take space over /home. If you feel a little adventurous, you could try Btrfs, a modern and efficient type of filesystem with many features. It is still said experimental in the kernel but many users have been using it for years now.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I just installed XFCE and I love it! But I'm missing my wifi/network applet...
Again, tell us if everything went right.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I just installed XFCE and I love it! But I'm missing my wifi/network applet...
Regarding the problem of the color, it all depends on the theme: the indicator have problems with some themes os changing the theme to another one should solve the problem (I cannot do more... sorry). I think it should be better if I show you what to do by images: Again, right click on the tray, select properties and check the applications you want to be invisible. It is mandatory to exit the session for the configuration to take effect:
