date:20191110


MATE's control center wasn't installed but it is now.

The 'items list' is empty but actions can be added. However, I cannot find  
suggestions as to how to configure such an action.


I checked that I do have the caja-open-terminal package installed and suppose  
I need a command to activate it.


Can you help with e.g. a screenshot of how the open caja action is configured  
on your computer?

[Trisquel-users] Messages to the mailing list

2019-11-10 Thread Zelphir Kaltstahl

Hi,

A while ago, a few hours before I was on the mailing list, I sent an
e-mail reporting a problem with the netinstall of the main Trisquel
image (iso). I got an e-mail, that my message would get through, when
someone looked at it. That is now a week or more ago. It is a serious
issue, that prevents installing Trisquel at all.

How long does it usually take to review e-mails from users, who were not
on the list at the time?

Regards,

Zelphir

Re: [Trisquel-users] When will Trisquel 9.0 release?

> Ah... okay. So should it be considered a beta? or an alpha?

Alpha I guess, since there are still missing packages and features.


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[Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 netinstaller images available for testing

Read this post before trying them. The installer has been reported to
work in a VM, but I have run into some issues when testing it on
physical machines.

64-bit:
http://jenkins.trisquel.info/debian-installer-images/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso

32-bit:
http://jenkins.trisquel.info/debian-installer-images/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/

Currently, you will get an error message during the "Select and install
software" step. When this happens, press Enter to continue. You will
see a list of installation steps. Arrow key down to "Install the GRUB
boot loader on a hard disk" and press Enter again to continue the
installation.

If installation was successful, and you want to install a GUI, you next
need to install xorg, a display manager, and desktop environment.

$ sudo apt install xorg

Trisquel's default display manager is LightDM. It currently does not
work. I hope it will be working after this Friday's meeting, but for
now as a temporary workaround you can use slim

$ sudo apt install slim

Trisquel's default desktop metapackages aren't in the repositories yet,
but several desktop environments are installable. I have tested MATE

$ sudo apt install mate fonts-ubuntu

and Xfce

$ sudo apt install xfce4

I have been told that LXDE also works. Unity is not installable at this
time. GNOME might be installable, but a few dependencies might still be
missing from the repo. Most other desktop environments should probably
work, but I have not tested them.

Some packages are still missing from the repo, notably abrowser,
plymouth, and lightdm-gtk-greeter. Hopefully most of the missing
packages will be added Friday.

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Re: [Trisquel-users] When will Trisquel 9.0 release?

2019-11-10 Thread jason

Trisquel 9 is in the future. It will be released on Wednesday, March 28, 2362  
(old calendar.)

Re: [Trisquel-users] When will Trisquel 9.0 release?

2019-11-10 Thread calmstorm


Ah... okay. So should it be considered a beta? or an alpha?

[Trisquel-users] Re : Invert screen

The reason I asked you was that I suppose you would know whether this problem  
can be solved via the terminal or not.


You can certainly alter Abrowser's configuration files through command lines,  
rather than through the Preferences or through about:config.  But the result  
would be the same.


I had never clicked on that "Colors..." button in the "Preferences".  I see  
the colors defined there are actually part of those I defined through the  
preferences of the extension "Dark Background and Light Text".  You may find  
the use of that extension acceptable (you can know the exact color of any  
pixel on your screen with tiny programs such as gcolor2, which is Trisquel's  
repository).


But I am actually unsure whether you refer to the content of the Web page (as  
I do in the paragraph above) or to the "chrome" (the rest of Abrowser's  
window).  In the latter case, you may find and install a Firefox theme of  
your choice.

[Trisquel-users] Re : 'Open in terminal' does not work


You can launch MATE's "Control Center" from a terminal emulator:
$ mate-control-center

Re: [Trisquel-users] Invert screen

> I am having some difficulty to add a new set of icons, though.
> Adding them to /usr/share/icons did not work.

Weird.  Perhaps the icon theme is came contained in a directory, so the
subdirectory containing the actual icon theme is nested too deep?

See if index.theme is in the expected location, i.e. if the icon theme is
called foo, you should have

/usr/share/icons/foo/index.theme


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[Trisquel-users] GCC-Multilib

2019-11-10 Thread vanacksabbadium


Hi everybody.

I'm trying to install Feral's gamemode 32-bit libraries, but it needs some  
32-bit libraries which are included in gcc-multilib package, which is not  
installable on Trisquel.


vanacksabbadium@Cyclops:~/Desktop/gamemode/build32$ sudo apt install  
gcc-multilib

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 gcc-multilib : Depends: gcc-5-multilib (>= 5.3.1-3~) but it is not going to  
be installed

E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Is there something i can do?
Thank you in advance.

Re: [Trisquel-users] When will Trisquel 9.0 release?

> Hello i am curious to know the approximate release date, and is it
> possible to install it now cause iv read that some people have already
> installed it!

We are close to having a working netinstaller.  I hope that after this
Friday's meeting it will be ready.  In the meantime, it is possible to
install Trisquel 8 and upgrade to Trisquel 9, or to debootstrap onto
another partition.

> is stable to be used for dayly tasks?

Some packages are not in the repos yet, but packages which are in the
repos already are stable, so how usable it is for you will depend on
which packages you need.


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Re: [Trisquel-users] 'Open in terminal' does not work


I actually do use Caja but under xfce. I prefer Caja over Thunar.

Hence, I don't have MATE's control center. In xfce's control center there is  
a menu point called 'File manager' but it refers to Thunar.


But 'Open in terminal' usually works and still does at my other machine, also  
running xfce and with Caja as the default file manager.


Maybe I should point out, that when right clicking in a folder, the menu  
point of 'Open in terminal' is there. It just does not work.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Invert screen

I am sorry - I get it that my formulations are not clear enough. And of  
course I don't expect you to just fix this problem whether or not it is a lot  
of work (I have no idea if it is).


Anyway, the problem is that I have installed a new theme called Numix-Zenburn  
(which chaosmink introduced earlier in this thread). On a system level it  
works without issues.


To make Abrowser adopt the theme, one needs to change the setting under  
Preferences -> General -> Colors to "Use system colors" and to "Always"  
'override the colors specified by the page with your selections above'.


The problem is that the last part doesn't work: Abrowser does not adopt the  
theme which the system uses.


According to chaosmonk's suggestions, colors for the different graphical  
elements of Abrowser can be changed in about:config under  
'browser.display.whatever_the_sort_of_element_one_wants_to_set_the_color_for.


I have tried this too, but it also lead to no change.

The reason I asked you was that I suppose you would know whether this problem  
can be solved via the terminal or not. In which case you would either say  
it's not possible, that it is but you don't have the time to do it or that  
you would suggest a solution. Of course it is also a possible fallout that  
you do not know.


Please don't consider my request as a demand but rather as an enquiry. And  
with no other expectations than your usual kindness.

Re: [Trisquel-users] When will Trisquel 9.0 release?

2019-11-10 Thread calmstorm

If I had to guess, given that I don't use trisquel anymore, it probably has a  
year before being stable. As for when its beta, who knows...


Don't ever, ever upgrade to alpha operating systems unless you know the  
risks. Just a heads up.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Volunteer to write more regular blog posts for trisquel.info

The problematic version of NetworkManager was removed from flidas-backports.   
My proposal remains:
[A] post on the main page could explain how to get a wired connection  
(informing the IP address of any DNS server in the Network Setting) and how  
to downgrade the problematic packages ('sudo apt install  
network-manager=1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 wpasupplicant=2.4-0ubuntu6.6').


I wonder how many users have been stucked for weeks with no Internet  
connection and have not either discovered the solution on this forum... or  
ditched Trisquel.  Probably not many...

[Trisquel-users] When will Trisquel 9.0 release?

2019-11-10 Thread contactezrached

Hello i am curious to know the approximate release date, and is it possible  
to install it now cause iv read that some people have already installed it!  
is stable to be used for dayly tasks?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Volunteer to write more regular blog posts for trisquel.info

> Any update on this? Has it been discussed at the IRC meetings?

During the 11/1 meeting I said

"quidam: in other news, a trisquel user has volunteered to write blog
posts for the website. he cannot make the friday meetings due to his
time zone, but perhaps you could reply to him here if this is something
you'd want
"

to which he replied

"chaosmonk: good news, I'll reply"

Maybe he forgot.  I remind him this Friday.


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[Trisquel-users] Re : Invert screen

That command line substituted a seven-step fix that arielenter designed to a  
problem all Abrowser users faced at that time.  To be honest, I am not really  
following what changes you are trying to apply.  But if does not work  
manually (editing values in about:config, as far as I understand), a command  
line doing the same would not work either.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Volunteer to write more regular blog posts for trisquel.info

2019-11-10 Thread strypey


Any update on this? Has it been discussed at the IRC meetings?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Jami version in the Trisquel 8 repos is still called Ring

2019-11-10 Thread strypey


chaosmonk:
> Even if a package seems useless to you, you cannot be certain that it is  
not important to another user.


Fair enough. I'd definitely prefer updated to removed. But I do worry about  
distributing obsolete versions of software whose homepages make strong  
security claims that may no longer be justified in older versions. I'm  
particularly concerned about this as it applies to communications apps and  
their dependencies.


> The approach to backporting Linphone will be similar to that for bacporting  
Jami.


OK. I just found out that two time-consuming tasks have been taken off my  
plate, so I may be able to carve out some time for learning about backporting  
during the week.

[Trisquel-users] Re : 'Open in terminal' does not work

If you are using Trisquel's default file manager (Caja), look into  
Caja-Actions, in MATE's "Control Center".  The "Item lists" should include  
"Open in terminal".

[Trisquel-users] Re : A 'tool' to select librebootable thinkpad

I know no better than what the article tells, which involves economical  
arguments:
Beijing has stated it wants 40% of processor demand to be met by local  
supplies next year, though last year, that rate was just 15%. If the trade  
war continues on its current course Beijing might need 100% of demand to be  
met by Chinese suppliers, and if that eventuality occurs, designs like the XT  
910 will be absolutely pivotal.


As for quantum processors, they will not obsolete traditional processors,  
whose precise architecture (like x86 or RISC-V) does not matter: some  
algorithms will be sped up (a lot: enabling computation that would take ages  
on traditional processors), others will not.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Invert screen


Hi Magic Banana,

Here,  
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/changing-abrowsers-buttons-font-color-solved#comment-120787,  
you offered a command line to help with some color settings for Abrowser. Can  
you help make one which will solve the problem, that when adding e.g.  
Numix-Zenburn theme OR changing colors manually in about:config, I just get a  
white background?


Chaosmonk said he had a similar issue with Abrowser (in this thread) and I  
haven't been able to solve the issue. According to the monk, these colors are  
used in the Zenburn theme:


"browser.display.background_color" to #3F3F3F
"browser.display.foreground_color" to #DCDCCC
"browser.anchor_color" to #8CD0D3
"browser.visited_color" to #CC9393

Re: [Trisquel-users] Invert screen

Following e.g. these instructions  
http://tipsonubuntu.com/2016/09/11/install-gtk-icon-themes-ubuntu-16-04/ have  
no effect. The icon themes do not appear under Pereferences -> Appearance ->  
Icons

[Trisquel-users] 'Open in terminal' does not work

Right clicking within a folder and click 'Open in terminal' suddenly does not  
work.


Any suggestions on why and how to solve this?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Invert screen

After applying the new settings to Abrowser, when starting Abrowser or  
opening a new tab, the background is shortly coloured according to the new  
setting, but then returns to white/default.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Invert screen


I'll try it out, thanks.

I am having some difficulty to add a new set of icons, though.
Adding them to /usr/share/icons did not work.

One developer/designer at Github instructed to put the folder (with the icon  
software) in /usr/share/xfce4/weather/icons/folder of new icons, but that too  
did not help me.

[Trisquel-users] Calendar to use with e.g. Claws

Based on numerous recommendations and a short testing period, I would like to  
use Claws as my email client. But I miss the integrated calendar  
functionality of Lightning in Icedove/Thunderbird.


Is there a good calendar integration for Claws?

Re: [Trisquel-users] 'Best' display for x200 (librebooted)


Nope, but it is very free :)

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