[Trisquel-users] Re : Help me get rid of the last proprietary component of my OS, the b43 driver

2014-02-01 Thread magicbanana
See this (six month old) message by Chris (CEO of ThinkPenguin): The problem with HP is they are on the 'bad list' of companies in that they use digital restrictions to prevent the user from replacing it with another card. This is done because there is a lucrative market for after-warranty

Re: [Trisquel-users] 6.0.1 Ready For Testing

2014-02-01 Thread stevekilleen
Strange! The pointer to System Monitor was in System Settings for me as far as I can remember. I'll have to check again next time I'm back on the laptop. Which version were you using? Steve

Re: [Trisquel-users] Faint sound with Gluglug X60

2014-02-01 Thread mikko . viinamaki
Pop open a terminal and input alsamixer Make sure the channels aren't muted, especially Master. Marking MM at the bottom of a slider stands for channel muted, press m to toggle. Of course also check the volume is not zero, arrow keys change volume and channels. There is a mixer for

[Trisquel-users] Trisquel 6.0 Net Install, Graphics Driver

2014-02-01 Thread silvibus
I have an intel cpu integrated graphics card (hd 3000). After Net Install video games seem to run very poorly, and i guess this is because of a driver problem? When i used Trisquel-Mini or Gnome then games would run smooth (except those that are way to exhaustive). If this is correct, does

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 6.0 Net Install, Graphics Driver

2014-02-01 Thread dadix
try this : sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic mesa-utils libegl1-mesa libglu1-mesa libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental libgl1-mesa-glx

Re: [Trisquel-users] 6.0.1 Ready For Testing

2014-02-01 Thread icarolongo
I tried this iso image with one atheros usb wireless card and worked out-of-box :-D I'm sending this message from smartphone with Firefox OS. I really don't like touch screen ;-D

[Trisquel-users] A few simple questions

2014-02-01 Thread alexandr . ushakov93
Hello. I have installed Trisquel 6 mini (with lxde) 64 bit edition on hp 635 laptop. 1.Wi-Fi adapter dont work. How to define exactly wifi adapter model which I use? How to check ability of free driver for this adapter? 2.How permit users to login without passwords entering? 3.Why midori is

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few simple questions

2014-02-01 Thread alexandr . ushakov93
5. OS dont see external monitor, connected by hdmi. Maybe this is lxde problem - so, why you dont make mate DE default for trisquel mini - it's small DE too and support normally work with external monitors.

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few simple questions

2014-02-01 Thread mikko . viinamaki
Hello and welcome! 1. Open a terminal and input lspci, paste output here. Usually one does not need to install drivers on a GNU/Linux system because they come with the kernel. This might suggest that there is no free driver for your card. You might want to try the latest Linux-libre

Re: [Trisquel-users] King Penguin Laptop

2014-02-01 Thread antiesnob
If you want to know something more on that contact with thinkpenguin.com and they'll help you.

Re: [Trisquel-users] King Penguin Laptop

2014-02-01 Thread mikko . viinamaki
There was a thread about this that is now locked and I don't know why... The forum software does so automatically after a certain time when no new replies have been made.

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few simple questions

2014-02-01 Thread antiesnob
1- Do as mention before by Michal. 2- Mentioned by lembas here and here http://trisquel.info/en/forum/skip-login-window. 3- Midori uses about 8MB less than Abrowser. Remember that Trisquel-mini is pretended to be for lightweighted use. You can install abrowser if you prefer. 4- I would

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few simple questions

2014-02-01 Thread alexandr . ushakov93
Execution lspci or lspci -nn commands (where is difference?) commands give the name of wi-fi adapter: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 (rev 01). For updating kernel, I can: add in /etc/apt/sources.list file line: deb http://jxself.org/repo/freesh/ freesh main install the GPG key wget

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few simple questions

2014-02-01 Thread antiesnob
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/compiling-gnu-linux-libre-kernel to compile another kernel if you need to make your wifi work. Notice that Trisquel 6.0.1 is there to install too.

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few simple questions

2014-02-01 Thread alexandr . ushakov93
Now I try to install linux-libre64 kernel. antiesnob: Midori uses about 8MB less than Abrowser. Remember that Trisquel-mini is pretended to be for lightweighted use. You can install abrowser if you prefer. 8 mb is nothing. Firefox features is very important - normal ads blocking, for

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few simple questions

2014-02-01 Thread onpon4
Trisquel 6 is based on Ubuntu 12.04, and Trisquel 7 will be based on Ubuntu 14.04. I don't know when Trisquel 7 will be out; Trisquel 6 didn't come out until I think 6 months after Ubuntu 12.04, but that was before it was switched to LTS-only, so it might be faster this time. What kind of

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few simple questions

2014-02-01 Thread alexandr . ushakov93
I use HP 635 laptop. It based on AMD APU A2 (very-vert old and week processor).

[Trisquel-users] Re : A few simple questions

2014-02-01 Thread magicbanana
Unless you want to customize the configuration of the kernel (prepare to read a lot of documentation!), or to check by yourself that it is free software (without the need to trust jxself who builds and distributes the deb packages), there is not much point in compiling the kernel by

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few simple questions

2014-02-01 Thread alexandr . ushakov93
I installed new kernel and wi-fi dont work.

Re: [Trisquel-users] UK government switches to OpenDocument

2014-02-01 Thread tegskywalker
Hey, as long as they save in ODF and PDF in the ISO standardized PDF/A or PDF/X, then I don't care if they use Microsoft Office or not.

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few simple questions

2014-02-01 Thread onpon4
I was asking about the GPU, not the CPU. But if it's an AMD (Radeon) video card or integrated graphics controller, that might be your problem with multiple monitors. All AMD/ATI video cards have poor support in Linux-libre; they require a proprietary firmware blob to work fully. Perhaps your

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few simple questions

2014-02-01 Thread onpon4
Then your wifi adapter doesn't work with Linux-libre. The solution is to get a new one that does; the easiest way is to buy one from Think Penguin: http://libre.thinkpenguin.com A USB adapter is the easiest choice; HP is one of the companies that often produce laptops that are defective by

[Trisquel-users] Re : UK government switches to OpenDocument

2014-02-01 Thread magicbanana
If you were a British citizen, you would probably care that millions of tax money goes to Microsoft (rather than probably far less that would go to local companies that would help the administration migrate to LibreOffice).

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few simple questions

2014-02-01 Thread antiesnob
It is supossed not. Which kernel have you installed?

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few simple questions

2014-02-01 Thread antiesnob
Trisquel has its own repos. 8MB is a lot for machine with 512MB.

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few simple questions

2014-02-01 Thread antiesnob
What about sausy kernel? It is free, isn't it?

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few simple questions

2014-02-01 Thread antiesnob
put the output of this command to be sure: $ lspci | grep --p VGA/3D

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few simple questions

2014-02-01 Thread alexandr . ushakov93
Modern Intel graphics (haswell) works normally on Linux libre kernel?

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few simple questions

2014-02-01 Thread alexandr . ushakov93
sausy kernel - what is it?

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few simple questions

2014-02-01 Thread onpon4
Yep, Intel graphics are the best, in fact; Intel actually provides proper free software support for them.

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few simple questions

2014-02-01 Thread legimet . calc
Actually, don't get a wireless adaptor yet. My mom's laptop also has AR9285 and it works perfectly in Trisquel. It is also listed as working on h-node.org. Can you post the output of lspci -nnk? Also post the output of dmesg. Attach them in separate files, because the output may be big.

Re: [Trisquel-users] easy-to-follow Postfix guide?

2014-02-01 Thread adel . afzal
Maybe I need to change settings online, for my domain name. Should I register the hostname mail as a nameserver? I hope that sentence made sense lol. This is a total shot in the dark ... maybe it's something else?

Re: [Trisquel-users] UK government switches to OpenDocument

2014-02-01 Thread tegskywalker
If they went with LibreOffice, wouldn't the money be going towards a German non-profit? Either way, the money isn't supporting a British company.