Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel not detecting ThinkPenguin wifi adapter after install

2017-07-19 Thread masonhock
With the Wifi disabled, I no longer get the "missing free firmware" error. Instead I just get "Starting LightDM Display Manager, Stopping Send and event to indicate plymouth is up" and then I am returned to the login screen. However, I am now able to open a terminal with Ctrl-Alt-F1. I was

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel not detecting ThinkPenguin wifi adapter after install

2017-07-19 Thread jason
Create a file '/etc/modprobe.d/iwl3945.conf' containing 'blacklist iwl3945'. Run 'depmod -ae' as root Recreate your initrd with 'update-initramfs -u' Restart

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD

2017-07-19 Thread albertoefg
The hardest part is the installation. But if I could do it I am sure you can. I have encrypted drive with F2FS file system. Most things work perfectly. You can watch a few videos on how to install arch and if you want something special you can tell me maybe I can help you. I've had less

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel not detecting ThinkPenguin wifi adapter after install

2017-07-19 Thread albertoefg
1.- turn off your computer 2.Unplug WiFi and turn off the laptop's integrated WiFi (there is is supposed to be a switch) 3.- turn on (do not plug WiFi) 4.- Try to login If you login please connect WiFi. Tell me how did it go If you are able to login connect WiFi

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel not detecting ThinkPenguin wifi adapter after install

2017-07-19 Thread masonhock
If you're referring to the error that I get when I try to log in or use Ctrl+Alt+F#, I get the following three lines over and over again iwl3945 ... : /*(DEBLOBBED)*/ firmware file req failed: -22 iwl3945 ... : Could not read microcode: -22 Missing Free firmware Sometimes the "microde" line

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel not detecting ThinkPenguin wifi adapter after install

2017-07-19 Thread albertoefg
Does the "missing firmware" shows anything else?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD

2017-07-19 Thread mcz
Even PCmanFM as root doesn't display my drives (displayed as non-root). It's kind of reassuring for Nautilus with gksudo (besides the odd looks). Less regarding pkexec, but oh well. It's less reassuring regarding unlocking my drives. Well, I can reformat them with Gparted if I have to. I'll try

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel not detecting ThinkPenguin wifi adapter after install

2017-07-19 Thread masonhock
I am able to open a terminal as guest using Ctrl-Alt-T (Ctrl-Alt-F* causes the same problem as before). When I enter "su - mason" I am prompted for a password, but when I enter my pass word it says "setgid: Operation not permitted." I'm sure that I'm typing my password correctly because I

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel not detecting ThinkPenguin wifi adapter after install

2017-07-19 Thread albertoefg
I don't have more time right now, but I am gonna leave this link here: https://raphaelhertzog.com/2011/03/14/missing-firmware-in-debian-learn-how-to-deal-with-the-problem/ I don't know if it will help us. But I don't want to lose it. For now lets make sure you can start your user from the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel not detecting ThinkPenguin wifi adapter after install

2017-07-19 Thread albertoefg
Ok. Could you login as guest open a terminal (please tell me if you have trouble with this) In the terminal type su -user "your-user" It should ask for a password. If you are able to login in the terminal as your user please do this. lspci And paste the result here. You can paste it

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD

2017-07-19 Thread mcz
I'm tempted. What about constant fixes and all that? Is it really troublesome, or only something to check before updating?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD

2017-07-19 Thread albertoefg
This is the reason why I use parabola now. I read somewhere that "stable" is usually not, as many bugs are fixed constantly, and the quality of the GNU/Linux software is better everyday. That convinced me and I am happy on parabola now :) I would suggest you to try it. After all you use

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD

2017-07-19 Thread mcz
I find in fstab the 3 logical volumes /root /home and /swap, and /boot. The 2 other HDD which I can see in Nautilus (but can't in sudo nautilus) are not there. Anyway, I'm off the computer for a few days, but please keep the ideas coming. Even better: isn't there a file manager that just

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel not detecting ThinkPenguin wifi adapter after install

2017-07-19 Thread masonhock
Brother HL-2270DW. I just plugged in the USB cable and it worked. If a driver was installed it happened so quickly that I didn't notice. I also found the splash screen a little strange, as it wasn't there the first time I installed Trisquel, but appeared when I after installing libreboot,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot T400 Review!

2017-07-19 Thread trisquelforum
I don't think you'd be able to fully remove the smell if the laptop is from a heavy smoker. Especially if you're sensitive to the smell of cigarette smoke. It's probably better to get another laptop and sell yours to a smoker who won't mind =) To improve the situation, buy some isopropyl

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD

2017-07-19 Thread albertoefg
What's the output of cat /etc/fstab

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD

2017-07-19 Thread albertoefg
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fstab

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel not detecting ThinkPenguin wifi adapter after install

2017-07-19 Thread albertoefg
What printer is this and how did you install it? I doubt this is the problem but better be safe. Splash screen is not what I was expecting :/ When you go to a tty (Ctrl+alt+f2 or f3 or whatever..) Can you use it ? You must put your username and password.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD

2017-07-19 Thread mcz
Right, I forgot. Unfortunately, no luck with gksudo anyway. As for pkexec, I want to try again: * On another machine with gnome shell, the command "pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY" is the only one that worked. * it's odd as no files related to nautilus in the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel not detecting ThinkPenguin wifi adapter after install

2017-07-19 Thread masonhock
No, I haven't installed a new desktop environment. I can think of only two changes I made shortly before the problem began. (1) Installing Thunderbird and making the mistake of letting it download all of my emails, which took up all of my remaining disk space. I'll delete these once I can

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel not detecting ThinkPenguin wifi adapter after install

2017-07-19 Thread albertoefg
Yeah they didn't help me much either. The answer was too technical and as you say you are new, I wasn't OK with it. Now that I think about it is not related to kernel. Because you can login with guest but not your user. Did you try to install a new Desktop Environment or something

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel not detecting ThinkPenguin wifi adapter after install

2017-07-19 Thread albertoefg
Could you post a picture of the splash screen with trisquel logo? Just to be sure is not kernel

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel not detecting ThinkPenguin wifi adapter after install

2017-07-19 Thread masonhock
On IRC #libreboot they said that libreboot just loads the distro's grub menu so it's a Trisquel issue.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD

2017-07-19 Thread albertoefg
Don't forget to reboot, sometimes it helps. Or power PC off and turning it on

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD

2017-07-19 Thread mcz
OK, gksudo gave me the exact same result as sudo: * odd display * no access to the locked drive I still have pkexec to fix hopefully (since it's the recommended way), and through the command line (most likely like this:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Random disconnects

2017-07-19 Thread greatgnu
good to know! +1

[Trisquel-users] Re : Syslog and Kern.log

2017-07-19 Thread lcerf
It apparently is a problem with the Wifi. You use the firmware that the package "open-ath9k-htc-firmware" provides, right? I use it too but I have no problem. Maybe the hardware is defective...

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD

2017-07-19 Thread mcz
But isn't gksudo deprecated? But I can install it and try, no problem. I've never opened this one yet, but I do open external encrypted HDD on my other PC but with gnome-disks, and with sudo.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD

2017-07-19 Thread mcz
Oh right, I forgot this option ^^" Let me figure out how and I'll try.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Syslog and Kern.log

2017-07-19 Thread albertoefg
How much space do you have for / and how much for /home Is your disk encrypted? What's the total space of your disk?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD

2017-07-19 Thread albertoefg
Try gksudo nautilus it will look different because root has its own themes. Don't worry. With Nautilus decrypt it and check permission. You said you opened it as root before. Once I did that and after that my normal user didn't have the permissions to use the disk :/ It was weird.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD

2017-07-19 Thread albertoefg
What happens when you decrypt and open with a terminal?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD

2017-07-19 Thread mcz
I donwloaded a policykit agent, and modified the path in .xinitrc to launch it on startup and rebooted. Now I have (authenticating as the normal user and inputting the sudo passphrase when asked for): polkit-agent-helper-1: error response to Policykit daemon: GDBus-Error:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD

2017-07-19 Thread mcz
pkexec nautilus (after installing nautilus-admin and restarting) gives me: Error executing command as another user: not authorized.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD

2017-07-19 Thread mcz
additional info: sudo nautilus looks weird (not only the GTK), the disk isn't displayed.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD

2017-07-19 Thread mcz
Thanks a lot albertoefg. I'll try from the CLI since sudo Nautilus doesn't look right (even if I installed nautilus-admin).

Re: [Trisquel-users] Random disconnects

2017-07-19 Thread albertoefg
That's great :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD

2017-07-19 Thread albertoefg
Open it with robot. Change file and directory permissions to proper user or group

Re: [Trisquel-users] Syslog and Kern.log

2017-07-19 Thread davidecaramori
Ok, all this block is repeated: Jul 17 21:35:12 davidoff kernel: [ 2210.262943] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1003 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:449 usb_submit_urb+0x536/0x5a0 Jul 17 21:35:12 davidoff kernel: [ 2210.262946] Modules linked in: ccm arc4 ath9k_htc ath9k_common ath9k_hw ath mac80211 cmac

[Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD

2017-07-19 Thread mcz
This internal HDD is displayed in Nautilus, and I am prompted to input the passphrase. But it doesn't work. It was encrypted during the install. On another machine, I had to open gnome-disks as sudo, then I could open the HDD. Isn't it better (and possible) to just unlock from the normal user?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Random disconnects

2017-07-19 Thread webmaster
I think I've found a fix - found an old post in the Ubuntu forums (2010) and I just wanted to make sure to really test this before posting. I haven't had any disconnects so far and tested it for a couple of days now. There is two packages: isc-dhcp-client isc-dhcp-common They were

Re: [Trisquel-users] Technoethical T400s now available

2017-07-19 Thread ar018
Tiberiu, you should have known better than to allow to be trolled away by a proven toxic sociopath in the first place. Now your thread, intended for informing / discussing of a new product, is all funked up. There are also minifree promoting threads and no one attemts to hijack and foul