Re: [Trisquel-users] How to copy and paste a selected area on GIMP?

2020-07-08 Thread msuzuqi
It worked. Thanks so maalox.

Re: [Trisquel-users] systemd free trisquel variant?

2020-07-08 Thread strypey
> [systemd] does too many things. this is contrary to the unix philosophy "Do one thing and do it well". Please refer to the link MagicBanana shared: http://0pointer.net/blog/projects/the-biggest-myths.html This criticism is answered directly as: "10. Myth: systemd is not UNIX." But the unde

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Etiona

2020-07-08 Thread strypey
I only brought my 32-bit laptop on my holiday to Aotearoa, and due to the pandemic I am now stuck here for the foreseeable future, unable to access my 64-bit laptop in China. Please let me know when 32-bit ISOs are available for testing. FYI I still have a dual boot of Etiona on Bishop, upg

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Etiona

2020-07-08 Thread strypey
Taranda: > My system is old If it's old, have you checked it's not a 32-bit system? The amd64 ISOs will not work on 32-bit system. Does Trisquel 8 work on the same system?

[Trisquel-users] Re : Need to compare numbers - Help with script

2020-07-08 Thread lcerf
You can use that AWK program: { for (i = 1; i

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Etiona

2020-07-08 Thread jason
Except for the areas with no warning that people accidentally fall into. One example is that Debian makes no effort to steer people to only free browser add-ons. Pop open the browser, end up at the default location, and grab non-free ones without even knowing. I've talked to people that had n

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Etiona

2020-07-08 Thread strypey
> I'd like to use a (semi-)rolling distribution like Debian testing/unstable. AFAIK you can use Debian Testing in full software freedom, as long as you don't turn on any of the nonfree repos.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Can a path statement be too long or the file too big?

2020-07-08 Thread lcerf
Even with the target file moved into the working directory ... so that workaround failed. That is not a workaround. Instead of assuming you are facing limitations or bugs and trying random things, you had better read the documentation and understand what you do wrong. Without option -F,

[Trisquel-users] Need to compare numbers - Help with script

2020-07-08 Thread gnuser
So, I have a file with dozens of lines like this 12 13 59 2 102 12 32 2 99 13 102 19 I need to compare if any of the numbers in first line are present in the second line. Then I need to compare if any of the numbers of the second line are in the third. And so on and so on. I don't w

Re: [Trisquel-users] Laptop lid linked to power management

2020-07-08 Thread beformed
This seems to be more a hardware issue rather than a software issue. I'd try another distro just to confirm this behavior is the same with any other distro (debian or trisquel live should do the trick)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wifi Qualcomm Atheros AR9287 does not work on Debian 10

2020-07-08 Thread d . a . capeletti
Hi, I just tried debian testing kde downloaded from this link http://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/distributions/debian-cdimage/weekly-live-builds/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-testing-amd64-kde.iso and the problem is the same as in debian 10.4 stable. When I try it live, I still can't activate my

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can a path statement be too long or the file too big?

2020-07-08 Thread amenex
Pressing on to delve into another part of the project ... Again another grep script in the same vein worked very hard for about twenty minutes and then disgorged the original target file in its output, using an increment of 4.7GB of RAM. Even with the target file moved into the working direct

[Trisquel-users] Re : Can a path statement be too long or the file too big?

2020-07-08 Thread lcerf
grep has no "internal limit": as long as the currently processed line (not file) fits into main memory, it works.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Laptop lid linked to power management

2020-07-08 Thread lcerf
I had understood the problem is with the interrupter on the lid: it must be damaged. I thought you could just tell the OS to "do nothing when laptop lid is closed" (and could use Fn+Fsomething, or the menu, to suspend). Isn't "do nothing" a possible action in Xfce's power manager? It is in

Re: [Trisquel-users] Laptop lid linked to power management

2020-07-08 Thread jimgarrett
I'm using XFCE rather than MATE but XFCE's power manager has options for what to do when the laptop lid is closed (Switch off dislay, Suspend, Hibernate, Lock screen) for both plugged in and on-battery modes. None of these address my laptop's behavior, which is to *shut off when moving the l

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can a path statement be too long or the file too big?

2020-07-08 Thread amenex
After thinking about my observation last night, it dawned on me that the script has to reach down through the directory structure of the host computer before negotiating the directory structure of the flash drive. Let's articulate that structure in the scripts as though they were being run fr