> Trisquel's
> default resolution setting (1024x768 & 76 Hz) - which I still can't change -
What is the output of
$ xrandr
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I haven't really used my Replicant phone much, as I prefer using JMP
with my laptop, so I can't thoroughly review it, but the only
limitation I've run into is that you need to use a USB adapter for WiFi
to work. I guess I could see this being a minor inconvenience if I went
back to carrying a
You might do a search for the same issue with Ubuntu 16.04, on which
Trisquel 8 is based. I see a few threads that suggest different
solutions, but without access to an Android phone I can't try any of
them.
> When scrolling down on any webpage, crappy ones like Facebook, or just a
> DuckDuckGo search results page, as you scroll down rendering the page
> cleanly fails. If you stop, and then scroll slowly up, the rendering clears
> up.
Sounds like this bug.
https://trisquel.info/en/issues/23853
I'm
> Is there a way
> to "trick" the browser saying that it is a newer version of icecat?
There is no newer version of Icecat at this time. Icecat is currently
based on Firefox ESR52, which is too old for the latest version of
LibreJS. Support for ESR52 ended on September 5th, so hopefully Icecat
> However, I do not really know how to add add-ons on
> https://trisquel.info/en/browser/addons
I'm not sure either. I've sent David an email asking how.
> That is because the backslash is the escape character for 'grep' which is
> given the license name to search in the accept/reject files.
> Only if I install package 'trisquel' which installs
> everything (almost one gigabyte), I get it right.
Is the only thing missing the panel? The panel layouts available in
mate-tweak (Redmond, Fedora, etc.) appear to be defined in files under
/usr/share/mate-panel/layouts. This directory also
> https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/package-helpers/blob/flidas/CONTRIBUTING.md
Note that this[1] is required for trisquel-builder to work with Flidas.
For some reason I get an error when I try to view "Changes", but the
modified files are here[2][3][4] and using those to replace the versions
It occurs to me that if creating a cross-distro free replacement
repository is realistic, a better target might be addons.mozilla.org
Firefox and Thunderbird addons are used more frequently and by
non-developers, Trisquel is already attempting to maintain a free
replacement[1] manually, and the
> I tend to think that PyPI is less important than you might think.
Thanks, onpon4. You would know much better than I how useful pip is
to developers, so I'm sure you're right. Do you mind clarifying though
whether by
> important libraries
> should just be included in the regular repo.
you mean
> It's a nice idea but as you've said it's hard to do in an automated way.
> Some human intervention will always be needed.
Yeah, you're probably right. There's so much ambiguity in the license
statements that any automated approach aggressive enough to remove all
proprietary software would also
> Maybe an issue could be filed to propose to adopt a machine-readable
> license format. Maybe that of Debian's packages:
> https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ which
> itself uses the SPDX License List, i.e., https://spdx.org/licenses/
That would be a massive
If the 'trisquel' metapackage is not installed, install it in order to make
sure that you are not missing any desktop components.
If you would be content with a workaround, you could just add a new entry to
Startup Applications with the command "caja -n"
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> First it had to update the cache.
> Then it said check Internet for software updates.
> Then it downloaded a whole bunch of updates, particularly to Abrowser &
> LibreOffice and something called libglib, as well as python, .
That was the expected behavior. Sounds like the issue is fixed.
> desktop shows no
> icons and right clicking gives no menu.
The desktop icons are provided by Caja, MATE's file manager. If the desktop
icons are not there, then Caja is probably not running. It makes sense then,
that
> HOWEVER, if I open a folder first, and then do the same, it works and
>
OBS Studio requires OpenGL 3.2 or higher.[1] Based on the output you posted
> $ glxinfo | grep OpenGL
>
> andrew@andrew-ThinkPad-T400:~$ glxinfo | grep OpenGL
> OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
> OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset
>
That mirror is down. You'll need to switch to another one.
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/weird-output-when-trying-update#comment-134900
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It sounds like the program installed successfully and you're now running into a
separate hardware issue. Instead of launching the program by clicking on it,
can you run it from a terminal with
$ obs
and copy (Ctrl+Shift+C) any errors printed to the terminal and paste them here?
Often the
Try this.
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages
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> andrew@andrew-ThinkPad-T400:~$ ar x
> obs-studio_22.0.2-0obsproject1~xenial_amd64.deb
>
> This gave me no results.
Did you get an error, or was there just no output printed to the terminal? If
you didn't get an error, keep going. Nothing was supposed to be printed. All
that command does is
> No, OBS is not available in the Trisquel repository.
Shouldn't 'apt depends' still have worked if they added the PPA correctly
though?
> You need to download the source code and compile it
> (without AAC support).
Yes, this is is the correct way to do it if within OP's level of ability.
Sorry, I mistyped. I meant to write
$ apt depends obs-studio
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> So I guess you are telling me that I am not able to run OBS studio.
OBS Studio has libfdk-aac0, which is a proprietary package, as a required
dependency. However, the only purpose of this package is to support the AAC
audio format. There are other, freer formats than AAC such as Vorbis and
This might work.
http://openastro.org/?Ubuntu_Repository
Generally, instructions for Ubuntu 16.04 will work with Trisquel 8 too.
Fix the issues in your other thread before adding any more PPAs, though.
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The errors appear to be related to the ffmpeg-next ppa you have installed. Try
removing or deselecting it in Control Center -> Software & Updates, and then
run 'sudo apt update' again.
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> I think Mate is really nice (both the tea and the desktop enviroment :D).
> I'm using i3wm right now, It's really simple and fast
Have you tried using MATE+i3? I used to use i3 on its own, but I missed things
like automatic monitor detection. Using i3 as MATE's window manager feels just
like
It might be because Abrowser has geolocation disabled by default. This is a
feature, not a bug, in terms of privacy, but if you would like to help Gmail
and other sites determine your location, you can open a new tab in Abrowser and
select "Enable Geolocation" in the privacy settings.
> can you recommend the
> best way to install it on Trisquel 7?
Is there a particular reason you don't want to upgrade to Trisquel 8? Trisquel
8 has git version 2.7.4.
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All software included in Trisquel, including desktop environments, is free. If
you want to use KDE Plasma, install the package 'plasma-desktop'. Log out, and
at the login screen click the icon next to your username and select Plasma.
Then log in.
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If you're still trying to get Compiz to work, I've started looking into it for
a friend who wants wobbly windows.
> Now, the only remaining problem is that Compiz removes all window
> shadows, window borders/decorations/title bars
In compizconfig-settings-manager, under Window Decoration, the
Maybe there are reasons I'm unaware of for which a non-musician might want a
lowlatency kernel, but any musician who really needs one also needs to use JACK
instead of pulseaudio. If they are capable of installing and configuring JACK
themselves, they are also capable of installing a different
Okay, I was wrong. Maybe this will work for you?
https://makandracards.com/makandra/12447-how-to-move-a-window-to-the-next-monitor-on-xfce-xubuntu
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> I'm not trying to move the window to a new workspace. I want to move the
> window to another monitor.
I thought that Marco (MATE's default window manager) assigns different
workspaces to different monitors unless you have "Same image in all monitors"
selected in Control Center -> Displays,
> I'd like to be able to move windows between multiple monitors by using
> shortcut keys.
Are you using MATE? If so, go to Control Center -> Keyboard Shortcuts. Look for
the actions called "Move to workspace left" and "Move to workspace right" or
something similar and map them to your preferred
> I plugged the
> adapter and I tried to turn the laptop on
Have you tried taking the battery out, plugging the laptop in, and powering the
laptop on *without* putting the battery back in?
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> system-config-printer does not do anything in the terminal: it says bash:
> unknown command.
Hm. Assuming you typed it correctly, perhaps the package
'system-config-printer-gnome' is not installed? It should be installed by
default though.
It sounds like you made progress with cups, though,
> true the driver which works under
> debian is more recent than what can be made to work on Trisquel. So it is
> likely the problem is here, indeed...
To find out, grab the .deb file for the driver
https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
and install it with
$ sudo dpkg -i [package].deb
or by
> KDE is more feature rich and customizable than MATE. Why MATE as default
> desktop environment instead of KDE?
I can't speak for the developers, but my opinion is that if someone knows how
to install different desktop environments, then it shouldn't matter to them
what the default is.
> LibreJS breaks sites by not preferring noscript.
Ah. I had run into LibreJS breaking sites before, but didn't know what the
cause was.
> uMatrix
I use NoScript + uBlock Origin. I'm not too familiar with uMatrix, but if
that's your only privacy addon then that's probably what's blocking the
What privacy plugins are you using?
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First I would install the package "printer-driver-all" and try again. It likely
won't fix your problem, but it is worth trying because it takes so little time.
> Then it
> says "could not add new printer", without telling me more.
Sometimes the error messages printed to a terminal are more
> How do I add a key to my GPG keyring?
$ gpg --recv-keys [the key ID]
Assuming that you are installing Replicant 6.0, the command would be
$ gpg recv-keys 5816A24C10757FC4
I got that key ID from here:
https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/ReplicantReleaseKey
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I did a web search. This is the solution.
https://help.yahoo.com/kb/sln27791.html
See here
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbird-and-yahoo
for why. Note that Icedove is a modified version of Thunderbird, so any
documentation or forum posts about Thunderbird will usually apply to
> E: The repository 'https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu flidas Release'
Ubuntu doesn't have a version called Flidas. If you added the repository in
/etc/apt/sources.list, change "flidas" to "xenial" there. If you used
apt-add-repository, go to Software & Updates -> Other Software and
> ! Username or password invalid
Assuming that you are indeed typing your username and password correctly, it's
possible that the problem is that yahoo won't let you sign in with cookies
disabled in Icedove. A friend of mine ran into that with Gmail. Try temporarily
enabling cookies in
I don't see why not. Have you tried and run into any particular problems?
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I just saw loldier's answer. Try that before trying 'apt purge'.
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Partially fixing manually:
> When the name was changed back to the original ("Documents") the folder
> remained without its specific icon
In Caja, right click on your Documents folder and select "Properties". In the
dialog window that opens, click on the icon at the top right. A file manager
It looks like running bleachbit with "URL history" selected in the "Icecat"
section deletes "~/.mozilla/icecat/.default/places.sqlite" which is the
file containing your bookmarks. To avoid this, deselect "URL history" before
running.
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> E: The repository 'http://mirrors.serverhost.ro/trisquel/packages
> flidas-security Release' does not have a Release file.
Yeah, that mirror has been down for a while. See:[1][2]
Edit /etc/apt/sources.list (with sudo) and change the url to a different
mirror.[3] I'm using
Since you have to change the name in order to distribute it as free software,
whatever the OP installed, if it was called "Palemoon," was probably non-free.
You're right that one could install a free fork like New Moon or build it
themselves and change the name/logo.
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> I've even installed Pale Moon to test and it functions fine.
Palemoon is not free software, by the way. I recommend sticking with a
freedom-respecting browser like Abrowser or Icecat.
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> I've messed around with a number of
> distros and am now giving Trisquel a try after reading about the free
> software movement.
Welcome!
> when I try to install Xiphos, I get a "broken package error".
See if any of the information in this thread[1] helps.
> Just thought I'd ask what is the
> I believe that everyone should be very accurate when using anything
> 'open-source'.
See this bug.[1] Micro$oft doesn't just distribute a proprietary binary; they
falsely tell users that it is free and open source on the download page[2] for
the binary. The fix is simple: either (a) remove
> The required package
> libdvd-pkg belongs to contrib/non-free repositories. Because trisquel being
> a free os these are disabled by default.
Disabling non-free repositories by default is not enough to be a
freedom-respecting distro. Trisquel also does not guide users toward
proprietary
Do you have compiz-plugins installed?
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> It is a legacy addon so probably it will say it is not compatible.
Nope, I was prompted to install the addon as expected using Abrowser 60.
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> Which scripts are free/libre
> and which are proprietary? Doing this research is hard.
In general I'd start by viewing the page in Icecat (or another browser with
LibreJS) installed. Unless you're on a free-software focused website it will
detect all JS as non-free because no one else uses
> coreboot is in much better shape though, libreboot is
> almost dead at this point
As long as libreboot works, it should be recommended over coreboot. coreboot
contains proprietary software. Any practical advantages it might have aren't a
good enough reason to recommend it when there is a free
> Time to flash coreboot on that beast
Even better, the T400 can be librebooted.
https://libreboot.org/docs/install/t400_external.html
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> So that whole wiki page is best removed then?
Can you link to the page in question?
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If I remember correctly, the relevant setting in about:config is
"privacy.resistfingerprinting".
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> But is it complete, or broken?
I've checked to make sure that it's installable, and it is. You can probably
figure out how well it works faster than I could since you have a use case.
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> Not on Trisquel 7. Either you have another Trisquel version, or
> you have added sources to it.
Correct. I run Trisquel 8.
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> However, when I tried to search snap packages using "snap find" command, it
> DOES return (suspected) non-free software such as spotify. I also tried to
> run "snap find google" and got a long list of suspected non-free software
> related to Google's SaaSS.
>
> Though Debian users cannot
> Sorry. I already deleted Gnome after testing the snap plugin (and
> subsequently re-installed MATE).
No worries. Thanks for testing as much as you did. I'd have done it myself, but
sadly virtualizion is the one thing I've run into where my 2GB RAM is not
enough.
> Again, I agree that we
> Did the Replicant/Android SDK get into Trisquel?
$ apt-cache search android-sdk
android-sdk - Software development kit for Android platform
android-sdk-build-tools - Tools for building Android applications
android-sdk-build-tools-common - Tools for building Android applications -
Common files
> After installing the Snap package plugin, I restarted the system and then
> browsed each category. I didn't see any non-free software immediately. The
> listed packages were largely the same, with or without Snap package plugin
> installed.
Sounds like the situation is better than it is in
> I wonder what would happen if I install
> it manually.
I'm interested to know. Do you mind trying and letting me know?
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> The snap
> package plugin is absent
Do you mean that gnome-software-plugin-snap is not installable with non-free
and contrib disabled?
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Crap. I just realized that my somewhat long message never went through.
Resending:
It looks like Debian testing introduces a plugin[1] for Snap integration, which
Ubuntu has included[2] since 17.10. If this means that Ubuntu has removed Snap
integration from gnome-software itself, then p
> This program requires Python requests 2.2.0 or later.
The the way this message is written makes it easy to misread, but the package
referred to is actually not python, but python-requests.
$ apt show python-requests | grep Description
Description: elegant and simple HTTP library for Python2,
It looks like Debian testing introduces a plugin[1] for Snap integration, which
Ubuntu has included[2] since 17.10. If this means that Ubuntu has removed Snap
integration from gnome-software itself, then p
erhaps this will not be an issue in Ubuntu 18.04/Trisquel 9.
In the meantime, I was
> Modifying Software to fix this problem would be a very nice thing indeed.
> Until then, it's probably easiest to just stick to other tools. Do
> contribute to a solution, though, preferably as far upstream as possible.
Unfortunately, upstream probably sees it as a feature rather than a problem.
> Does this allow you to choose which components
> you want/need to install when run?
I've never used it myself, but I think that's the idea.
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/using-netinstall-image-bootable-usb-drive
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> In terms of using Trisquel as a 'Server' OS, can you recommend the best way
> to go at this; i.e. a minimal console only installation for management over
> SSH, no Desktop Environment etc.
It sounds like you'd be best of with the netinstall. It's the fourth option on
the download[1] page.
[1]
The package name in Trisquel is plasma-discover. I just installed and tried
running it and got an error:
"Error: Invalid item (item was 'null'). This might indicate that the item was
deleted outside StackView!"
but that might be because I was running it from MATE and don't have the full
> It kept recommending Spotify and Skype and
> so forth, no matter what settings I tried.
In Trisquel? If so it should be reported as a freedom issue.
https://trisquel.info/en/project/issues
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> I've finally ordered an Atheros AR5B95 WiFi card, with which I'll replace the
> Intel WiFi
I received and installed the Atheros card yesterday. After using it for a day,
I absolutely recommend doing the same if you buy an X60. It connects much
faster and maintains connections much more
> I would imagine that some of
> openSUSE's "OSS" packages aren't going to meet the strict FSF definition of
> libre. This will take some time to audit their packages and see what's truly
> free and what's not.
Yes, I had suspected that this would be the case. If you are interested in
auditing
> I'd be interested to hear any
> suggestions in trying to find and strip out the non-libre parts from
> openSUSE. Possibly it's just an impossible task, but I think it would be fun
> to try.
Plasma shouldn't be a problem. It's LGPL and included in Trisquel. Since you've
already taken care of
To clarify, I'm only suggesting this as a workaround, not defending proprietary
formats. I agree with J.B. Nicholson's suggestions above.
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> It's not available in WebM, and Fedora can't ship with MP4 support.
If you add the rpmfusion repository[1] (only the free one, of course) you'll be
able to install free software that Red Hat can't ship due to patent
restrictions. I'm not sure whether or not this includes media players built
> /home/cal/Downloads/#trisquel/JMP-compatible Gajim/gajim-0.16.9
> error: unsafe
> absolute working directory name
The script doesn't like the "#" in the file path. Your choices are to (a)
rename #trisquel, (b) build somewhere else, or (c) modify line 2462 of the
script. I advise (a) or (b).
> And this new version of Gajim still won't send image files to SMS
> contacts.
Are you referring to the Flatpak version, or the version I explain how to build
in my other comment? If you mean the latter, the version of Gajim is not the
problem, as I am now able to send pictures from Gajim
From the changelog[1] for 1.0.0:
"Ported to GTK3 / Python3"
I suspect that the move to gtk3 is what added the gir1.2-gtk-3.0 >=3.22
dependency, so I set out to build the previous version of Gajim (0.16.9). There
is still one outdated runtime dependency (python-nbxmpp) but since this package
> The following packages have unmet dependencies.
> gajim : Depends: gir1.2-gtk-3.0 (>= 3.22) but 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3 is
My expectation is that if you try to install 3.22 you'll lack dependencies for
that, and if you try to install those dependencies you'll lack dependencies for
them,
> Patch the software so it doesn't do the offensive thing. Don't just
> rip it out.
In general I agree that this is preferable, but this takes time. Ruben only has
so much, and it's probably better spent on other things than snap and
gnome-software.
It looks like most of the software
> The following packages have unmet dependencies.
> gnome-software : Depends: libsnapd-glib1 (>= 0.9) but it is not
> installable
libsnapd-glib1 was removed due to a freedom issue[1] whereby snap was
recommending non-free software. gnome-software had also been recommending
non-free software[2]
Never mind. He says WiFi is working now, from a new location. Maybe it was a
problem with the access points he was trying. Sorry for the noise.
When I have a chance to look at his computer I'll look into whether or not the
working WiFi is a freedom issue.
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> However the graphical installation is so agonizingly slow
> that I threw in the towel (10-30 or so minutes per step, then seemingly
> indefinitely at step 3 or 4, with the CD whirring and the whole thing
> starting to overheat).
I often ran into that with the Trisquel 7 graphical installer. The
> Similar behavior was reported in January by Magic Banana:
> https://trisquel.info/fr/forum/testing-trisquel-8-upgrade-process#comment-125668
Thanks. It seems that the conclusion in that thread was that the WiFi card
should not have worked in Trisquel. Maybe jxself's suggestion of trying 4.16
> I guess the first question is what changed between yesterday and today?
> Because something clearly did.
> It would be good to check through the logs to see what is happening.
I agree, but he can't recall any changes, and he's out of town and can only
communicate by text message, so
> how do you discern a
> 32-bit from a 64-bit model?
If you already have access to the machine then jxself's answer works. If you
want to know in advance of purchasing one I think you'd have to just ask the
vendor.
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A few weeks ago I installed Trisquel 8 on a friend's laptop. His Realtek
RTL8188EE Wireless card was immediately detected and worked fine until
yesterday. NetworkManager still detects the card, but no wireless access points
show up in nm-applet or nmcli. This is the first case I've encountered
> There are similar problems afflicting the Wire app for Android
...
> However, the Wire devs acknowledge it's a problem, and have said that
> fixing it is on their ToDo list
Thanks for the information. I'm glad they at least agree that it's a problem.
> Signal is a walled garden run by a person
> Hey there. Yes, I know I can create many right-click-shortcuts in caja, but
> I don't want to go through the trouble of doing that for every single thing
> that I want an option for. Especially since in Nautilus I already had
It sounded like Caja-Seahorse had provided everything you needed
> Does anyone have an 'easy to follow'
> tutorial for flashing some of the thinkpad models?
Most require external flashing, which I'm afraid to try. However, the X60 can
be flashed internally. I was fortunate enough to coincidentally already have an
X60 when I discovered the free software
> All from a simple right click and from within caja. I still have
> not found a solution for secure deleting files, I am still using the CLI
> for that.
By secure delete do you mean 'srm' from the secure-delete package? I'll answer
your question assuming that's what you mean. If not, this will
> By the way, Videos is a great way to search and view YouTube videos
> without proprietary JavaScript. My only gripe is that it fetches
> videos in MP4 format instead of WebM, so it won't work on stock Fedora.
I haven't tried this, but if totem uses youtube-dl/avideo as its backend for
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