First of all, I have noted for some months that even though I have Colemak
selected as my default, sometimes on boot I get thrown into Qwerty. That's a
minor issue for some other time. I attempted to install the Greek polytonic
keyboard layout via System Settings, and never got it to work
Many thanks! This has helped me connect to 3 printers in my house with no
external software required! an HP 2050 series, an Epson Workforce 545, and a
Samsung ML-1665!
This tutorial worked after a few browser restarts. Thanks!
SoundCloud is now non-Free again. With Abrowser 24.0, it no longer works. A
few weeks ago, I could play things fine, but now it prompts you to install
Adobe Flash. This is yet another step backwards for them
I have not yet addressed the resume script or made a hot-key to set
brightness, but I am happy to report that my battery life fully doubled by
deactivating the NVIDIA ION.
Thanks, it is not so much proprietary as it is restricted. Most of
LinuxSampler is GPLv2, but the non-commercial restriction of the backend
renders it non-Free in the sense that you cannot redistribute it
commercially. I do think that is different from being entirely proprietary.
Still
I wanted to work with a .SFZ soundfont type file and read that only a program
called LinuxSampler, which has an issue with the backend having a
non-commercial restriction, can do it. I saw Qsampler in the repos and
thought it might work, but when I installed it, it just said cannot connect
I have got the rc.local file ironed out so I always boot Intel. Now I just
need to figure out exactly which file to edit and what part. Will report
back.
My Netgear wg111v3 blew out overnight and I got a WNA 1100 at a local
wal-mart. I was having trouble getting it to work, but hooked up via
ethernet, grabbed the .fw, put it in /lib/firmware and rebooted.
When will this be expected to be automatically included? I know this thread
is about 4
I have fixed the problem.
What I had to do was add the following to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=
field:
acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor
I am not sure which one statement is the one fixing the situation, so I am
leaving both.
then of course I ran sudo update-grub
Now, finally the
I noticed for some time that on the Browser, etc. on the right where the
scroll bar is, there are no up/down arrows to click to increment. Is this on
purpose, or is my system faulty? I have checked the settings and gconf-editor
and found no way to get them to appear.
I have a feeling this is different, as it is system-wide, including the text
editor, file manager, etc. It is not just Firefox.
Running through all the installed theme options (adwaita, high contrast,
etc.) reveals that none of them have arrows.
The first one for the NVIDIA starts at 0 at the lowest backlight level and
increments by 2 with each press of the brightness-up key. The highest it goes
is 10.
The second file for the NVIDIA gpu seemed to stay at 255 no matter what the
current brightness level was .
The first file for the Intel IGD stays at 250 no matter the brightness level.
The second Intel number increments from 0 to 10 going by 2 for every press of
the brightness key. The max
For the NVIDIA GPU I get:
/sys/devices/pci:00/:00:1c.0/:04:00.0/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness
/sys/devices/pci:00/:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1/leds/rtl8187-phy0::radio/brightness
/sys/devices/pci:00/:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1/leds/rtl8187-phy0::rx/brightness
Actually I checked again and in fact the Fn+F5 and F6 DO work to adjust
brightness, it just doesn't go as high as the NVIDIA ION. I will check about
that file.
for the Intel IGD, I get:
/sys/devices/pci:00/:00:02.0/drm/card0/card0-LVDS-1/intel_backlight/brightness
/sys/devices/pci:00/:00:02.0/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness
/sys/devices/pci:00/:00:1d.7/usb1/1-1/leds/rtl8187-phy0::radio/brightness
I do not mean to continually re-raise this thread, but I have a new
experience to relate.
I took to trying glxgears to give me information about each driver. Under the
Gallium 0.4 (NVIDIA ION), I got scores of about 120 fps. Under the Intel IGD
(by the way, I read the synaptic description
And what is your GPU?
Really the only thing stopping me from switching to the IGD is the lower LCD
brightness. Performanc feels no slower compared to the ION. If I can solve
that, I will switch.
According to an Ubuntu page, the driver for the Intel 3150 is the i915. Is
that Free?
Is there a more formal way to tell if I have acceleration enabled?
I have been waiting for the Minitube 2.1 sources, which fix the VEVO bug, to
be posted. However, when I went to the site for the Ubuntu Software Center,
which has the latest 2.1.2 binary release of Mintube, it lists the licence as
proprietary. This is perplexing, but can anyone confirm or
I just recovered from a minor disaster. I ran the 3.10.9 kernel which seemed
fine at first, but then my whole system would freeze and my wifi adapter
would not power on and there was no wifi icon in my notification area.In
addition, I could not build the acpi_call module that built in 3.5
Ok, so I just sudo apt-get remove'ed the linux-libre64 and headers, removed
the sources.list entry for the new kernel and ran update-grub but I am still
booting into 3.10.9 by default.
What else do I need to do to get rid of the new kernel?
I installed the 3.5 belenos kernel, rebooted after switching the graphics
chip, and verified I am running the 3.5 kernel. My LCD is still dimmer and
the driver still says fallback. Perhaps this is just a non-Free intel GPU.
Or is that what you meant by 'testing'?
After mesa-utils was installed, now I see Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM
0x300) as the driver, but the experience is still fallback. I will update
kernel, switch chipsets, and report back
The two tutorials I read were for Ubuntu and ArchLinux, were from 2011 (with
a relatively old kernel), and did not mention installing any new Intel
driver. Might it be that getting the 3150 to work relies on a non-Free blob
in the kernel that they had as Ubuntu and Arch, but that we do not
One error I may have made is that the acpi_call is not appearing in lsmod
when I reboot. What file do I need to edit to change that?
Come to think of it, is the Intel 3150 even supported in Trisquel with any
acceleration? If not, then I will just keep using the Unaccelerated NVIDIA
ION because at least my LCD brigtness max is greater.
I will try to turn of the NVIDIA hardware in the BIOS and report back.
Thanks for the tip, I'll let you know if VLC does not freeze.
You were right about VLC working well, but things like Minitube still freeze
my computer.
Unfortunately, there was nothing in my BIOS to turn off the NVIDIA chipset. I
am pretty sure if I could do that, the system would use my Intel integrated
hardware and I'd have a better time.
According to a site I found about Ubuntu on the same netbook, you have to
switch chipsets via a ACPI call. There is a package on the site to do such a
thing, but I do not know if it is Libre. Apparently, you have to send the
ACPI call every time before you reboot since the NVIDIA default is
Sorry, the other site about Ubuntu is here:
https://sites.google.com/site/mtrons/howtos/eeepc-1015pn
I cannot seem to build the module
make -C /lib/modules/3.2.0-49-generic/build
M=/home/senobyte/Downloads/acpi_call modules
make: *** /lib/modules/3.2.0-49-generic/build: No such file or directory.
Stop.
make: *** [default] Error 2
The file for me was gnome-classic.session
running 'metacity -c' gave me:
Window manager warning: Screen 0 on display :0.0 already has a window
manager; try using the --replace option to replace the current window
manager.
but I think I am good to go.
Thank you.
To MagicBanana, it happens with anything I play from Movie Player or
Minitube. I have not tried MPEG 1 or anything like that.
my output is:
senobyte@senobyte-1015PN:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor
D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx DMI Bridge [8086:a010] (rev 02)
I used gconf-editor, but it did not come with my system so I had to install
it via Synaptic. When I checked, compositing was already enabled, probably
due to my 'metacity -c' earlier, despite warning.
Now my panel reliably disappears, but it is actually still functional if I
mouse over where the items are. The applications menu will appear, it's just
that the bar has gone completely invisible.
I was working on an aunt's 64-bit desktop which, like my 64-bit netbook,
could not upgrade smoothly to 6.0. I ended up reinstalling using a ISO CD and
keeping the /home partition unformatted. After a reboot, however, instead of
seeing the GRUB menu list (the system is a multi-boot), I just
I just upgraded from 5.5 and one of the things I notice is that even though I
chose Metacity, every time I boot up it is Compiz that is managing the
Desktop. I have manually toggled Compiz on, then Metacity back on, and that
works for the session, but when I reboot it is back to Compiz
I am using an Asus EEEPc 1015 PN, and if I use Minitube or watch a video
(usually mp4) for an extended period of time (10 + minutes), my whole system
freezes. Sometimes, my cursor is freed after some time, but to no avail as I
cannot click anything. I have looked at my system properties and
I found out that the problem is that the libc6-i386 is version 2.13, while
the libc6-amd64 is 2.15 and this is preventing libc6 from being configured.
'sudo-do-release-upgrade' no longer works, but my system is clearly not 6.0.
The latest libc6-i386 i can find to download from the Trisquel
I have successfully upgraded my 32-bit HP Mini with 'sudo
do-release-upgrade', so all that remains is my 64-bit netbook. Searching for
:i386 in Synaptic only showed that perl was the only relevant thing
installed, the other *386 packages were not installed like libc6. Last year,
for my HP
When I do it now, it just says no new release found. but I do get this:
senobyte@senobyte-1015PN:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages
When I try to fix the broken packages, I get:
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
libgpg-error-dev comerr-dev libkrb5-dev user-setup libgnutlsxx26 libgssrpc4
libidn11-dev libtasn1-3-dev localechooser-data libgcrypt11-dev
libkadm5clnt-mit8
Do I remove the i386 packages with apt-get, or by deleting them?
I checked the dpkg directory for the multiarch file, but none was there.
I tried sudo do-release-upgrade and it went through the process. At the end,
it said upgrade complete but there was something that did not complete. I ran
do-release-upgrade again and it still said something was not completed. Upon
reboot, things looked the same. I ran the Update Manager and
I have tried switching to the Main Server, but the Authentication Failure
still occurs.
My sources file reads:
# Trisquel repositories for supported software and updates
deb http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ brigantia main
deb-src http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ brigantia main
deb http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ brigantia-security main
deb-src
Yes, even doing that did not help.
My package manager shows the option to upgrade, but after downloading the
tools, I always get an authentication failure message and nothing proceeds.
I am running 64-bit 5.5 on an Asus Eee 1015.
I have added a measly 5 questions to my math quiz just for fun. For serious
usage, I recommend PlusMinusTimesDivide if you have a
Replicant/CyanogenMOD/Android phone. It is a superb math assessment and
practice tool that you can get from F-Droid under the GPL terms. The Math
teacher I am
I have settled on setting up an 8GB USB drive as a Trisquel Mini Live USB
with 4GB persistent storage. As it boots fresh each time, I have so far had
no configuration issues with getting my monitor to work each time. I do not
see any progress with the X problem on my installation anytime
Yes, I did try as root and I get no such file or directory. I get the same
when trying to ls it. When I type /tmp/ and then TAB to complete, it shows up
as .XO-lock, but ls and rm claim it doesn't exist. The error message tells me
to remove it, so I think it is really there, but I cannot
I discovered that I had to type .X0 (numeral zero) in the filename. I was
then able to remove it as root. However, it did nothing for the problem.
startx gives me:
Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.XO-lock
and start again
Please consult the X.Org Foundation support at http:wiki.x.org for help.
ddXSigGiveUp: Closing log
Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyinit: giving up
If I hit Ctrl+Alt+F7 after logging into the CtrlAltF1 terminal, it just shows
the login screen with a green check mark in a circle next to my username
saying that I am already logged in, but it still has a password prompt.
Entering the password will produce the same loop of it looking like
I have set up an Asus EEEpc 901 netbook with a broken screen as a retro game
emulator station connected to a 1366x768 led monitor hooked up via VGA out.I
have installed Trisquel 5.5, but previously (before being turned into a Sugar
machine for some nephews) to that it ran whatever the latest
A pixel art and sprite editor under GPLv2. Available with and without 3rd
party libraries (this may need investigation). I only got it to work by
downloading the version with 3rd party libraries but they were things like
libgif and libpng.
More information:
Are we skipping 6.0, or is it a further out projection than the next release?
Don't forget about Orweb, a browser designed to work with the Tor privacy
network (install Orbot from F-droid too), Zirco Browser, and for later
devices, Tint Browser. All those are in F-droid now.
Almost 3 months later, I emerge with a decent demo! The initial hang up was
in getting List objects to work for me to produce a multi-dialogue question
trial of 5+ questions. That did not work, and any help or insight with regard
to that matter would be great. My solution was to use Form
I have had the problem on a 64-bit Trisquel desktop and my 64-bit laptop and
typing that into the terminal did fix the issue, thanks.
I was given a Gamemon USB joystick which is an old-school d-pad form factor
controller that is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. Initially
rebooting my Trisquel box with it plugged in did show it was detected, but it
was forever moving left in the game (I used Alex the Allegator
I forgot to mention that as an odd result, when the game pad is plugged into
my laptop, holding the up direction will cause the mouse cursor to go left,
and pressing down will cause the cursor to move to the right. The up-down
direction of the mouse cursor is not affected for some reason.
Hello everyone,
I have recently come across a 50$ e-reader that I have flashed to CyanogenMod
6.x and have been using for about a day now. I am happy that there is hope
for the future of Android, as long as one uses either CyanogenMod or
Replicant where possible and only uses the F-droid
Ok, thank you. I will now head off and leave these forums alone in wait of my
f-droid forum reply.
Yes, this is a great hack- thank you very much! I had thought the same thing
about those icons and you read all of our minds' who wished for an
improvement.
I plan to study the makefile and learn well.
Happy further Hacking!
It is hard to believe that it has been over two weeks since I tried to Free
my J2ME development, and I am happy to report that I have had no issues thus
far with compilation, etc. My educational MIDlet is almost ready for testing
on the schoolchildren and I have all of you to thank for the
Thank you for the link and I have some good news.
EbookME, a project to get text files on your Java phone in a .jar package,
does not require the non-Free Wireless Toolkit from Sun to compile the .jar
and .jad files. It is limited in use to the specific application at hand, but
all the
I have found 2 wonderful websites
http://fkooman.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/creating-deployable-midlets-with-free-software/
and
http://tjworld.net/wiki/Linux/Ubuntu/JavaMobileEditionDevelopmentTools
which detail how to free yourself and why from the Sun JWTK. As a non-expert,
I can say by
I do not know what everyone thinks of services like Tracfone, Net10, etc.,
but I myself do not use major cellphone contract services but instead opt for
Tracfone. Many Tracfones have the JavaME capability and I already use the
devices as phones, so I see it as as only a plus that I can load
As someone who had been superstitious about Java being bad, I was
shocked to read on the FSF's website some time ago about Java being released
under the GPL in 2007. http://www.fsf.org/working-together/gang/java
With that encouragement, I went on to find out that MANY mobile phones have a
Magic Banana,
To clarify, the phones I purchase are NEVER connected to any service or
activated and airplane/flight mode is turned on so as to make them pocket
computers. There would be no remote updating as in an always-connected
android device and there is no wifi at all. I am thinking
I think the BIOS IS the OS for the low-end phones. There it not something
else that the BIOS loads as a more advanced OS. It is like operating within
the 'BIOS' like on that old Windows CE platform. There is a project called
Jlime for Windows CE handhelds that uses a bootloader to take
actually I have a 166 GB / and 129 GB /home. I do not think I will soon fill
up either, and I just wanted to make extra sure I did not fill the / again. I
do not remember what filled the space, but I suspect it was the programs
installed considering I put all downloads, etc., on the /home.
Wow I never thought of that and it works so thank you! I'm not sure why it
changed, but OK.
This is an AWESOME and simple hack! I will do it by hand for a while, maybe
there is already a script for this...
And no, I didn't send them an email...
yes, that's what I did, but I don't think the command that I ran from the
LiveCD affected the grub file on the hard drive.
I was trying to change the grub file on the hard drive from within the LiveCD
of Trisquel 5.0 and did change the file, but I suspect that update-grub did
not work. Is there a way for me to use the LiveCD to update the grub on the
HDD? If all else fails, I'll make that anti-x cd.
Wednesday
Will I have to re-install the other OS too?
Unfortunately, what this is looking like to the other party is that Linux
ruins systems. Hopefully I can resolve this, but I don't know how to access
anything on the computer with no OS. When I reinstall Trisquel, should it be
over the partition it already resized the first time?
Well the odd thing is that Live CD's always work on this desktop. It's just
that after I installed it to disk the monitor says frequency out of range
after the BIOS screen. I will definitely look at that antiX thing though
I recently recovered an aunt's computer that got an M$ trojan and talked to
her about Free Software and she agreed to have a dual-boot with Triquel. The
problem is that after doing the Trisquel install, upon reboot the monitor
just says frequency out of range and the system hangs that way.
There's not a way to fix it as it is? Another OS and Trisquel are both on the
hard drive, I just cannot see grub at startup.
The K3b thing requires libdvdcss too.
I know this may be hush-hush, but I recently found Thoggen DVD ripper in the
repos and found that it can only rip unencrypted DVD's. It seemed to imply
that dvd decryption libraries *could* be installed...
Is there a way to decrypt dvd's to rip them? Perhaps Trisquel does not agree
with
I am trying to build an OS for the Ben Nanonote pocket computer, which runs
MIPS architecture. I am thinking of doing this with the OpenEmbedded
framework, which the wikipedia site says is MIT license. Since I did not see
OE in the Trisquel repo's, I am guessing that it is not Free?
If you
Ok, thanks. I will do my own thinking. Since the core is MIT license and you
add your own components, as long as I retain my commitment to Libre software,
it should be a bright future.
Thanks, after less than one day with that EEE OS, whatever it is (xandros?) I
want to go back to the Libre side. Trisquel, here I come (again)...
In the Free Software camp, mere use of a non-Free, or proprietary piece of
software, let alone a non-Free operating system, constitutes subjugation to
developers. I am suggesting that few people, even in the extreme end of the
spectrum towards RMS's end have considered that hardware should
I have recently found out the following:
The recovery disc with my eee 901 SUCKS (never using again)
Trisquel Mini is not ready for mainstream usage
Installing Trisquel full on my 4/16 GB SSD gave me low disk space errors in 2
days
Trying to install Trisquel full on the 16 gb part of my 4/16
weird spam above...
anyways I tried to put Trisquel Mini on my Asus EEEPC 901 and was
dissapointed because it does not feel capable or legitimate. For one thing,
the graphical update manager will not work. When I click install updates it
just hangs to his day. 'sudo apt-get upgrade' seems
Interesting how unnoticed this post is, prepare to see it drift down the list
until it's off everyone's mind...
For a fuller set of reasons, see
http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Why_make_and_sell_copyleft_hardware
but one major one is to prevent planned obsolescence
(https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Planned_obsolescence)
Also, as users one can see the complete schematic so that prevents
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