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Inviato da Zem Mattress il Ven, 09/12/2014 - 03:25

Ubuntu to Trisquel Mini Help Request

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Ven, 09/12/2014 - 03:25
Zem Mattress
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Hello all.

I'm pretty new to GNU/Linux, and have been using and getting to know the basics of Ubuntu for about a year, which I installed on an old Inspiron 1520.

I would like to make the move away from Ubuntu to Trisquel for all the reasons you know so well.

I have burned Trisquel Mini to disk and would like to replace the Ubuntu OS on this 32 bit Insprion 1520, (or be able to dual boot) but I'm having a bit of a time finding a tutorial to help me install Trisquel Mini from Ubuntu.

I'm so new to GNU/linux I really need a tutorial to follow.

Any help pointing me towards a tutorial would be apprecaiated.

I have looked at the " Migrate from Ubuntu to Trisquel without reinstalling", butI don't know if Trisquel would work on this machine as well as Trisquel Mini. Is there a Trisquel Minin migration script?

Thanks for any help.

- Zem

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Ven, 09/12/2014 - 06:12
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I'd suggest just burning the .iso, and installing. You can always back up your home directory, and note your repositories, and what programs you have installed. I don't know how old your computer is, but from what I hear Trisquel is light on resources. You could test by installing to a USB stick, just change your boot priority in BIOS, and move "Boot from USB" to the top.

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Ven, 09/12/2014 - 21:38
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See https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/setup and welcome!

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Sab, 09/13/2014 - 00:54
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Thanks for the help !

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Sab, 09/13/2014 - 06:55
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Thank you for the welcome, Magic B.

Okay: I got Trisquel Mini partitioned successfully! Huzzah!

The OS loaded from a burned disk nice as you please, thank you very much Ishmael. (It took some time on the old Inspiron 1520, but it did the job.)

One hiccup: after install I could not get a network connection. So I will scour the forums and see what that is about.

Again, thanks for the help!

- Zem

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Sab, 09/13/2014 - 18:08
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Run lspci and lsusb in a terminal. Post the output here.

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Sab, 09/13/2014 - 20:27
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I did both, but cannot get the info to this forum. No wifi of course, and any attempt to copy and past to a doc, then to a flash or exsternal HD all ends with "Error opening file'/media/Seagate Backup Plus Drive/zem': Read-only file system". So I cannot even transfer it to send.

When I have a moment I will type it out. It is not terribly long.

Thanks,

Zem

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Sab, 09/13/2014 - 20:36
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Write the file as root.

$ sudo bash -c 'lspci > /media/Seagate\ Backup\ Plus\ Drive/lspci.txt'
$ sudo bash -c 'lsusb > /media/Seagate\ Backup\ Plus\ Drive/lsusb.txt'

EDIT: Actually, your error message looks like the filesystem is mounted read-only, so you should run this before writing the files:
sudo mount -o remount,rw /media/Seagate\ Backup\ Plus\ Drive

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Sab, 09/13/2014 - 22:05
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Thanks Legimet,

I did try running:
sudo mount -o remount,rw /media/Seagate\ Backup\ Plus\ Drive

But I got the error message:

mount: can't find /media/Seagate BackupPlusDrive in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

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Sab, 09/13/2014 - 22:20
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Did you type that command exactly with all of the spaces? There's a space after each backslash.

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Sab, 09/13/2014 - 22:25
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Oh: yes I did.

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Sab, 09/13/2014 - 22:37
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If it's quicker just type the output of lspci and lsusb manually.

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Sab, 09/13/2014 - 22:49
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Will get to that tomorrow. Thanks for the help.

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Dom, 09/14/2014 - 04:54
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Here it is. I believe it is all there.

zem@zem-Inspiron - 1520:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G86M [GeFore 8400M GS] (rev a1)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
03:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus ost Adapter (rev 12)
03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)
0c:00.0.Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)

zem@zem-Inspiron-1520:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 018: ID 0951:1665 Kingston Technology
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 413c:8126 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 355 Bluetooth
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 0a5c:4502 Broadcom Corp. Keyboard (Boot Interface Subclass)
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 0a5c:4503 Broadcom Corp. Mouse (Boot Interface Subclass)
Bus 002 Device 024: ID 0bc2:ab21 Seagate RSS LLC
zem@zem-Inspiron - 1520: ~ $

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Dom, 09/14/2014 - 18:47
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You have a "Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG" wifi card. This uses nonfree microcode so it's best to get a USB WiFi adapter from Thinkpenguin or Tehnoetic.

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Lun, 09/15/2014 - 00:54
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Thanks! I'll contact ThinkPenguin and get a recommendation.

Zem

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Sab, 09/13/2014 - 08:03
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Finding free Wifi drivers can be annoying, if you can connect the computer through ethernet, you might be able to find something in the repository. There are some non-free wrappers for driver blobs, but I cannot recommend them. This site (recently shared with me by a member) will list good free approved hardware:

http://h-node.org/wifi/catalogue/en

Getting wifi to work was one of the biggest obstacles for me to overcome when I first started Learning, but the computer I have now has a free one, so no more issues. It may actually be easier to replace the card than find a software solution. Changing a wireless card can be almost as easy as changing RAM. It is likely close to the RAM, and pops out, and inserts the same way too. There just should be two wires (one black one white) that pop off with a screw driver, then just insert the new card,and press the the two pigtails back in the same spot on the new card. Hope that helps. Luck

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Sab, 09/13/2014 - 18:26
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Be careful though. According to h-node.com there are some computers that prevent installing wifi cards not-approved by the vendor. My old mackbook was one of them :(

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Sab, 09/13/2014 - 21:08
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Chris has mentioned that it's a particular group of companies that does this. From memory, I know the list includes Apple, IBM/Lenovo, Toshiba, and HP. I think there are a couple others I forgot about.

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Dom, 09/14/2014 - 19:34
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He's got a Dell.

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Mar, 09/23/2014 - 05:34
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I got my ThinkPenguin USB/Wifi card. Now I'm up and running on Trisquel Mini!

Its looking very good. Running like a top. You will no doubt here from me if I run into trouble, but so far I'm extremely pleased.

Thanks for all the help.

- Zem

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