Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

2024-02-07 Thread Eric S Fraga
Dear all, Apologies but work interfered before I could get back to the EEE PC. Thank you all for the responses. Very helpful. On Friday, 5 Jan 2024 at 18:35, Hans wrote: > Also, very nice, you can create a multiboot sd card, and stuck it into > the netbook, so you can boot from it s

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

2024-01-08 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Friday, 5 Jan 2024 at 19:42, Hans wrote: > All are running 1,666 GHz (except the very ealy ones, EEEPC 901, which is > running 1GHz. Mine is one of the early ones, in fact probably the first version released. Thank you for your other longer post: very helpful. I will find a suitable SD card

Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]

2024-01-07 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Jan 08, 2024 at 08:21:00AM +0100, Marco Moock wrote: > Am 06.01.2024 um 17:44:41 Uhr schrieb Steve McIntyre: > > > The amd64 installation media now includes the bits needed to start the > > installer on mixed-mode UEFI systems like the Bay Trail platform in > > the X205TA. > > Is that doc

Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]

2024-01-07 Thread Marco Moock
Am 06.01.2024 um 17:44:41 Uhr schrieb Steve McIntyre: > The amd64 installation media now includes the bits needed to start the > installer on mixed-mode UEFI systems like the Bay Trail platform in > the X205TA. Is that documented anywhere? I haven't found any information on this. The wiki only m

Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]

2024-01-06 Thread Steve McIntyre
m...@dorfdsl.de wrote: >Am 06.01.2024 um 10:46:56 Uhr schrieb Leandro Noferini: > >> In my Asus EEEPC (X205TA) the bios/uefi is 32 bit but the processor is >> 64 so you need only the grub 32 bit but the remaining of the operative >> system, including kernel, is 64 bit. > >There was another thread (

Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]

2024-01-06 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jan 06, 2024 at 10:46:56AM +0100, Leandro Noferini wrote: > Hans writes: > > [...] > > > Most important: It can run all debian things (and more), but note, the > > EEEPC is 32-bit, so you need the 32-bit version of debian. > > In my Asus EEEPC (X205TA) the bios/uefi is 32 bit but the pr

Re: Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]

2024-01-06 Thread Marco Moock
Am 06.01.2024 um 10:46:56 Uhr schrieb Leandro Noferini: > In my Asus EEEPC (X205TA) the bios/uefi is 32 bit but the processor is > 64 so you need only the grub 32 bit but the remaining of the operative > system, including kernel, is 64 bit. There was another thread (maybe on debian-users-german?)

Debian on Asus X205TA [Was: Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC]

2024-01-06 Thread Leandro Noferini
Hans writes: [...] > Most important: It can run all debian things (and more), but note, the > EEEPC is 32-bit, so you need the 32-bit version of debian. In my Asus EEEPC (X205TA) the bios/uefi is 32 bit but the processor is 64 so you need only the grub 32 bit but the remaining of the operative

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

2024-01-05 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:48:39 + Eric S Fraga wrote: > anybody here have any experience installing a recent(-ish) version of > Debian on an Asus EEE PC? This is a small notebook sized laptop with > Celeron cpu and little space & memory. I've just found one in one of >

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

2024-01-05 Thread Andy Smith
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Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

2024-01-05 Thread Hans
There are different cpu's according to the release date. Mostls it is ATOM CPU N-450, but others use N-230 as well. All are running 1,666 GHz (except the very ealy ones, EEEPC 901, which is running 1GHz. Best Hans > > Which CPU does it have?

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

2024-01-05 Thread Marco Moock
Am 05.01.2024 um 16:48:39 Uhr schrieb Eric S Fraga: > anybody here have any experience installing a recent(-ish) version of > Debian on an Asus EEE PC? Which CPU does it have?

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

2024-01-05 Thread Hans
Debian on an Asus EEE PC? This is a small notebook sized laptop with > Celeron cpu and little space & memory. I've just found one in one of my > boxes and thought I'd see if I can make use of it. It's currently > running with a 2.x kernel! > > I have found some b

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

2024-01-05 Thread Tom Furie
Eric S Fraga writes: > anybody here have any experience installing a recent(-ish) version of > Debian on an Asus EEE PC? This is a small notebook sized laptop with > Celeron cpu and little space & memory. I've just found one in one of > my boxes and thought I'd s

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

2024-01-05 Thread Hans
. Best regards Hans > Hello, > > anybody here have any experience installing a recent(-ish) version of > Debian on an Asus EEE PC? This is a small notebook sized laptop with > Celeron cpu and little space & memory. I've just found one in one of my > boxes and though

Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

2024-01-05 Thread Eric S Fraga
Hello, anybody here have any experience installing a recent(-ish) version of Debian on an Asus EEE PC? This is a small notebook sized laptop with Celeron cpu and little space & memory. I've just found one in one of my boxes and thought I'd see if I can make use of it. It'

[OT] EEE, Re: Tangentially: on Canonical being a great company?

2019-03-14 Thread David Wright
On Wed 13 Mar 2019 at 23:19:09 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 13 March 2019 22:19:37 David wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Mar 2019 at 08:24, wrote: > > > On Wednesday, March 13, 2019 04:51:57 PM deb wrote: > > > >* they sleep with Microsoft of E-E-E fame. > > > > > > Ok, I'll bite -- what

EEE

2019-03-13 Thread deb
On 3/13/19 5:24 PM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, March 13, 2019 04:51:57 PM deb wrote:     * they sleep with Microsoft of E-E-E fame. Ok, I'll bite -- what is E-E-E? Seriously? Never heard of it? Embrace, Extend, Extinguish? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_

Re: Eee PC freeze on wakeup

2013-04-08 Thread berenger . morel
Le 05.04.2013 22:04, Aidan Gauland a écrit : I am running Debian squeeze on a Eee PC 1015B. I can sleep the system with pm-suspend, but when I wake it up, I get a blank screen, the OS doesn't seem to be coming back *at all* (i.e. the machine just freezes on wake up), since I get nothi

Eee PC freeze on wakeup

2013-04-06 Thread Aidan Gauland
I am running Debian squeeze on a Eee PC 1015B. I can sleep the system with pm-suspend, but when I wake it up, I get a blank screen, the OS doesn't seem to be coming back *at all* (i.e. the machine just freezes on wake up), since I get nothing on netconsole when I wake it up. With the k

Re: Squeeze on a EEE PC 901, trackpad problems

2012-11-18 Thread zxcvbob
Thanks Guido, that works great. I thought it would be something at that level but had no idea where to find it. Also thanks to the other posters who pointed me to the wiki and the manual. Best regards, Bob Guido Martínez wrote: Hi, I had the same issue with my EEE 701. I had to change the

Re: Squeeze on a EEE PC 901, trackpad problems

2012-11-18 Thread Guido Martínez
Hi, I had the same issue with my EEE 701. I had to change the config file for the synaptics module (/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf). Here's how I have it now: Section "InputClass" Identifier "touchpad catchall" Driver "synaptics"

Re: Squeeze on a EEE PC 901, trackpad problems

2012-11-17 Thread berenger . morel
installed Debian with the Xfce desktop on a EEE PC model 901. I've got things working pretty well, but I can't enable tap-to-click on the trackpad. I go to Settings->Mouse in the Xfce menu, and there is no tab or checkbox for tapping. I'm guessing I need to enable something in X

Re: Squeeze on a EEE PC 901, trackpad problems

2012-11-17 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 09:05:04PM -0600, zxcvbob wrote: > I just installed Debian with the Xfce desktop on a EEE PC model 901. > I've got things working pretty well, but I can't enable tap-to-click on > the trackpad. I go to Settings->Mouse in the Xfce menu, an

Re: Squeeze on a EEE PC 901, trackpad problems

2012-11-16 Thread Patrick Bartek
>I just installed Debian with the Xfce desktop on a EEE PC model 901. >I've got things working pretty well, but I can't enable tap-to-click on >the trackpad.  I go to Settings->Mouse in the Xfce menu, and there is no >tab or checkbox for tapping.  I'm guessing I

Squeeze on a EEE PC 901, trackpad problems

2012-11-16 Thread zxcvbob
I just installed Debian with the Xfce desktop on a EEE PC model 901. I've got things working pretty well, but I can't enable tap-to-click on the trackpad. I go to Settings->Mouse in the Xfce menu, and there is no tab or checkbox for tapping. I'm guessing I need to enable s

netbook asus eee PC 1215B

2012-07-03 Thread Dr Beco
Dear moderators and users, I'm terrible sorry for this portuguese message. Beco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caluyw2y14kuddhv-2xow8qjei+bcl7korg+

Re: EEE-PC (900HD) + NetInst

2012-06-04 Thread Adnan RIHAN
> > On this machine, Ethernet + WiFi are working normally AFAIK. > > So what did you mean by " . . . the Ethernet device doesn't work, so I > only have WiFi to install Debian . . . " in your first email? > > I was talking about my Mac :D > Currently, I only have an Apple's Mac, and the Ethe

Re: EEE-PC (900HD) + NetInst

2012-06-04 Thread Brian
/syslog | grep wlan > No wlan on syslog :/ Which is not unexpected. > Actually, it's happening since Debian 5. I have this EEE since 3 > years, and it never worked. So you have a solution ? I've suggested almost everything I can think of. The two adapters should work, apparent

Re: EEE-PC (900HD) + NetInst

2012-06-04 Thread Adnan RIHAN
var/log/syslog | grep wlan No wlan on syslog :/ > cat /var/log/syslog | grep wlan > ~ # > > > Normal behavior ? > > > Not particularily, but I've experienced something similar. Using one of > the alpha images sorts it for me and could save you time a

Re: EEE-PC (900HD) + NetInst

2012-06-04 Thread Adnan RIHAN
/syslog | grep wlan No wlan on syslog :/ > cat /var/log/syslog | grep wlan > ~ # > > Normal behavior ? > > > Not particularily, but I've experienced something similar. Using one of > the alpha images sorts it for me and could save you time and trouble. &

Re: Fw: EEE-PC (900HD) + NetInst

2012-06-04 Thread Brian
On Mon 04 Jun 2012 at 13:22:34 +0200, Adnan RIHAN wrote: > > That is correct. There is only one interface on the machine so d-i > > goes straight to configuring it. Have you progressed beyond that > > point? > Actually, I have some news. I've restarted d-i, it's still > configuring ONLY eth0, so

Fw: EEE-PC (900HD) + NetInst

2012-06-04 Thread Adnan RIHAN
> > Oh ok... I've tried to install debian 6.0.5 with a friend's computer > > as router, sharing wifi connection on ethernet. I'm confirming the > > module with: > > > > > dmesg | grep Wireless > > > [ 2.514297] r8180: Wireless extensions version 22 > > But actually, when I run "debian-6.0.5-i386

Re: EEE-PC (900HD) + NetInst

2012-06-04 Thread Brian
On Mon 04 Jun 2012 at 11:38:34 +0200, Adnan RIHAN wrote: > Oh ok... I've tried to install debian 6.0.5 with a friend's computer > as router, sharing wifi connection on ethernet. I'm confirming the > module with: > > > dmesg | grep Wireless > > [2.514297] r8180: Wireless extensions version 22

Re: EEE-PC (900HD) + NetInst

2012-06-04 Thread Adnan RIHAN
> On Mon 04 Jun 2012 at 02:25:11 +0200, Adnan RIHAN wrote: > > > I'm here about Debian (Squeeze) on Asus-EEE. I was the post on the > > website, which says that some EEE are not supported, and mine don't > > seems to be on any list (900HD). > > > &

Re: EEE-PC (900HD) + NetInst

2012-06-04 Thread Brian
On Mon 04 Jun 2012 at 02:25:11 +0200, Adnan RIHAN wrote: > I'm here about Debian (Squeeze) on Asus-EEE. I was the post on the > website, which says that some EEE are not supported, and mine don't > seems to be on any list (900HD). > > I think I have a rtl8180 as WiF

Re: Eee PC video corrupted on boot

2012-03-02 Thread Aidan Gauland
Er, problem solved: forgot to install linux-firmware-nonfree >_< Well, that was stupidly simple. --Aidan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jise5g$fr2$2.

Re: Eee PC video corrupted on boot [SOLVED]

2012-03-02 Thread Aidan Gauland
Er, problem solved: forgot to install linux-firmware-nonfree Sorry to waste your time. --Aidan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jise2u$fr2$1...@dough.g

Re: Eee PC video corrupted on boot

2012-03-02 Thread Aidan Gauland
On 03/03/12 15:42, Carl Fink wrote: > Basic suggestion: post the actual model number of your Eee (there are many) > and the video hardware. Ah, yes, that would help a lot. :P Sorry about that. The model is 1015BX, and the GPU is an AMD Radeon HD 6250. --Aidan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: Eee PC video corrupted on boot

2012-03-02 Thread Carl Fink
On Sat, Mar 03, 2012 at 02:57:23PM +1300, Aidan Gauland wrote: > I just got a Eee PC because my Aspire One is only sputtering along. I > just finished installing Debian squeeze and upgrading from that to > wheezy, and now the screen goes to white noise during boot up. It is > cer

Eee PC video corrupted on boot

2012-03-02 Thread Aidan Gauland
I just got a Eee PC because my Aspire One is only sputtering along. I just finished installing Debian squeeze and upgrading from that to wheezy, and now the screen goes to white noise during boot up. It is certainly not X, because the Ctrl+Alt+Fx keys do nothing and, besides, the "corrupt&q

Re: please guide how install debian squeeze on asus eee pc 1215b

2012-01-31 Thread Bob
On 11/29/2011 12:40 PM, A. F. Cano wrote: On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 07:09:28PM -0800, manmath sahu wrote: please guide how install debian squeeze on asus eee pc 1215b You could start by going here: http://4mhz.de/debian1215n.html Not sure how different revision b is from revision n but

problem with Asus EEE SSD (slowdown, hibernate causes error)

2011-04-19 Thread Michael Stipicevic
Recently I've been noticing some slowdown issues with Debian Squeeze on my Asus EEE. Some paging operations measured with LatencyTOP take upwards of 4 seconds while the drive light stays solid on the entire time. I have zero messages during normal use from dmesg. However, if I try to resume f

Asus EEE PC 1001HA & NFS hangs

2010-06-18 Thread Andre Majorel
Am I the only one to get frequent NFS hangs on an Asus EEE PC 1001HA ? For no apparent reason, NFS mounts become catatonic and processes using them end up in state D. This is with Debian testing and kernel 2.6.32-5. -- André Majorel <http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/> bugs.debian.org - spa

Re: Wireless still not working (was:Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee)

2010-03-19 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu,18.Mar.10, 17:10:46, Marc Shapiro wrote: > As I said in my reply to Stephen, I have installed wireless-tools and > after loading the rtl8187se module I have a pan0 device listed by If you have to load the module by hand that is a sign that something is wrong. Pushing further in this di

Re: Wireless still not working (was:Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee)

2010-03-18 Thread Marc Shapiro
Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Thu,18.Mar.10, 13:04:58, Marc Shapiro wrote: >> >> The difference >> being the lack of the Realtek network adaptor under >> Debian. That >> is certainly where the problem lies. Why would Debian >> not detect >> the adaptor at all? > > That's exactly what I was e

Re: Wireless still not working (was:Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee)

2010-03-18 Thread Marc Shapiro
From: Stephen Powell > > No need to CC me, I am subscribed to the list. That was an oversight. I recently started using Yahoo! web-mail, instead of Thunderbird, so that I could access my e-mail away from home. If I can't find a way to make it work better with Debian lists I may have to go b

Re: Wireless still not working (was:Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee)

2010-03-18 Thread Stephen Powell
No need to CC me, I am subscribed to the list. On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:31:24 -0400 (EDT), Marc Shapiro wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> Perhaps this link will be useful to you: >> http://wiki.debian.org/rtl818x > > I had already installed wireless-tools, which did not automatically > load t

Re: Wireless still not working (was:Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee)

2010-03-18 Thread Marc Shapiro
From: Stephen Powell > On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:04:58 -0400 (EDT), Marc Shapiro wrote: >> The difference being the lack of the Realtek network adaptor under Debian. >> That is certainly where the problem lies. Why would Debian not detect the >> adaptor at all? > >Perhaps this link will be useful t

Re: Wireless still not working (was:Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee)

2010-03-18 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu,18.Mar.10, 13:04:58, Marc Shapiro wrote: > > The difference being the lack of the Realtek network adaptor under > Debian. That is certainly where the problem lies. Why would Debian > not detect the adaptor at all? That's exactly what I was expecting and why I asked for the output of

Re: Wireless still not working (was:Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee)

2010-03-18 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:04:58 -0400 (EDT), Marc Shapiro wrote: > > I think we have finally found the problem! > > When I boot the eee into eeebuntu and run lspci, I get: > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express > Processor to DRAM Con

Re: Wireless still not working (was:Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee)

2010-03-18 Thread Marc Shapiro
t;> AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller (rev b0) > ^^ > This one says "Ethernet" (wired), any adapter with wireless? I think we have finally found the problem! When I boot the eee into eeebuntu and run lspci, I get: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobi

Re: Wireless still not working (was:Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee)

2010-03-18 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu,18.Mar.10, 07:28:20, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Since I have no wireless on the laptop and my flashdrive is mounting > read-only, the relevant line from lspci is: > > 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Atheros > AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller (rev b0)

Re: Wireless still not working (was:Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee)

2010-03-18 Thread Marc Shapiro
Oops! I missed that request for data at the bottom of the post. My mistake. Since I have no wireless on the laptop and my flashdrive is mounting read-only, the relevant line from lspci is: 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controll

Re: Wireless still not working (was:Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee)

2010-03-18 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed,17.Mar.10, 19:16:40, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Replying to my own post, again... > > Just after I sent the last post I realized that I had not done an > 'ifup wlan0' after loading the ath5k module. Once I got home I booted > up, loaded the module and did 'ifup wlan0'. Unfortunately, it stil

Wireless still not working (was:Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee)

2010-03-17 Thread Marc Shapiro
aying the the device wlan0 can not be found. What am I forgetting to do? Marc Shapiro mshapiro...@yahoo.com - Original Message From: Marc Shapiro To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Wed, March 17, 2010 3:28:18 PM Subject: Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee Well,

Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee

2010-03-17 Thread Marc Shapiro
my wireless networks? Marc Shapiro mshapiro...@yahoo.com - Original Message From: Marc Shapiro To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Wed, March 17, 2010 6:57:29 AM Subject: Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee Thanks, Andrei. That did it. I had seen that message

Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee

2010-03-17 Thread Andrei Popescu
ays that it does not detect any wireless networks. When > I boot the eee into eeebuntu 3.0 it finds my wireless and several > others without any problems, so the hardware is good and the wireless > is there > > I then remembered that the wireless was probably not configured, since &g

Fw: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee

2010-03-17 Thread Marc Shapiro
o To: Lisi Sent: Wed, March 17, 2010 7:11:08 AM Subject: Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee I saw that there was a backport after the update, but thanks, anyway. The update is now complete, but, as I just posted elsewhere in the thread, I still can't find any wireles

Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee

2010-03-17 Thread Marc Shapiro
eee into eeebuntu 3.0 it finds my wireless and several others without any problems, so the hardware is good and the wireless is there I then remembered that the wireless was probably not configured, since it did not manage to do the install by wireless. I had to plug in an ethernet cable to

Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee

2010-03-16 Thread John A. Sullivan III
On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 22:31 +, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 16 March 2010 04:37:18 Marc Shapiro wrote: > > I am running Lenny on my desktop and would prefer to run Debian on the eee, > > as well. So I found EeePC/HowTo/Install on the wiki and used the custom > > installer to

Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee

2010-03-16 Thread Lisi
On Tuesday 16 March 2010 04:37:18 Marc Shapiro wrote: > I am running Lenny on my desktop and would prefer to run Debian on the eee, > as well.  So I found EeePC/HowTo/Install on the wiki and used the custom > installer to install Lenny, as was suggested.  The wiki seemed to suggest >

Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee

2010-03-16 Thread Chance Platt
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Tue,16.Mar.10, 00:36:27, Chance Platt wrote: aptitude install hal udev linux-image-2.6.32-3-686 Your computer has to be running the more current kernel before udev updates .. reboot into the newer kernel and finish (aptitude full-upgrade). ...but the new kernel won

Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee

2010-03-16 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue,16.Mar.10, 00:36:27, Chance Platt wrote: > > > > aptitude install hal udev linux-image-2.6.32-3-686 > > > > Your computer has to be running the more current kernel before udev > updates .. reboot into the newer kernel and finish (aptitude > full-upgrade). ...but the new kernel won't inst

Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee

2010-03-15 Thread Chance Platt
Marc Shapiro wrote: If there is a better place to ask this question, please let me know. I am running Lenny on my desktop and would prefer to run Debian on the eee, as well. So I found EeePC/HowTo/Install on the wiki and used the custom installer to install Lenny, as was suggested. The wiki

New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee

2010-03-15 Thread Marc Shapiro
If there is a better place to ask this question, please let me know. I am running Lenny on my desktop and would prefer to run Debian on the eee, as well. So I found EeePC/HowTo/Install on the wiki and used the custom installer to install Lenny, as was suggested. The wiki seemed to suggest

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Tixy
On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 15:55 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Tixy writes: > > I can move windows vertically too - that's what I do to get to menu > > buttons on my EEEPC 1000HE running Debian Squeeze with the Gnome > > Desktop. (I'm sure it was the same when I ran Lenny.) > For sure, me too, but onl

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stephen Powell writes: > On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:09:16 -0500 (EST), Stephen Powell wrote: >> Virtual 1024x768 > > Oops! That should have been written > >Virtual 1024 768 > > (remove the x). Sorry for the typo. Thanks for these two messages. I sha

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:09:16 -0500 (EST), Stephen Powell wrote: > Virtual 1024x768 Oops! That should have been written Virtual 1024 768 (remove the x). Sorry for the typo. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact l

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:04:49 -0500 (EST), Merciadri Luca wrote: > Okay. My eyes will take a blow, but it is now really nice: the > windows' buttons are correctly displayed! > > Thanks, I will stick with this. (There is actually no other solution, > and when one buys a netbook with a small resolutio

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Klistvud writes: > Dne, 01. 02. 2010 15:38:26 je Merciadri Luca napisal(a): >> Here is a new >> screenshot of it: >> http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/FPM2.png. > > Unfortunately, your link gives me a PAGE NOT FOUND error ... Sorry,

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 01. 02. 2010 15:38:26 je Merciadri Luca napisal(a): Here is a new screenshot of it: http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/FPM2.png. Unfortunately, your link gives me a PAGE NOT FOUND error ... You may notice that the button now appears correctly. However, I think that it is

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Camaleón writes: > Some hints: > > 1/ Try by setting font dpi at a lower value (86dpi) > 2/ Try by using a smaller text size (8pt) > 3/ Try by using smaller buttons and menu bars in the current theme (16px) Okay. My eyes will take a blow, but it is n

OT:Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Monday 01 February 2010 15:35:17 Stephen Powell wrote: > On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 07:53:46 -0500 (EST), Merciadri Luca wrote: > > Thierry Chatelet writes: > >> Which window manager are you using? > > > > I am using X (GNOME). > > I'm not trying to split hairs here; but strictly speaking, GNOME is >

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stephen Powell writes: > I'm not trying to split hairs here; but strictly speaking, GNOME is > a *session* manager, not a *window* manager. The default *window* > manager in the GNOME environment is metacity. It is possible to > use metacity withou

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tixy writes: > I can move windows vertically too - that's what I do to get to menu > buttons on my EEEPC 1000HE running Debian Squeeze with the Gnome > Desktop. (I'm sure it was the same when I ran Lenny.) For sure, me too, but only when they have a

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Klistvud writes: > Devilspie might help you out if you're willing to give it a try (and if > it works under your particular window manager). It's a utility to > resize/reposition windows as soon as they are created. Okay, I played around with de

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:21:12 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote: > I am using Debian on this EEE pc for a long time > (http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC). It is a Lenny, w. 2.6.26-2-686. > Everything is pretty fine, but, as my scr. resolution has only a max. of > 1024 x 600 (as I am usi

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Tixy
On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 13:52 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Tixy writes: > > You can drag any (non-maximised) window around by clicking on it > > anywhere with the left mouse button whilst holding down the Alt key. > > That way, you can move it up/left until you see the things you want > > access

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Klistvud writes: > Devilspie might help you out if you're willing to give it a try (and if > it works under your particular window manager). It's a utility to > resize/reposition windows as soon as they are created. Thanks for the pointer. I had

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 07:53:46 -0500 (EST), Merciadri Luca wrote: > Thierry Chatelet writes: >> Which window manager are you using? > > I am using X (GNOME). I'm not trying to split hairs here; but strictly speaking, GNOME is a *session* manager, not a *window* manager. The default *window* manager

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thierry Chatelet writes: > Well, I am using kde, but you must have similar feature in gnome: so, in kde: > Click on the icon on the left of the window's title bar ->Advence -> Special > Window setting, and adjust the size of your window there. Hmm,

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 01. 02. 2010 13:52:55 je Merciadri Luca napisal(a): This problem is only illustrated when I am facing a long window (it happens unfortunately more often than you may imagine). In this case, even a printscreen does not give me the buttons (eh, I tried making a printscreen of the window, open

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Monday 01 February 2010 13:53:46 Merciadri Luca wrote: > Thierry Chatelet writes: > > Which window manager are you using? > > I am using X (GNOME). > Well, I am using kde, but you must have similar feature in gnome: so, in kde: Click on the icon on the left of the window's title bar ->Advenc

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tixy writes: > On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 12:21 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote >> I am using Debian on this EEE pc for a long time >> (http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC). It is a Lenny, >> w. 2.6.26-2-686. Everything is pretty

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thierry Chatelet writes: > Which window manager are you using? I am using X (GNOME). - -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ - -- Every cloud has a silver lining. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Monday 01 February 2010 12:21:12 Merciadri Luca wrote: > Hello, > > I am using Debian on this EEE pc for a long time > (http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC). It is a Lenny, > w. 2.6.26-2-686. Everything is pretty fine, but, as my scr. resolution > has only a max. of 1024 x 60

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Tixy
On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 12:21 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote > I am using Debian on this EEE pc for a long time > (http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC). It is a Lenny, > w. 2.6.26-2-686. Everything is pretty fine, but, as my scr. resolution > has only a max. of 1024 x 600 (as I am using a 10

Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I am using Debian on this EEE pc for a long time (http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC). It is a Lenny, w. 2.6.26-2-686. Everything is pretty fine, but, as my scr. resolution has only a max. of 1024 x 600 (as I am using a 1000 HE), some of the

Re: Lenny on an Asus eee pc 900A 4 GB SSD

2009-07-20 Thread Sam Leon
Mark wrote: Looking for input/feedback. I just bought a refurbished Asus eee pc 900A 4 GB SSD netbook (Linux model, not XP). Have yet to receive it, but it comes with Xandros according to the specs. I'd really like to put Debian Lenny stable on it instead, and have looked at the wiki

Re: [SOLVED] Lenny on an Asus eee pc 900A 4 GB SSD

2009-07-20 Thread Mark
Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, there was a bad charging circuit on the mobo that prevented the battery from charging so I had to return it (Linux showed 96% capacity available but the eee wouldn't charge past 30% or so even after 24 hours). :( Oh well, that's the risk

Re: [SOLVED] Lenny on an Asus eee pc 900A 4 GB SSD

2009-07-20 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 04:24:52PM -0700, Mark wrote: > FYI, for anyone looking at this in the future, eeebuntu is a > derivative of ubuntu designed specifically for the eee pc line. I > installed via usb flash drive in 20 mins using the .iso and > unetbootin, with not one single

[SOLVED] Lenny on an Asus eee pc 900A 4 GB SSD

2009-07-17 Thread Mark
FYI, for anyone looking at this in the future, eeebuntu is a derivative of ubuntu designed specifically for the eee pc line. I installed via usb flash drive in 20 mins using the .iso and unetbootin, with not one single tweak needed. ~1.7 GB installation footprint. Amazing. Mark On Wed, Jul 15

Lenny on an Asus eee pc 900A 4 GB SSD

2009-07-15 Thread Mark
Looking for input/feedback. I just bought a refurbished Asus eee pc 900A 4 GB SSD netbook (Linux model, not XP). Have yet to receive it, but it comes with Xandros according to the specs. I'd really like to put Debian Lenny stable on it instead, and have looked at the wiki here

Re: OT: Hijack: EEE PC 10"

2009-04-21 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
experience with the Eee PC 701. It has its share of warts (relatively slow startup, no fan control without additional packages, and some limitions on controlling CPU scaling) but it seems fully-functional. The 701 seemed like a bit of a toy with Xandros installed. With eeebuntu, it's al

Re: OT: Hijack: EEE PC 10"

2009-04-20 Thread Robert Hodgins
> from the now inactive debian > eeepc project: > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC Has this project come to an end? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: OT: Hijack: EEE PC 10"

2009-04-20 Thread Lancelot du Lac
Eric, I happen to own an eeepc 701, which I run under Debian Lenny. I'd recommend you follow the instructions from the now inactive debian eeepc project: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC My netbook works like a charm, except for hibernate. But mine is a very primitive incarnate of the eeepc, and

OT: Hijack: EEE PC 10" (was: Re: Switch from lenny-stable to squeeze-testing)

2009-04-20 Thread Eric Gerlach
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 08:52:04AM -0400, Robert Menes wrote: > Hi folks, I've just installed Debian lenny-stable onto my Asus Eee PC > 10", Hi Robert, I've been looking at the 10" Eee PC for a debian laptop. How are you finding it, especially the keyboard? I'

Re: Debian vs. the Eee PC

2008-04-14 Thread Erle Pereira
Robert Epprecht wrote: > Mark Allums <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > What variety of Linux is installed on the EeePC? There is a CustomDebian project to make Debian work optimally on the Eee. Please visit http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/ > There is also the mailinglist

Re: Debian vs. the Eee PC

2008-04-12 Thread Robert Epprecht
Mark Allums <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What variety of Linux is installed on the EeePC? But why not install proper Debian on it? It works *very* well already :) There is a CustomDebian project to make Debian work optimally on the Eee. Please visit http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeeP

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