Last week, an unfortunate turn of event forced me to flirt with an old flame. It goes without saying, an old flame is and old flame for conceivably good reasons. Flirting with an old flame is a good way to invite grief and disaster. However, in this instance, the unfortunate turn of event was absolutely [...]
Previously, I wrote about installing Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex beta in my eeePC 900 here. In the “Fn keys” section, I mentioned that the audio control keys were working well after fixing the keycodes. However, recently I noticed the mute key (Fn+F7) is no longer functioning. I am not sure when it stopped working. I did [...]
My Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex desktop on eeePC 900 currently looks like this. Eh? That is nothing but the wallpaper? Well. it should actually look like this. But of course, the panels are hidden! By default, the gnome-panels took up 24px each. With two panels, you are out of 48px. The eeepc 900 small screen is [...]
Previously, I wrote about installing Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex beta in my eeePC 900 here. In the “Processor scaling” section of that post, I mentioned about setting the CPU governor to “ondemand” upon boot up. A better solution would be to set the cpu governor to “performance” if booting with AC power, and “ondemand” if booting [...]
… and how to fix it Previously, I wrote about installing Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex beta in my eeePC 900 here. In that post, I mentioned the WIFI was detected and worked out-of-the-box. It was able to connect to my home’s WPA2 network. I have also subsequently used it in public/open WIFI networks without any issue. [...]
I have been using the new Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex beta on my eeePC 900 for a few days, and it has been great. Overall, the new version of Ubuntu was easier than ever to install. Most of the eeePC 900 hardware now worked out-of-the-box. There was no more custom compile needed, and less configurations to [...]
Two months ago, I wrote about bluetooth pairing in Ubuntu Hardy, specifically using a Nokia N95 and eeePC 900. Actually, the process I described could be applied generally with any supported bluetooth devices and Ubuntu Hardy PC. Since installing Intrepid Ibex beta, I have been testing various functionalities for possible regression. This will help me [...]
Recap Continuing from eeePC dual screen part 1, here are the three problems again: Compiz cube spanned both screens, resulting in one big cube. The gnome-panels in dual screens mode are located in the external screen. I would like them to stay in the internal screen instead. I am using “Fill screen” setting for my [...]
Background I have been using an eeePC 900, running standard Ubuntu Hardy 8.04.1. It took some hacking to get the various hardware in the eeePC to function. However, I have been avoiding using the external VGA port. From what I know about the current state of Ubuntu desktop, getting dual screens to function flawlessly ranged [...]
One of the delight (or curse, depending on your point of view) of using Ubuntu is the availability of Compiz Fusion by default. When I first got hold of an eeePC 900, I was dismayed by the default Xandros installation which attempted to copy Windows XP theme. For instance, the appearance of the window decoration [...]
