Comments for GeeksOK.com http://geeksok.com/blog Go Geek, Geeks Making things, Geeks sharing ideas and building a community of innovation. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:48:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on Eee PC 1000 Advanced Full Desktop Mode by TrollStomper http://geeksok.com/blog/2008/07/eee-pc-1000-advanced-full-desktop-mode/#comment-434 TrollStomper Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:00:14 +0000 http://geeksok.com/blog/?p=54#comment-434 Well, I tried this and managed to FUBAR my system. It boots straight to a blank desktop, nothing on the taskbar/tooltray will work (including the shutdown button). The only way i can do anything with the system right now is to hit Ctrl-Alt-T and type firefox, because i don't know the application names of the other programs on this system. I tried to remove the Kicker and KSMserver but that apparently is not a road you can back down. I can hit Ctrl Alt Delete and ICEwm will let me restart ICEwm but not shutdown or restart. Does anyone have any advice here??? Well, I tried this and managed to FUBAR my system. It boots straight to a blank desktop, nothing on the taskbar/tooltray will work (including the shutdown button). The only way i can do anything with the system right now is to hit Ctrl-Alt-T and type firefox, because i don’t know the application names of the other programs on this system. I tried to remove the Kicker and KSMserver but that apparently is not a road you can back down.

I can hit Ctrl Alt Delete and ICEwm will let me restart ICEwm but not shutdown or restart.

Does anyone have any advice here???

]]> Comment on Dual Boot The New Eee 901 & 1000 by troycoon http://geeksok.com/blog/2008/07/dual-boot-the-new-eee-901-1000/#comment-227 troycoon Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:10:57 +0000 http://geeksok.com/blog/?p=56#comment-227 First off you can always restore to the original factory setting as long as you have the Xandros disk that came with you EEE, I have restored mine many times. Now to answer the rest of your questions. Yes you can put xp on the primary SSD and it will work fine, you will need to use a different install for linux than your Xandros disk to get it on the second SDD. I recoomend that you try Ubuntu with the array kernal check out my other blog posts. First off you can always restore to the original factory setting as long as you have the Xandros disk that came with you EEE, I have restored mine many times. Now to answer the rest of your questions. Yes you can put xp on the primary SSD and it will work fine, you will need to use a different install for linux than your Xandros disk to get it on the second SDD. I recoomend that you try Ubuntu with the array kernal check out my other blog posts.

]]> Comment on Dual Boot The New Eee 901 & 1000 by keith http://geeksok.com/blog/2008/07/dual-boot-the-new-eee-901-1000/#comment-207 keith Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:13:03 +0000 http://geeksok.com/blog/?p=56#comment-207 Thanks for the info. Very interesting. I've just received my eee pc 1000 (SSD Xandros version). I'm excited about trying Linux for the first time, but unfortunately I'm completely clueless, so I need to dual boot with Windows XP. However, realistically I'd be happy to have windows on the faster primary drive, and a Linux version anywhere that works. Would it be sensible to do a clean install of Windows from a CD (which would presumably put it on the fast SSD), followed by a Linux install after that? I suspect I would need to use something other than the eeepc recovery disk because of the sda1 issue. I'd be happy to try Ubuntu eee or something similar. You're guide is excellent, but still a little complicated for me. Would it be easier to install windows and then install Ubuntu somewhere else? My second question is, perhaps, more important. If it goes wrong, or I don't like it, can I revert back to the exact factory Xandros installation with the rescue disk? Is this dependant on whatever partitioning or formatting I've done earlier? Many thanks for answers before I take the plunge. Thanks for the info. Very interesting. I’ve just received my eee pc 1000 (SSD Xandros version). I’m excited about trying Linux for the first time, but unfortunately I’m completely clueless, so I need to dual boot with Windows XP. However, realistically I’d be happy to have windows on the faster primary drive, and a Linux version anywhere that works. Would it be sensible to do a clean install of Windows from a CD (which would presumably put it on the fast SSD), followed by a Linux install after that? I suspect I would need to use something other than the eeepc recovery disk because of the sda1 issue. I’d be happy to try Ubuntu eee or something similar.

You’re guide is excellent, but still a little complicated for me. Would it be easier to install windows and then install Ubuntu somewhere else?

My second question is, perhaps, more important. If it goes wrong, or I don’t like it, can I revert back to the exact factory Xandros installation with the rescue disk? Is this dependant on whatever partitioning or formatting I’ve done earlier?

Many thanks for answers before I take the plunge.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu CPU Frequency Selector by Akshathkumar Shetty http://geeksok.com/blog/2008/07/ubuntu-cpu-frequency-selector/#comment-157 Akshathkumar Shetty Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:21:20 +0000 http://geeksok.com/blog/?p=57#comment-157 thanks for the writeup.. it was very helpful. thanks for the writeup.. it was very helpful.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu CPU Frequency Selector by Cr4cK http://geeksok.com/blog/2008/07/ubuntu-cpu-frequency-selector/#comment-81 Cr4cK Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:40:16 +0000 http://geeksok.com/blog/?p=57#comment-81 Great tip thanks mate Great tip thanks mate

]]> Comment on Eee PC 1000 Advanced Full Desktop Mode by Alejandro Quesada http://geeksok.com/blog/2008/07/eee-pc-1000-advanced-full-desktop-mode/#comment-79 Alejandro Quesada Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:48:27 +0000 http://geeksok.com/blog/?p=54#comment-79 Thank you for your time and support to others. I was tryong to get the full desktop. When I got to the point of getting the kicker instead I got the pidgin.... so I get some error when applying the rest of proposed configuration... and eventhoug I get the full desktop icon I does not work. Please advice. Thank you. AQ Thank you for your time and support to others. I was tryong to get the full desktop. When I got to the point of getting the kicker instead I got the pidgin…. so I get some error when applying the rest of proposed configuration… and eventhoug I get the full desktop icon I does not work. Please advice.
Thank you.
AQ

]]> Comment on Ubuntu CPU Frequency Selector by STUMBLE UPON! http://geeksok.com/blog/2008/07/ubuntu-cpu-frequency-selector/#comment-77 STUMBLE UPON! Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:27:36 +0000 http://geeksok.com/blog/?p=57#comment-77 Cool. Don't actually use Ubuntu cause I've got a generic wireless card up here, but I was thinkin bout grabbing an EEEPC. Nice article. Cool. Don’t actually use Ubuntu cause I’ve got a generic wireless card up here, but I was thinkin bout grabbing an EEEPC. Nice article.

]]> Comment on Eee PC 1000 Advanced Full Desktop Mode by mauricio http://geeksok.com/blog/2008/07/eee-pc-1000-advanced-full-desktop-mode/#comment-76 mauricio Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:32:47 +0000 http://geeksok.com/blog/?p=54#comment-76 This worked for me although I installed “advanced-desktop-eeepc” instead of kicker and ksm server, I'm using a eee pc 1000H. I wrote about it here: http://chillorb.com/?p=85 This worked for me although I installed “advanced-desktop-eeepc” instead of kicker and ksm server, I’m using a eee pc 1000H.

I wrote about it here:
http://chillorb.com/?p=85

]]> Comment on Buying Books by Ken http://geeksok.com/blog/2008/09/buying-books/#comment-75 Ken Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:55:47 +0000 http://geeksok.com/blog/?p=66#comment-75 I also buy books that are mostly nonfiction. I have not had the privilege of finding used books in a Hastings but I will certainly be a more frequent visitor when I do. I also buy books that are mostly nonfiction. I have not had the privilege of finding used books in a Hastings but I will certainly be a more frequent visitor when I do.

]]> Comment on Eee PC 1000 Advanced Full Desktop Mode by a_squeakycat http://geeksok.com/blog/2008/07/eee-pc-1000-advanced-full-desktop-mode/#comment-74 a_squeakycat Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:19:57 +0000 http://geeksok.com/blog/?p=54#comment-74 Last night I installed a software update that had automatically downloaded from ASUS. Now when I boot into full desktop mode the login screen no longer appears even though I do NOT have the autologin set. Easy mode still asks me for my password but the full desktop mode doesn't. Also the logout feature in full desktop mode now seems to do a restart instead (and doesn't ask for a password). Anyyone else seen this ? can I uninstall the update to see if that fixes the problem ? Last night I installed a software update that had automatically downloaded from ASUS. Now when I boot into full desktop mode the login screen no longer appears even though I do NOT have the autologin set. Easy mode still asks me for my password but the full desktop mode doesn’t. Also the logout feature in full desktop mode now seems to do a restart instead (and doesn’t ask for a password). Anyyone else seen this ? can I uninstall the update to see if that fixes the problem ?

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