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I have been using elmurato's scripts on my 1000HA with great success... does eee-control provide full support for the ACPI function keys, including the external display? Sorry for the noobish question, I have not had any experience w/eee-control to date.
If eee-control will work just as well as elmurato's ACPI scripts, then I will do a clean wipe and install !# tonight. More than likely the full version though, then just tailor it as needed.
- X.Z.
I installed #! on my EeePC 1000HA a while ago (v8.10.1). Truth be told, I loved it! Beautiful flavor of 'buntu! A couple of things drove me back to the "official" variants though (now running Xubuntu/ Array kernel/Elmurato scripts)
Call me a stickler, but if I am going to consider any OS a replacement for Windows, I need it to support all the bells and whistles on my netbook. This included ACPI keys, external display (this does work in #! but is cumbersome), etc. I could care less about OSD, but I need the keys to do what they were meant to, lol. I know some people never use them, but I do.
W/ Xubuntu, I can get everything working beautifuuly in less than an hour. In fact, I actually get MORE functionality that I would under Windows, as i can manually program all 4 hotkeys to run whatever I want them to. (Windows only allows 2)
I brought it up once before, but I can't fathom why the Elmurato scripts refuse to work on !#... my only guess is that they are dependant on some components that are not installed.
Does anyone have an idea of how to get the ACPI keys working as they should? Or how to Iron out the external display issue?
If I could get that far, then I'd happily go get baptized in the !# river, hahaha.
Cheers to all!
- X.Z.
Hahaha... feel free!
I have crossposted this at the Eeeuser.com forum, asking the creator of the scripts if he has any ideas. I am assuming he will, lol. I know they can be used on a variety of 'buntu's but all I have seen have used Gnome or KDE, so we shall see.
Will let you guys know what I find out.
Just an FYI, I tried the Elmurato ACPI scripts on a vanilla install of Ubuntu 8.10 running the array.org eee kernel.
Everything work. Even my 4 hotkeys. They only function that does not work are bluetooth (as expected, since the HA has not BT module).
I also get a double OSD when using my volume and mute keys, but I think I know how to fix that.
I wish I knew why these don't work on CrunchBang... after using #!, vanilla Ubuntu feels like a fat cow.
Any ideas? I used the same kernel both times (standard, not lean)
Good morning snowpine!
Yes, I too read that blatant warning, LOL. However, as the 1000H and the HA seem to be effectively the same (same motherboard, etc, w/only the wifi and bluetooth being the difference, I thought I'd give it a shot. My initial expectation was that the wifi toggle would likely not work, as I have a different card than the H model, and that the bluetooth toggle wouldn't work, since I lack the BT module.
Wouldn't be the first time I was wrong, and sure won't be the last. I just figured that maybe the scripts depended on some components of Gnome or KDE that are not found in Openbox.
I do know a trick or two, and have been tinkering with Linux since the Hoary Hedgehog days, but that is still a short period of time, and compared to my knowledge of Windows, I am still a relative NooB, so I really appreciate you guys being here to help troubleshoot such things!
Thanks! 
Well, I used the ACPI scripts outlined here: http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=49081
So far the wifi toggle sort of works. One of the video keys and one of the "special keys" work, though they both put the computer into some sort of drunken looking sleep.
Upon further investigation, it looks like I may need to be running Gnome or KDE to get these working. I might be wrong, but I know I had near 100% support for my hardware, including ACPI w/OSD on a vanilla install of Intrepid w/Gnome.
I would really like to get this working though... I really like CrunchBang!
If anyone has any ideas, let me know. As far as I know the 1000HA I am using is the same as the 1000H, just different wireless (I have an AR5007EG carg -b/g) and no bluetooth.
Thanks!
corenominal,
You've really done a wonderful job on this. Thank you.
I am happy to write that I am posting this from my 1000HA/ 320GB/ 2GB/ Atom 1.6GHz.
The live environment booted swiftly from a 4GB SD card I set up with Unetbootin. The default theme is both striking and unique. This is my first foray into Openbox territory, and I don't know how I ever got by without trying this! Install was as smooth as any Ubuntu based distro.
Out of the box:
* Correct resolution 1024x600
* Ethernet
* Multitouch scrolling
* Brightness ACPI keys
* Battery charge level and discharge time
After install of array.org eee kernel (not lean):
* Wireless (connected to 128bit wep)
* Sound (Had to increase volume via super+v)
* Webcam (works in cheese)
* Sleep (resumes very quickly w/ a touch of the power button)
Not working:
* Remaining ACPI Keys (wifi toggle, video keys, sysmonitor key, audio keys)
* The 4 "special keys"
I do not use any swap, so no word on hibernation.
I am going to have to give the Ubuntu ACPI scripts a whirl... have not used them before, but imagine they will only help restore some of the ACPI functionality.
I'll update again once I have had some time to tinker with this a bit! 
Hi all,
I just registered, but am terribly interested in getting this great distro setup as a dual boot on my Eee PC 1000HA. I am going to give it a go tonight and will report back with my experience!
#! seems to have picked up quite a following in such a short period of time! Kudos corenominal!
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