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I did a upgrade ( not dist-upgrade) and my shortcut keys began working. Previously they did not work at all. I am glad because my netbook Fn keys are not all working.
Try a regular upgrade before you reinstall.
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Asus Eee pc 1005HA, 1.6GHz CPU, 160GB HDD, 1 GB RAM, CrunchBang 10 xfce
Idol: 72.3 Mb
Iceweasel + 1 tab: 95.8 Mb
I did it! I did it! It installed.........yippeeeeee 
After distro hopping through all the new 'buntu's this weekend, plus one Mint spin-off, thought I would give a Debian eee install a try.
I got a splitting headache but it was worth it. Because, buried in all that info was the key!
This is how the 'dd' command is listed in the wiki:
sudo dd if=/path/to/iso/crunchbang-10-alpha-01-openbox-i686.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M;sync
Notice the semi-colon seperating sync from the rest of the command. These are two seperate commands in the Debian pages.
So this goes first:
sudo dd if=/path/to/iso/crunchbang-10-alpha-01-openbox-i686.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M
Followed by:
sudo sync
And voila --installation proceeds as in the rest of the wiki.
On a side not. using UNetbooten produced a silver splash screen with the choice of "default" first.
Using the 'dd' command as layed out above produced a black start up screen like the one pictured in post no. 9 in this thread.
Well that's done. Hope it helps all the others that were stymied with the installation.
Now, could some kind person tell me how to add conky to the startup menu in xfce? Thanks.
Michael
Edit: Neve rmind, I found out how to add to the startup menu.
Came across a posting through Tuxmachines on the Netrunner-OS : http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/44448.
The distro page is here: http://www.netrunner-os.com/
It is based on Linux Mint, so everything works out the box. What interested me was the fact they have remove all the mono.
The downside is they still have pulseaudio.
I have it on my netbook. Very impressive. After installing it to hard drive, i add the backports module for karmic ( it is based on 9.10 ). Got some of the best wireless through put yet. Better than ubuntu 9.10 or UNE 10.04B2. Set up all the bells and whistles from compiz and it works great. Videos play well, not much studdering at all. Laptop function keys work, and the netbook fan is not over worked. No eee tools are installed. Nice.
Check it out and see what you all think. Something new to play with till #!10 rolls out (except for you lucky dogs that were able to get it installed 
).
Take care
Michael
I am tired of the snap, crackle and pop of the pulse audio krispies in some apps.
+1 to ban it.
Try using the command : eeepc-tray.exe
When in doubt go to your /usr/bin and locate the app. The way it is listed will usually work to call it.
Only draw back with this app and the CLI is that when you close terminal, you will close app. My suggestion is that you make a startup entry for it using the above command. should work.
Hope this helps.
Michael
Well I tried. Just going to have to wait for the next release. Thanks Kuno for the "sdd" help. it didn't work. Actually, it made the USB some strangely formatted thing. It had a black unknown color in gparted!
I don't see any reason for apologies, Corenominal. It is alpha software. I have no problem waiting. After the polish of #! 9.04.01, I know that #! 10 will be an excellent piece of work.
Thanks for the help everyone. Hay someone post some pics so a po' soul can have a look and drool, how bout it.
Cheers,
Michael
What is "sdd" command. I can not find an entry in the man pages. Can you explain how you changed "dd" to "sdd"?
Thanks
Michael
You know, now that I think about it, I had only one other iso that would not boot. That was the latest ArchBang alpha release. Neither the ubuntu USB creator nor pendrive linux creator would touch it. I don't know much about Arch, so i can't say for sure what the installers didn't like.
Oh well.
Michael
Well, after much trying, I will have to wait on the next release. i just cannot get it to boot. Tried changing the syslinux file name to isolinux. Net complaint read to the effect that it could not find kernal image: linux. whatever that means. I have done some comparisons with other distros that i have downloaded and booted from USB, and I don't see too much difference. So i am stumped. i am downloading Crunchbang 9.04.01 now to take a new iso through the USB creation process, just to see if it boots sucessfully. That way I can rule out thumbdrive and utilities as the culprit.
I have to use USB for now, no external optical drive.
Get back with ya later.
mchael
Still no dice. Same line on booting -- boot:
Hit enter and it states: could not find kernal image: /isolinux/vesamenu.c32
Guess I'll wait for it to develop further, unless you guy's have some suggestions. It is a beautiful warm day here in SE coastal North Carolina. I am going to rest my eyes, and catch some rays.
Michael
There is a great app called eee-tray.
Website: http://www.statux.org/content?page=cata … catagory=1
Follow the EEE PC ACPI Tray Icon link (mouse over the name) and follow the instructions for adding repo and pub key. Works great.
Tried XFCE i686 on USB, and it would not boot on my eee pc 1005HA. Used both pendrive linux installer on windows partition, usb installer on UNR partition, and CLI from wiki. No boot. Now working on i486. Will let you know how it gets on.
Don't forget to enable the Boot Booster again after install.
Michael
When you reboot tap the F2 key until you enter bios. Go over to boot tab. Drop down to Boot Booster. Hit shift key and + / = key (next to backspace) to disable . Hit F10 and then Enter to save. Now When splash comes up tap ESC key till boot menu appears. Select USB and enjoy your install. Happy #! 'ing.
Michael
Can someone please help move my tint2 panel from bottom of screen to the top? I want to keep its present configuration, just put it up top.
thanks in advance,
Michael
Update: When i first tried to install TestDrive from CLI it could not find the package. While searching through all the OO files in synaptic the very last entry was testdrive'. !! So it is installed now.
Highly recommend this little app.
Cheers, Michael
Found a niffty little command line recovery tool called TestDrive. You can find the full post here: http://totalinux.org/2009/11/recover-lo … -photorec/.
I tried it out in Karmic on my desktop. Worked perfectly. It recovered 80 photos and 3 small vids, half of which where over a year old!. My camera data stick is pretty small: 256mb. So that may explain why a lot of other pics where not there. Maybe.
At any rate, could this be included in the next #!? I went to their home page and tried to install the.bz2 file, but they only have a x86_64 file! But my Karmic install is x86. Go figure. Their home is at: http://www.cgsecurity.org.
Cheers, Michael
Came acroos a review of our beloved distro at TuxMachines;
http://matthewhughes.co.uk/2009/11/27/r … ang-linux/
I will reserve comment here. Just wish I could be a more articulate spokes person. Hard to say just the right things sometime 
Cheers, Michael
51, Wilmington, North Carolina
Install gecko media player. This will automatically install gnome-mplayer. You will find your problem is no more.
Cheers
This really is a philosophical argument. For now at least.
Let me say here something that I have said before. Having watched Ubuntu's development since 7.04, I feel strongly within myself that it is moving toward a proprietary like nature. Every one can disagree if you want. I have no problem with that. But, I strongly feel that this is taking place. There are many little things that lead me to think this way. And then there are some, shall I say, "intangibles", things that I can not quite put my finger on, so to speak. More akin to an intuitive insight. Spaceman can say what he will, I am sticking to my guns on this. Remember Mac's are Unix based. And Shuttleworth has a thing for Mac.
1.Are there too many Linux distributions?
2. Is the Linux community spreading itself too thin to its own detriment?
3.Ask yourself, if there was only one Linux distribution, which one should it be?
4.If you can answer the previous question, ask yourself, are you already using it?
5.If not, why not?
On the first point -- I agree with anonymous. Too many package managers.
second point -- Perhaps not. But the larger community is filled with a personality type that is constantly eroding its reputation. Image is everything. Ms = buisness suite; Mac = cool demeanor; Linux = dirty hippies with a bad attitude.
Thirdly -- singularity = target. Our strength is in our diversity. This somewhat negates point one, but, notwithstanding, it is a truth nontheless. Variety keeps us virus free. It also dilutes our capacity to reach John Q Public. We need a unified front, minus the fanaticism of FSF or the snobbery of elitist Debian.
Point four -- in agreement with IgorP. This is the longest and most peaceful I have evry been with any distro. Corenominal, I salute you and your fine work, and this fantastic community. A gem in the Linux crown.
Point five -- For me the point is mute.
Michael
Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
Michael
Thanks for the reply. The command i was looking for is: sudo bash -c 'echo "ndiswrapper -a" >> /etc/modules'
I finally remembered after a while 
But befor that, I went to ubuntu website and downloaded the ndisgtkapp for jaunty. Put it on a stick and loaded the old lappy with that. Not as geeky as command line fu, but just as effective:lol:
Thanks again.
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