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Topic: Feedback Statler Alpha 1 i686 install Eee Pc 900A

Test machine Eee Pc 900A
Machine Specs:  CPU Atom n270 1GB ram  4GB SSD
Bios version: 0403
Wireless 802.11 b/g
Time required to install OS: 5-6 minutes
Time required to boot to login: 33sec (quick boot disabled)
Time required to shutdown: 24 sec

OS space required on disk 1.51 GB (Used entire disk,no swap)
Standing desktop cpu usage 2% AVG
Standing desktop memory usage 66MB
Windows Manager: Open Box
Wireless: working WPA WPA2 ( this was only netbook distro I have tested that WPA2 works upon install!!!)

FN keys
F1 Sleep: no sleep (I assume because there is no swap file?)
F2 Wireless: wireless toggles off but not back on
F3 and F4 Screen Brightness: working properly
F5  External Monitor: Working
F6 Webcam untested (machine does not have a webcam)
F7 Mute Sound: not working
F8 F9 Sound adjustment: not working
F11 Number lock: working
F12 Scroll lock Unable to determine in working ( I believe this key is useful when working in spreadsheets)
PRT Sc Screenshot: working
Sys Rq System Request: launches Screenshot

Shortcut Keys:working

Screen resolution: 1024x600

Flash: Working
Sound: Working (very low at first until I added controls)
Headphone Jack:working
Mic jack: untested
Battery Icon: working
Wireless Icon: working

USB: does  detect flash drives


Overall I love the small footprint and resource needs. Thanks to developers for this great distro.

RLanger



All in all the Crunch Alpha install went very well and got my 900A up in and running quickly. As a newer linux user it went very smooth.

Last edited by RLanger (2010-04-03 12:31:26)

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Re: Feedback Statler Alpha 1 i686 install Eee Pc 900A

Hello RLanger smile

Thank you for the extensive feedback, it is much appreciated. Regarding your USB issues, please feel free to post in the "help & support" forum and be sure to use a descriptive title, such as "Statler: external USB drives not recognised" or something similar -- I am sure someone will try and assist with debugging.

P.S. Welcome to the forums! smile

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Re: Feedback Statler Alpha 1 i686 install Eee Pc 900A

RLanger wrote:

Test machine Eee Pc 900A
F6 Unsure what this key is for??
....

The F6 key is for the webcam on my netbook; I think this is standard on all netbooks.

RLanger wrote:

USB: does not detect flash drives or external drives when attached.
I am not sure why this would not work after install?
Then again I don't know jack about developing an operating system.

Note my linux experience is very limited. ....

Accessing USB drives in CrunchBang is not the same as in Windows, Mac or Ubuntu - when you connect it, you get no indicator that it is mounted.  Have you opened the file manager with a USB storage device inserted?  If so and it is mounted, you will see it on the left side of the window.  I'm just mentioning this because you indicated limited experience with Linux.

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Re: Feedback Statler Alpha 1 i686 install Eee Pc 900A

Thanks Fox for the input. I see am small box on the F6 key with the letters AP in it. Anyway the machine does not have a webcam so I guess it should be labeled untested.

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Re: Feedback Statler Alpha 1 i686 install Eee Pc 900A

RLanger wrote:

USB: does  detect flash drives

See  if Installing  the "halevt" -package helps....

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Re: Feedback Statler Alpha 1 i686 install Eee Pc 900A

I stand corrected,it does mount them I am just having issues writing to them. Issue moved to help and support

thanks

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Re: Feedback Statler Alpha 1 i686 install Eee Pc 900A

fox, weird you should say that because last night I installed !statler on my dell mini 9 and usb drives were auto-mounted and opened with the file manager.  i had manually mounted them previously and they've auto-mounted since.  is that the reason(or how it should work)?

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Re: Feedback Statler Alpha 1 i686 install Eee Pc 900A

@RLanger: I recently moved from eeepc 900a to 1005P, and one thing I'm gonna miss is eee-control (still ubuntu-only the last I heard). It was terrific for FN keys, fan control and power level control and worked extremely well with #! 8.10 and 9.04. -- I always thought the 900a, with a few tweaks, was a terrific little machine....

@Corenominal: I know you have a lot on your plate, but have you thought at all about doing some sort of touchpad on/off toggle for Statler laptoppers?

Cheers!

-D&P

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Re: Feedback Statler Alpha 1 i686 install Eee Pc 900A

dippedandfried wrote:

@Corenominal: I know you have a lot on your plate, but have you thought at all about doing some sort of touchpad on/off toggle for Statler laptoppers?

I am using my desktop machine at the moment, so I have not tried this, but you could try the following to turn off your touchpad:

synclient TouchpadOff=1

To turn it back on:

synclient TouchpadOff=0

If the above works, you could bind them to some shortcut keys, or write a small toggle script. Please let us know how you get on. smile

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Re: Feedback Statler Alpha 1 i686 install Eee Pc 900A

hmm

I guess that would be possible.. you'd (read I'd) make some bash script like thing with something like an script that goes somehitng like this:

if (synclient TouchpadOff ==1) { synclient TouchpadOff=0 } else { synclient Touchpadoff = 1}

and make a link to it in a taskbar or what not smile

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Re: Feedback Statler Alpha 1 i686 install Eee Pc 900A

Andreas wrote:

hmm

I guess that would be possible.. you'd (read I'd) make some bash script like thing with something like an script that goes somehitng like this:

if (synclient TouchpadOff ==1) { synclient TouchpadOff=0 } else { synclient Touchpadoff = 1}

and make a link to it in a taskbar or what not smile

You could also map the two synclient calls to two different keyboard combinations. Just edit rc.xml and then reconfigure OB.

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Re: Feedback Statler Alpha 1 i686 install Eee Pc 900A

@corenominal: Thanks for the tip. All I've done (and I'm happy as a clam with it) is put this line in my autostart.sh, which I've given an "Edit autostart" selection on the top level of my ob menu:

synclient TouchpadOff=0 &

I run with the pad on 90% of the time, so it's not a big deal to do a quick autostart.sh edit, change the number to 1 or 0 as needed, logout/login, and I'm good to go.

BTW, "syndaemon -d &" in autostart.sh also works great every time to shut off the touchpad when typing. 

cheers!

-D&F

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