[SLUG] Asus Eee PC 900
A friend who had one of the above, but thought it unsuitable, gave it to me. I find it very suitable for certain things and want to continue using it. However, it came with Windows XP and I'd prefer to run Linux on it. At the same time, I don't want to wipe XP and then find the computer doesn't work properly with Linux. I solved that problem on a laptop I use by using Wubi to install Ubuntu. I looked for a way to install Ubuntu Netbook Remix on the Eee by using Wubi, but there doesn't seem to be one. Are people running versions of Linux on this or similar computers that they've been able to install easily while keeping Windows? Thank for reading this, Leslie. -- To see papers written by me on, among other things, literary allusions in Australian reasons for judgment, start here: http://ssrn.com/author=1164057 To see photos taken by me of, among other things, Sydney now (as well as comparative photos taken by others of Sydney then), start here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23623...@n03/sets/72157604225021655/ -- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Dell Latitude 2100
Someone posted something about the above. I went looking to see what I could find about it from Dell itself and found this: http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2009/05/18/latitude-2100-dell-netbook-for-schools.aspx Among other things, I noticed that the version of Ubuntu being offered is 8.10. -- To see papers written by me on, among other things, literary allusions in Australian reasons for judgment, start here: http://ssrn.com/author=1164057 To see photos taken by me of, among other things, Sydney now (as well as comparative photos taken by others of Sydney then), start here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23623...@n03/sets/72157604225021655/ -- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Missing desktop icons
I upgraded from v 8.04 of Ubuntu to v 8.10. When I did, my desktop icons disappeared. I found others complaining of a similar problem in an inconclusive bug report. It seemed that useful information could be found in the .xsessions-errors file. I renamed my existing one and rebooted. The new file said this: /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... Setting IM through im-switch for locale=en_AU. Start IM through /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL linked to /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default. Unable to create /home/leslie/.dbus/session-bus x-session-manager[6188]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file /home/leslie/.config/autostart/cgmailservice.desktop: Key file does not have key 'Type' x-session-manager[6188]: WARNING: could not read /home/leslie/.config/autostart/cgmailservice.desktop x-session-manager[6188]: WARNING: Unable to find provider 'gnome-wm' of required component 'windowmanager' ** Message: another SSH agent is running at: /tmp/ssh-EDDApc6188/agent.6188 Window manager warning: Failed to read saved session file /home/leslie/.config/metacity/sessions/10e4797185d28433e12415935686932260061880010.ms: Failed to open file '/home/leslie/.config/metacity/sessions/10e4797185d28433e12415935686932260061880010.ms': No such file or directory (gnome-panel:6345): Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to allocate widget with width -3 and height 24 Unable to open desktop file /usr/share/applications/ooo-writer.desktop for panel launcher: No such file or directory x-session-manager[6188]: WARNING: Application 'libcanberra-login-sound.desktop' failed to register before timeout Failure: Module initalization failed Tracker version 0.6.6 Copyright (c) 2005-2007 by Jamie McCracken (jamie...@gnome.org) This program is free software and comes without any warranty. It is licensed under version 2 or later of the General Public License which can be viewed at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt Initialising tracker... Could not set idle IO priority...attempting best effort 7 priority starting HAL detection for ac adaptors...found /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_ac_adapter_ACAD Throttle level is 5 (gnome-panel:6345): Gdk-WARNING **: /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.14.4/gdk/x11/gdkdrawable-x11.c:878 drawable is not a pixmap or window 6345 PID TTY TIME CMD 6313 ?00:00:00 pulseaudio seahorse nautilus module initialized Initializing nautilus-share extension ** (nautilus:6650): WARNING **: Unable to add monitor: Not supported Nautilus-Share-Message: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error No such file or directory Please ask your system administrator to enable user sharing. That's all quite beyond me. It seems as though I have a number of errors, though which, if any of them, relate to my missing desktop icons I don't know. Can anyone suggest any steps I should try in light of the above file to get my desktop icons back? Thanks for reading this, Leslie -- To see papers I've written on, among other things, literary allusions in Australian reasons for judgment, start here: http://ssrn.com/author=1164057 To see photos I've taken of, among other things, Sydney, then and now, start here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23623...@n03/sets/72157604225021655/ -- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
