[ Closed ] CrunchEee 8.10.01 Release Candidate 1 (Page 4 of 5)

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.

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.

Hello dewang

I am not sure if this will help as I have a different model, but are you hitting the escape key too early? On my system I have to hit escape when I see the ASUS bios screen.

P.S. Welcome to the forums!

Hi there,

I have a 701 4G eee with ubuntu-eee installed and wanted to try out cruncheee. (mainly as I find the default interface with ubuntu eee too restricting and it's slow.)

Anyway, I downloaded the iso and unetbootin from the start of this thread and put on a usb stick. (I checked the md5 sum and it was fine). I then did a check on the usb stick after booting from it on the eee and it shows all correct.

However when I run the install it gets as far as showing me the linux cursor (that X) on a blank screen and hangs. When I kill the x-server I see the following:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/ubiquity-dm", line 267, in (module)
   ret = dm.run(*sys.argv[3:1])
File "usr/bin/ubiquity-dm!, line 193, in run
   "No window manager found (tried metacity, xfwm4, matchbox-window-manager)"
_main_.MissingProgramError: No window manager found (tried metacity, xfwm4, matchbox-window-manager)

* Starting System Tools Backends system-tools-backends [fail]
* Starting deferred execution scheduler atd                       [OK]
* Starting periodic command scheduler crond                     [OK]
* Checking battery state...                                                  [OK]

If I launch it off the usb stick directly the live version loads and runs perfectly.

Any ideas?

*edited for typo*

Last edited by eoin (2009-01-07 11:13:41)

Thanks for the quick reply.
And wa-hey is now installed and working.

I installed this on an sd card fully (as opposed to running live) and it works perfectly. I am very pleased. The only thing that gives me some trouble is that the touchpad seems a bit sensitive and I don't know how (or if) I can adjust it. I used a 1000 model and installed by using a usb cdreader and using install from the main menu.

Last edited by Gumbercules (2009-01-07 23:20:28)

Hi Khtaam, I don't have a 901 personally, but I have read about this problem before. It is a problem with the eeepc kernel, not with Cruncheee specifically: http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=50486

if you're referring to the Logitech vxNano mouse, it should just work "out of the box"

as far as i'm aware, the nano receiver just acts as a intermediary between your wireless mouse and the computer. as far as the computer is concerned, it thinks the mouse is connected by a wired usb cable. at least, that's what happened when i had mine.

No....or I would be very tempted to order one right now.

I installed Cruncheee on this 701 4G linux model (one of the first eee to show up).  I noticed in the package manager there is

- eeepc-acpi-scripts
- eee-control
- eee-applet

Has anyone try these?  (Just asking before I try installing them). 

Bottom line: do I need all of them?  There are some overlap between these three, correct?

Sheng-Chieh

There is eee pc 901 go which has a internal 3g modem, atleast here in sweden.

Crap, now I need to go and spend all my money on that, and 3g-internet-access