slackware-friendly netbook
in [Slackware]
|
Prev: Slack 13 breaks ss
Next: What's the point?
From: notbob on 24 Mar 2010 16:15 On 2010-03-24, Sylvain Robitaille <syl(a)alcor.concordia.ca> wrote: > You gave up too easily? I do recall that you were looking at this, but > I don't recall seeing you report having tried it and run into problems I've had a buncha minor problems like the install from flash drive stalling out after choosing pkgs, etc. Bought a USB DVD burner, but it won't burn 13 on the brand DVDs I have. Tried my SW 13 CDs, but those stall out, too, I forget where. Like I said, minor probs I haven't had time to address due to family illness issues. > I'm afraid I would be no help there, then. I have no need for dual > booting, so don't bother with that kind of complexity and wasted disk > space. (maybe you did report that here, but I skipped those threads due > to the dual-booting?) For now, I'm jes using the eee w/ XP. I needed to refamiliarize myself, anyway. I don't do anything risky like pirate downloads or M$ updates or IE or email or the like, so it's ok at this point. I'm using emacs and slrn for nntp and irc. If I have even the slightest problem with any kind of slimeware, I'll jes wipe the whole damn thing and install linux. Thanks for asking, anyway. ;) nb
From: Grant on 24 Mar 2010 16:48 On 24 Mar 2010 06:36:23 GMT, Joost Kremers <joostkremers(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >Douglas Mayne wrote: >> * One example of a dialog which is too big is the dialog which is >> required to setup a posting profile for the newsreader, Pan. Of course, >> there are a lot of possible workarounds. One simple way is to use the >> external VGA adapter temporarily; another is to use tightVNC; or just >> know where the active button is by pressing "tab." YMMV. > >or, much easier: just press the ALT key, then click and hold anywhere in the >window and drag it across the screen until you can see the button you need to >press. Thanks, Joost. Perhaps this should be in the FAQ? 'Cos I remember being caught by it long time ago when screens were smaller. And now many have these mini-PCs to play with. Grant. -- http://bugs.id.au/
From: Sylvain Robitaille on 25 Mar 2010 02:09 Grant wrote: >> ... just press the ALT key, then click and hold anywhere in the >> window and drag it across the screen until you can see the button you >> need to press. > > ... Perhaps this should be in the FAQ? I'm not sure: it isn't really a Slackware issue, so much as it is a window-manager issue. I don't know if it works with all window managers (I normally use Fvwm, but have been using Xfce on the netbook). I think I can reasonably report that it works with KDE, Xfce, and Lxde, but not with Fvwm (at least not in its default configuration, nor in my custom one). > 'Cos I remember being caught by it long time ago when screens were > smaller. And now many have these mini-PCs to play with. You might be right that it belongs in the AOLS FAQ ... but not tonight. Time slips away too quickly as it is ... :-( -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sylvain Robitaille syl(a)encs.concordia.ca Systems analyst / AITS Concordia University Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science Montreal, Quebec, Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: greymausg on 25 Mar 2010 05:54 On 2010-03-23, Sylvain Robitaille <syl(a)alcor.concordia.ca> wrote: > .Martin. wrote: > >> .... Has anyone got a netbook that works fine with Slackware? > > I've been happy with Slackware-13.0 on my Asus EeePC. > Keyboard too small -- greymaus .. . ....
From: Sylvain Robitaille on 25 Mar 2010 10:42
greymausg(a)mail.com wrote: >> I've been happy with Slackware-13.0 on my Asus EeePC. > > Keyboard too small That wasn't the question. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sylvain Robitaille syl(a)encs.concordia.ca Systems analyst / AITS Concordia University Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science Montreal, Quebec, Canada ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |