Recently my MacPro 5,1 (still running High Sierra) starting crashing on an OSX Update of some kind. It started mid-April and I’m not sure which one it was, but the Mac wouldn’t boot as it ended up in the crash screen for the installer with some sort of error on finding a file that wasn’t…
Category Archives: EEE
EEE 1201N Updates – New BIOS & Hackintosh info
There is a new BIOS up for the 1201N – version 321 (previous released was 318). The description on the site only says “Update brightness table.” so it dosen’t sound to exciting. Meanwhile, in the Hackintosh area, the 1201N has finally gotten it’s own official thread over at Insanely Mac- 209533. There is now a…
Wiki for tracking useful tidbits about the 1201N and Gadgets
I’m adding to my wiki, which is a easier way to store useful links, notes and processes than this blog. For instance, I have a page for the 1201N and for Ubuntu. There is more content coming and start to get my issues with the 1201N and Ubuntu 9.10 fixed…
Current Issues with 1201N and Ubuntu 9.10
Issues that I’m trying to fix: 1. Dual monitors (using the VGA out)Issue: Connecting a monitor or projector to the VGA is a PITA. The Nvidia Control panel detects it, but cannot enable it without re-writing a new Xorg.conf file, which is owned by root, and so the new file must be written to /tmp…
EEE PC 1201N vs Macbook Air
I’ve been trying to use the 1201N as my daily machine, at least in place of my Macbook Air. There are several advantages the 1201N has over the Air, and several disadvantages Pros – 4GB of RAM – Plenty of disk space – Smaller size Cons – No wifi after sleep, or sometimes after disconnecting…
EEE PC 1201N Motherboard Photos
Some photos I took when upgrading the HD on the EEE PC 1201N. There is a spot for a 3G connector on the MB, but nothing is soldered onto the MB to accept a SIM chip. 1201N Motherboard top: This is what you see after you remove the keyboard, unscrew the screws for the shield…
Flash 10.1 Beta2 plugin for Chrome Browser in Karmic
So if you have the 1201N you really should have the Flash 10.1 Beta2 plugin, which supports the ION chip in your Netbook and plays back flash video content near flawlessly and with minimal CPU overhead. After you download the flash beta, you extract it and run a simple installer from a shell that wants…
ION, Xinerama, Xwindows and Multiple Monitors on 1201N
The EEE 1201N has both a VGA as well as HDMI out. In X on Ubuntu Karmic I wanted to start with just using the VGA to connect to an extra panel I have. It’s older and doesn’t have HDMI. There were just two issues with this however. 1. The Nvidia Control Panel in Karmic…
Karmic PAE Kernal and 4G Ram, Wifi on 1201N
I recently added more RAM (4G) and a new HD (320G, 7200rpm) to the 1201N. This required re-installation of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic onto the 1201N. The installation went without a hitch- I had previously re-installed Window 7 Professional, and Ubuntu went in and found it. Ubuntu also correcly detected the 4G of RAM and install…
EEE 1201 – Configs to Set
Now that you have Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) installed on your EEE PC 1201N, there are a bunch of little things you can do to make it a much more useable system. This post will keep track of these little things as I come across them. Setup Nvidia ION Drivers Enable Multi-touch on Synaptics trackpad…
EEE 1201N – Wifi working in Karmic Ubuntu
To get your wifi working on the 1201N in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) is really pretty easy, once you have the right driver for windows and use the NDISWrapper packages for Ubuntu. I found the critical link here on LaunchPad. The wierd thing is that the wifi in the 1201N is a Realtek 8191, and is…
EEE 1201n Ubuntu Karmic – Good Results
So the EEEbuntu 3 install (based on Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty) was too flakey, and while I had the ION working great, I still had no ethernet or wifi. EEEbuntu is working on release 4 (based on debian) but they haven’t even released a beta yet. So, being bored I wiped the EEEbuntu and replaced it…
Updating Nvidia ION Drivers on EEE 1201n – Ubuntu
Using EEEbuntu (9.04) on the new EEE 1201N with Nvidia ION? You may have noticed that the built-in gfx driver is crushingly slow. But you can grab the latest Nvidia Linux drivers (which support the ION) without too much effort. Below is exactly what I did to my system to get this working. Do this…
EEE 901 Ubuntu and Netbook Remix
I was fortunate enough to pick up an EEE 901 for a work project and have spent some time with this machine. I chose the Linux version with 20G, which comes broken down into 2 different ‘drives’ (they aren’t really SSD drives, just chips that plug into the ePCI sockets, but they emulate real PATA…