I can’t pass up an interesting, cheap and small laptop. I’ll always have a use for them somewhere. Recently I’ve managed to pick up two Lenovos, and it’s interesting to see how varied and strange the laptops are from one another. They are both from the same manufacture, yet might as well be from completely…
Category Archives: ubuntu
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…
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…
BloGTK – Using in Karmic
A nice GTK application for blogging is BloGTK. It’s written in python and it’s fast and a decent replacement for MarsEdit when not on my Mac (not that there are many choices for GTK blogging apps). The 2.0 release is available on LaunchPad, but it requires a few extra python packages to run on a…
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…