Comments on: Fedora 12 on the Acer Aspire One http://jorge.fbarr.net/2009/12/01/fedora-12-on-the-acer-aspire-one/ The life of a geek, father and husband Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:56:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Luis Humberto http://jorge.fbarr.net/2009/12/01/fedora-12-on-the-acer-aspire-one/comment-page-1/#comment-2686 Luis Humberto Thu, 27 May 2010 14:33:38 +0000 http://jorge.fbarr.net/?p=828#comment-2686 Hi, I installed fedora, with LXDE desktop spin, I followed some of your tips... like the mouse tapping... I want to ask for your help... 1.. empathy works but I can't use the webcam... apparently some telepathy-butterfly crashes when I open it.... 2... How can i dissable keyring everything I log in.... Thanks for your hepl.... Hi,
I installed fedora, with LXDE desktop spin,
I followed some of your tips… like the mouse tapping…
I want to ask for your help…
1.. empathy works but I can’t use the webcam… apparently some telepathy-butterfly crashes when I open it….
2… How can i dissable keyring everything I log in….
Thanks for your hepl….

]]> By: Nathan Hawks http://jorge.fbarr.net/2009/12/01/fedora-12-on-the-acer-aspire-one/comment-page-1/#comment-2683 Nathan Hawks Fri, 21 May 2010 18:45:57 +0000 http://jorge.fbarr.net/?p=828#comment-2683 I haven't disabled journaling yet -- shame on me -- and a couple of these steps are obsolete at least on the ZG8 model -- but thanks for the very useful writeup. Here's what I found to be obsolete: Installing synaptics for tap-click: it's installed by default on the (non-XFCE) live installer. However, the feature is disabled by default, in Gnome go to System > Preferences > Mouse > Touchpad to enable it. Function-arrow to adjust sound (or brightness) worked 100% out of the box, as did Fn-F6 to power off the display. An additional note, if you prefer Google Chrome over Firefox, you can now disable cache by adding this to your Chrome shortcut icons: --disk-cache-dir="/dev/null/" As in: /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --disk-cache-dir="/dev/null/" %U I haven’t disabled journaling yet — shame on me — and a couple of these steps are obsolete at least on the ZG8 model — but thanks for the very useful writeup. Here’s what I found to be obsolete:

Installing synaptics for tap-click: it’s installed by default on the (non-XFCE) live installer. However, the feature is disabled by default, in Gnome go to System > Preferences > Mouse > Touchpad to enable it.

Function-arrow to adjust sound (or brightness) worked 100% out of the box, as did Fn-F6 to power off the display.

An additional note, if you prefer Google Chrome over Firefox, you can now disable cache by adding this to your Chrome shortcut icons:

–disk-cache-dir=”/dev/null/”

As in:

/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome –disk-cache-dir=”/dev/null/” %U

]]> By: linuxophile http://jorge.fbarr.net/2009/12/01/fedora-12-on-the-acer-aspire-one/comment-page-1/#comment-2627 linuxophile Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:55:46 +0000 http://jorge.fbarr.net/?p=828#comment-2627 Hello Jorge! I've been reading your posts since F8 and I GREATLY appreciate them. One thing I'm curious about... You're segment about disabling journaling assumes that the partitions aren't in LVM. Do I need to take the partitions out of LVM somehow or is there a better way to disable journaling on an ext4 volume in LVM? Thanks in advance! Hello Jorge!

I’ve been reading your posts since F8 and I GREATLY appreciate them.

One thing I’m curious about… You’re segment about disabling journaling assumes that the partitions aren’t in LVM.

Do I need to take the partitions out of LVM somehow or is there a better way to disable journaling on an ext4 volume in LVM?

Thanks in advance!

]]> By: starman http://jorge.fbarr.net/2009/12/01/fedora-12-on-the-acer-aspire-one/comment-page-1/#comment-2624 starman Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:33:44 +0000 http://jorge.fbarr.net/?p=828#comment-2624 Great step-by-step guide :-) After using the original Acer Linpus XFCE setup for a while I had a situation where the system became partially unusable (while I was mucking around with installing new packages). So facing the prospect of a reinstall I finally decided to try a different distro and Fedora 12 XFCE seemed like a good idea. Here are some things to be aware of which aren't covered by your guide: I tried to upgrade from the original Acer Linpus installation to Fedora 12 but ran into a few problems: a. When you make the Live USB from the ISO it uses the version of syslinux on Linpus (which is F8 based) and this is too old to boot the F12 ISO (I ended up with a blank menu). So you have to obtain a newer version of syslinux, then ensure it is in the path to replace the original and then make your Live USB image which will then boot to F12. b. However, I still couldn't then install to hard disk from the Live USB. It complained that the hard disk was still mounted (which it wasn't) and that it was unable to modify the partition table. The long and short of this is that I had to upgrade to F10 as an intermediate step which then allowed me to boot onto my F12 Live USB and then install to the HD. It was all good for a while and then I decide to change the desktop wallpaper to one of the XFCE ones. I selected the new wallpaper and.... nothing happened! Tried reverting to the original and now I find that my desktop background will not refresh at all. Additionally my file manager now hangs. It attempts to read the file system but hangs as it reads. Applications like Firefox and terminal will display OK in the foregroun but I have no desktop in the backgroun or file manager capability which is a bit of a problem. I don't know my way around the XFCE internals enough to know where to look. Do you have any ideas where I should look to see what the problem is? Great step-by-step guide :-) After using the original Acer Linpus XFCE setup for a while I had a situation where the system became partially unusable (while I was mucking around with installing new packages). So facing the prospect of a reinstall I finally decided to try a different distro and Fedora 12 XFCE seemed like a good idea.
Here are some things to be aware of which aren’t covered by your guide:

I tried to upgrade from the original Acer Linpus installation to Fedora 12 but ran into a few problems:
a. When you make the Live USB from the ISO it uses the version of syslinux on Linpus (which is F8 based) and this is too old to boot the F12 ISO (I ended up with a blank menu). So you have to obtain a newer version of syslinux, then ensure it is in the path to replace the original and then make your Live USB image which will then boot to F12.
b. However, I still couldn’t then install to hard disk from the Live USB. It complained that the hard disk was still mounted (which it wasn’t) and that it was unable to modify the partition table.

The long and short of this is that I had to upgrade to F10 as an intermediate step which then allowed me to boot onto my F12 Live USB and then install to the HD.

It was all good for a while and then I decide to change the desktop wallpaper to one of the XFCE ones. I selected the new wallpaper and….
nothing happened! Tried reverting to the original and now I find that my desktop background will not refresh at all. Additionally my file manager now hangs. It attempts to read the file system but hangs as it reads. Applications like Firefox and terminal will display OK in the foregroun but I have no desktop in the backgroun or file manager capability which is a bit of a problem.
I don’t know my way around the XFCE internals enough to know where to look. Do you have any ideas where I should look to see what the problem is?

]]> By: Quang Vu http://jorge.fbarr.net/2009/12/01/fedora-12-on-the-acer-aspire-one/comment-page-1/#comment-2623 Quang Vu Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:30:59 +0000 http://jorge.fbarr.net/?p=828#comment-2623 Thanks Jorge for all. I would need to have a Citrix client on my Acer/Fedora 12. I have installed OpenMotif and the latest ICA Client but I could not launch any Citrix server app. But somehow the "wfica" program was not associated with the ".ica" files and the server app is not started. Can you help me ? Thanks Jorge for all.
I would need to have a Citrix client on my Acer/Fedora 12. I have installed OpenMotif and the latest ICA Client but I could not launch any Citrix server app. But somehow the “wfica” program was not associated with the “.ica” files and the server app is not started. Can you help me ?

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