[Wylug-discuss] dual boot eeepc

[Anne Wilson]

On Thursday 13 November 2008 16:23:02 Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> Gary
>
> > Is it a straight-forward install or are there special
> > config's/drivers required
>
> Using Kubuntu/Ubuntu it works first time.  Just Madwifi that causes a
> problem...
>
> http://wiki.eeeuser.com/
> http://wiki.eeeuser.com/getting_ubuntu_8.04_to_work_perfectly
> http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu:kubuntu:home
>
> You may wish to stay away from KDE 4.1 and wait for KDE 4.2 which will
> be a lot better.  Other than that you can use Windowmaker or XFCE for
> a desktop.  XFCE looks a lot like Macintosh.
>
> "  sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install build-essential
> wget 'http://snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-current.tar.gz'
> tar zxvf madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-current.tar.gz
> cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-*
> make clean
> make
> sudo make install
> sudo reboot "
>
> But, this is *trivial* and works really well.  The 901 version of the
> EeePC is superb :)

I ran KDE 4.0 from a usb pen-drive on the original 701, and was amazed how 
well it coped.  It even did "wobbly windows" when my desktop box wouldn't :-)

The lack at that time was the ath5k driver, which, I understand, would have 
given me wireless access, but didn't come into the kernel early enough.  When 
I've a bit of spare time I'll update the drive and see whether it works now 
:-)

Anne
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