Questions tagged [eeepc]
Eee pc's are netbooks or small, portable laptops usually with minimal system hardware. These are most often great for running linux due to their compact nature and good hardware.
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How to update graphics card driver in ubuntu 12.04.1
I have an Asus eee r101 pc,and wonder if anyone knows how to update the graphics drive in Ubuntu 12.04
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Install Ubuntu on Asus Eee-PC 1005PE - Dealing with special partitions
I have an Asus EeePC 1005PE netbook and I'm planning on doing a massive re-partitioning (going to install Ubuntu, Mint, XP, etc).
I've noticed it has 2 "special" partitions:
a 10Gb Fat32 ...
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Blinking cursor trying to boot from live USB
I have been trying to boot Lubuntu 16.04.1 on an Asus Eee PC 700 Series 2G Surf from a Live USB. I have tested the USB on two other computers, and Lubuntu starts smoothly, but I have been having some ...
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Enabling PAE in Ubuntu 12.04 on Asus EEE PC 1025C
I have a EEE PC 1025C which came pre-loaded with Windows 7 Starter Edition. I installed Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit as dual-boot with no difficulties. An output of uname -r gave an output of 3.4.0-030400-...
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GRUB and LVM stripped / volume
I am attempting to install lubuntu on a very old eeepc. It has a 4Gb SSD and a 16Gb SD Card.
I created a 512MB partition on the ssd to hold the boot partition sda1 (ext4). and I created an LVM volume ...
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Asus Eee PC 701 4G hangs on boot
I've got an old Eee PC 701 4G with the following specifications:
512 MB RAM
4GB SSD drive SM223AC
8GB SD card extension
Screen resolution: 800 x 480
BIOS Revision 1101 (05/16/2008)
EC Firmware ...
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Ubuntu on an Asus EEE PC 4G (701)
I'm a new user to Ubuntu, but having installed it on my main laptop I found that I really like the UI and the usability.
I have an Asus eee PC 4G that's been sitting spare for a few years now and ...
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Lubuntu install stuck on "configuring locales..."
I recently got back my old Eee pc and decided to install Lubuntu on it. All went well, until it got to the point where it configures locales. It has been at that point for more than 1.5 hours now. ...
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Lubuntu 18.04: ASUS eee PC 900 display resolution issue
Sorry if this is a dumb question - I'm completely new when it comes to using Lubuntu or any similar system for that matter. I installed Lubuntu onto my old ASUS eee PC 900 off of an SD card. I tried ...
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Ubuntu on Asus eeebookX205 with all peripherals
I am planning to get an eeebook X205 but I want to be sure that I can run Ubuntu with wireless and sound. There is an article (https://github.com/lopaka/instructions/blob/master/ubuntu-14.10-install-...
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Asus Eee Pc 1005PX Keyboard Issue
my wife gave me her laptop to fix it. There was a ugly windows 7 starter on it. I decided to drop the windows into junk and use Ubuntu Distro 18.04.
There were some hooks to get startet with the ...
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Opening a terminal on Eee PC
I have an Eee PC 1005PEB that I want to install Ubuntu on. I've tried hitting ctrl+alt+t on the Express gate screen but nothing happens. I've also tried to boot from a live CD on a usb, but nothing ...
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EEEPC 701 4G will not take a new Distro
I lost the use of three machines in the great late November update (see my other threads) I have tried all the obvious things with no luck to try to get these to boot up.
EEEPC – I was running ...
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How to debug lack of sound in Asus EEE PC
I have an Asus EEE PC 1225B with fresh Lubuntu 12.04. And no sound. It doesn't seem to be some common problem, so I have to make some research what's up. I tried running alsamixer, so I know I have ...
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No internet access, lubuntu 17.04, eeepc 1001pxd
I just installed lubuntu 17.04 without problems. The pc also connects to my wifi, but I can not go to any websites in firefox (or search for updates etc.).
I tried connecting it to the router with an ...
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Ubuntu on an Eeepc 1005HA netbook? [duplicate]
I've been given an old Eeepc 1005HA netbook running Windows XP and want to switch to a Linux OS and remove XP completely.
Is this easy/advisable?
What's the best way?
The netbook has no CD drive ...
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Backlight on/off button doesn't work on an Asus EEE PC 1005HAB [closed]
I've got an Asus EEE PC 1005HAB, and after upgrading to 11.04 I can no longer use Fn+F7 to turn on/off the screen backlight. The other Fn+FX keys I've tried so far all work. Is there some standard fix,...
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Fn + F1..12 key combinations don't work after upgrading to Ubuntu 16.10
I'm having a strange problem after upgrading my ASUS 1215N from Ubuntu 16.04 to 16.10 (Unity 7).
Basically only Fn + F1..F6 combinations worked properly, all Fn + F7..F12 didn't even showed up in ...
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EeePc Fn buttons don't work out of the box
Some of the Fn key combinations don't work on my EeePc 1005HAB.
They control important functions such as:
volume up, down, and mute
sleep
launch task manager
external monitor toggle
WiFi on/off
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Optimus not working on a EEE 1015pn after 16.04
while there are a couple answered and unanswered issues similar to mine none of them quite fit my problem (or their solutions didn't work for me).
My issue:
Using bumblebee I had no issues using ...
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EEE-PC 1000HE install questions
UPDATE
BIOS allows for booting from SD card slot, a program like Unetbootin can be used to configure a bootable SD card Ubuntu installer. lubuntu 16.04 failed to install, whereas 15.10 was ...
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Option for PCs with low disk space?
I am planning on running stock Ubuntu 12.04 on most of my PC's in order to get the five year LTS release support (and perhaps I will update one every six months out of curiousity).
I have an eeePC ...
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Install Ubuntu onto Old Asus EeePC 1215N?
I have my old netbook that's showing it's age I guess. Windows 7 seems boggy and slow (not that it was ever fast here).
Below is some of the hardware. I am looking for something more light weight ...
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Nvidia Ion Asus Eee PC Seashell series 1215n and Optimus
I'm using ubuntu, lubuntu , kubuntu:
Linux sysop 3.19.0-33-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Fri Nov 6 18:18:12 UTC
2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
on a Asus Eee PC Seashell series 1215n that has an ...
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Audio not working after switching to Ubuntu 15.10
I have some audio problems in my netbook (Asus eeepc). I used to work with lubuntu 14.04 and audio was perfectly working after pulseaudio installation. I decided to change to Ubuntu Mate 15.10. After ...
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Asus eeePC - Screen Brightness Issue
I have ASUS 1015CX Netbook on which I have installed Ubuntu 12.04LTS. All seem to work fine however there is an issue with brightness settings; changing the brightness (both through settings and with ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Asus Eee PC 1005 weird keyboard
After upgrading to 12.04 on my netbook the keyboard got weird behaviour
Before logging in to any session everything's OK (i tested the input in vt1) but as i log in with any session (unity or unity-...
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ubuntu mate no sound intel hda
I've purchased an older netbook from asus: EeePC x101CH with an intel HDA sound chip. I installed ubuntu mate 15.04 and tried already several things to get te sound working, but to no avail. I already ...
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Eeepc Ubuntu 14.04 Problems: Video, audio, screen flicking and suspend failure
I install Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on my Eeepc 1101HA with processor Intel Atom CPUZ520 and I have some problems:
Screen is flicking, shacking.....
Video doesn-t work, is very slow and impossible to see ...
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How do I set my EeePC fan to aggressive cooling in Ubuntu 15.04?
I have installed Ubuntu 15.04 and have faced a rather nasty problem: the computer shuts down in just some minutes (or almost immediately in case of active usage) because of overheating (I can notice a ...
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Installing Xubuntu on a 4 GB storage device (Eee PC 701)
Now that Xubuntu needs 4.3 GB of storage to install, I can't install it on my 4GB Eee PC any more. The alternate installer just crashes spectacularly no matter how I try to install it. Is there any ...
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Keyboard and Touchpad not working
My Eee PC will allow me to turn on the computer to login page, but I cannot get the keypad or the touch pad mouse to move. I have turned it off, taken out the battery then restarted it and the same ...
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Screen colours shifted
I have an Eee with Ubuntu 14.04 installed, and recently I noticed a shifted in the screen colours: the whites are still white and the black are still black, but now light colours are in shades of ...
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How do I setup software RAID 0 or JBOD with BTRFS?
I've a 4GB SSD drive which is BTRFS formatted and is running Lubuntu 15.04 and a 8GB SD card (which I've always inserted) formatted as BTRFS. I want to setup software RAID 0 or JBOD, so I've more ...
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How to install Ubuntu 12.04 to EEE PC 1225B?
How to install Ubuntu 12.04 to EEE PC 1225B?
I tried to install from USB Flash and USB CD -
Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Mint.
Installation is going well, but after installing the OS will not ...
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My ubuntu runs in slow motion on ubuntu 13.04 asus 1015cx
My specs:
my Asus EeePC 1015CX certified by ubuntu 12.04 lts
asus 1015 cx with gma 3600 graphic card
intel atom dual core
ubuntu 13.04
My problem:
I need to use ubuntu 13.04, not 12.04.
ubuntu 13....
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How do I make a video using my webcam? [duplicate]
I have an EEE PC 701 and want to record video using the built-in webcam. I have installed Lubuntu 14.10. I already have installed avconv and I want to use avconv.
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Lubuntu on ASUS 1215
I have a ASUS Eee PC 1215P netbook (Seashell series) and liked to migrate from it's original MS-Windows 7 to Ubuntu/Lubuntu. There are documents on Ubuntu official website website which certifies that ...
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Set resolution to 1024x600 in eee pc x101CH
I tried to add the resolution with xrandr and then setting it but it gives the no gamma recognized error.
I tried with 12.04 beta and 11.10 with no results.
Also it seems that there's not much info ...
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Performance issue with Asus netbook
I've installed Ubuntu 14.02 LTS on my Asus netbook (Eee PC). I have slow responses on the desktop, and the video play back is juddering. Any advice?
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FN + F7 don't work (before allowed me to turn on/off display)
Here's my problem: I had Ubuntu 8.04 on this Notebook Asus 1015 px and the combination fn + f7 worked well and I could turn on/off the display at my leisure. Then I formatted and started a "new ...
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Eeepc Video errors - Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Installed Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS on an Eeepc 1101HAB I had laying around. Installation was fine. I have two issues:
Video is super slow. The fade in and fade out of the application windows is like 4fps. ...
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Install Ubuntu on second SSD on Asus eeepc 901
I have an Asus eeepc 901 which previously had Windows XP installed - I'd like to replace this with Ubuntu 14.04 now that XP is out of support.
The eeepc model that I have has two SSD drives - one 4GB ...
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Asus Eee pc 1005peb screen really dark despite brightness set to full
I have here an Asus Eee pc, model is the 1005peb version. Now for the most part it runs fairly decent and quick, not much issue with it except one major one.
Every time I restart or turn on the ...
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Asus eeepc 1025c touchpad not working, synaptic driver not found
Anyone has the solution for running a touchpad on asus eeepc 1025c old machine lubuntu 32 bit
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Which version for a netbook (Eee PC 1001 HA)?
I have been using easy peasy 1.6 on my old EeePC 1001 HA. Things are working well. The only thing, the updating software seems not to be working.
That is why I am looking for another ubuntu version ...
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eee pc 1000h wlan not working
I have a eee pc 1000h with lubuntu 14.04 on it (migrating from windows xp). wlan is not working, even if with lspci it detects the wlan card (01:00.0 network controller : Ralink corp. RT2790 Wireless ...
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Asus Eee won't boot
I have a Asus Eee PC running Ubuntu but I wanted to change to Lubuntu, so I created a bootable USB pen drive with Lubuntu (that works fine, I tryed it no my desktop).
I was able to boot on my Eee PC ...
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Can't get external wifi antenna to work, or find one that works
I have an external wifi antenna (alfa), which worked with windows but not with ubuntu.
My computer is a small laptop eee pc. The antenna plugs in usb.
Supposedly I have the driver for it, but I am ...
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WiFi country changed to US, how do I change it back?
My EeePC running Ubuntu 14.04 suddenly didn't see my wireless network on channel 13 any more, about July 23 2014.
iw reg get says it's set to country US.
iw reg get on my other laptop running Ubuntu ...