Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:29:32 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: hp 10-in mini? Message-ID: <20091124192932.GB54631@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <4B0B542C.4030800@hdk5.net> References: <20091123225410.GA50804@thought.org> <4B0B542C.4030800@hdk5.net>
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On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 05:34:04PM -1000, Al Plant wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > Aloha Gary, > > I have one running Ubuntu Linux on the HD. It works ok on a wired or > wireless network with a Fixed IP. The automatic gui for setting up the > network failed to work and stay where it was set so I wrote the file > myself using a fixed IP etc. I also run FreeBSD 7.2 on it on a plug in > flash drive using Manolis DVD copy. I paid $400. with extra battery and > memory. I may have-to spring for one of these puppies -- with optical and mouse. At least two medicos are interested in my ideas... [Still, half-price upped my buy_now flag:) > > Haven't set up the wireless for use with Coffee Shop wan yet. > > Tech support for the mini is from India and I know more than they do > about Linux and haven't used Linux in years. > > The Mini has had no problems except the touch pad is usless. Touching > the pad is a click or several same as the buttons.) I found out that by > touching the light above it turns it off so you can use a wireless mouse > which works well. HP Tech support did not know how to disable the > touchpad. A terminal is brought up by alt/f2. What kind? xterm, konsole, or the gnome flavor? I prefer something with a solid cursor; the Gnome blinks ... and I'm too lazy to dig into the code to see where to off the blinking. this is getting interestinger and interestinger. aloha, al. > > > > > ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 > + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + > + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + > < email: noc@hdk5.net > > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php
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