On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:06 PM, Benjamin Kerensa <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Denis Heidtmann > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> John assisted in getting Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit installed on my ASUS >> EeePC 1015PEM. Not wanting to face the frustration of Unity I >> immediately downloaded XFCE 4.10. It mostly runs OK to the extent I >> have tested it, but at least some of the function keys do not do what >> they should: fnF3 should toggle the touchpad (it appears to do >> nothing) ; fnF10 should toggle the sound (it shuts it off but not back >> on, but displays the little graphic indicating speaker on/off). I had >> similar problems with my earlier attempt at Ubuntu (12.04) and XFCE >> (version likely was 4.8). I posted to their forum but got only one >> response since May. That one response sent me to >> >> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Talk:UltraNav#Script_for_switching_state_of_TouchPad_and_TrackPoint >> , >> which I found less than satisfactory. I am not wanting write a bunch >> of scripts to do what XFCE should do. >> >> The mixer indicates the speaker off when it is, and will turn it back >> on, so that is not too bad. But the touchpad is more of a problem. >> >> In Unity the keys work as expected. >> >> Ideas? >> >> -Denis >> >> > Might I ask why you didn't install Xubuntu 12.10 amd64 if you wanted XFCE? > Your still going to have tidbits that Unity needs if you throw XFCE on top > while if you use Xubuntu your getting a pure XFCE experience. > > > > -- > *Benjamin Kerensa*
Ignorance, basically, although the "amd" makes me wonder if it is suitable for an Intel machine. Thanks for the suggestion. -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
