On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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 > Apply the 'What's in a name?' argument made popular by Bill Shakespeare. See the Wikipedia article on x86-64 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64>. They're all the same. -- - tony "I come from the nowhere, I go to the noplace, und here I am!" Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (Popeye, 1939) _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
