Squeeze on a EEE PC 901, trackpad problems

2012-11-16 Thread zxcvbob
I just installed Debian with the Xfce desktop on a EEE PC model 901. I've got things working pretty well, but I can't enable tap-to-click on the trackpad. I go to Settings-Mouse in the Xfce menu, and there is no tab or checkbox for tapping. I'm guessing I need to enable something in X? (I just

Re: Squeeze on a EEE PC 901, trackpad problems

2012-11-18 Thread zxcvbob
specify left-click on single-finger tap and a right-click when tapping the right bottom corner. Hope this helps. Good luck. Guido On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 12:05 AM, zxcvbob zxcv...@charter.net wrote: I just installed Debian with the Xfce desktop on a EEE PC model 901. I've got things working pretty well

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-02 Thread zxcvbob
Rick Thomas wrote: I was googling for an inexpensive laptop for a friend and came across the chromebook C710 from Acer: http://www.staples.com/Acer-C710-2847-116-Chromebook/product_125265 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215914 • Intel Celeron 847 1.1GHz •

Re: Anybody have a chromebook? Can it run Debian?

2013-02-02 Thread zxcvbob
Chris Bannister wrote: On Sat, Feb 02, 2013 at 09:06:55PM -0600, zxcvbob wrote: I have a different model Chromebook with an Atom processor and a SSD. It should run Debian just fine; I have Debian on an older netbook, but good luck installing it! (My info is about a year old and from memory

? Debian on dual-socket Xeon server hardware

2013-02-28 Thread zxcvbob
Geeks.com has refurbished 1U mini rack-mount servers, about 5 years old, for cheap enough that I want to get one to play with. Two 4-core Xeon processors (do not support hyperthreading) and either 4GB or 8GB of RAM, a small hard drive, RAID controller, no sound, and very low-end integrated

Re: ? Debian on dual-socket Xeon server hardware

2013-02-28 Thread zxcvbob
Bob Proulx wrote: Debian is a *great* OS to run on those machines. I run Debian on many different racked production servers. In particular the advantage is that Debian Stable is production stable with security upgrades for about two years. That is a perfect time span for me personally for