Re: [Hampshire] Seeing all processes running.

2010-08-25 Thread Damian Brasher
Simon Reap wrote: >> On 25/08/2010 16:15, Clive Woodfine wrote: >> My eeePC 701 (UNR installed) has started running something that is >> using 100% cpu as shown by System Monitor/Resources. All attempts >> using all likely variations of the ps command and top have failed to >> identify any process

[Hampshire] Losing button events...

2010-08-25 Thread Vic
Hi All. I've installed Fedora 13 on an old Dell Latitude laptop. I'm having some trouble with it. Frequently, when I click the left mouse(pad) button, the button I'm pressing doesn't work - it changes colour to indicate the press, but doesn't do anything until I move the mouse pointer. Looking a

Re: [Hampshire] Seeing all processes running.

2010-08-25 Thread Simon Reap
On 25/08/2010 18:13, Clive Woodfine wrote: On 25 August 2010 17:29, Russell Morris wrote: Is this Ubuntu? I've seen System Monitor itself cause the CPU to show at 100%. On 25 August 2010 17:25, Simon Reap wrote: Yes it is a version of Ubuntu specifically for the eee 701. It has worked wel

Re: [Hampshire] Seeing all processes running.

2010-08-25 Thread Clive Woodfine
On 25 August 2010 17:29, Russell Morris wrote: > Is this Ubuntu? > > I've seen System Monitor itself cause the CPU to show at 100%. > > > On 25 August 2010 17:25, Simon Reap wrote: Yes it is a version of Ubuntu specifically for the eee 701. It has worked well until about 2 weeks ago, possibly oc

Re: [Hampshire] Seeing all processes running.

2010-08-25 Thread Russell Morris
Is this Ubuntu? I've seen System Monitor itself cause the CPU to show at 100%. On 25 August 2010 17:25, Simon Reap wrote: > On 25/08/2010 16:15, Clive Woodfine wrote: > >> My eeePC 701 (UNR installed) has started running something that is >> using 100% cpu as shown by System Monitor/Resources

Re: [Hampshire] Seeing all processes running.

2010-08-25 Thread Simon Reap
On 25/08/2010 16:15, Clive Woodfine wrote: My eeePC 701 (UNR installed) has started running something that is using 100% cpu as shown by System Monitor/Resources. All attempts using all likely variations of the ps command and top have failed to identify any process using anywhere near this value

[Hampshire] Seeing all processes running.

2010-08-25 Thread Clive Woodfine
My eeePC 701 (UNR installed) has started running something that is using 100% cpu as shown by System Monitor/Resources. All attempts using all likely variations of the ps command and top have failed to identify any process using anywhere near this value. As usual all suggestions gratefully receive

Re: [Hampshire] Laptop BIOS settings

2010-08-25 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 25/08/10 09:19, Hugo Mills wrote: On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 09:14:10AM +, Andy Smith wrote: Hi Sean, On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 09:55:09AM +, Sean Gibbins wrote: I can't answer the the question as to why this is present, but I suspect that there will be something that explains

Re: [Hampshire] Laptop BIOS settings

2010-08-25 Thread Ian Park
On 25/08/10 10:55, Sean Gibbins wrote: > On 24/08/10 22:05, Leo wrote: >> I've just got a new laptop and in the bios there is an option to >> select what OS is installed with three options: >> Other >> WinXP >> Vista / Win7 >> >> Does anyone know what difference this makes, and is Other the best to

Re: [Hampshire] Laptop BIOS settings

2010-08-25 Thread Hugo Mills
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 09:14:10AM +, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi Sean, > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 09:55:09AM +, Sean Gibbins wrote: > > I can't answer the the question as to why this is present, but I suspect > > that there will be something that explains the reason for this on the > > la

Re: [Hampshire] Laptop BIOS settings

2010-08-25 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Sean, On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 09:55:09AM +, Sean Gibbins wrote: > I can't answer the the question as to why this is present, but I suspect > that there will be something that explains the reason for this on the > laptop manufacturer's Web site or in the manual. If it's anything like th

Re: [Hampshire] Laptop BIOS settings

2010-08-25 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 24/08/10 22:05, Leo wrote: I've just got a new laptop and in the bios there is an option to select what OS is installed with three options: Other WinXP Vista / Win7 Does anyone know what difference this makes, and is Other the best to choose for Linux? Hi Leo, I can't answer the the ques

Re: [Hampshire] Laptop BIOS settings

2010-08-25 Thread Ian Park
On 24/08/10 23:05, Leo wrote: > I've just got a new laptop and in the bios there is an option to select > what OS is installed with three options: > Other > WinXP > Vista / Win7 > > Does anyone know what difference this makes, and is Other the best to > choose for Linux? > > Thanks, > Leo > > -