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by SteveM
Mon 10 Nov 2014, 09:49
Forum: Drivers
Topic: Touchpad - ACER Aspire One
Replies: 4
Views: 5276

Touchpad - ACER Aspire One

I'm not sure whether this is a driver problem or not... When I boot my ACER Aspire One then more often than not it comes up with the touchpad disabled. If I hold down the Fn button and press the key to enable the touchpad twice then the touchpad comes on. Interestingly, if the pad were switched off ...
by SteveM
Tue 04 Nov 2014, 16:18
Forum: Network
Topic: Frisbee Network Manager - Beta 2
Replies: 462
Views: 445594

This problem has now been resolved... In the PupControl panel I went to Network Setup and selected the wireless lan device and clicked the wlan0 button and, for reasons unknown to me, it then downloaded and installed a different version of Frisbee after which I ended up with two network control icon...
by SteveM
Tue 04 Nov 2014, 15:42
Forum: Network
Topic: Frisbee Network Manager - Beta 2
Replies: 462
Views: 445594

Re Puppy Version... uname -a SAYS... Linux puppypc18698 3.2.33-4g GRUB says: lxpup 13.01 Re What kind of wireless? I'm not sure how to answer the question? Re rfkill list It reports... 0: phy 0: wlan Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no which would lead one to expect that the wireless networking would...
by SteveM
Tue 04 Nov 2014, 09:59
Forum: Network
Topic: Frisbee Network Manager - Beta 2
Replies: 462
Views: 445594

Wireless Status

Is this the right place to ask?... I'm using Frisbee on LXPUP and it works fine apart from one thing... When booting up, the initial status of the wireless networking is OFF and I need to click the Frisbee networking control and choose Enable Wireless after which it connects and everything is fine. ...
by SteveM
Tue 04 Nov 2014, 09:48
Forum: Misc
Topic: How do I run Chrome as root?
Replies: 6
Views: 3598

How do I run Chrome as root?

Just to say... The original Acer Aspire One netbook came with a really easy to use version of Linux that I thought would be ideal for my mum as she is not at all computer literate. However, frustration had grown because it could not handle a modern browser - and browsing is her main activity. Even G...