Install debian base system (lenny) installer from wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePc (expert install)
add vga=788 to /boot/grub/menu.1st (kopt)
update-grub
apt-get update
apt-get install locate
apt-get install xorg xfce4
(You start xfce4 correctly with 'startxfce4' and not 'startx').
#BATTERY
apt-get install xfce4-battery-plugin
Right-click the panel in xfce > Add New Items
Add the Battery Monitor
Right-click plugin > Properties for the properties dialog
#WIFI
Just add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://apt.wicd.net lenny extras
You'll also need to add the key used for signing Wicd by running the following command in a terminal:
wget -q http://apt.wicd.net/wicd.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
apt-get update and apt-get install wicd to install Wicd
Remove eth0 lines from /etc/network/interfaces
#SOUND
apt-get install alsa
run alsamixer
add volume mixer to xfce4 panel
Change the value VOLUME_LABEL to Master in /etc/default/eeepc-acpi-scripts
By now most Eee specific things seems to work, though I have not tested webcam.
Here are the instructions for Webcam from wiki.debian.org:
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Webcam (uvcvideo)
Ever since kernel version 2.6.26 there is no need to build uvc module which is now included in.
Become root and type the following command:
modprobe uvcvideo
Then test it's working by executing:
Become root and invoke the following command:
apt-get install luvcview
As normal user you can now make use of your web cam tool
luvcview -f yuv
The camera is switched off by default after the installation. You can enable it in the BIOS, or by doing:
echo "1" > /sys/devices/platform/eeepc/camera
You should see messages about the camera being detected if you do:
dmesg | tail
If you broke your webcam settings, use mplayer -fps 30 tv:// once to restore them.
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#BROWSER
apt-get install iceweasel
1. Open “about:config” in IceWeasel’s address bar.
2. In the “Filter” box, type general.useragent.extra.firefox.
3. Where you see the word “Iceweasel”, right-click and pick “Modify”
4. Then replace the word “Iceweasel” with “Firefox”.
5. Close the page (or the tab).
#BROWSER2
Iceweasel was hard to combine with quicktime and flash, to make it simple I did:
apt-get install wine
Then you can just download windows versions of firefox, flash and quicktime(and itunes) like normal,
xfce will take care of the rest when you execute them - it will be as easy to install as in windows.
BUT - quicktime has a tendency to act up and be laggy and bug stuff up at times.
#MISC
Uncomment kernel.printk = 4 4 1 7 in /etc/sysctl.conf, then run sysctl -p
This avoids kernel spam, in my case the HAL daemon spam at boot which cluttered the login prompt.
Add 'clear' to /etc/rc.local (above exit 0) to have a clean login prompt at boot after all boot messages.
All done. Debian (Lenny) with Xfce4 is up and running nicely and everything seems to work - and fast! at least compared to XP.
It's very comfortable to use now and I'm rarely reminded of the slow SSD speed.
