asus eee pc 1005ha

[dan moylan-4]

i just bought a little asus pc to accompany me on a trip to
the west coast and have set it up with ubuntu 9.04.  all is
fine execept for two things:

  - the built in #$@!%&* finger-wipe mouse pad is driving
    me crazy, what with my clumsy thumbs
  - the wireless connection seems to hang up when scp'ing
    GB files

there is a button on the upper left of the keyboard, which
is advertised to disable the local mouse pad, but it does
nothing.  anyone know how to enable it?

i can avoid scp'ing big files but ...

tia,
ole dan

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[Jerry Feldman-2]

Nearly every computer has the capability to plug in an external mouse,
but usually the built-in is not disabled.
It this a 32-bit or 64-bit system. I don't see why you would not be able
to transfer large files (at least under 3GB). We could possibly look at
that in the upcoming installfest. Instead of using scp, have you tried
using rsync:
'rsync -az  source:filename .'
of 'rsync -az -e ssh source:filename .'
This would be equivalent to 'scp source:filename .'

In any case, we need to isolate if the problem is either:
with scp
with your home network
with the the ASUS wireless drivers.

I've used both rsync and scp to transfer some fairly large files on
Ubuntu 9.04 wireless with no issues although my work network is now
limited to <=2Mbps due to a recent "upgrade" here in Boston. Basically,
they did upgrade the system  by adding another T1 (we used to have 3T1s
shared at the facility), but now we can only get a 2Mbps slice unless we
pay extra. - We are probably going to bypass and go with RCN)

On 10/19/2009 11:13 AM, dan moylan wrote:

> i just bought a little asus pc to accompany me on a trip to
> the west coast and have set it up with ubuntu 9.04.  all is
> fine execept for two things:
>
>   - the built in #$@!%&* finger-wipe mouse pad is driving
>     me crazy, what with my clumsy thumbs
>   - the wireless connection seems to hang up when scp'ing
>     GB files
>
> there is a button on the upper left of the keyboard, which
> is advertised to disable the local mouse pad, but it does
> nothing.  anyone know how to enable it?
>
> i can avoid scp'ing big files but ...
>
>  

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[dan moylan-4]

jerry writes:
> Nearly every computer has the capability to plug in an
> external mouse, but usually the built-in is not disabled.

right.  i have an external mouse, which works fine, but
since the built-in is also working, it's continually being
touched (hard to avoid) by my clumsy thumbs while typeing.
on my ibm t41 you can disable the internal in the bios
set-up, which i do, preferring the little red button, but
unfortunately, there is no such provision on the asus.

the asus "manual" does say that the silver button on the
upper left of the keyboard can be used to disable the
touchpad, but that must work only under windows.  i was
hoping someone might have a secret way to get it working
under ubuntu.

> It this a 32-bit or 64-bit system. I don't see why you would
> not be able to transfer large files (at least under 3GB). We
> could possibly look at that in the upcoming installfest.

> Instead of using scp, have you tried using rsync:
> 'rsync -az  source:filename .'
> of 'rsync -az -e ssh source:filename .'
> This would be equivalent to 'scp source:filename .'

> In any case, we need to isolate if the problem is either:
> with scp
> with your home network
> with the the ASUS wireless drivers.

i have four computers running on my home network, all
running ubuntu 9.04.  amongst the other three, scp presents
no problems, presumably exonerating both the home network and
scp, and leading me to suspect that the problem is with the
asus wireless.  i've also recently noticed that the wireless
connection periodically drops out for no good reason, though
ifconfig shows it to be still there.  /etc/init.d/networking
restart always brings it back ok.

thanks for your suggestions.
ole dan

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[jay-118]

I know the asus uses atheros wired and wireless chips, which are relatively new and not as extensively tested.  Not saying they are the problem, more likely its just the wireless connection,  but its a possibility.

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i just bought a little asus pc to accompany me on a trip to
the west coast and have set it up with ubuntu 9.04.  all is
fine execept for two things:

  - the built in #$@!%&* finger-wipe mouse pad is driving
    me crazy, what with my clumsy thumbs
  - the wireless connection seems to hang up when scp'ing
    GB files

there is a button on the upper left of the keyboard, which
is advertised to disable the local mouse pad, but it does
nothing.  anyone know how to enable it?

i can avoid scp'ing big files but ...

tia,
ole dan

j. daniel moylan
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617-232-2360 (tel)
810-454-1823 (fax)
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[Gregory Boyce-3]

I definitely had issues with the wireless on my eeepc when I first got it
due to immature wireless drivers.

You may have better luck with Ubunt 9.10.  Its still beta, but its
scheduled to be released the 29th, so its close at this point.  It's
rather nice on my eee pc 1000.

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009, jay@... wrote:

> I know the asus uses atheros wired and wireless chips, which are
> relatively new and not as extensively tested.  Not saying they are the
> problem, more likely its just the wireless connection,  but its a
> possibility.
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: dan moylan
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> Subject: asus eee pc 1005ha
> Sent: Oct 19, 2009 11:13 AM
>
>
> i just bought a little asus pc to accompany me on a trip to
> the west coast and have set it up with ubuntu 9.04.  all is
> fine execept for two things:
>
>  - the built in #$@!%&* finger-wipe mouse pad is driving
>    me crazy, what with my clumsy thumbs
>  - the wireless connection seems to hang up when scp'ing
>    GB files
>
> there is a button on the upper left of the keyboard, which
> is advertised to disable the local mouse pad, but it does
> nothing.  anyone know how to enable it?
>
> i can avoid scp'ing big files but ...
>
> tia,
> ole dan
>
> j. daniel moylan
> 84 harvard ave
> brookline, ma 02446-6202
> 617-232-2360 (tel)
> 810-454-1823 (fax)
> jdm@...
> www.moylan.us
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[Jerry Feldman-2]

On 10/19/2009 03:18 PM, dan moylan wrote:
> i've also recently noticed that the wireless
> connection periodically drops out for no good reason, though
> ifconfig shows it to be still there.  /etc/init.d/networking
> restart always brings it back ok.
>  
That could cause scp to hang.

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[jay-118]

I know its possible to disable the touchpad, I believe you can do it though the X config.  I also suspect some one has figured out how to get the toggle button to work.  I'd try a search for synaptic touchpad 1005ha, on the ubuntu forums or something similar in google.

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jerry writes:
> Nearly every computer has the capability to plug in an
> external mouse, but usually the built-in is not disabled.

right.  i have an external mouse, which works fine, but
since the built-in is also working, it's continually being
touched (hard to avoid) by my clumsy thumbs while typeing.
on my ibm t41 you can disable the internal in the bios
set-up, which i do, preferring the little red button, but
unfortunately, there is no such provision on the asus.

the asus "manual" does say that the silver button on the
upper left of the keyboard can be used to disable the
touchpad, but that must work only under windows.  i was
hoping someone might have a secret way to get it working
under ubuntu.

> It this a 32-bit or 64-bit system. I don't see why you would
> not be able to transfer large files (at least under 3GB). We
> could possibly look at that in the upcoming installfest.

> Instead of using scp, have you tried using rsync:
> 'rsync -az  source:filename .'
> of 'rsync -az -e ssh source:filename .'
> This would be equivalent to 'scp source:filename .'

> In any case, we need to isolate if the problem is either:
> with scp
> with your home network
> with the the ASUS wireless drivers.

i have four computers running on my home network, all
running ubuntu 9.04.  amongst the other three, scp presents
no problems, presumably exonerating both the home network and
scp, and leading me to suspect that the problem is with the
asus wireless.  i've also recently noticed that the wireless
connection periodically drops out for no good reason, though
ifconfig shows it to be still there.  /etc/init.d/networking
restart always brings it back ok.

thanks for your suggestions.
ole dan

j. daniel moylan
84 harvard ave
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810-454-1823 (fax)
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On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:12 PM,  <jay@...> wrote:
> I know its possible to disable the touchpad, I believe you can do it though the X config.

In Ubuntu, the menu
Systems > Preferences > Mouse | Touchpad tab
uncheck [_] Enable Touchpad

( I sometimes wish i could use it for scroll without using it as mouse.)

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[dan moylan-4]

jay writes:
> I know its possible to disable the touchpad, I believe you
> can do it though the X config.  I also suspect some one has
> figured out how to get the toggle button to work.  I'd try
> a search for synaptic touchpad 1005ha, on the ubuntu forums
> or something similar in google.

thanks.  i found an excellent post describing how to set up
syndaemon, which i have done.  works like a charm.  typing
was almost impossible before, now it's a pleasure.

ole dan

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