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After update of kernel to 2.6.22-15 on Asus eeePC in eedXubuntu 7.10 wifi stopped working.
downloaded sources from sourceforge,

tar -xf madw*
cd mad*
sudo make all
sudo make install

hsven't got result; modprobe and other hints also are not working.
tried scripts from there -
http://code.google.com/p/eee-osd/downloads/list?can=1&q=&colspec=Filename+Summary+Uploaded+Size+DownloadCount
they are also not working.
now Just using previous version of the kernel to work with wifi.

Going to reinstall from scratch ubuntu 8.04

I am using Claws mail to read my gmail through on my eeeXubuntu on eee pc.

It is very compact and for me is better than ThunderBird.

When I created account by default, the mail client created folder named "gmail" in my home,
that uses a lot of space even with plain text formatted messages inside.

To resolve , I decided to move mail on sd card I have.

That way I just typed following three strings in bash shell,
and space on SSD disk was freed:

cd ~
mv gmail /media/disk/
ln -s /media/disk/gmail gmail

Used this guide:
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/KVM to run virtual machine on my CentOS box.

Xubuntu run in 3-5 min's, that is 5-10 times faster than with native quemu virtualization from box.

For now I will use it as default virtual machine.

Tips for creation of new machine:

su
qemu-img create -f qcow2 disk.img 5G
qemu-kvm -hda disk.img -cdrom
/media/Elements_/images/eeexubuntu-7.10.3/eeexubuntu-7.10.3-desktop-i386.iso
-m 512 -boot d

I have two GNU/Linux laptops (Xubuntu) and one GNU/Linux desktop (CentOS).

Need to synchronize them to keep the integrity of the information on the machines.

Tried git, but found it too strong too keep my little docs and code snippets.
That way decided to use well known and stable GNU tools rcs and rsync.
man rcs
man rsync are prerequisites ;

Why rcs? Because repository could be synced with code/docs, and it is GNU.
Why rsync? It is GNU solution for syncing files.

Two basic session snippets for usage:

init files for directory:

cd fldr_for_sync
mkdir RCS
# --
rcs -i file # add new file under rcs
# -- it is the same with --
touch another_file; ci anoter_file

basic rsync dir with subdirs; it is not overwrites old files in dest dir;
permissions and links kept;

rsync -avz path_to_fldr_src path_to_dest

Just to try what is new in word of virtual machines ( In my opinion it is not long now :) )

No idea why it can be best solution for any of common tasks.

Used file for filesystem, non-xen kernel (due to still having no network on -xen with my card).

Extremely slow.30 minutes to load Xubuntu Gutsy in machine.
(2-3 minutes on low-end Asus eeePC).

Host is CentOS 5.1 AMD Opteron x64 machine. Target i686 500 mb memory eeeXubuntu (Xubuntu gutsy 7.10).

xorg.conf for 915resolution got from eeeusers forum not worked been intalled on eeexubuntu 7.10 v.3.

Found that it enables gl that is not installed from the scratch.

sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libglu1-mesa

solved the problem.

Than X server restarts well.

xorg.conf for 915resolution got from eeeusers forum not worked been installed on eeexubuntu 7.10 v.3.

Found that it enables gl that is not installed from the scratch.

sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libglu1-mesa

solved the problem.

Than X server with gl installed restarts well.

Network failed to be fixed even with installed last atl2.ko module compiled on another laptop.

Thats way while it is not fixed decided to try another, rpm based distro, that is Eeedora (Fedora (RedHat based) based for eee).

followed there:
http://wiki.eeeuser.com/eeedora:installing

~$ sudo syslinux /dev/sdb1

Got it in zip, following eeeusers wiki , then simply unzipped it on flash drive.

inserted in nearest right USB slot, waiting.
Nothing appears.

Seems this manual broken also in this point (it is a lot little mistakes around),
it was no record about making this disk bootable.

Ok, thats way I will try it next time :) Now already returned back to eeeXubuntu 7.10 (rel3) that seems most used now (except of Xandros) distro for eee.

I'll play with it later :)

After reading forums and eeeusers wiki, decided to move back to eeeXubuntu 7.10

It is no confirmed successful upgrade for now.

The problem with network even not described (however it is no such problem on my other HP laptop after upgrade to Xubuntu 8.04).

That way I am going to rollback and wait for new distro of eeeXubuntu 8.04.

Result:

Network still not working.

Functional keys are also not working.

Rolled back change in sysctl related to SSD.

However got network working by loading with previous kernel version from GRUB.

Thats way already have access to network on eeepc for issues resolving.

All staff downloaded well.

Than update manager asked questions:

It proposes change in sysctl first. sysctl.conf was updated, due to last kernel changes, update manager shown the diff for the update, accepted it.

df -k in terminal shows less and less memory remaining.

Only worring if the update manager calculated all well,
and it would be enough space for the device.

about 48 minutes remaining.

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22 minute until end:

Update manager asked about changes in volume up, mute and down.

Confirmed changes, copied diff of configuration changes in file.

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17 minutes until end.

alsa-mixer copied change, confirmed change.

13 minutes until end.
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7 minutes until end:

message:
postgresql 8.2 is absolute, please reinstall

it seems that hardy 8.3 was fixed?

On my postgresql was installed without problems,
have to check, if it is working.

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about 3 minutes remaining

Finish!

Restarted:
impressions:

First problems

The Update manager of my eeeXubuntu Gutsy requested 900 mb to be free'd.

I have 1 gb swap for the hibernation, thats way I don't have enough space for the upgrade.

solution

Thats way I have removed previously installed applications:

sudo apt-get remove
claws-mail*
djview
xpaint
freemind
emacs
vlc

sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get clean

of cause I am going to install this all back
after the finishing upgrade from the Gutsy.

then from mozilla -> tools -> Clear private data

This way 1gb+ storage were free'd on the device
(I am storing all data on card, thats way /home/ doesn't contain a lot of the data).

It is proceeding with the install now.

However, next time I'll prefer
to configure the update manager to store it's files on the sd card.

Through update manager.

First it requested me to install Xubuntu desktop.

I removed thunderbird, brasero and usplash, that made this metаpackage "uninstalled".

Thats way I've returned back to terminal and

sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

Than returned back to upgrade through update manager.
now it is installing, and I am waiting for finish.