Hi all...

[RoverDog]

  Finally posting from the Asus 701...

Still a few issues with booting but I found the problem. During install the installer saw the 64GB on board stick as /dev/sdd... but once the 8GB installer stick was removed, it changed the 64GB stick to /dev/sdb.... Boot up times out after 10 minutes but it finally finds and mount the partitions correctly on the 64GB stick.

Easy fix. More impressive is that Firefox 44 loads in under 15 seconds on a 900Mhz Celeron.... 

[RoverDog]

Thanks justme2. After installation bootup from the internal 4GB SSD is quite a bit faster, probably around a minute. Quite acceptable and comparable to the Mandriva KDE3 that was on there previously.

But I ran into another "noob here" problem. I left the partitions the the same as for the previous installation. The 4GB SSD allocated to 3.5GB root & .5GB swap and the built in 64GB memory stick to /home. Ran out of disk space on root as soon as I tried to update the system...

Since it's got 2GB RAM, I will 1st get rid of the swap and move something else less used off to the 64GB stick. Preferably some mount that will not affect bootup times too much.

Any ideas on this scheme very welcome 

Thanks ralphy, going from 7 inch then 12 inch (x2), to 14 inch and then to a 42 inch screen!

[justme2]

@RoverDog download the ISO, check that the MD5SUM matches, use Etcher https://etcher.io/ to burn the ISO to USB, drink beer

Ha ha ... drink beer.... I will get very drunk waiting for the eeePc 701 to boot. Takes 11 minutes to get to start the desktop... About 15 minutes to show the welcome screen! Something is not right. It boots the old Mandriva 2010.2 in less than 2 minutes into KDE3. Tried 2 different USB ports just in case the 1 was stuck at USB 1.1. No change.

One of the mods that I have done to the 701 was soldering a 64gb stick to the motherboard to an unused USB port. So it boots via the 4GB on board SSD and /home is mounted to the 64GB stick. Don't know if it somehow interferes with the LL starting up? I installed Mandrake way back from a DVD attached via USB. It was slow but not that slow.

Just took the plunge and started the install...

Going OK. Got interesting guessing where the OK button is while setting up the partitions since the screen is too small. Afterwards I connected an external screen, much easier now 
Now going much quicker than booting... 

Hi RiverDog - Suggest you try LL2.8 installed to SDHC in the 701 card reader, preferably a good class 10 card. My 701 boots LL2.8 from a 32GB class 10 SDHC in 65 seconds from switch on to operational with wifi connected. Some memory sticks are notoriously slow as I'm sure you know.
Sometimes you can drag a window up/down the small screen using Alt+left-mouse-button combo and moving the mouse. That usually enables finding hidden buttons.

[ralphy]

That picture is epic   so cool!

[RoverDog]

The family is growing... 

[RoverDog]

@RoverDog download the ISO, check that the MD5SUM matches, use Etcher https://etcher.io/ to burn the ISO to USB, drink beer

Ha ha ... drink beer.... I will get very drunk waiting for the eeePc 701 to boot. Takes 11 minutes to get to start the desktop... About 15 minutes to show the welcome screen! Something is not right. It boots the old Mandriva 2010.2 in less than 2 minutes into KDE3. Tried 2 different USB ports just in case the 1 was stuck at USB 1.1. No change.

One of the mods that I have done to the 701 was soldering a 64gb stick to the motherboard to an unused USB port. So it boots via the 4GB on board SSD and /home is mounted to the 64GB stick. Don't know if it somehow interferes with the LL starting up? I installed Mandrake way back from a DVD attached via USB. It was slow but not that slow.

Just took the plunge and started the install...

Going OK. Got interesting guessing where the OK button is while setting up the partitions since the screen is too small. Afterwards I connected an external screen, much easier now 
Now going much quicker than booting... 

[Jerry]

@RoverDog download the ISO, check that the MD5SUM matches, use Etcher https://etcher.io/ to burn the ISO to USB, drink beer

[RoverDog]

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Going to revive my old Asus netbook 701 which I pimped many years ago with extra ram, touch screen and bluetooth! Loaded Lite on a Dell D630 dual core 64 bit.... and it is flying!!! Impressed 

 @RoverDog,  My ASUS 701 will NOT run on LL 3.4 - but runs fine on LL 2.8! Down to the installed kernel I assume. I also successfully run LL 3.4 on a ASUS 901.

Tried LL 3.4 which just hangs on the 701. I then downloaded LL 2.8 an dd it to a stick. It sees the stick as a boot device, but during boot it comes up with 3 lines and a boot prompt.
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Unknown keyword in configuration file: Ñ
Missing parameter in configuration file. Keyword: ú
No DEFAULT or UI configuration directive found!
boot:
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Copied to stick twice. Will find the download page again and see if the check sum matches the downloaded image... 

[m654321]

I have a stack of D620 and D630 Dell's that I hand out where needed. The latest round of "heavy desktops" make these feel really slow unless you speed it up with an SSD. So guess what I am going to load on these from now on? 

I replaced the 80GB HDD, of my secondhand Dell Latitude D630, with a 500GB Samsung 850 Evo SSD.  The irony is the SSD cost £148,  twice the price of the laptop purchase.   However it was worth it, as the D630 really zips along now - see setup(4) in sig.

Mike

[RoverDog]

Thanks everybody, I feel welcome already.

Will read up on the lock vs screen saver issue. Don't really care about the screen saver, more to do with locking anyway. 

I have a stack of D620 and D630 Dell's that I hand out where needed. The latest round of "heavy desktops" make these feel really slow unless you speed it up with an SSD. So guess what I am going to load on these from now on? 

Me eeePc 701 is used mainly for navigation running Oziexplorer via Wine... It is still running Mandriva 2010.2 which works really well. Only problem is that Firefox is still at around version 3.10. Way to old to even read Gmail.

Will let you know how it goes. Thanks for the advice! 

[bitsnpcs]

Hello RoverDog,

Welcome to the forum and Linux Lite

[m654321]

Loaded Lite on a Dell D630 dual core 64 bit.... and it is flying!!! Impressed 

Welcome RoverDog & enjoy LL 
I am interested in your comment on the Dell Lattitude D630 - yep, it's been my experience too with LL on this PC - we have 4 laptop setups in our house (see signature below this message) and the Dell D630 is easily my favourite - robust, stable & troublefree operation and has been giving me a great run for my money (bought last year, £70 secondhand from Amazon)! By contrast, our Asus G750 (cost ~£1200, a UEFI computer) has given no end of problems ...

Anyway I'm sure you'll enjoy your time here - the LL crew are a great bunch

Mike

[justme2]

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Going to revive my old Asus netbook 701 which I pimped many years ago with extra ram, touch screen and bluetooth! Loaded Lite on a Dell D630 dual core 64 bit.... and it is flying!!! Impressed 

 @RoverDog,  My ASUS 701 will NOT run on LL 3.4 - but runs fine on LL 2.8! Down to the installed kernel I assume. I also successfully run LL 3.4 on a ASUS 901.

[Jerry]

Welcome
Linux Lite does not bundle a screensaver. It tends to conflict with Light Locker. If you insist on having one, consider installing Xscreensaver:

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sudo apt-get install xscreensaver xscreensaver-gl-extra xscreensaver-data-extra

[RoverDog]

Decided to try a "lite" version of Linux for a change since I have lots of older hardware gathering dust. Coming from a RPM / KDE background going back more than 20 years, I find this very delightful 

Going to revive my old Asus netbook 701 which I pimped many years ago with extra ram, touch screen and bluetooth! Loaded Lite on a Dell D630 dual core 64 bit.... and it is flying!!! Impressed 

Just one question for now... where do I configure the screen saver? LOL