Wary 019: Xorg vesa driver seems to be problematic, see quote. Also unable to power off automatically. Again, this is tested on my non-Norhtec Edubook, so other Edubook users may have different results.. X: symbol lookup error: /usr/X11R7/lib/xorg/modules/drivers// vesa_drv.so: undefined symbol: xf8...

LoneRifle : Regarding the RDC Xorg driver. Here are the instructions Barry sent me: It's easy to compile, although it is really designed for Xorg 7.3. These are the notes I made compiling it for 7.5: # ./configure --prefix=/usr/X11R7 --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --build=i486-t2-linux-gnu ...

Barry, if you can, could you PM me the instructions to compile the RDC driver? I'll like to have a go at it myself..

Since this thread seems to be vaguely related to the topic of making a comeback, thought this might interest readers: http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Up-or-Out-Solving-the-IT-Turnover-Crisis.aspx Barry, by my understanding, you decided to move on from the project because you felt that you have given...

Reporting everything working well on the Edubook. However, noticed that drivers for my wireless card don't support WPA. Is there a guide to replacing the drivers with ones that do support it? Thanks. pakt sent me a pm about that: Indeed, sound and wireless work. I have the Realtek 8188S adapter whi...

Reporting everything working well on the Edubook. However, noticed that drivers for my wireless card don't support WPA. Is there a guide to replacing the drivers with ones that do support it? Thanks.

Ever since BarryK and others have reported on heat problems on the Edubook, the thought of using frequency scaling to control power consumption has crossed my mind. there is a programmer's reference, found here: ftp://ftp.dmp.com.tw/DMP_Vortex86_Series_Software_Programming_Reference_091216.pdf That ...

pskin, the module you had loaded on your puplet for the Edubook is not available on BarryK's unofficial 432 release. Can you make it available here?

Hello folks, just dropping in, since you guys are discussing the Edubook.. I received my unit a few days ago from an alternate supplier, and have taken a few benchmarks on it. Windows XP though, since it didn't come from NorhTec.. sorry =( Photos of the unit and benchmark screenshots are at http://w...