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by gillespiem
Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:47 am
Forum: Linux on a WebDT366?
Topic: Debian5-WebDT366-LXDE-1.1
Replies: 44
Views: 143843

Re: Debian5-WebDT366-LXDE-1.1

quotaholic  - I hadn't touched my webdt in a few weeks, and wanting to know about your progress I installed the Debian LXDE image you had posted - congratulations, things look great. Good job on the image. I've got one question though - are you able to CTRL-ALT-F7 out back to the console on your dev...
by gillespiem
Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:06 pm
Forum: FAQ
Topic: Reset Button function?
Replies: 3
Views: 17054

Re: Reset Button function?

Has anyone used the reset button, located on the back? It is hidden behind a round sticker. I was curious what type of a reset does it perform. Thanks for pointing out it's existence. I tampered w/ the BIOS settings regarding video, and could only get the device to white screen. The good news is - ...
by gillespiem
Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:37 am
Forum: Linux on a WebDT366?
Topic: Attn. Everyone who reads this, we need Ubuntu help! Add to the bug in launchpad
Replies: 5
Views: 18465

Re: Attn. Everyone who reads this, we need Ubuntu help! Add to the bug in launchpad

When booting I tried both safe mode and passing vga=normal on the boot command at startup. That should have forced a 640x480 screen. Just a dumb question, have you tried setting vga=769 ? I had an issue on the knoppix live cd I was using to copy my drive image off the network and onto the harddrive...
by gillespiem
Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:34 pm
Forum: Linux on a WebDT366?
Topic: places where you can build your own linux
Replies: 1
Views: 8316

Re: places where you can build your own linux

Based on the fact that you only have ~500M of storage on the webdt 366 (if you don't add a Compact Flash card, which I ended up doing), your best bet is probably to generate your own linux filesystem by hand, selecting only the very basic items that you need. I'm currently working on a minimalistic ...