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  1. Thread: U300s

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    [ubuntu] Re: U300s

    I've got the clementine orange i7 model and haven't had any issues with the fan. I did have the SSD die on me about a week ago, though. Had to have it replaced...
  2. Thread: U300s

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    [ubuntu] Re: U300s

    You can bring it back, though! Just run this:

    synclient TapButton3=2And it will work again. If you want to make the change permanent, make your /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50_synaptics.conf file...
  3. Thread: U300s

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    [ubuntu] Re: U300s

    Saw something interesting in the Precise Pangolin Beta 1 release notes:
    Has anyone tried this out yet? If so, how does the touchpad behave?
  4. Thread: U300s

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    [ubuntu] Re: U300s

    Someone posted a fix for the suspend problem in the launchpad bug comments. Here's the link to the fix: http://thecodecentral.com/2011/01/18/fix-ubuntu-10-10-suspendhibernate-not-working-bug

    Note...
  5. Thread: U300s

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    [ubuntu] Re: U300s

    I got it working by going to Sound Settings -> Hardware, then choosing "Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output + Analog Stereo Input" as the profile. That switched the output device from the internal speaker...
  6. Thread: U300s

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    [ubuntu] Re: U300s

    I'm with you on this. Every now and then I hear it fire up, but it mostly runs quiet.

    edit: Here's my sensors output (after running sensors-detect):


    dan@dantop:~$ sudo sensors...
  7. Thread: U300s

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    [ubuntu] Re: U300s

    I found an Xorg setting that helped a lot with the drag/drop problem. I added the following to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf:



    Option "LockedDrags" "true"
    ...
  8. Thread: U300s

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    [ubuntu] Re: U300s

    I actually do see the hibernate option in the UI on 11.10. And yes, it does work properly, too.
  9. Thread: U300s

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    [ubuntu] Re: U300s

    I see lots of good info has been added to this thread. Believe it or not I still(!) haven't gotten my laptop back from Lenovo. They've already replaced the motherboard and the SSD (though it took...
  10. Thread: U300s

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    [ubuntu] Re: U300s

    Done, at least for the suspend issue. I didn't really get a chance to test the mic before I sent mine back for repairs. I'll be sure to test that once I get it back.
  11. Thread: U300s

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    [ubuntu] Re: U300s

    Awesome ptoche, I'll give it a shot once I get mine back. Does edge-scrolling and/or multi-touch still work with that module?
  12. Thread: U300s

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    [ubuntu] Re: U300s

    Sadly I had to send mine back to Lenovo for repairs (blowing away the Windows/Recovery partitions wasn't a problem). The issue with the screen randomly going black was driving me nuts. Supposedly...
  13. Thread: U300s

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    [ubuntu] Re: U300s

    I tried a "clickpad" synaptics driver patch that fixed right click problems on a bunch of HP laptops, but it didn't work for me. I think the reason is that the U300s touchpad is being detected as a...
  14. Thread: U300s

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    [ubuntu] Re: U300s

    Ok, I installed 11.10 last night, my issues are as follows:
    1) Hibernate and suspend both don't work. When I try to suspend I get stuck at a black screen, and when I hibernate it appears to work,...
  15. Thread: U300s

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    [ubuntu] Re: U300s

    I bought the orange, 256GB model from www.newegg.com Saturday night. It just got delivered this afternoon. I'm giving it a spin right now in Windows, but I'm going to try putting Ubuntu on it later...
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    Re: My first program

    This is all true, but with the way he's using them it may make more sense to just do
    if selection.lower() == 'quit':
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    [ubuntu] Re: wicd will not maintain wireless with wicd

    Most likely your signal strength is showing up as 0 in iwconfig when you're connected wirelessly. If that keeps up for 12 seconds wicd declares the connection dead and tries to reconnect you. You...
  18. Thread: Python feedback

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    Re: Python feedback

    It says don't mix spaces and tabs, and that unless you're maintaining legacy code (and the OP is not) you should favor 4-space indentation. Which is what I said, I think?
  19. Thread: Python feedback

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    Re: Python feedback

    Try to keep your indentation consistent. It looks like you have a mix of spaces and tabs in there. Also the convention in Python is to use 4-space indentation, not 8, and definitely not actual tabs.
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    Re: Connection Manager: a new wireless manager

    I think it's because our debian packager wanted us to wait until he built a package for us to use, and it's not ready yet. I'm not 100% sure on that though, Adam (compwiz18) could say for sure.
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    Re: PyGTK Asynchronous I/O?

    Could be, I didn't check when I tested it. It wouldn't be any worse than the "while 1:" one loop he was using. Like you said, if it does hog too many cycles it could easily be replaced with...
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    Re: PyGTK Asynchronous I/O?

    You have to do a few things for threading in a gtk app to work correctly. See here: http://faq.pygtk.org/index.py?file=faq20.006.htp&req=show

    Also, you really don't need threads for this. The...
  23. Thread: Network Manager

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    [ubuntu] Re: Network Manager

    You're welcome to try wicd, but it doesn't have the "limited connectivity" notification you miss from Vista.
  24. Thread: Tray Icon help

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    [ubuntu] Re: Tray Icon help

    You can use
    wicd-client -nto display the wicd GUI without the tray icon, but there isn't a way to display the tray icon without a notification area.
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    Re: Invalid syntax - Python

    Where are the variables root and password coming from in your code? They don't appear to be defined anywhere. Or are they supposed to be strings as well?
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