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Comment on Tomtom Home won’t install (+solution) by Simon

Simon — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:19:54 +0000

Re@PeR: thanks for fix, I was ready to chuck the thing and buy a map.
Diederick: TomTom USA support seems to be at par with the Dutch support

Comment on Tomtom Home won’t install (+solution) by pp

pp — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:15:43 +0000

Re@PeR I love you !

Installing the Microsoft Visual C++ Library : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=32BC1BEE-A3F9-4C13-9C99-220B62A191EE&displaylang=en

… fixed the problem on my wife’s XP SP3 !

Thanks a lot for that silly M$ trick.

Comment on Installing Arch on an Asus U36JC Notebook by diederick

diederick — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:44:06 +0000

Hi Eike,

Yesterday HDMI seemed to work perfectly, and all I did was do a yaourt -Syua. I added a paragraph on it at the end of the post. Hope this helps.

Comment on Installing Arch on an Asus U36JC Notebook by Eike

Eike — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:20:43 +0000

Hi diederick,
I got some hints from a u36jc owner in the german ubuntuusers forums. He used a vga terminator on the vga port and than could create a second desktop with the intel gpu that he had control over. He exported this desktop via x11vnc and xinit onto the hdmi port. I wish it was a howto or I could work it out from there but I am afraid that is a bit beyond my technical knowledge – however I thought it is good to share this with you – maybe it is helpful.
I keep you updated if I find out more.
Cheers,
Eike

Comment on Installing Arch on an Asus U36JC Notebook by diederick

diederick — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:05:34 +0000

When I connect the cable just before booting the machine, I get text as well as graphic output, mirroring on the TV what I see on the monitor. The TV seems to be leading: the monitor’s resolution is set to that of the TV.

I have tried to control it using KDE’s control centre, but without any luck so far. I suspect the hybrid graphics is playing into this as well. Let me know if you get anything!

Comment on Installing Arch on an Asus U36JC Notebook by Eike

Eike — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:19:42 +0000

Hi,
Thanks for your Blogpost about this Laptop and Linux.
Question – did you manage to get the HDMI output do work?
I booted it up with the latest Fedora and the external screen shows the Fedora logo but cant be detected by xrandr.
Thank you for your time.
Cheers,

Comment on Tomtom Home won’t install (+solution) by diederickdevries.net / Installing Arch on an Asus U36JC Notebook

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diederickdevries.net / Boinc milestone — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:24:43 +0000

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Comment on QT4 look and feel for Swing by diederickdevries.net / Native Look and feel for Swing under Linux

diederickdevries.net / Native Look and feel for Swing under Linux — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:41:47 +0000

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Comment on The dist-upgrade button by diederick

diederick — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:37:52 +0000

Hi Steve,

Yes, you’re right, stability vs. new features is always a trade-off. But what I’m saying is that while a dist-upgrade in my experience always leaves one with an unstable system, a clean reinstall means a big interruption of daily work. Meanwhile, users rely on new package version in general to be able to keep up with new networking protocols, file formats, etc. It’s not just for the fun of a few new functions.

I’m aware that the Register’s review is about a beta, but they are skeptic if there is still time to squash every bug before the final release. That is the conclusion I’m referring to.