===== Germany's eee PC =====

Since January 24th 2008 the eee PC 4G 701-model is available in Germany. Other models are not announced.


===== Hardware =====

==== Differences ====

German Eee PC's hardware does not differ from the current US-models, except for:

  * German keyboard layout
  * Charger comes with an adapter for European plugs, if the adapter is installed, it is not possible to flip the connectors
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Everything else is the same, this means:

  * there is no additional mini-PCI connector
  * CPU runs at 630 MHz
  * small neoprene bag is included
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===== Software =====

==== Differences ====

The German model misses some software, the following applications are not installed:

  * Crack Attack!
  * FBReader
  * Frozen-Bubble
  * GNOME Sudoku
  * KPresenter
  * Letter Game
  * LTris
  * Periodic Table
  * PlanetPenguinRacer
  * Tux Typing

In addition to that, some system-related packages are missing, for example python-gtk2 and python-imaging.
As a result, the user-partition is a little bit larger, capacity: 1420 MB. The system partition is 2353 MB.

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=== Install missing applications ===

  * hit Strg+Alt+T to open a terminal-window

Determine the correct name of the application you want to install:

  * update your cache:

  sudo apt-get update [ENTER]

  * search for your desired application:

  apt-cache search <part of application name> [ENTER]

  * you will see a list of applications, containing your keyword in their name or description
  * the name witch is needed to install an application is in the first column 

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  * to install one of the missing applications type:

  sudo apt-get install <application name> [ENTER]

  * answer the upcoming questions with yes/ja

  j [ENTER]

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Example: 

Determine name:

    /home/user> apt-cache search frozen
    frozen-bubble - Pop out the bubbles !
    fb-music-high - High quality large music files for Frozen-Bubble
    frozen-bubble-data - Data files for Frozen-Bubble

Install application:

     /home/user> sudo apt-get install frozen-bubble


==== Bugs ====

The following applications do not work correctly:

  * Sprachbefehl / speechcommand: Command "Computer Internet" returns a voice saying "Musik" and nothing happens
  * Longman Dictionary: Translations are wrong
  * No german dictionary in firefox and thunderbird
  * Maximum screen resolution for external displays is 1024x768

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==== Install Launcher Tools ====

Launcher Tools from http://www.3eportal.com require the packages python-gtk2 and python-image, witch are not installed on the German model.

  * Install python-gtk2 and python-image:

  sudo apt-get install python-gtk2 python-imaging [ENTER]

  * Download Launcher Tools from http://www.3eportal.com, right click the altools deb-file in filemanager and select "DEB-Datei installieren..."

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==== Get higher resolutions on vga-out to work ====

For unknown reason, the resolution of the VGA-out is limited to 1024x768. This is caused by a setting /etc/X11/xorg.conf and can be fixed easily.

Change virtual resolution:

  * hit Strg+Alt+T to open a terminal
  * open xorg.conf in editor:

  sudo kate /etc/X11/xorg.conf [ENTER]

Replace the following entries under the line 'Section "Screen"'

  * Change virtual resolution, replace the following line in each of the four 'SubSection "Display"' sections:

		Virtual  1024 768

becomes

		Virtual  1680 1680

  * If you want to change colour-depth as well, replace

  DefaultDepth     16

with

  DefaultDepth     24

  * Your 'Section "Screen"' section should now look like this:

  Section "Screen"
  	Identifier "Screen1"
  	Device     "Device1"
	Monitor    "Monitor1"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     8
		Virtual  1680 1680
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     15
		Virtual  1680 1680
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     16
		Virtual  1680 1680
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     24
		Virtual  1680 1680
	EndSubSection
  EndSection

  * Save the file
  * Restart X by pressing Strg+Alt+Backspace (THIS WILL CLOSE ALL YOUR OPEN PROGRAMS!)
  * Go to Einstellungen > Desktop-Mode and select your desired resolution

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Note for Beryl users: If Rendering path is set to Copy when DefaultDepth is 16, Beryl will fail. This is fixed by setting DefaultDepth to 24.
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To change the language from German to English: follow the manual way of:
[[http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:changelanguage]]