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When updating your “out of the box” EEEPC one of the most common concerns I ever had, was the lack of security in the Advanced Desktop Mode. Here, I have written a small guide to aid you in this problem.
When I was all new to this, I liked to see visual instructions. So I have print-screened every important step, if you are inexperienced in this. This was done on my EEEPC P701 4GB
Password Protecting Full Desktop Mode
The Safest Way
1. Download and install the Advanced Desktop Mode, then load it up.
2. Click “Launch” then, Run Command.
3. In the box, type:
xterm
4. Xterm should then load. In xterm type:
sudo XandrosFileManager /usr/bin
5. Scroll all the way down to startsimple.sh
6. Copy and paste this file (you should be able to do this, as we earlier used “sudo” to give you root permissions).
7. Rename this file to “startsimple.sh.bak” - This creates a backup file. startsimple.sh is a key file to load up your eeepc, so if something was to go wrong with the file we are editing, you could use this backup file to regain the data)
8. Now right-click on the startsimple.sh and open it with the Text Editor (kwrite)
9. Be very careful here. Scroll down right to the end, where you will find:
exec icewm
replace this with:
exec startkde
And thats pretty much it. Now every time you boot up your EEEPC you automatically get the password instead of launching KDE straight away.
This is however, not “Full Desktop Mode” , this is the “Easy Mode” With the Desktop ONTOP of the tabbed interface, and the KDE start-menu, instead of the icewm panel.
To Load AsusLauncher back easily
The "Creating a File way"
1. Right click on the desktop and go to : Create New ⇒ Text File
2. Call this:
Tabbed.sh
3. Within this file, type
exec /opt/xandros/bin/AsusLauncher
This is the file, which contains the necessary code to launch the tabbed interface.
4. Save this file, then Exit. Right Click on the icon, and click Properties.
5. Under the Permissions tab, “X” all of the Exec column, this will ensure that you will be able to execute this file
6. Now, everytime you click this icon, BAM, the tabbed interface loads.
The "Killing" Way
There is another way of getting to the tabbed interface.
Hold Ctrl+Alt+Esc This will turn your cursor into Skull and Crossbones Click on the desktop
This is closing the desktop, as the desktop is running ON TOP of the tabbed interface.
or…
Hold Ctrl+Alt+Del Click Show Taskmanager Click on the box saying "Application Processes and change it to "Own Processes" Scroll down to kdesktop, then click kill
How to Reset this
1. If you don't like what I have shown you in this guide, type
sudo XandrosFileManager /usr/bin
in the terminal.
2. Scroll down to startsimple.sh
3. Open it up in Text editor (kwrite)
4. At the bottom, replace
startkde
with:
icewm
5. Save and exit
6. Reboot
A lot of the credit goes to nanocomp, as I got alot of this informaiton from http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=3961&p=2 I had experimented with this, but I had a vague idea what I did, so thanks to nanocomp!! :)
