This unofficial website was formed on Friday, 8 June 2007 by ant to gather information about the Asus Eee PC. The Eee PC is a line of inexpensive ultraportable notebook computers released by ASUS Computer Inc. in late 2007. Eee PCs follow a design philosophy that ASUS dubs “the three Es”: “Easy to learn, Easy to work, and Easy to play”.

Eee PC Specs

See the Eee PC 701 article for more details on the Eee PC 701, including information on the actual hardware and software that it comes with. See this chart for information on other Eee PC models

New to eeeuser.com?

There are three parts to the EeeUser website, the blog or Home page, the Forums and this, the Wiki.

In order to contribute to this community you need to sign on separately for each part but it is extremely desirable that you use the same user id for all parts.

Rules

There are some rules for this website which you should read. While they are primarily directed at the Forums, the principles should be applied to all parts.

Searching!

You are particularly encouraged to browse and search the Forums and the Wiki before asking questions which may have been answered numerous times before. For the new user, the eeeuser Google Custom Search facility (on the Home page) is particularly useful as it searches all three parts of this website. It also has functionality most users are comfortable with and can be used, for example, to search for error messages that can be copied and pasted into it. It accepts search terms which consist of two characters, like F9. In addition, there are specific search facilities, like the Forum Search and the Wiki search at the top of every Wiki page.

New to the Eee PC?

There are a number of wiki articles which you might find particularly useful, for example, Absolute Beginners: A Guide to tweaking Easy Mode with wizards, Common Problems, Frequently Asked Questions and An introduction to terminal. If you are new to the Eee and/or Xandros it is worth building up your skills with more basic projects before trying the advanced ones.

Never used a wiki before? Check out our getting started page.

A regular? Check out our discussion page, or simply start contributing!

The EeeUser Wiki is a community documentation project for the Eee PC. It contains everything from basic product information to advanced tips and how-to articles, all added by community members like you. Think of it as a giant, constantly updated Eee guidebook that anyone can contribute to!

Want to help? One way to get started is by seeking out useful information from the EeeUser Forums and reformatting it for inclusion here, either within an existing article or in a brand-new one. Want to start a new article?

• Basics
  • Official Eee PC Quick Start Guide
  • Official Eee PC User Manual
  • Comparison of Models
  • Terminals/Consoles explained
  • Opening a terminal window
  • Terminal for beginners
  • Basic Linux Commands
  • Change your default Console
  • Charging, Battery and Power-Saving Tips
  • Seeing windows larger than the screen
  • Voice-Command: Commands and how to run the VoiceCommand program
  • How to Backup and Restore your system
  • Click the middle mouse button
  • Backup scripts for Xandros
  • BIOS

• Common Problems
  • Icons and files disappear from the Advanced Mode desktop
  • Horizontal touchpad scrolling is unresponsive or inconsistent after turning it on
  • What to do if the EEE PC doesn't load bios
  • What to do if the power button stops working (Advanced Mode)
  • Synaptic/aptitude problem: unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status / unable to lock the download directory
  • Keyboard input sometimes stops working for a given window
  • Updating stops Firefox from working
  • Special characters like | and £ are on the wrong keys
  • Special characters like | < and > dont exist on swedish layout
  • Stuck in a infinite reboot loop ("KDE is unable to start")
  • Filesystem Errors: Need to Perform Disk Scan
  • Get a higher resolution on your external monitor
  • Help! I forget my Log in password!
  • Fix screenresolution bug, back to 800x480!

Easy Mode

Easy Mode is the default desktop you see when you first take your Eee out of the box. It is characterized by tabs across the top of the screen and no launch / “Start” button in the toolbar at the bottom. This section describes enhancements you can make without disabling Easy Mode.

• Absolute Beginners: A Guide to tweaking Easy Mode with wizards
• Enable the Start Menu in Eee PC Easy Mode
• Customize IceWM Start Menu with IceMC
• Customize the Easy Mode GUI
• Customize icons for Easy Mode
• Adding Icons/Programs to Easy Mode
• Downloadable user-created icons for Easy Mode
• Remove keyboard systray icons
• Remove input method systray icon
• Using IceWM without the Asus Easy Mode eye-candy on top
• Customize the Mouse Pointer in Easy Mode
• Changing keyboard layout
• Mapping Keyboard Shortcuts
• Make your eeepc look like a mac or a vista pc.
• Automatically Removing The AsusLauncher Tabbed Interface After You Log In
• Easily backup and edit the simpleui.rc file
• Remove the shutdown dialog box
• Change Xterm fonts etc.
• Multiple Desktops in Easy Mode
• Creating GUIs for commands using autoglade
• Changing startup/shutdown splash screens

Full Desktop (Advanced Mode)

Advanced mode turns off the default tabbed user interface and enables a more “normal” computer desktop with a launch / “Start” button, with movable, re-arrangeable icons on the desktop, icons that respond to right-clicks, etc. This adds a burden to the system, but many find the ease of configuration worth it.

• What is Full Desktop (Advanced Mode)?
• How to switch to Advanced Mode (KDE)
• Change Advanced Mode Launch Button
• Maximize screen space
• Change the taskbar clock format
• Change font and toolbar sizes for GTK applications
• Enable AsusLauncher (tabbed interface) in Advanced Mode
• Changing keyboard layout
• Mapping keyboard shortcuts
• Access Touchpad Settings and Enable Two finger scrolling (both axes)
• Installing and using GNOME instead of KDE in Full Desktop Mode
• How to use Fluxbox
• Beryl the fancy 3D effects engine - instructions for running on Xandros
• Enabling Compiz in Xandros
• Regional Settings Control Panel - rscp missing in advanced mode - this page gives instructions on how to add it.
• Installing another Interface Language
• how to download the whole pack of wallpapers for the EEE PC

Customize factory installed software

• Adding DVD video support
• Create custom commands for Voice Command
• Reduce the vertical height in Thunderbird
• Install Thunderbird onto a 2G eeePC
• Make more screen space available in Firefox
• Adding an English Dictionary to OpenOffice (701 to 900)
• Adding an English Dictionary to StarOffice 8 (90x/1000)
• Change the UI of the Longman Dictionary to English
• Install an updated version of Pidgin
• Set up Mozilla for horizontal scrolling via touchpad
• Running a script at startup
• Running a script on network connection
• Upgrading OpenOffice.org from 2.0 to 2.3.1
• Installing Openoffice.org 2.3.1 in an external device
• Starting daemons
• How to have Thunderbird run in the tray (or anything else probably)
• Add a real PDF reader (read: Adobe Reader is a PIA)
• Customise your Console
• Get pidgin to make sounds
• Fix Downloading Problems
• Automatically check for updates to installed software at bootup
• How to simply configure a factory standard eeePC for use in school networks
• Save some RAM by using exec in startsimple.sh
• Use upx to compress executables

Sources for new software

• How Linux software installation works
• Installing software on the Eee - quick beginner's guide
• Adding Xandros repositories and a list of such
• Adding Debian repositories
• Install rpm archives on Xandros
• Installing software from source
• Your EeePc can't connect to internet, but you do want to update? Repos' offline updates and install files!

Supporting hardware

• Add a RAM disk
• Monitor CPU speed and temperature
• Install the SynCE Project's USB-RNDIS-LITE drivers for Windows Mobile 6 devices
• Working with USB serial devices (phones, GPSes, ...)
• Using your iPod with the eeePC(and fixing some sound skipping issues)

• Display
  • Having virtual High Resolution (1024x612) on the 701 using VNC
  • Adjust the screensaver to save battery life
  • Using the Gnome Screensave to control access

• SD card / USB Sticks
  • Execute applications from SD or USB
  • Formatting SD cards
  • Leaving in an SD card: Disabling device autodetection on startup
  • Leaving in an SD card: Method 2: auto mount different devices in different places
  • Leaving in an SD card: Using LVM2 to span the SDD and an SDHC card
  • Write to your SD card without needing root permissions
  • Recommended Flash devices for OS booting

Networking

• Make wireless connections start on boot
• Using WPA and WPA2 with spaces in the SSID and/or passkey on the default Xandros installation
• Using a 64 character HEX key for WPA on a default Xandros install
• Change your computer's name (the hostname)
• Install the Citrix ICA Client
• Set up a Windows network
• Set up the built-in Samba server to share your home directory
• unison-linux
• Connect to a remote drive
• Add a printer via a Windows USB share
• How to configure VPN (openvpn and vpnc)
• How to carry out a Wireless Site Survey
• How to set the clock automatically
• Network using a bluetooth phone and GPRS
• Limiting a programs bandwidth usage
• Set up DNS manually (Linksys router workaround)_
• How to set up wifi painlessly in Advanced Mode like in Easy Mode
• How to read the Vodafone SMS password on eeePC 701

• Common Problems
  • List of things to try if your wireless network unexpectedly stops working
  • Associating with wireless network that uses WDS takes an unusually long time

Multimedia

• Preventing suspend mode when the Music Manager is playing
• Playing back iPod-formatted and QuickTime videos, and H.264 support
• gtkpod (For iPod support, especially the most recent generation)
• Installing Gnomad2 (For Creative Zen support)
• Add more codecs to MPlayer (the default media player)
• Play music from a Windows PC over a network
• Installing Emulators (For Snes9x, DGen, ZSnes,and Dosbox)
• Install visualboyadvance (for GBA)
• FUSE (For Sinclair ZX Spectrum)
• MAME (For Arcade Machines)
• Mednafen (For several video game consoles)
• Install Skype 2.0 beta (adds video support)- ¹⁾
• Set up lightweight streaming with EEE camera (using mjpg-streamer)
• Viewing downloaded BBC iPlayer content
• Setting Up the RealAudio Player on the EeePC
• How To watch your favourite video DVD on your EeePC (Using a Linux desktop PC)

Development tools

• Install Development Tools
• Install Eclipse Development Tool
• Install DrScheme IDE (with openGL support)
• Setting up an Apache, PHP, MySQL development environment on the Eee

Security

• How to fix Samba security issue on stock Xandros
• Disable unused services
• Install iptables support (read: firewall)
• How to implement file system encryption using truecrypt
• How to implement file system encryption using dmcrypt
• Small program to send webcam snapshots if your notebook is stolen
• How to fix the infamous OpenSSL security hole

Other applications

• Add a PDF printer
• Opera Web Browser Installation and Configuration How-To
• Install Firefox 3 on the EeePC
• FrostWire for P2P downloads
• Install irb and rdoc for Ruby
• Set up and use Wine to run Windows programs
• Install aMsn 0.97
• Install the XEmacs editor
• Install Basket
• Running the eeePC OS in a virtual machine
• Install Greek language support (locales and layout)
• Install Japanese language input support
• Unison file synchronization
• Install BlueJ
• Installing NewsFleX Usenet offline news reader on the eeePC 701
• Diagnose automobile problems with ScanTool

Retro

• FORTRAN on the Eee
• Forth on the Eee
• Super 3d Graphics
• Install the FUSE Sinclair Spectrum Emulator
• Install the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME)

• Eee hardware FAQ
  

Eee Hardware

• Fan noise
• Overclock the FSB to 100 MHz / CPU speed to 900 MHz
• Power consumption measurements of the Eee in various settings
• Fit a fast SSD to the 901 and other models

• BIOS
  • How to update the BIOS
  • How to recover from a corrupted BIOS or bricked Eee PC

• Display
  • VESA BIOS Resolutions in Linux
  • Automatic LCD brightness control
  • Get a panning virtual screen like windows does using eeepan
  • Restore damaged screenfilter (polarization)

• Keyboard
  • Move the right Shift key
  • How to move the right Shift key, and add Emacs on 904HA Models
  • Replace CAPS LOCK with \ and |
  • Restore shifted functionkeys

• Lid Close
  • Close lid to shut down instead of suspend
  • Prevent suspend mode when the lid is closed

• Webcam
  • Controlling the built-in webcam
  • If the webcam isn't working
  • Get an updated version of Webcam, including a countdown (sort of)

Add-on Hardware

• warranty
• Watch Digital TV (in the UK) with Asus u3000mini dongle
• Use Huawei E220 modem from Three (UK) for mobile broadband access
• Attach and use a GPS
• Make your own AC/DC Power Supply
• Set up a Wacom Device Tablet
• Configure all the Logitech VX Nano buttons
• Configuring Logitech V20 USB Speakers

• Bluetooth
  • Using Bluetooth with the Eee
  • Using a Bluetooth GPS with the Eee
  • Bluetooth Stereo Headsets in Linux (A2DP support)

Internal Modifications

• Internal Upgrades
• Install drivers for Kiddshop touchscreen under Xandros

Common Problems

• Dead Webcam
• Black Screen Hang on Shutdown
• Black Screen Hang on Shutdown on the Eee PC 901
• Battery Not Charging

• Advanced Wi-Fi WPA configuration on the default Xandros (without needing ndiswrapper)
• Photography using the Eee - GIMP, RAW editing
• Special URLs you can use for FTP, SFTP, etc
• Control your Eee PC remotely from another computer
• How to add support for a Wii remote (aka Wiimote) to your Eee PC
• How to install VirtualBox
• Detailed photos of Eee's internals
• Benchmarks
• Install iptables support
• Setup syslog-ng to log to tmpfs
• Advanced benchmark information
• Change the UID of default user (useful for access to NFS server)

Boot Process

• The Boot Process
• BIOS setting for Booting from SD card automatically at startup
• F9 Restore
• Install/run rescue console on the Eee
  • Hacking in Rescue Mode
• Rebuilding initramfs
• Installing RAM Mode
• Configure a RAM disk
• Mount Drives at Bootup of EeePC Linux
• How to boot Xandros from an USB flash drive
• Enable full multiuser mode
• Booting into Multi-User Mode

Kernel

• Rebuilding the kernel
• Install a Xandros kernel that recognizes 2GB of RAM

File System

• How to remove unionfs/aufs (and create a single partition)
• Make changes that last through restoring to factory
• How to change the size of /tmp, the default RAM disk
• How to tweak user partition mount parameters

Network

• Network sniffing
• Network/port scanning with NMap
• Changing MAC Addresses

• Applications tested on the Eee PC
• Games tested on the Eee PC (701)

• ASUS's list of hardware devices supported on the Eee (Linux)
• ASUS's list of hardware devices supported on the Eee (Windows XP)
• EeeUser's list of supported and unsupported devices
• Warranty position on RAM upgrades
• Information on the lifespan of the SSD
• Benchmarks of drives, including USB flash drives and SD(HC) cards
• Eee's webcam wiring information

Taiwanese Eee PC

• Configure a Taiwanese Eee PC from scratch
• Change language from Chinese to English
• Uninstall Taiwanese software
• Change Repositories from Taiwan to English

German Eee PC

• Information about the german eee PC models

• Comparison of Linux Distributions on the ASUS Eee PC
• Dualboot with Xandros and WindowsXP

• Make WiFi work through ndiswrapper if you changed Linux distro
• install-any-linux-distro-directly-from-iso-file on hdd / usb
• Selecting an IO scheduler for better performance with flash drives

• Reinstallation guide
• Restoring the original factory Xandros Linux on an Eee PC 701 4G
• How to create an USB restore boot drive

• Installing Asus SDK customised Xandros
• Installing the XEPC customised Xandros DVD
• HOWTO Customise the Xandros Restore Image for the eee-pc: Why I Bother
  • Part 1: HOWTO Make a Standard USB Image under Linux
  • Part 2: HOWTO Make a Disk Image with a Custom Partition Table
  • Part 3: HOWTO Transfer Xandros to the Image & Remove UnionFS
  • Part 4: HOWTO Adapt the USB Restore Script to be More Simple & Flexible
  • Part 5: HOWTO Install, Customise & Fold the Customisations Back Into the Restore Key
  • Part 6: HOWTO Add Japanese support to the EEE-PC 701

Debian EeeOS EeeOS - The EeePC Linux OS

• Debian testing image with hardware support for the Eee PC. Read the forum thread.

ExpressGate

• Installing ExpressGate on Eee's SD Card

Fedora Variants

• EeeDora
  • EeeDora - Fedora for the Eee - downloadable Live version, with a 1-Click install to the internal drive - installable to a CD-ROM or thumb-drive (even from a Windows desktop), with full sources on Google Code
  • Getting and Installing EeeDora - including a link to the download site
  • How you can help - questions that need answers
  • What's in EeeDora - this is a fairly meaningless package dump - only for the curious

Freeeee

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• live USB image with real time kernel, based on Blag
• FREEEEE - 100% Free Software GNU/Linux for Eee

PCLinuxOS Variants

• EeePCLinuxOS
  • EeePCLinuxOS (Beta 3-1 ScreenShot)
  • Current Status: Beta 3-1
  • Project Page Forums
• fluxflux-eee (PCLinuxOS-Remaster with Open-/Fluxbox)
  • More information about this custom project at http://fluxflux.net/fluxflux-eee
  • In the forum (english version): http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=22745
  • In the forum (german version): http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=20710

Puppy Linux variants

• Breeezy
  • Breeezy (based on Puppy Linux 2.13) was announced in the forum. Here's the wiki entry.
• PupEee
  • PupEee: New Pup for the Eeepc based on Puppy 301

Slackware Variants

• SlackEee
  • SlackEee Linux project
• Zeee
  • Zeee, previously ZenEee, refers at Zenwalk on EeePC
    
  • Installing Zeee on the Eee
• Zenwalk 6.0
  • Download it from: Zenwalk.org, burn it to a CD, install and enjoy
  • Wikipedia description Zenwalk portal
  • Zenwalk Live Edition doesn't work on 701

Ubuntu variants

• Cruncheee
  • CrunchBang for the eee
• Easy Peasy (formerly Ubuntu Eee)
• Ubuntu Eee - Ubuntu optimized for the Asus Eee
• Eeebuntu
• EeeBuntu - “A fully customised, out-of-the-box Linux for your EeePC.”
• eeeXubuntu
  • eeeXubuntu Live CD - A custom version of the Xubuntu 7.10 Live CD with fully integrated hardware support
  • eeeXubuntu - What next? - The Live CD is nice but I want to install it!
  • eeeXubuntu SD - Install Eeexubuntu on a SD card
  • Upgrading Eeexubuntu 7.10 to 8.04 - Upgrade Eeexubuntu to 8.04 using Update Manager
  • Using an External Screen in eeeXubuntu - Using an external screen with your EEE on eeeXubuntu
• OpenGeeeU (Ubuntu + Gnome + Enlightment desktop)
  • May be too heavy for 701 models. See this forum thread
  • OpenGeeeU 8.04.1 Live CD for EeePC, 2nd download site
• SuperOS (ex-SuperUbuntu)
  • SuperOS
  • Download link

• Google Android
  • Installing Google Android on Eee's SD Card
• Arch Linux
  • Installing Arch Linux on the Eee
• BackTrack 3.0 Beta
  • Installing BackTrack 3.0 Beta on Eee's SSD
• Debian
  • http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC
  • http://mirror.debian.org/status.html
• Fedora
  • Fedora 8 Install How To
  • Fedora 8 image for 4GB flash drives & asus acpi_osd for fedora
  • Fedora 9 wiki
  • Fedora 9 on the EeePC (de)
• Foresight Mobile
  • Foresight Mobile Edition
• gOS
  • http://www.thinkgos.com/software.php to download gOS 3.1 Gadgets. Go to array.org to add adamm's kernel and customizations.
  • http://gosportal.wordpress.com/netbook-edition/ to get the Netbook launcher, with a toggler/switcher between normal and ume desktop.
• Gentoo
  • Installing gentoo on the Eee
• Linpus
  • Linpus for small computers
• Mandriva
  • mandriva_2008.1_final_on_eee_pc : mature, full-featured Linux distribution with eeePC hardware support OOTB. Looks and works great, not for noobs.
    • mandriva_2008.1_on_eee_pc_FAQ
    • Mandriva on eeePC HOWTOS : 2009 and 2008.1
    • mandriva_2008.1_on_eee_pc_links
  • mandiva_2008_on_eee_pc
  • mandiva_2008.1_beta_2_on_eee_pc
  • http://wiki.eeeuser.com/mandriva_2009_on_eee_pc
  • mandriva_2009.1_with_LXDE_on_eee_pc
• MiniMe (mini-PCLinuxOS on eee)
  • Step-by-Step Installation Instruction
• OpenSUSE *
  • Installing OpenSUSE 10.3 and 11.0 on 701's SSD
• Puppy Linux
  • Boot from an USB stick: Install Puppy Linux on a USB flash disk and use it on the Eee PC or Install DamnSmallLinux
  • Install Puppy Linux on SD card with working Wi-Fi
• Slackware
  • Installing Slackware 12.1 on 701's SSD
• Slax6
  • Installing Slax6 on Eee's SD Card
• Splashtop
  • Installing Spashtop on Eee's SD Card
• Ubuntu
  • Kubuntu
    • Kubuntu Installation Notes
  • Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon
    • Ubuntu Eee
    • Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on an Eee PC 701 4G
    • Yet Another Way To Install Ubuntu 7.10 on Eee PC
    • Notes on Configuring Ubuntu 7.10 properly on the Eee PC
    • Install Ubuntu 7.10 without losing the default Xandros
  • Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron
    • Ubuntu Eee
    • Official Ubuntu Documentation
    • Getting Ubuntu 8.04 to work perfectly
    • Installing Ubuntu Mobile Edition 8.04
    • Ubuntu Netbook Remix
    • Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron on the EeePC 901/1000
  • Xubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron
    • Xubuntu Notes
  • Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
    • How to install Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex on the EeePC 701 (Portuguese)
  • Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
    • Ubuntu 9.04
    • Installing Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope on an Asus Eee PC
    • Installing Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 Jaunty Jackelope on Eee PC - The HowTo Guide
    • Jaunty 701 4G Notes

Syllable

• Installation and multiboot Syllable on EeePC

EeeBSD

• http://nighthack.org/wiki/EeeBSD

• Operating system benchmarks (a work in progress)

Windows XP

• Installing Microsoft Windows XP on an Eee PC 701 4G
• Installing Microsoft Windows XP from usb device (usb-stick, usb-hdd) simpler method
• Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2003 {R2} on an Eee PC 701 4G - everything works well.
• Installing Windows XP on a SDHC card in a Eee PC 701 4G
• Using nLite to slim down Windows XP to better fit on the Eee
• Optimizing Windows XP once installed
• Installing Windows Embedded On a Bootable SD Card
• Slipstream Service Pack 3 into Windows install files
• Restore computers with Pre-installed Windows XP from USB
• Restore a 1000H XP without external DVD drive

Windows Vista

• Relocate Windows Side by Side (winsxs) directory
  
• Install Windows Vista on EeePC 1000H

Windows 2000

• Installing Windows 2000 from an external USB cdrom
  
• Webcam driver for 701 under Windows 2000 (DEF-299.rar)

• Getting non-standard resolutions to work on the Eee
• resolution_scaling_in_xp
• how_to_enable_1024x768_and_increase_dpi
• xp_sdhc_mounted
• Disable Windows File Protection
• Enable C3 Sleep in Windows
• living_with_elantech
• Optimizing Outlook 07 for Netbooks - by justblair

• Slow performance and Read/Write errors with SD cards, and SSDs
• Unreliable Battery Reporting in Windows
• Slow Performance on Low Battery
• Resolution Problems

See Links for a list of other useful sites related to the Eee PC.

Links to Eee PC related IRC channels

Devices similar to the EEE PC

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