antiX 7.5 on a new computer but some stuff to figure out

dark-D · posted: 2008-11-01 12:20

as some of you know my old computer was on life support and i needed to buy another. i bought a levono thinkpad r61i the specs are:
cpu: Centrino Dual Core T2310 @ 1.5Ghz
ram: 1 giga swap: none
display:15.4" video: Intel X3100
wireless: 802.11a/b/g

I had to format the vista business on it and install antix 7.5. everything works OTB.

Some stuff that i need help with:
1. i don't know how to set conky to show battery on time remaining
2. i installed from the repos 2 programs: one for the fn keys to work, they work idiotic and the brightness the important one dosen't work at all. and one to enable the thinkpad multimedia keys with x display messages again not working
3. also i need to transfer my files form the computer to the laptop and i don't have a clue how to make file sharing in linux
4. the control panel window size some times appears with the first set of icons form the left not showing (the window is smaller) and the log out it is shown in the left top corner

any way, i'm so glad that antiX works on my new computer. i hope i'll resolve the stuff and maybe try a wireless connection. but first i have to read some tutorial on wireless because i never used one on linux.

eriefisher · posted: 2008-11-01 12:55

ICE-M, congratulations on your new laptop. I created a post a while back about using fuse to access shares on a network. I think Jerry put it in the docs as well which are in your /home. I have been having trouble with it lately but try it, you might have better luck.

In my opinion, you should still have created a /swap partition, especially for a laptop.

For conky this may help
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You could also use xbatbar which works well.

I'm not sure what you mean by the windows being off.

dark-D · posted: 2008-11-01 13:26

thanks erie for the quick reply.
i'ved known about the network post. but the search in antix is finding hundreds of posts on a search and i couldn't remember the name of the program. that's why i asked you on the forum's chat last night. i quess that the chat shown you online and you were offline.

i can create a swap right now but don't know what size to use. suggestions?. but how to i activate it without reinstalling antix?

thanks for the battery program tips i'll check it out.

about the control center i'll make a screenshot and post it. i'm not on the laptop right now. because i need to stay online for the torrents and i have i dsl connection in the house and no router __{{emoticon}}__

rich_c · posted: 2008-11-01 13:42

As far as swap goes, create a swap partition & it should be detected and used automatically on next reboot. The usual advise for size is x2 physical RAM, up to a certain limit... No more than 1gb, I think unless you're going to be using suspend to disk.

mariel77 · posted: 2008-11-01 16:57

There have been several posts on
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Edit: Didn't edit afterall - link didn't work right.

impuwat · posted: 2008-11-02 23:47

Regarding conky and battery lines you could also look at the following post on this forum...

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mariel77 · posted: 2008-11-07 06:10

impuwat wrote:Regarding conky and battery lines you could also look at the following post on this forum...

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I used the thread above and combined what Urban and eriefisher did.

This is my line in .conkyrc:

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${execi 10 ~/battery.sh}

And this is battery.sh:

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##battery.sh (for conky for monitoring battery charge)
#!/bin/sh
acpitool -b | awk '{print $1, $3, $4, $5}'
acpitool -a | awk '{print $1, $2, $3, $4}'

A screenshot is in this thread:

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dark-D · posted: 2008-11-07 16:34

edit:
-i had finally moved all my files to the laptop.
-i can set the brightness in antix m8 test. i don't get how it works because it refreshes the brightness after i open a movie.
-i had a look on the links and i got some new info from them. thanks very much. the default conky battery in antix works for me but the acpi tool and the script dosen't. it dosen't see the battery and the ac adaptor. here it is, i think it looking good: