Comments on: Hello webbook, pleased to meet you

By: admin

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:36:53 +0000

there is an article on that very subject http://webbookblog.com/oops-i-forgot-my-password/

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:24:39 +0000

my bro has given me his webbook and forgot username and password anyway of getting on to it

By: Alan Bell

Alan Bell — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:35:17 +0000

Well if it is dead on arrival that is not a good sign at all. I would send it straight back where it came from. There is a reasonable chance that I would be able to get it back to life and running Linux, but as it is dead on arrival it is simplest to not touch it and just send it back. Trying to fix it will just complicate things.

By: Huskygsx

Huskygsx — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:41:05 +0000

Hi there,
I have just received a Webbook for my christmas pressie! Unfortunately, nothing is happening with it. it boots up and goes through the boot up then the screen goes black and nothing! No desktop, no Windows nothing! Can anyone help me out? I am becoming quite frustrated with it!! Lol.

Huskygsx

By: Slik

Slik — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:55:54 +0000

Thanks, I read that article just after I left the reply – of course I should have read it first!
Problems solved – again thanks alot.
ps Excellent and helpful blog, keep up the good work.

By: Alan Bell

Alan Bell — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:00:41 +0000

@slik that does sound like someone has used it already - lets find out who. Have a look at this article and go to the recovery console and type ls /home to list the username. Tell me who it is. I have a suspicion that the QA guys in the factory who randomly unpack them, check them, reset them to first user state and repack them may have forgotten a vital step! Once you know the username you can type

deluser --remove-home username then type oem-config-prepare and finally halt to turn off the webbook. Next time you turn on it should politely let you introduce yourself.



By: slik
slik — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:11:58 +0000
I’ve just bought a Webbook and turned it on. It didn’t have the curtesy to let me introduce myself and went straight to the Username screen! Does this mean someone else has used the machine before me? Should I take it back to the shop or is there a workaround?



By: Zeeshan Hasan
Zeeshan Hasan — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:12:58 +0000
Am very happy with my new linux webbook except for one thing; no webcam!

Can you recommend one that will work in Linux, especially for Skype videomessaging?

Thanks.



By: Alan Bell
Alan Bell — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:01:48 +0000
Hi Grace,

OK, sounds like your webbook is in a bit of an uncomfortable state, but I think we can fix it. Can you plug it in to a wired network (or getting on wireless would also do fine) and go to Applications-Accessories-Terminal. This should pop up a white screen with a flashing cursor and something like grace@webbook:$. Type in
sudo dpkg --configure -a
with the double minus in front of the configure. Hopefully this will fix everything or (nearly as good) fail with an informative error message. Let me know if it works.

I have some articles in the queue about the mobile broadband stuff. I have not tried the E272 but I expect we can get it working.



By: Grace
Grace — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:28:14 +0000
Need help!!
I’ve just bought the Webbook and am setting it up. There was an automatic update and I let it run. Something has happened though and it obviously didn’t finish. Now its saying “an error has occured – E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run ‘dpkg –configure -a’ to correct the problem. E:_cache->open()failed, please report.”
my sound card doesn’t work and nothing seems to open. I can’t open firefox or anything. what have i done wrong.
also I got a Vodafone Huawei E272 to go with it and the webbook won’t even recognise it.
HELP??!!