Comments on: Webbook FAQ

By: admin

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:18:58 +0000

just about to post instructions on doing a fresh Karmic Ubuntu 9.10 install, not sure what the issue is you are seeing but this should cure it.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:23:54 +0000

Hy I have a Elonex Webbook with Ubunto O/S but it does what you discussed some time ago ie:- soon as ubuntu logo comes up the screen goes blank, have you found a reason for this happening, or, is there any way to format the hard drive and then load a new version of Ubuntu or portable windows? Cheers, TC

By: admin

admin — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:29:28 +0000

I don’t know about PC studio (or any software on Windows really) but using the phone as a modem is known as tethering. It can be done in several ways depending on how you bolt the phone and computer together. If you have a phone with wifi then you can run something called jaiku on it which turns the phone into a wireless hotspot and you just connect to the access point. If you are connecting via USB the phone probably looks like a dongle and might well just work with the wader client. If you want to connect by bluetooth, then you are out of luck as the webbook doesn’t have bluetooth.

By: david courtney

david courtney — Fri, 01 May 2009 09:38:22 +0000

Hi I have a thing called pc studio which allows me to use my phone as a modem on my pc but would love to have this on my webbook, but i don’t think this programs runs on linux.

By: Graham Dalton

Graham Dalton — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:34:02 +0000

I recently had to replace the HDD on my webbook, I went looking for my SD card with the intrepid1.img file which Alan had created a torrent for. The wife had decided to use it for somthing else. Help, I clicked on the link to the torrent in the howto section and keep getting a 404 not found error. Where can I get the image file without having to deal with Elonex Technical Support.

Thanks

Gray

By: admin

admin — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:36:35 +0000

I don’t really know, not sure how XP would help either to be honest. The webbook doesn’t have bluetooth, but you could in theory connect via USB if the device exposes itself as a USB serial modem. The other thing you might try is http://www.joiku.com which, if it works on that phone, turns the phone wireless into an ad-hoc or master access point wireless hotspot. Then you could just connect to it over wifi. You may need a data tariff on the phone.

By: david courtney

david courtney — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:26:30 +0000

i have a samsung pixon on orange and would like to use it as a mobile internet connection is this possible ? if not i will prob end up on xp ;-(

By: James Lightbody

James Lightbody — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:23:12 +0000

Hi, i have recently had to buy a new charger for my webbook as it would not work. Now with my new charger, if i take it out the webbook will just shut down. But for example last night i charged it over nigh all night. This morning i took out the charger and the webbook would not even come on. Any 1 have any ideas on whats going wrong. Much appreciatd, James

By: Alan Bell

Alan Bell — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:03:28 +0000

I really don’t know that much about Windows any more, I haven’t tried putting it on a webbook. I will send you a mail separately, if you have a postal address I could send you an Ubuntu SD card that will fix your webbook.

By: Shoecrank

Shoecrank — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:52:29 +0000

Hi, currently in Mombasa. It would be great to try Ubuntu but I have no way of getting hold of it at present. At the moment I don’t care what os it has as long as I can get it to work then I can worry about that. It’s so frustrating! Do you know if I opt for formatting c: and restoring windows would that work?