Re: [Hampshire] The Elonex webbook at Carphone Warehouse

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Author: alan c
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] The Elonex webbook at Carphone Warehouse
Ah, yes I wondered that, thanks
alan c


Alan Bell wrote:
> It is just normal Ubuntu, the first user has sudo access by default, if
> they set up a second user then the second user by default does not, and
> sees less stuff in the in the system menu.
> I am guessing the demo units are set up as a normal desktop user without
> sudo access. There certainly is a terminal, I hate the locked down nasty
> OEM setups where they try to prevent you getting to a command line.
>
> Alan.
>
> alan c wrote:
>> Alan Bell wrote:
>>
>>> yes, it needs a little fix to the xorg.conf (to turn on SHMconfig) and
>>> the gsynaptics application installed to turn off the touchpad tapping.
>>> Hopefully we will push out an updated xorg.conf from the repos in a week
>>> or so. Thanks for the feedback on the shopping experience.
>>>
>>
>> you're welcome
>>
>> Can the user get into the system at all - say with a terminal?
>>
>
>



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