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Just got my eee pc today, and my ebook icon seems to have gone missing from the internet page, any idea how I could get it back? No idea why it went!
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That's odd... I don't think I've seen anything like that. Did you try rebooting?
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Yeah, it's been off a few times since I've done it, but it hasn't returned, no big deal, just not sure why it's gone!
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Well, just discovered I also have the icon missing, kind of strange.
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The icon just launches File Manager (also available under Work) and navigates to /home/user/My Documents/My Ebooks/ ... so as long as the eBook reader is still installed, you haven't lost too much. But belike it'll show up again soon. The simple UI seems slightly buggy.
(I still have mine FWIW)
Last edited by mkrishnan (2007-11-14 10:44:32 am)
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I just found out why, after restore from the USB, the simpleui.rc is not the same.
Rather than extraargs, it is now a short cut "asus-eeepc-ebook.desktop"
There is also a file simpleui.rc~, the content is slightly different, with the extraargs,
but also a line <include>en zh_CN zh_Tw</include>
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The ebook shortcut comes backafter system restore (using F9 on boot) but dissappears after doing an update (using the settings-> add remove programs) and system restart.
Anyone worked out how to get the ebook shotcut back again?
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I discovered this when I thought I'd check out Project Gutenberg with
the Eee... I recall seeing the icon a while ago.
The problem is that the new simpleui.rc expects the shortcut
asus-eeepc-ebook.desktop to be available. No shortcut, no icon.
There is a FBReader.desktop file in /usr/share/applications - so a quick
fix is to create a symbolic link to it. Open up a terminal and type:
sudo ln -s /usr/share/applications/FBReader.desktop /usr/share/applications/asus-eeepc-ebook.desktop
(all on one line)
Alternatively, you can edit simpleui.rc to use FBReader.desktop...
Restart X (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace) and the icon comes back.
Last edited by jasonl (2007-11-18 8:44:08 am)
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New simpleui? New as of when? I don't have an /usr/share/applications/asus-eeepc-ebook.desktop, but I have the icon.
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The original line in the file is :
<parcel simplecat="internet" extraargs="/usr/bin/XandrosFileManager ~/My\ Documents/My\ Ebooks -caption File\ Manager -maximized"
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o2smartphone wrote:
The original line in the file is :
<parcel simplecat="internet" extraargs="/usr/bin/XandrosFileManager ~/My\ Documents/My\ Ebooks -caption File\ Manager -maximized"
Thanks o2smartphone. Had same issue and this fix worked for me, though I cut and paste the first go and it did not work until I changed simplecat="internet" to simplecat="Internet"
Last edited by idm909 (2007-11-20 9:23:31 pm)
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idm909 wrote:
o2smartphone wrote:
The original line in the file is :
<parcel simplecat="internet" extraargs="/usr/bin/XandrosFileManager ~/My\ Documents/My\ Ebooks -caption File\ Manager -maximized"Thanks o2smartphone. Had same issue and this fix worked for me, though I cut and paste the first go and it did not work until I changed simplecat="internet" to simplecat="Internet"
Sorry, my typo, but I thought the interested part is bolded.
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After a few days googling and reading up on installing software for the EEE, I finally found out the instructions on how to adde FBReader onto the start menu button. For those interested in doing this just google wiki icemc and follow the instructions to install the start menu button, install icemc and add applications to the start menu.
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jasonl wrote:
I discovered this when I thought I'd check out Project Gutenberg with
the Eee... I recall seeing the icon a while ago.
The problem is that the new simpleui.rc expects the shortcut
asus-eeepc-ebook.desktop to be available. No shortcut, no icon.
There is a FBReader.desktop file in /usr/share/applications - so a quick
fix is to create a symbolic link to it. Open up a terminal and type:
sudo ln -s /usr/share/applications/FBReader.desktop /usr/share/applications/asus-eeepc-ebook.desktop
(all on one line)
Alternatively, you can edit simpleui.rc to use FBReader.desktop...
Restart X (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace) and the icon comes back.
Can someone elaborate on "edit simpleui.rc to use FBReader.desktop..." i.e. how is this done/executed.
Thanks and best regards
Jackdaw
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@Jackdaw (and anyone else really)
heres how to get your icon back and have it open the etext reader app rather then just switch to the "my ebooks" folder (although you can use the line O2smartphone suggested if you want to have it work "as new")
open the file manager
set it to show the address bar (from view I think it is)
type "/opt/xandros/share/asuslauncher"
that switches the file manger to that folder
open the console (from tools)
type "sudo nano simpleui.rc"
scroll down to the line you need to replace (the line right above the one that names the icon as etext reader)
change the line to either
<parcel simplecat="Internet" extraargs="/usr/bin/XandrosFileManager ~/My\ Documents/My\ Ebooks -caption File\ Manager -maximized"
or my preferred
<parcel simplecat="Internet" extraargs="/usr/bin/FBReader %f"
to exit nano and save the changes
ctrl+x
press y
press enter
then shut down and restart the machine, your icon is back.
the first line mentioned opens the filemanager in my documents/my ebooks when you click the icon, the second just opens the extext reader at the last document you read in fullscreen mode
cheers
GeekOfAges
Last edited by GeekOfAges (2007-12-31 6:44:04 am)
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That is not the only icon that can go missing!
It looks as though ASUS have (partially???) introduced new language options for the default O/S but they appear to arrive without warning or consent and cause problems...
If you take a copy of the original simpleui.rc and copy the correct links into it everything will work, but an update will "spoil" all your work in simpleui.rc EVERYTIME you perform an update until ASUS fixes the problem
See this link;
New update with European and Asian Languages causing icon problems
http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=6520
I have added a link for this thread because it refers to the same problem - I really hope someone can actually get a response from ASUS about fixing this
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