Stopped kicking yourself, and starting to enjoy yourself now

We have replaced many handles of all kinds with a pair of locking pliers locked onto the spindle or whatever other stub is left.  This can enable one to use the device until a repair can be made, or provide a long term solution if one isn't fussy about the way things look. ( For a use in the shower, look for stainless steel locking pliers. )

I don't know the details of fixing your blinds but epoxy and twisted up paperclips will make a useful hook or hanger for many applications.

OMG!!  Someone with a sense of humor!!  Out the door...out...

Wow! This is the second time in my life where I wasn't lumped in with the 'geeks'. It's so exciting!

tnr3euser wrote:

To mods: Is it possible to change the title of this thread for other users looking to integrate J input onto their 900s?

Done from the coffee shop in Amsterdam airport

Seems like you had a really hard time getting it to work, AngryJohn.

I am looking at the 900, but I also need Japanese input to work in Linux. If Asus (or Xandros?) had made it a little easier to install, that would have made the 900 more attractive...

Last edited by Drewvt (2008-06-29 6:04:09 am)

By the way, (just for anyone who actually cares)

As for step 3:

3. Add the following as a third line to the sources.list file:

deb http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free

Save and exit.

You can use any debian server.  It doesn't have to be the japanese one.  If you already have any kind of Debian repository, skip step 3.

The debian etch repository doesn't exist anymore.

Regards gringo

I've really no clue what you're doing. 
First of all, in the mentioned step 8 I can't see anything about "sudo apt-get im-switch -c"
I can see there just an "im-switch -c", nothing else.
So, do you've already installed "im-switch"? If not, you need a "sudo apt-get install im-switch"

Apt-get is the package manager and it needs a command to know what it should do.
For example "sudo apt-get install (packagename)" or "sudo apt-get update" e.g.
To run apt-get without a command is IMHO pointless.
If "im-switch" is already installed, why the "sudo apt-get"? What should apt-get do with it?
And what should apt-get do with the -c option?

Regards gringo

The pubkey is not necessary for the installation.
Some repositories have 'keys' available. They are like certificates of authenticity.
It is not compulsory to install them, but if you don't then apt will report warnings.
It's not an error. So you can ignore that and click it away.

Like I've written, the debian etch repo doesn't exist anymore.
From which other repo did you try to install the mentioned packages in step 5?

The default Xandros is outdated and no more supported from its most important
repository. So unfortunately it could be you are not able to do what you want to do.

Regards gringo

I can see that you've broken packages in your package manager.
You've to remove them. Otherwise you are no more able to install or deinstall
anything because the package manager is blocked in that case.

Do it like that:

Open a terminal and type in: sudo synaptic  (press enter)
Now you'll see "synaptic", the graphical frontend of the package manager.
Click "Reload". Click "Status". You should see then a line "Broken Dependencies"
(left side). Click that line.
Now the name of the broken package (or packages) appears in the right
part of synaptic. Click the small box in front of the package name and choose
"deinstall" (or similar) from the following context menu.
If there are more than just one broken package, do the same also with the
other ones. Now you've to click "Apply" (or similar) from the menu above.
The following window tells you what you've chosen to do.
Now click "Apply" at the lower edge of the window.
Maybe you can't see this button if you've the small screen of the 701.
In that case, move the hidden part of the window into view, by click and
drag (upwards) with the left mouse button on any part of the window whilst
holding down the ALT key. Then left-click the lower edge of the window and
extend it (if necessary) until you can see the "Apply" button. Click it.
The Package (or packages) is (are) going to be deinstalled.
Close synaptic.
If everything worked then you've again a working package manager.

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If you just want to type in japanese, did you try to change the keyboard layout?
Settings tab > Peronalization > Keyboard Layout.
Don't know if you'll find japanese there but it's worth a try.

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Just found this in the wiki:  Howto:japanese input
Seems it doesn't need the debian repo.
Point 6.4 is just a dummy installation (the "-s" for simulation) to see if there are conflicts.
If you want to try the Howto then you should do it exactely like it's written there.
Don't know if it works and can't help you with it. So don't blame me if it fails.

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If nothing works, I've no more idea. In that case I'm afraid that you've to give up.
Xandros is no more supported and it's almost impossible to costumize it without
the debian etch source and some others.
So, accept it like it is or think about to change to a newer OS.

Regards gringo

Your image shows there are broken packages (they would block also the sources.list).

And also you've to close synaptic before you try to edit the sources.list
with : sudo kwrite /etc/apt/sources.list

If synaptic is open or another package manager process is running in the background
(from terminal, or whatsoever) or there are broken packages, everything else is blocked
from APT (it's the name of the package manager).

Look once more in synaptic and do the same what I've written again.

Regards gringo