Aspire One: Custom Desktop script

13 08 2008
WARNING: This script is deprecated and will not be updated. New kernels (>2.6.27) support all the devices of the AOne, so consider installing a standard distribution (ZenWalk, Ubuntu, Debian...).

After some days tweaking the Desktop of my new shiny Aspire One ;-), I've decided to write a script to automate the process if I ever need to restore the system with Acer's Recovery CD. I think this can be also useful for those who are tired of the boring Linpus desktop and want a fully customizable Xfce 4 environment. My script performs the following operations:

  • Replace Linpus modified Xfce4 packages with the standard ones.
  • Replace kpowersave with acpid+xfce-battery-monitor.
  • Install self-compiled kernel modules for USB Modem (including many mobile phones), PPP compression and Bluetooth.
  • Install mplayer (fully featured), vlc (default player for Thunar), claws-mail, pidgin (IM) and bluetooth utils.
  • Remove buggy gtkrc-2.0 (makes the xfce standard panel insanely big).
  • Add the /usr/bin/rem_driver.sh script to remove the WiFi driver before suspend (without this the Atheros card sometimes hangs and I need to reboot).
  • Download and install Firefox 3.0.1 (consumes less memory and has more features, what else do you want? ;-) and enable mplayer and flash-player plugins.

To use this script, you'll need to have your AC power source plugged and (reliable!) network connection. Simply download it (aone-config.sh), open a terminal (ALT+F2 and enter "xterm"), and run the script this way:

cd Downloads
sudo sh ./aone-config.sh

BEWARE: This process can't be reversed, if you want to recover Linpus Desktop (or if something goes wrong with the installation) you'll need to use your Recovery CD, probably losing all your personal data stored in the SSD.

After running the script, you should get something like this:

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10 09 2008
#1 manuel (Reply)

YES!!! It works exactly as expected.

Thank you!
14 09 2008
#2 scops (Reply)

it works nice... BUT: after installing the system tgz my preformence is mad :-( (no other pathes...) i cant play videos because every 2-3 secs there is an stop for about 1/2 sec! in games also! before i installed your pathes it works nicely... please help!
29 01 2009
#3 Gordon (Reply)

This appears to have been removed - anyone got a copy of it now? I'm just after the desktop config file as mine appears to be corrupt...
02 02 2009
#4 marc Ramis (Reply)

hola No veo el script (aone-config.sh) por ningún lado; ¿serías tan amable de hacérmelo llegar?
Gracias.
06 02 2009
#5 enekinsw (Reply)

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