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Indeed, no problem for me with BIOS default settings. Except that I disabled C-states and used GV3 instead (no time to check if the system still hungs after this BIOS update when using xdmcp, scp or other network stuffs with C-states activated in BIOS). I also kept my "boot=b" in the kernel options ...

Linux/*BSD tested on 256MB USB (Ubuntu Linux 9.04) 1) The shell way : First, run as root : gparted or fdisk -l to know what your USB device is. Then, run as root : dd if=<directory-with-128MBDOS.IMG-file>/128MBDOS.IMG of=/dev/<your-USB-device> bs=128M 2) The Python way : You can reuse a script lice...

THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH ! :D (And thank you Mr. Open-Source to ... open the source) For Ubuntu users (Ubuntu 9.04 - kernel 2.6.28-13), if you want this option to be kept even if installing another kernel, you might possibly do this : 1) Open menu.lst : $ sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst Find the ligne "...

I haven't got any monitor either. I can't help for VNC because it was too much trouble to do simple things for me. I left VNC for SSH (and alternatively XDMCP). Maybe it could help ? Of course, if your laptop works with Windows ( :shock: ), you can forget all what I'm writing now ... No need to have...

1) Have you got Ubuntu 8.04 or Ubuntu 9.04 ?
2) If Ubuntu 8.04, can you please post the result of "cat /proc/cpuinfo" ?

==> see prj's research : http://www.fit-pc2.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=361

Maybe we could create a new topic (if the forum rules allow it) so that people with the 8.04 could help us with posts like "cat /proc/cpuinfo" ?

I'm not ready to make another partition for a 8.04 beside my 9.04 before leaving on vacations ...

Kernel 2.6.28-13-generic (Ubuntu 9.04). I had exactly the same problem as ekips (Spike?) but with an X11 session. I mean that it happened when logging to my couple of fit-PCs through XDMCP with another computer. Pressing a key on the keyboard didn't help, but slightly pressing the power button solve...

You're perfectly right yogev_ezra.
I made a big mistake.

Sorry for confusing other people.
But now all is clear thanks to your explanation.

Feedback about the total cost in € :

Fit-PC2 diskless (cf. ender) : €326.90 ($305)
Fit-PC2 Linux (cf. myself) : €348.05 ($359)

N.B. I ordered two Linux fit-PCs and I had to pay €126,55 to UPS for customs charges (why on earth are there some frontiers ?!!!)

Jewels needs time to be carved ...