Acer Aspire One

Determination · 2008-08-11 00:12:35

I'm running xfce w/ its compositor, and it works great. Be sure to include intel driver specific tweaks; glxgears went from around 400 to around 900 when I applied them.

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AndyRTR · 2008-08-11 04:51:40

Determination wrote:

I'm running xfce w/ its compositor, and it works great. Be sure to include intel driver specific tweaks; glxgears went from around 400 to around 900 when I applied them.

Is it the right the size for our One babe in the tweaks?

Xeo84 · 2008-08-11 07:07:45

i installed gnome and works great and i think it's not slow, ram consumption is about 130 mb!

thomasd · 2008-08-11 08:12:10

Hi all,

I've read through this thread and the wiki and am willing to install Arch Linux on my Aspire One. But having read all the stuff, I still wonder if the following things work without problems when properly configured:

- integrated microphone.
- both card readers (I read that the left one works only when the card is in while booting, but what about the right one?).
- all the Fn keys to adjust brightness, volume, touchpad, external monitor, ...
- an external monitor on the VGA port.
- automatic adjustment of the screen brightness when using battery/ac. On Linpus this is done automatically (through KPowersave?), or is this a hardware feature which works regardless of the OS?

Thanks for your help.

thomasd · 2008-08-11 08:19:03

sorry for adding another question in a separate post:

Will I be able to install via WLAN if I use the FTP install USB-Image and load the madwifi in the setup-environment? If not, will it work on wired LAN if I load the 2.6.26 kernel and r8169 when using the FTP install USB-image?

The reason I am asking: I have only a 256MB USB-stick available.

Thanks again for your help.

AndyRTR · 2008-08-11 08:20:58

- screen brightness works via hardware
- for the rest: see also https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne

Save all sources you get from Linpus/Acer and help fixing missing features in Arch

apaige · 2008-08-11 09:05:39

AndyRTR wrote:

And any idea what are best CFLAGS for cross-compiling with my workstation?

The stock kernel on the Aspire One is configured to be compiled with -march=i686 -mtune=core2, according to the config file in /boot. I don't know who configured it (Acer guys or Linpus guys), but I should hope they cleared it with Intel first, or knew what they were doing. Until a better source (i.e. someone from either Intel or GCC) says otherwise, I assume that's the appropriate settings. I can't test it right now because I've returned my A1 for replacement, which I'll get tomorrow.

Determination · 2008-08-11 17:08:59

intel device section of my xorg.conf:

Section "Device"
   Identifier "Videocard0"
   Driver "intel"
   # Option "monitor-LVDS" "Monitor0"
   # Option "monitor-VGA" "Monitor1"
   Option "Clone" "true"
   Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS,VGA"
   # vBusID "PCI:0:2:0"
   # Screen 0
   Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
   Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
 EndSection

I have been modifying the Linpus xorg.conf to meet my needs. (that "DontZap" setting was a pain)

Having applied both the recommended settings in the Arch wiki, I found that AccelMethod elsewhere I can't find at the moment. It's entirely possible that the increase in glxgears can be attributed to EXA...

thomasd · 2008-08-12 09:01:07

Determination wrote:

I have been modifying the Linpus xorg.conf to meet my needs. (that "DontZap" setting was a pain)

The keyboard-section of the Linpus-xorg.conf also was unusable with Arch. Essentially, I copied only the Screen, Monitor, and Synaptics sections from the Linpus version. I don't have the Aspire One here now, but will post the xorg.conf soon.

Also, it should be mentioned that the UVC video needs a kernel module loaded for the webcam to work. The name of the module is not listed in the Aspire One wiki entry nor in the general Webcam wiki entry. Unfortunately, I do not remember the name myself at the moment. I will edit the wiki when memory returns (or after lsmod at home).

I still have problems with alsa. All channels are there and unmuted, but nothing is playing any sound so far. Will try the hints from the Ubuntu wiki, when I get time.

I used the dwm window manager from suckless.org and the fonts in Firefox and other application are way too big. But I assume this is a general problem with Xorg font configuration. Will have to look into this.

gothicknight · 2008-08-12 17:13:34

Thomasd, the module is "uvcvideo" and it should be automagically loaded by the kernel (>=2.6.26) but if not, please add it to the modules sections of rc.conf

Xeo84 · 2008-08-12 20:04:43

thomasd wrote:

I used the dwm window manager from suckless.org and the fonts in Firefox and other application are way too big. But I assume this is a general problem with Xorg font configuration. Will have to look into this.

same problem with firefox and opera with fonts! I'd configured fonts and with other applications no problems but with firefox and opera i try to set fonts in preferences but are still too big!!!
only in user mode with opera it seems to works!!

apaige · 2008-08-14 09:22:31

Put this in ~/.xserverrc:

#!/bin/bash
exec /usr/bin/X -br -dpi 100

I can't remember if you have to make the file executable or not. Anyway, that'll solve the font issue. I recommend using ttf-dejavu.

oew · 2008-08-14 15:07:54

Hi!

I have succesfully installed Arch on my Aspire One.
But when i edit my fstab according to the ArchWiki page, my disk gets mounted with read only.
I have experiemted and figured that it is the "commit=15" option that causes this.
Have anyone else experienced this?

I only have one partition on my disk.

oew

gothicknight · 2008-08-14 16:14:52

That's because ext2 doesn't support that mount option, only ext3. It will have to be corrected.

You can achieve the same thing with:
echo "1500" > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs

iarann · 2008-08-14 16:52:53

Determination, I have been using those options as well, but I'm only getting around 275 with glxgears. Do you mind posting your xorg.conf?

piie · 2008-08-14 20:13:13

iarann: this is my xorg.conf
http://rafb.net/p/ohbfFp41.html

glxgears works for me with >800fps but don't forget, that glxgears is not a benchmark. Quake3 runs with an optimized configuration with constant >80fps.

Don't forget to put "export INTEL_BATCH=1" into your /etc/profile

iarann · 2008-08-14 21:09:25

piie wrote:

iarann: this is my xorg.conf
http://rafb.net/p/ohbfFp41.html
glxgears works for me with >800fps but don't forget, that glxgears is not a benchmark. Quake3 runs with an optimized configuration with constant >80fps.
Don't forget to put "export INTEL_BATCH=1" into your /etc/profile

That export line made a huge difference, I am getting around 425 now. I also had to add a line to the xorg.conf to get it to work, a dri mode, which is strange considering we all have the same hardware and OS. I wonder what else could be giving me different results.

gothicknight · 2008-08-14 21:20:35

Thanks piie, I'm getting 930 (using only startx + glxgears) and 850~870 @ KDE. Superb improvement over the previous 400fps

I must try true combat elite under this

piie · 2008-08-15 02:13:59

iarann wrote:

That export line made a huge difference, I am getting around 425 now. I also had to add a line to the xorg.conf to get it to work, a dri mode, which is strange considering we all have the same hardware and OS. I wonder what else could be giving me different results.

about your dri mode issue, is your user in the "video" group? Then you won't need the dri mode line. Try to run glxgears on a plain X server without any windowmanager. Are all your packages up2date with the testing repo?

thomasd · 2008-08-15 13:37:57

Did anyone managed to get the integrated microphone and the right card reader working?

I tried the alsa hints from the Ubuntu wiki, but it does not work. Front mic is there as a capture channel, but only noise is transmitted, when increasing the gain.

As for the right card reader, does anyone know the device name (/dev/...), probably from a Linpus installation?

Determination · 2008-08-15 15:43:26

here's my xorg.conf: http://rafb.net/p/ol1KXR80.html

I am also exporting the batch as mentioned in the wiki for Intel Graphics.

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iarann · 2008-08-15 15:54:10

piie wrote:

about your dri mode issue, is your user in the "video" group? Then you won't need the dri mode line. Try to run glxgears on a plain X server without any windowmanager. Are all your packages up2date with the testing repo?

Added the account to the video group, which resolved that dri mode line. Running glxgears in a plain X server gets 470 fps. All my packages are current with the testing repo. Thanks for the help.

Biwano · 2008-08-15 16:24:02

Hi,pos

I am new to Arch and I am struck with the WIFI issue.
I installed it via a USB stick and the minimalistic .img

Here is what I did from then:
- tryed the package built by Andy (unpacked everything in /) => reboot => modprobe ath_pci => dmesg says: Hardware revision not supported
- downloaded the madwifi sources (madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3835-20080801.tar.gz) built the source with make => reboot modprobe ath_pci => dmesg says: Hardware revision not supported

I think the Kernel does not load the Good version of Madwifi because Demsg also says ath_all: 0.9.30.13 (blablablabla)

What should I do?

Thanks in advance

Bruno
(I am French don't mind the typos)

EDIT: - dumb me - make install did it (using the madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3835-20080801.tar.gz package) ... do not mind me ... I keep exploring the distro

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piie · 2008-08-16 02:10:32

thomasd wrote:

Did anyone managed to get the integrated microphone and the right card reader working?
I tried the alsa hints from the Ubuntu wiki, but it does not work. Front mic is there as a capture channel, but only noise is transmitted, when increasing the gain.
As for the right card reader, does anyone know the device name (/dev/...), probably from a Linpus installation?

Same problems with mic and right sd card reader here. Additionally the sound modules are broken after suspending.

gothicknight · 2008-08-17 21:23:48

Piie, the right card reader doesn't have hotplug. But if you start the computer with the SD in, it will work

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