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cell

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Registered: 2007-10-23

Posts: 111

[solved]samsung n120 wireless gdm and boot resolution

Hi, I got 3 problems atm.

02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8192 (rev 01)
With NetworkManager and native driver.

1.
When I come back from suspend or relog to GDM I can't reconnect to the wireless connection?
Sometimes I lose the connection in a session I can't reconnect?

2.
I get a black screen that's hanging for about 10-20 sec before GDM finally loads?

3.[SOLVED]
The boot screen resolution is kinda messed up.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Uvesafb
Would the above be the best solution?

Last edited by cell (2010-08-29 14:10:01)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [solved]samsung n120 wireless gdm and boot resolution

3. What exactly do you mean? Are you using KMS? What card and driver?

cell

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Registered: 2007-10-23

Posts: 111

Re: [solved]samsung n120 wireless gdm and boot resolution

Thank you that solves 3. resolution is now 1024x600.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Int … _.28KMS.29

local/xf86-video-intel 2.12.0-1 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org Intel i810/i830/i915/945G/G965+ video drivers
local/xf86-video-vesa 2.3.0-2 (xorg xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org vesa video driver

About 2. i found a bug report on gdm yesterday but i can't find it again, something about "locale" settings being the possible reason for the slow gdm load?

Here's my rc.conf if it's any help.

#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime", any other value will result
#   in the hardware clock being left untouched (useful for virtualization)
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
TIMEZONE="Europe/Copenhagen"
KEYMAP="dk-latin1"
CONSOLEFONT=""
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
#
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
#
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=()

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="mynetbook"

# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# 
# DHCP:     Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
#

#Static IP example
#eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
#eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(!eth0)

# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
 
# Setting this to "yes" will skip network shutdown.
# This is required if your root device is on NFS.
NETWORK_PERSIST="no"

# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This now requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(@syslog-ng dbus !network @networkmanager netfs @crond alsa gdm)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [solved]samsung n120 wireless gdm and boot resolution

If 3. is solved, please edit your first post e.g. like this:

3. [solved]
The boot screen resolution is kinda messed up.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Uvesafb
Would the above be the best solution?

That's what happens if you cram many issues into one topic.

I know nothing about gdm or wireless so I won't help you here.

cell

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Registered: 2007-10-23

Posts: 111

Re: [solved]samsung n120 wireless gdm and boot resolution

Done

cell

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Registered: 2007-10-23

Posts: 111

Re: [solved]samsung n120 wireless gdm and boot resolution

When coming out of suspend networkmanager fails to find any network.

This seems to fix it -
/etc/rc.d/networkmanager stop
rm /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state
rmmod r8192e_pci
modprobe r8192e_pci
/etc/rc.d/networkmanager start

If there is a better way either with a hook or using some pm-utils config file.
Then I would appreciate if someone could give an example that are more a bit explanatory then the wiki.

edit;
I am marking this as solved....I don't have a clue to how come but GDM is now showing up in some 5 seconds.
I don't have to reboot after suspend so that's fine too.

Last edited by cell (2010-08-29 14:09:41)