Acer Aspire One

schuay · 2008-10-17 15:09:24

wantamad wrote:

ok thanks Dooley
did anybody manage to connect to a wpa-psk tkip network? i can only connect to un-encrypted wireless networks on arch. on linpus however, im able to connect to both encrypted and unencrypted networks.
any ideas?

using stock kernel 2.6.27 with ath5k (everything fully updated on testing repo), i don't have any problems connecting to my wpa encrypted home network.

edit: and currently connected to a wpa2 network

Last edited by schuay (2008-10-17 16:12:25)

wantamad · 2008-10-17 18:01:06

thanks for your reply schuay.

i tried installing ubuntu 8.04 LTS and wireless connection just worked. one thing i noticed in the gnome networkmanager was that when i setup my wireless there (System > Admin > Network) it gave me the option for wpa in the encryption field, whereas in arch, it only had WEP and none. this got me thinking that im missing a package.

here is what i did to connect:

1. opened network from system > administration
2. disabled wired connection
3. setup wireless connection (set static ip, encryption, ssid)

after doing that i get connected. in arch im not even able to connect so i guess i need to install a package that allows arch/gnome to handle wpa-psk tkip encryption

here is what i have installed:

gnome-network-manager
wpa_supplicant

what else did you install schuay?

schuay · 2008-10-17 19:44:30

hmm... difficult to say, i've had this installation for a while.. i'm using netcfg2 from the netcfg package to connect, i haven't tried networkmanager since updating.

lspci -s 03:00
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
lsmod | grep ath5k
ath5k                 100480  0 
mac80211              158876  1 ath5k
cfg80211               25224  2 ath5k,mac80211
led_class               5508  2 ath5k,acer_wmi

aside from removing the ath5k blacklist after upgrading from 2.6.26 i didn't have any complications in getting it to work.. i'm afraid this isn't going to help you much though

wantamad · 2008-10-17 21:51:59

thanks again schuay, i will try netcfg2. i just find networkmanager easier to use hehe. thanks for the tip!

kevin1024 · 2008-10-18 22:21:00

I haven't seen it mentioned yet, but I had to add

QUIRKS=(preessid)

to my netcfg profile in order to get it to hop on the wireless on boot. At least for my AP with no encryption. Anyone else need to do this? If so, I'll put it on the wiki.

blah · 2008-10-19 10:42:10

shouldn't the wiki's (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Acer_Aspire_One) info regarding eth0-driver (r8169.ko) be updated? I just wondered - since after upgrading to 2.6.27 i fell for it (again) - but this time only for a couple of minutes ;-)

...cause with my AA1 only the realtek's r8101.ko (with r8101E and r8102E support) works reliably.

(I just wanted to get this info from you - before I'd update the wiki-site.)

gothicknight · 2008-10-19 12:17:16

blah wrote:

shouldn't the wiki's (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Acer_Aspire_One) info regarding eth0-driver (r8169.ko) be updated? I just wondered - since after upgrading to 2.6.27 i fell for it (again) - but this time only for a couple of minutes ;-)
...cause with my AA1 only the realtek's r8101.ko (with r8101E and r8102E support) works reliably.
(I just wanted to get this info from you - before I'd update the wiki-site.)

What's your definition of reliability? For me it works well enough for the times I've used it.

schuay · 2008-10-19 12:21:01

gothicknight wrote:

What's your definition of reliability? For me it works well enough for the times I've used it.

I've also had problems using r8169. Sometimes 100% of incoming and outgoing packets would get dropped, making any connection impossible over eth0. Works perfectly using r8101 though.

gothicknight · 2008-10-19 15:53:24

schuay wrote:

gothicknight wrote:
What's your definition of reliability? For me it works well enough for the times I've used it.
I've also had problems using r8169. Sometimes 100% of incoming and outgoing packets would get dropped, making any connection impossible over eth0. Works perfectly using r8101 though.

Does this also happens using my kernel?

blah · 2008-10-19 18:08:37

no - this happens using archlinux's 2.6.27 generic-kernel (2.6.27-ARCH)...
(`pacman -Q | grep kernel26` says it's 2.6.27-2)

gothicknight · 2008-10-20 08:01:35

blah wrote:

no - this happens using archlinux's 2.6.27 generic-kernel (2.6.27-ARCH)...
(`pacman -Q | grep kernel26` says it's 2.6.27-2)

Yes, that was a known issue on arch's kernel (possibly due to IRQ interval), that doesn't affect kernel26-one kernel.

So when reporting such issues, please state what kernel you're using for me to know if there is really a need for a new patch

thomasd · 2008-10-20 08:16:37

Hi all,

just noticed that when using the stock kernel >=2.6.27, you have to blacklist snd-pcsp. Otherwise the PC speaker will act as your sound card. I edited the wiki.

zenix · 2008-10-21 03:32:33

I'm getting kernel panics with the latest .27-one kernel, and to install it I -R madwifi-hal & -U .27-one, which now renders my AA1 network-less. I figure that if I can get the AA1 to boot the -one kernel, then network would be alright, but I get the following kernel panic message and the caps lock LED blinks:

Kernel Panic wrote:

[ 4.585261] Warning: unable to open inital consle.
[ 4.585441] Failed to execute 3. Attempting defaults.
[ 4.585598] Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel

and here is the appropriate section of menu.lst:

menu.lst wrote:

title Arch Linux One
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-one root=/dev/sda1 init=3 ro

(Note: I've tried it with both init= there and not, same message)

My partition map is such:

parition map wrote:

/dev/sda1 46MB /boot
/dev/sda2 1.2GB swap
/dev/sda3 19GB /
/dev/sda4 92GB /home

If you need any more, just say so

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thomasd · 2008-10-21 07:07:40

zenix wrote:

menu.lst wrote:
title Arch Linux One
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-one root=/dev/sda1 init=3 ro
parition map wrote:
/dev/sda1 46MB /boot
/dev/sda2 1.2GB swap
/dev/sda3 19GB /
/dev/sda4 92GB /home

My guess is that your root should be /dev/sda3 in menu.lst.

zenix · 2008-10-21 10:13:48

thomasd wrote:

My guess is that your root should be /dev/sda3 in menu.lst.

That worked! Thanks! Maybe that info should be added to the wiki? I think that you'd have to specify sda3 (which would be /) since there is no initrd img? Anyways, thanks! Pretty quick boot

thomasd · 2008-10-21 10:18:27

zenix wrote:

thomasd wrote:
My guess is that your root should be /dev/sda3 in menu.lst.
That worked! Thanks! Maybe that info should be added to the wiki? I think that you'd have to specify sda3 (which would be /) since there is no initrd img? Anyways, thanks! Pretty quick boot

Well, the wiki recommends to use /dev/sda1 for everything but /home, no separate boot partition.
However, I wonder why your setup worked before for another kernel. It is obvious that root=/dev/sda1 points to the wrong partition. But maybe you are right and initrd corrects for this.

EDIT: Thought about it and yes, the initrd image is in /boot and therefore not affected by root=.... And when initrd has done its magic, the system is ready to use the fstab for partition lookup.

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zenix · 2008-10-21 10:27:01

Looking at menu.lst for the rest of the choices shows that root is set to the UUID device for / (/dev/sda3)...

thomasd wrote:

Well, the wiki recommends to use /dev/sda1 for everything but /home, no separate boot partition.

Well, those recommendations were designed for the SSD version of the AA1. I have the 120GB SATA version, that comes with Windows XP initially.

gothicknight · 2008-10-21 10:38:35

zenix wrote:

Looking at menu.lst for the rest of the choices shows that root is set to the UUID device for / (/dev/sda3)...
thomasd wrote:
Well, the wiki recommends to use /dev/sda1 for everything but /home, no separate boot partition.
Well, those recommendations were designed for the SSD version of the AA1. I have the 120GB SATA version, that comes with Windows XP initially.

Having the HDD version you possibly have a different disk controller and by so, not compiled in-kernel

zenix · 2008-10-24 02:35:34

gothicknight wrote:

Having the HDD version you possibly have a different disk controller and by so, not compiled in-kernel

I haven't had any problems with the kernel yet except for one: My internet connection, either wired or wireless, is pretty flaky - I can't use it for more than 30 secs before I start getting "Transient Resolver Failure"'s and timeouts. (mostly from pacman, but Firefox/links gets time outs & server not found errors, etc)

EDIT: I haven't really tried any real diagnostics, so it may just be something wrong with my configuration...dunno, but my network was fine with madwifi-hal+the .26 kernel...pah, this one is faster anyways

Anyone up for trying to make the AA1 boot (at least) into the standard login prompt (the virtual terminals) in at least 3-4 secs from a cold boot? Then we can go to town 'fixing' X.org

Last edited by zenix (2008-10-24 02:38:09)

Megaton · 2008-10-24 05:03:32

If anyone is still having wireless problems with both the .26 and .27 kernels, the new .28 tree has major updates for ath5k and should be an excellent choice for our AAO's. When it gets past .28-rc1 (released today) I will build a AAO kernel based on the new code and post it here if anyone wants it.

zenix · 2008-10-24 19:35:36

Megaton wrote:

I will build a AAO kernel based on the new code and post it here if anyone wants it.

I'd like it, just to see if it is the answer On one condition, though, I'd like the image name to be something other than /boot/vmlinuz26-one or vmlinuz26 - those kernels work just fine for me, and I'd still like an easily bootable AA1

dave.roberts · 2008-10-26 14:55:06

Hello. I'm trying to put Archlinux on my Acer Aspire One. I put the latest img on my USB stick and booted. I'm trying to configure the wired network for installation. dhcpcd eth0 pulls down a 169 address. both modprobe r8169 and lsmod hang and never finish. Does anybody have a suggestion?

blah · 2008-10-26 17:56:50

@dave.roberts: does 'lspci | grep Ethernet' say you're having a RTL8101E/RTL8102E ? if so, then you might try realtek's original driver (the link is allready postet a couple of times in this thread). (realtek's original driver (for r8101E) works fine with arch's kernel 2.6.27 (and if you want 2.6.26) for me.)

zenix · 2008-10-26 23:37:55

Hm...I think I've fixed my network bug (see http://lwn.net/Articles/304724/ for details) but I can't get ath0/wlan0 to work. iwlist ath0 scan doesn't produce any results when other laptops in the house will. What exactly am I supposed to have in MOUDLES in /etc/rc.conf? This is what I currently have:

MODULES=(!memstick !ipv6 !net-pf-10 ath_hal !ath5k ath_pci wlan)

The net-pf-10 and ipv6 blacklists were an attempt at preventing the ipv6 modules from loading, something I thought was causing the network issues

EDIT: Well, I'm kinda sad that no one has posted yet...of course, it's only been a day. I've rebuilt http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19580 with CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEBUG and CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT set to y (I'm not sure if that's right, but there weren't any complaints, so...) with no issues of kernel instability. Also, I guess I inadverntatly compiled in the ath_hal, ath_pci and wlan modules, as those are reported missing when I boot from this custom kernel vs gothick's. Network situation not improved.

EDIT2: ethernet works, but wireless still reports nothing though I'm sure that something is there. Though, I'm not really sure how to test whether it's the wireless card, driver or that there really isn't anything there and I've been fussing for no reason

Last edited by zenix (2008-10-28 02:59:35)

thomasd · 2008-10-28 09:38:18

zenix wrote:

EDIT2: ethernet works, but wireless still reports nothing though I'm sure that something is there.

Did you ensure to run iwlist scan as root? Also try to connect to a known network, even if scanning does not find it.

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