Acer Aspire One

the.ov · 2009-02-25 13:23:11

I am, I received my hard drive, but when I went to install it, I realized that I need a flipover ZIF cable for it (the one for the AAO's SSD has the connectors on the same side of the cable), so I'm awaiting the new cables' arrival. As soon as they come I'll install the shiny new 2009.02 Archlinux and compile 2.6.29rc6. Thanks for waiting!

As for two-finger scrolling, I'm pretty sure it doesn't work, but I'll check a Windows AAO that I have access to and see if it can do anything different. I've heard rumors that it does work in Windows.

Zom · 2009-02-25 14:17:49

Pretty sure two-finger scrolling doesn't work on the AAO.

Ov, please also add CONFIG_LSF to the config, since it looks like I'm unable to mount large ext4 partitions otherwise. Atleast, that's what dmesg is saying why I can't mount my 16GB SDHC-card.

the.ov · 2009-02-25 14:21:36

OK, I'll add it.

I checked the Windows XP A150 that I have here, and it *CAN* do two-finger scrolling (the pinch for zoom thing). So, there's got to be a way to implement it in Linux. I'll try to look into it, not sure how it'd work though.

superstoned · 2009-02-25 15:29:44

the.ov wrote:

OK, I'll add it.
I checked the Windows XP A150 that I have here, and it *CAN* do two-finger scrolling (the pinch for zoom thing). So, there's got to be a way to implement it in Linux. I'll try to look into it, not sure how it'd work though.

If it could emulate ctrl-scroll it'd work in most apps, right? At least Firefox and pretty much any KDE app which has zooming functionality.

the.ov · 2009-02-25 16:23:39

Yep, it just emulates ctrl+scroll. I'm not sure whether the touchpad is the same model as in the A110L; I'd crack it open to check, but it's someone else's (and I'm just setting it up for them), so I don't want to void the warranty.

dunc · 2009-02-25 19:29:11

I just thought I'd look in here because I ordered an AAO this afternoon. I should be playing with it... er, that is, using it for important and serious business by this time tomorrow. Can't wait!

Zom wrote:

Ov, please also add CONFIG_LSF to the config, since it looks like I'm unable to mount large ext4 partitions otherwise. Atleast, that's what dmesg is saying why I can't mount my 16GB SDHC-card.

I had that problem on one of my desktop's partitions when I switched to ext4. It didn't make sense to me since CONFIG_LSF is supposed to be for >2TB files. On a 10GB partition? Mind you, I've seen other distros' forums and bugtrackers saying that ext4 depends on it, regardless of whether it's actually used.

But when I tried that partition again a few days later it mounted with no complaints. And here's the line, straight from my kernel config:

...
# CONFIG_LSF is not set
...

I can't figure it out. Since the partition had (obviously) never been mounted since the failed attempt, it hadn't changed. Neither had the kernel.

My best guess is that maybe ext4 always throws up that error when a mount fails, for whatever reason, but it is just a guess.

Zom · 2009-02-25 22:43:21

dunc wrote:

I just thought I'd look in here because I ordered an AAO this afternoon. I should be playing with it... er, that is, using it for important and serious business by this time tomorrow. Can't wait!
I had that problem on one of my desktop's partitions when I switched to ext4. It didn't make sense to me since CONFIG_LSF is supposed to be for >2TB files. On a 10GB partition? Mind you, I've seen other distros' forums and bugtrackers saying that ext4 depends on it, regardless of whether it's actually used.
But when I tried that partition again a few days later it mounted with no complaints. And here's the line, straight from my kernel config:
...
# CONFIG_LSF is not set
...
I can't figure it out. Since the partition had (obviously) never been mounted since the failed attempt, it hadn't changed. Neither had the kernel.
My best guess is that maybe ext4 always throws up that error when a mount fails, for whatever reason, but it is just a guess.

Weird. It's working great on my 8GB root partition, so dunno what it could be really. Didn't try it on my workstation, but I'm okay with ext2 for now.

kaola_linux · 2009-02-26 08:38:57

thomasd wrote:

kaola_linux wrote:
I have to manually mount my SDHC which is known as "mmcblk0p1" by my system..;) I hope there would be some script that could automatically do this...That would be cool!!!
If you entered it correctly into /etc/fstab, you should be able to mount it automatically by inserting
mount /dev/mmcblk0p1
into /etc/rc.local.

I've done what you've said...Thanks alot...I guess I'll be using the stock kernel this time until another new custom kernel will be released..:)

SleepyDog · 2009-02-26 11:28:42

the.ov wrote:

As for two-finger scrolling, I'm pretty sure it doesn't work, but I'll check a Windows AAO that I have access to and see if it can do anything different. I've heard rumors that it does work in Windows.

Whether the hardware is capable or not, the x11 synaptics driver currently does not report the number of fingers on the touch pad. Try running the following command and putting two, three, thirteen fingers on the pad. The 'f' column doesn't change.

 $ synclient -m 500
time     x    y   z f  w  l r u d m     multi  gl gm gr gdx gdy
2.001  3230 1042  38 1  9  0 0 0 0 0  00000000   0  0  0   0   0

There was a patch floating around that used the change in width to emulate two fingers on the pad (along with a patch to rotate the touchpad when you rotate the screen with xrandr), but the website that hosted it is down and I can't find a copy. I've been looking at the synaptics source, but given my coding skills it will be awhile before anything worthwhile comes out of it.

Cheers,
David

Zom · 2009-02-26 12:13:06

SleepyDog wrote:

the.ov wrote:
As for two-finger scrolling, I'm pretty sure it doesn't work, but I'll check a Windows AAO that I have access to and see if it can do anything different. I've heard rumors that it does work in Windows.
Whether the hardware is capable or not, the x11 synaptics driver currently does not report the number of fingers on the touch pad. Try running the following command and putting two, three, thirteen fingers on the pad. The 'f' column doesn't change.
 $ synclient -m 500
time     x    y   z f  w  l r u d m     multi  gl gm gr gdx gdy
2.001  3230 1042  38 1  9  0 0 0 0 0  00000000   0  0  0   0   0
There was a patch floating around that used the change in width to emulate two fingers on the pad (along with a patch to rotate the touchpad when you rotate the screen with xrandr), but the website that hosted it is down and I can't find a copy. I've been looking at the synaptics source, but given my coding skills it will be awhile before anything worthwhile comes out of it.
Cheers,
David

Did you try the git version of the driver from aur and see if there was any difference?

Zom · 2009-02-26 12:24:56

Gonna give the kernel26-one-dev a try again now that it's updated.

E: Works fine so far, though pciehp is missing. We'll see if I actually need it. Gonna try suspend with a SDHC-card mounted as home next.

E2: Uhh, suspend didn't work very well. with sdhci_debug_quirks=1 set in grub, it just resumed to a black screen with no way of recovering other than holding down the power button. Without it, it crashed in X.

I really hope we can work this out so it works with the.ov's kernel

E3: Crap, tried it again and now a fsck won't fix it. Argh.

E4: Right, will update BIOS and try again. Might work. :b

Last edited by Zom (2009-02-26 17:14:28)

MarCustomized · 2009-02-26 18:55:37

nvm

Last edited by MarCustomized (2009-02-28 03:20:42)

phabulosa · 2009-02-26 20:27:24

anyone tried libdrm-newest 2.4.5
and
xf86-video-intel-newest 2.6.2

IF I use "UXA", no matter Arch stock kernel or my own kernel26-oneice kernel, it will lock up X and give me funny looking screen.

vrnphoto · 2009-02-27 02:40:55

kaola_linux wrote:

vrnphoto wrote:
Yes, I have a trouble still.. I dont see "mmcblkxx"
I made it
ls /dev/
Have you included "pciehp" on you modules list?

Yes, I do

But I dont see /dev/mmcblk...

I download kernel http://dolly.rulex.net/~giga/arch/kerne … pkg.tar.gz and try to pacman it.

pacman -U kernel26-one-dev-2.6.28-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz

I get error:
error: scriptlet failed to execute correctly

what to do?

Last edited by vrnphoto (2009-02-27 05:01:50)

Zom · 2009-02-27 13:50:56

With one-dev, it's always like that. Just ignore it, it should install anyways.

However, after the BIOS upgrade, suspend2ram seems to work with gothics -one kernel. Haven't tried with one-dev, but I don't care to since the USB 3G-modem doesn't work with that one.

Oh well, one less issue down.

vrnphoto · 2009-02-27 14:13:53

Zom wrote:

With one-dev, it's always like that. Just ignore it, it should install anyways.
However, after the BIOS upgrade, suspend2ram seems to work with gothics -one kernel. Haven't tried with one-dev, but I don't care to since the USB 3G-modem doesn't work with that one.
Oh well, one less issue down.

May be always like that but I cannot see left cardreader as /dev/mmcbkl0b1 or /dev/mmcbkl0 still...
Peoples! Advise me to a normal distributive of ArchLinux for AA0 please.

/tmp/errors.log
myhost mmc0: error -84 whilst initialisation SD card

Last edited by vrnphoto (2009-02-27 15:02:16)

Zom · 2009-02-27 16:11:05

vrnphoto wrote:

Zom wrote:
With one-dev, it's always like that. Just ignore it, it should install anyways.
However, after the BIOS upgrade, suspend2ram seems to work with gothics -one kernel. Haven't tried with one-dev, but I don't care to since the USB 3G-modem doesn't work with that one.
Oh well, one less issue down.
May be always like that but I cannot see left cardreader as /dev/mmcbkl0b1 or /dev/mmcbkl0 still...
Peoples! Advise me to a normal distributive of ArchLinux for AA0 please.
/tmp/errors.log
myhost mmc0: error -84 whilst initialisation SD card

From what I've read a BIOS update should fix this issue, though it didn't for me.

And, uh, suspend failed just now. What a nice little rollercoaster this is.

vrnphoto · 2009-02-27 16:34:58

I made it
Look here (russian language):
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ace … 1.80.D0.B0

Last edited by vrnphoto (2009-02-27 16:36:39)

vrnphoto · 2009-02-28 05:58:59

Try make "Setting a proper framebuffer ".
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ace … ramebuffer

I have an error at
mkinitcpio -p kernel26

==> Building image "default"
==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.28-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26.img
:: Begin dry run
:: Parsing hook [base]
:: Parsing hook [udev]
:: Parsing hook [v86d]
FATAL: Hook '915resolution' can not be found.
==> FAIL
==> Building image "fallback"
==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.28-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26-fallback.img -S autodetect
:: Begin dry run
:: Parsing hook [base]
:: Parsing hook [udev]
:: Parsing hook [v86d]
FATAL: Hook '915resolution' can not be found.
==> FAIL

What to do?

kaola_linux · 2009-02-28 07:45:53

vrnphoto wrote:

Try make "Setting a proper framebuffer ".
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ace … ramebuffer
I have an error at
mkinitcpio -p kernel26
==> Building image "default"
==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.28-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26.img
:: Begin dry run
:: Parsing hook [base]
:: Parsing hook [udev]
:: Parsing hook [v86d]
FATAL: Hook '915resolution' can not be found.
==> FAIL
==> Building image "fallback"
==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.28-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26-fallback.img -S autodetect
:: Begin dry run
:: Parsing hook [base]
:: Parsing hook [udev]
:: Parsing hook [v86d]
FATAL: Hook '915resolution' can not be found.
==> FAIL

What to do?

Install 915resolution-static from the aur first...:)
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?O … _Search=Go

Then, add "915resolution" to your hooks at your

/etc/mkinitcpio.conf

Last edited by kaola_linux (2009-02-28 07:50:03)

Zom · 2009-03-03 12:50:07

the.ov, did you have a look at the kuki-kernel for ubuntu? Might be a good start to base the kernel config on.
http://www.aspireonekernel.com/releases/

I haven't tested this though, but it seems to work for most people. I wonder if suspend with a SDHC-card works on that one.

E: Actaully, I'm gonna try compiling gothics aur-package with sickboys config and see how it turns out.

E2: Worked rather well, just don't forget to either make ext4 built into kernel or a new initramfs if you've got an ext4 filesystem. Sleep with a SDHC-card finally works it seems.

Last edited by Zom (2009-03-03 16:54:40)

Zom · 2009-03-04 00:47:35

Or not. Suddenly corrupted my card. After a reformat and restore it just won't work anymore. Screen never turns on. I'm getting very sick of this, I mean, what causes it to suddenly work and then suddenly not work? It doesn't make any sense!

Checked the log, nothing really useful what I could see. Should've saved it. Tried blacklisting memstick and pciehp but no difference really.

Argh. Why can't it just work? Why must always something be broken?

Neronus · 2009-03-04 16:15:38

A little off-topic, maybe, but:

I consider buying an Acer Aspire One 150 (for 220 Euros).
Some of you have owned this device for quite some time now.
Please tell me whether you are happy with it, or disappointed.
Would you suggest to buy now, or wait for the next generation of netbooks?

I want to have a portable device in addition to my desktop PC, which
would be used for anything CPU-demanding.

vrnphoto · 2009-03-04 17:11:49

you can be happy rigth now with AA0 and ArchLinux )

zezke · 2009-03-04 18:20:14

Is there any way you can install packages from ftp? I just installed from core installer, and tried to update the kernel offline, but it wouldn't boot anymore because it couldn't find the disc anymore :s

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