MSI Wind

leo2501 · 2009-05-19 21:52:53

in my case i tryed everything

tuxce · 2009-06-18 15:45:32

Is there anyone who uses testing on the msi wind (2.6.30)?
If xorg is started, connecting to network using wlan raises a kernel panic.
connecting to network and then starting xorg => kernel panic

I tried intel and vesa driver, and even used older rtl8187se driver instead of the one in the kernel with the same result.

Any idea ?

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leo2501 · 2009-06-19 01:27:11

The only way i can have a stable xorg, is installing the 2008.06 img and then install everything with arch rollback machine, when i have everything installed, i added one by one the deps of xorg to pacman.conf's IgnorePkg string and then update to the newest repos... that way i stay bleeding edge, but with the older and stable 7.3 Xorg... no hangs, working vga output, faster opengl...

On the other hand, for wireless i use wifi-select and netcfg, try it without X and see if it hangs that way without testing... believe me, you want to stay away from latest xorg with this intel graphic card

tuxce · 2009-06-19 08:33:04

I use it since a while now, and until the 2.6.30 update, everything works fine, xorg 1.6 with latest intel driver and rtl8187se from kernel 2.6.29 or from aur for kernel < 2.6.29

leo2501 wrote:

On the other hand, for wireless i use wifi-select and netcfg, try it without X and see if it hangs that way without testing...

It's just the couple xorg + wifi who make kernel panics, wifi without xorg works like a charm with netcfg or wicd
xorg without wifi works fine too.

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flammenwurfer · 2009-06-29 19:59:51

Anybody track down a fix for this Xorg wifi kernel panic bug? My Wind is basically unusable right now. Is downgrading the kernel the only option?

I've never downgraded my kernel before, and I'm not sure what to do.

Onyros · 2009-07-01 22:25:59

I had many problems with Xorg, touchpad and WiFi with the 2.6.30 kernel on an Advent 4211c (rebadged MSI Wind), and solved them by using the RTL8187SE driver available in the AUR and by reducing xorg.conf to the essential. I also use netcfg.

No problems whatsoever right now, so I'm a happy camper.

flammenwurfer · 2009-07-02 03:24:41

Are you able to use compositing effects still?

By reducing xorg.conf to essential, you mean what exactly? Like just not having an xorg.conf and using hotplugging?

Onyros · 2009-07-02 20:45:25

I don't use compositing (DWM), but I could if I wanted to, 3D acceleration is working well enough. It was the first time I removed xorg.conf, I was still stuck to the old school of X configuration, and it was also the first time I tried hotplugging - successfully.

I only added a few options related to the Intel driver, and didn't even have to define monitor settings as it configures everything automatically. I use xrandr for the external display I use at home, and it's working fine and dandy. Try removing your xorg.conf (back it up, before you do), and go from there.

I have a strange event from time to time: the mouse (and touchpad) buttons freeze and stop working altogether, I have to restart X for those to work again, but it happens rarely and I don't get what's triggering it, yet. dmesg is not throwing out errors related to that, same goes for Xorg logs, I'm still trying to find out what's wrong there, may have something to do with the HAL devices configuration.

flammenwurfer · 2009-07-03 15:46:24

I renamed my xorg.conf and everything seems to be working fine and dandy, compositing and everything.

tuxce · 2009-07-07 21:31:43

About the kernel panic, I found a patch and made an AUR package: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=28053
It works with 2.6.30

flammenwurfer · 2009-07-07 23:38:05

hmm....I installed it and I still get a kernel panic. Shit, wait a sec. I just installed it and rebooted. I would have to change rtl8187se in modules to rtl8187se-patched wouldn't I?

Maybe I'll try it again.

tuxce · 2009-07-08 08:06:38

you also have to disable the actual module:

MODULES=(!rtl8187se rtl8187se-patched)

flammenwurfer · 2009-07-08 20:56:29

Will this patched version work with future kernels as well? Or will it need to be reinstalled every time there is a kernel upgrade?

tuxce · 2009-07-09 09:10:17

I hope the patch will be applied in future kernel release.
Otherwise, it will need recompilation.

flammenwurfer · 2009-08-19 16:00:59

Has anybody with the synaptics touchpad had any problems recently?

I'm running KDEMod, but I don't know that that has anything to do with the problem. I just updated my system a couple days ago. Restarted, used it, everything worked fine. I shut it down, then I turn it on yesterday to use it . It's been off without any changes for a day or so. When I turn it back on yesterday tapping to click and left clicking with the actual button don't work anymore. The moving of the cursor works fine and the right button works fine. I'm really confused, since it worked fine even after a restart, then the next day it doesn't.

Please tell me somebody else is having a similar issue.

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