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sand_man

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 2,164

Going to install on Asus FS3G

Hi guys.
I am not new to linux distros however I am new to Arch linux. I have been playing around with Arch and I have installed it in VMware on a XP host which much success.
I love this distro and I want to install it natively on my laptop and I was just wondering what sort of problems I am to expect.
Will I have problems with my wifi?
Will it at least auto detect eth0 so that I have an active connection and access to online docs while installing?
Anything else I should know?
Thanks in advance.

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vogt

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From: Toronto, Canada

Registered: 2006-11-25

Posts: 389

Re: Going to install on Asus FS3G

There's some documentation on the cd itself, but the installer pretty much guides you through it.

Depending on which install cd you use, the network might not be brought up automatically, in which case to bring it up: dhcpcd eth0

Wifi generally works, if its intel, it's pretty much guaranteed to work

sand_man

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 2,164

Re: Going to install on Asus FS3G

It is Intel. So hopefully it "just" works.
I'll try it out tonight when I get home from work and I'll post up if I have any problems

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sand_man

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 2,164

Re: Going to install on Asus FS3G

Ok I have installed Arch and everything is going fine. I got my wlan0 setup with no problems. But I have no sound. I know this seems to be a common problem and I have read and read and tried everything and I just can't figure out why I have no sound.

bash-3.2# lsmod | grep snd
snd_seq_oss            30336  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      6656  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                48432  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_hda_intel         336440  4 
snd_seq_device          6796  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_hwdep               7428  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm_oss            38656  0 
snd_pcm                68228  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              19848  3 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          8072  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          14848  2 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    46628  13 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore               6496  2 snd

bash-3.2# ls -l /dev/snd
total 0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 10 2008-06-14 22:09 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  9 2008-06-14 22:09 hwC0D0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  8 2008-06-14 22:09 hwC0D1
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  7 2008-06-14 22:09 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  6 2008-06-14 22:11 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  5 2008-06-14 22:09 pcmC0D6c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  4 2008-06-14 22:09 pcmC0D6p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  3 2008-06-14 22:09 seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  2 2008-06-14 22:09 timer

rc.conf

MODULES=(atl1 mii iwl4965 cdc_ether rndis_host usbnet snd-mixer-oss 
snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd 
snd-hda-intel soundcore)

I have of course checked the volume levels over and over again. I get no modules errors and when I do play a file in audacious it does appear to be playing but just no sound.
I have also tried running alsaconf.

Last edited by sand_man (2008-06-14 03:34:58)

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sand_man

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 2,164

Re: Going to install on Asus FS3G

Well I never got ALSA to work.
I've been using OSS lately but I was unable to get the mic to work which I need to use Skype.
So I'm trying ALSA again. Still I have no sound. Everything appears normal. Sounds seems to be playing but no sound comes out of my speakers.
I've tried putting
options snd-hda-intel enable=1 index=0 model=basic
in /etc/modprobe.conf but it did nothing.
My modules in rc.conf looks like this
MODULES=(atl1 mii iwl4965 cdc_ether rndis_host usbnet ov51x-jpeg uhci_hcd ata_piix snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore )

Is there any other possible solutions anybody knows about?

Last edited by sand_man (2008-06-22 01:47:06)

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vogt

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From: Toronto, Canada

Registered: 2006-11-25

Posts: 389

Re: Going to install on Asus FS3G

I have of course checked the volume levels over and over again.

Stupid Question: You definitely unmuted, and increased the volume on both Master and PCM?

sand_man

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 2,164

Re: Going to install on Asus FS3G

So many times I could do it with my eyes closed.
i have also tried different models like:
model=asus-laptop
model=asus
model=3stack
etc, but nothing seems to work.

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wizzard

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From: PA, US

Registered: 2006-10-17

Posts: 33

Re: Going to install on Asus FS3G

model=lenovo works on my Asus F3SA, have you tried that one?