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mastapsi

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Registered: 2008-07-27

Posts: 14

Re: Arch on Eee PC

Actually, the newest version of the PKGBUILD for eeert2860 will check which kernel you are using and act appropriately.

Everything is working fine on the new kernel for me, although I did have some issues with ndiswrapper being unstable, but I ended up switching to the eeert2860 driver, and solved the issue.

bludra84

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Registered: 2007-10-25

Posts: 20

Re: Arch on Eee PC

Anyone else having trouble cloning toofishes git repo? I keep getting this error:

Initialized empty Git repository in /home/~/eee/eee/.git/
error: The requested URL returned error: 501
warning: remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref, unable to checkout.

Last edited by bludra84 (2008-08-11 06:40:24)

JazzplayerL9

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Registered: 2006-03-31

Posts: 109

Re: Arch on Eee PC

@bludra84,

if you're really using ~ in your git command, that would be the problem.  ~ refers to /home/<username>, not just <username>.  Else, your port is blocked.  It worked for me just fine.

I just issued:

 git clone http://code.toofishes.net/gitprojects/eee.git

and had no problems.

Last edited by JazzplayerL9 (2008-08-11 12:21:34)

bludra84

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Registered: 2007-10-25

Posts: 20

Re: Arch on Eee PC

Ahh thanks for the help. I just put a tilde to hide my login name. I'll have to look into that port problem. Thanks.

inf

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From: Vantaa, Finland

Registered: 2006-07-18

Posts: 102

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Re: Arch on Eee PC

Actually, the newest version of the PKGBUILD for eeert2860 will check which kernel you are using and act appropriately.

Everything is working fine on the new kernel for me, although I did have some issues with ndiswrapper being unstable, but I ended up switching to the eeert2860 driver, and solved the issue.

So what packages should i install for EEE 901 to work good? I already installed and put the atl1e module, so i have ethernet connection working. Should I use toofishes kernel? and the eeemodules from aur?

JazzplayerL9

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Registered: 2006-03-31

Posts: 109

Re: Arch on Eee PC

@inf,

currently, toofishes' kernel doesn't work for the 901.  My suggestion is to use the stock kernel, the atl1e module, and the eeert2860 driver....the last two being from the AUR.  In your modules line in /etc/rc.conf you'll need to add atl1e and rt2860sta.  In my opinion that makes the 901 work "good."  But...that does not include options for working suspend to ram, microphone, or extra key options like the default install had (IE your 4 keys to the left of the power button won't work).  People are working on it though.

jbooth

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Registered: 2006-12-29

Posts: 34

Re: Arch on Eee PC

I just uploaded acpi-eee901 to aur. It isn't exactly perfect: wireless on/off doesn't work. But I believe suspend (901: fn-f1) worked just fine. (oddly, wireless comes back from suspend just fine) Do follow the note that pops up on install, else you'll tend to double-sleep.

My arch setup: 2.6.26-1 [testing] (out of date now) and then atl1e, eeert2860, acpi-eee901 [aur].

Edit: I haven't had a lot of time to develop on it -- been too busy crushing alliance in WoW and helping friends move.

Last edited by jbooth (2008-08-11 18:52:20)

ighea

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Registered: 2007-10-20

Posts: 118

Re: Arch on Eee PC

I just uploaded acpi-eee901 to aur. It isn't exactly perfect: wireless on/off doesn't work. But I believe suspend (901: fn-f1) worked just fine. Do follow the note that pops up on install, else you'll double-sleep.

My arch setup: 2.6.26-1 [testing] (out of date now) and then atl1e, eeert2860, acpi-eee901 [aur].

Why so serious?

eee-kernel 2.6.26.2-2
All-in-one kernel package for Asus Eee PC.
Including ethernet and wlan drivers for 700/900 series, just install and enjoy.  (Replaces toofishes' kernel-eee.)
WINE works.

eee-kernel-2.6.26.2-2-i686.pkg.tar.gz http://www.ihku.biz/arch/edgy/eee-kerne … pkg.tar.gz
PKGBUILD: http://www.ihku.biz/arch/eee-kernel/

Good job, guys! o/

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jbooth

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Registered: 2006-12-29

Posts: 34

Re: Arch on Eee PC

Also just uploaded a new eeert2860 with a mod from delcake to add draft-n support (apparently it ships as off by default in the drivers). I haven't yet delt with the "fixed WEP/WPA" things yet.

inf

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From: Vantaa, Finland

Registered: 2006-07-18

Posts: 102

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Re: Arch on Eee PC

Anyone having font problems with EEE 901? My fonts are big and bolded and ugly as an old woman. I have set the dpi etc stuff to xorg.conf but without any help

Could anyone post their Xorg.conf?

JazzplayerL9

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Registered: 2006-03-31

Posts: 109

Re: Arch on Eee PC

jbooth,

I just installed your acpi-eee901 package...suspend works well enough for me.  I guess I missed the note at the beginning so I'll have to go review it...but wanted to let you know that asusosd isn't exactly working for me.  I don't have a /proc/acpi/asus directory at all.

djolk

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Registered: 2008-03-07

Posts: 59

Re: Arch on Eee PC

jbooth,

I just installed your acpi-eee901 package...suspend works well enough for me.  I guess I missed the note at the beginning so I'll have to go review it...but wanted to let you know that asusosd isn't exactly working for me.  I don't have a /proc/acpi/asus directory at all.

I am also having this problem on a 701 with a fresh install.  Openbox often crashes with an unable to open /proc/acpi/asus/brn
"All your base are belong to us."  It actually says that...
I've also forgotten, and can't find in this forum or the wiki what one needs to do to get the video camera to work. 
I've done echo 1 > blah blah   but when I bring up luvcview or  mplayer I just get a blurry colourful screen.

Daniel

jbooth

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Registered: 2006-12-29

Posts: 34

Re: Arch on Eee PC

Nope. Most of the scripts know to look for /sys/devices/platform/eeepc(_laptop?)/... instead of /proc/acpi/asus. Just a change between drivers. Error messages about asus should be harmless. I found I had to run asusosd as root (won't work as user) but it worked if I did so (though eventually it went crazy and started hogging cpupower, so I'd suggest jsut avoiding it).

I haven't played with the camera.

JazzplayerL9

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Registered: 2006-03-31

Posts: 109

Re: Arch on Eee PC

yeah, when I run asusosd as root it works just fine...odd.  I still get the /proc/acpi/asus/brn missing error, but it works.

inf

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From: Vantaa, Finland

Registered: 2006-07-18

Posts: 102

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Re: Arch on Eee PC

So anyone willing to share their xorg.conf for EEE 901? jbooth / JazzplayerL9 ?

foobar

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Registered: 2008-08-12

Posts: 5

Re: Arch on Eee PC

So anyone willing to share their xorg.conf for EEE 901? jbooth / JazzplayerL9 ?

For my 900, to get smaller fonts, I just went

echo "Xft*dpi: 64" >> ~/.Xdefaults

and restarted X. Fixed most things.

inf

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From: Vantaa, Finland

Registered: 2006-07-18

Posts: 102

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Re: Arch on Eee PC

So anyone willing to share their xorg.conf for EEE 901? jbooth / JazzplayerL9 ?

For my 900, to get smaller fonts, I just went

echo "Xft*dpi: 64" >> ~/.Xdefaults

and restarted X. Fixed most things.

I'll try that then! Thanks

jbooth

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Registered: 2006-12-29

Posts: 34

Re: Arch on Eee PC

I just copied the xandros one off from my install before I wiped it and re-used theirs. Worked like a charm. You should be able to find that in the xandros .deb repo over at asus' site somewhere. It isn't easy for me to get the file at the moment...

Last edited by jbooth (2008-08-12 13:14:46)

foobar

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Registered: 2008-08-12

Posts: 5

Re: Arch on Eee PC

A big thank you to everyone here, I installed Arch on my EEE a couple of days ago by following the Wiki and this thread, and am loving it! Looking at ighea's rc.conf helped a lot too

I get from AMI BIOS to X desktop in around 20 seconds, which is a vast improvement over what I was running before (Ubuntu eee, close to a minute to boot, firefox constantly lagging). Installation was pretty easy, spent less time installing Arch and getting Win2k to run in VirtualBox than I did trying to get Win2k to install on the SSD for a dual boot system, which I gave up on (stupid MSWIN4.1 boot record refused to load NTLDR).

inf

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From: Vantaa, Finland

Registered: 2006-07-18

Posts: 102

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Re: Arch on Eee PC

So anyone willing to share their xorg.conf for EEE 901? jbooth / JazzplayerL9 ?

For my 900, to get smaller fonts, I just went

echo "Xft*dpi: 64" >> ~/.Xdefaults

and restarted X. Fixed most things.

Actually that didn't help

I don't know why the fonts are like this. Must be some setting somewhere...

Jickel

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Registered: 2008-06-22

Posts: 47

Re: Arch on Eee PC

Now that Virtualbox has been mentioned here I might as well ask this VB question here as well, seeng as it might be Eee-related... I've gotten no help from the #vbox channel or forum, nor have I found this issue anywhere else.

WinXP works perfectly fine under Virtualbox (1.6.4, personal use binary) with the default video driver, but if I install the guest additions driver I get extremely choppy video performance (even in fullscreen) and only 4-bit color.

It doesn't seem to matter if I run compiz fusion or not. I've tried both 192 and 512 MB main memory, and 8/16/32/64 MB video memory, but it doesn't seem to make any difference. I have 2 GB RAM in this 701.

foobar

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Registered: 2008-08-12

Posts: 5

Re: Arch on Eee PC

Now that Virtualbox has been mentioned here I might as well ask this VB question here as well, seeng as it might be Eee-related... I've gotten no help from the #vbox channel or forum, nor have I found this issue anywhere else.

WinXP works perfectly fine under Virtualbox (1.6.4, personal use binary) with the default video driver, but if I install the guest additions driver I get extremely choppy video performance (even in fullscreen) and only 4-bit color.

It doesn't seem to matter if I run compiz fusion or not. I've tried both 192 and 512 MB main memory, and 8/16/32/64 MB video memory, but it doesn't seem to make any difference. I have 2 GB RAM in this 701.

Can't really help sorry.

VB on my 900 was a little quirky at first but seems ok now, running guest additions also. In Win2k, when I first tried to take it to max res (1024*600) in fullscreen by using the windows display properties, it would only let me use 256 colours. I was able to use 32-bit at 800*600 though, so I set that. By switching out of fullscreen and back to it again gave me 1024*600*32. Its a default virtualbox install except for some USB config I had to do. I'm using xf86-video-intel as my Xorg driver, and using the xorg.conf from the Wiki with just the modeline changed to suit the 900 (so no compositing).

How did you build your vboxdrv? I just downloaded a vanilla kernel and copied ighea's kernelconfig to .config, and ran make until it wrote the version headers.

JazzplayerL9

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Registered: 2006-03-31

Posts: 109

Re: Arch on Eee PC

@jbooth,

acpi-eee901 - minor issue...when I look at cpufreq-info it's only displaying CPU0 that is set as "ondemand."  Earlier I was echoing the ondemand cpu frequency scaling to both cpu's through /etc/rc.local and cpufreq-info would display info about both cpu's, but now that's not a valid way of doing things.  Is cpu frequency scaling still working with both cpu's or does something need to be changed?  I'm looking through the handler script and only see cpu0 being taken care of.

mastapsi

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Registered: 2008-07-27

Posts: 14

Re: Arch on Eee PC

That's interesting.  In actuallity, there really is only one CPU, since the Atom's have Hyperthreading.  Is the Hyperthreading messing with the scaling?

djolk

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Registered: 2008-03-07

Posts: 59

Re: Arch on Eee PC

mastapsi:  I think linux shows the hyperthreading as a second cpu.  Or at least it used to when I had a hyperthreaded cpu.

Can I ask, even though it has probably been asked before, what one needs to do to make the video camera on a 701 work?
I'm using the toofishes kernel and ighea's acpi stuff.  I've "echo 1 > /sys/acpi/....
If I start up luvcview the light comes on, but the camera display is just a blur of colours.
I remember there being a module I had to load at one point, but I cannot find anything to that effect nowadays.

daniel