Arch on Asus EEE 901

slappinjohn · 2008-09-30 06:57:31

@Robertek

Robertek wrote:

My intel wireless card just arrived, so I will do some test and report.
EDIT:
So it works fine as it should. It needs only the firmware
 pacman -S iwlwifi-3945-ucode
For those who need better signal and higher sensitivity there are a lot of atheros around.
I have purchuated that on ebay for ~$20 ( 340 CZK ) including postage to CZ

Hi, it's probably a stupid question, but is it possible to exchange the Ralink-wlan-Module? How? and what intel model do you have bought?
Thx

Last edited by slappinjohn (2008-09-30 08:30:38)

inf · 2008-09-30 10:53:36

freigeist wrote:

inf wrote:
im having difficulties to get the elantech driver working. When i start X i can't move the mouse with touchpad.
Here's my xorg.conf
...
Are using the xf86-input-synaptics driver or just the synaptics one (this should be the right one if you are not using the testing repository)?

Im using the synaptics driver (not from the testing repository)

freigeist · 2008-09-30 11:47:27

inf wrote:

freigeist wrote:
inf wrote:
im having difficulties to get the elantech driver working. When i start X i can't move the mouse with touchpad.
Here's my xorg.conf
Are using the xf86-input-synaptics driver or just the synaptics one (this should be the right one if you are not using the testing repository)?
Im using the synaptics driver (not from the testing repository)

And you have xf86-input-evdev installed and the evdev module loaded?

Robertek · 2008-09-30 12:37:36

slappinjohn wrote:

@Robertek
Robertek wrote:
My intel wireless card just arrived, so I will do some test and report.
EDIT:
So it works fine as it should. It needs only the firmware
 pacman -S iwlwifi-3945-ucode
For those who need better signal and higher sensitivity there are a lot of atheros around.
I have purchuated that on ebay for ~$20 ( 340 CZK ) including postage to CZ
Hi, it's probably a stupid question, but is it possible to exchange the Ralink-wlan-Module? How? and what intel model do you have bought?
Thx

I have purchuased this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi … 0284513824

And it is pretty easy to replace:

1) remove the bottom "ram" cover and you will see: second disk, wifi, ram
2) carefuly replace the anthena connectors from the wifi
3) use screwdriver for the two screws holding that
4) replace the card with new one

inf · 2008-09-30 12:41:12

freigeist wrote:

And you have xf86-input-evdev installed and the evdev module loaded?

I thought I had forgot something

It's working now, thanks

saz · 2008-09-30 15:58:40

can't see the fsb... (/proc/eee/fsb doesn't exist!)

steve___ · 2008-09-30 22:37:19

saz, since others are not having your problem, have you tried dd'ing your sda1 partition (ie backing up your data) and testing with a fresh install?

slappinjohn · 2008-10-01 06:56:28

Robertek wrote:

I have purchuased this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi … 0284513824

Thx. I bought one right now. I hate not to be able to connect to an encrypted wifi-network with the gui. Hopefully this will be over soon.

Robertek · 2008-10-01 14:10:46

1) I have upgraded 1G git kernel and enabled deadline sheduler in that (seems like good for jfs)

2) Big cleanup in acpi-eee901

*) moved all the scripts in /etc/acpi/eee
*) polished the scrips and also the build environment (which is now accessible on the repository)
*) updated /etc/acpi/eee.conf with more options

So you must edit the eee.conf after upgrade, or some stuff wont be running.

I have some more polishing of the scripts in my TODO, so stay tuned.

And please report if I did some mistake and somehing doesnt work!

Last edited by Robertek (2008-10-01 14:11:23)

tuxfusion · 2008-10-01 17:25:59

Hey Robertek,

i have some questions/feedback on the acpi-eee901 package.
There is one in AUR and one in your repo.
Same name different maintainers,version and content. Is this intentional ?

What is cardr script supposed to do, save power or something ?
I manually set it off with echo 0, inserted a card into slot and get pages of
output in dmesg so it cant be off i guess -> http://rafb.net/p/t4JE4C63.html
EDIT: Just debug from other module right ? but from which ?How to turn off
makes dmesg unusable with all the text, no "debugs" in modprobe.conf
Just would like to know a usage scenario for it cause it'd be cool to save maybe some mA.

You reference urxvtc in the script which might not be installed on the client. Maybe
use xterm so one has a result on the first run?

You mixed the user buttons in /etc/acpi/eee/user-butons.sh

 user1) #User button 1
                $BUTTON_USER2 &
        ;;
        user2) #User button 2
                $BUTTON_USER1 &

Regards and thx for the work

Offtopic: i build zen myself and included new colors cause i really hate the yellow kernel msgs
somehow the changes dont show up maybe you can give me a hint what else to do then set it in .config or give your five cents on it ; maybe more arch like for instance white blue would be nice ^_^

EDIT2: Heureka !!! I wanted to post wlan still crashes but then i found a fix.
I had eeepc_laptop + pci_hotplug from maybe other package , other kernel loaded in rc.conf-> i removed those.
Then i saw by boot pcie_hp had an error -> I removed pciephp_slot_with_bus=1 from /etc/modprobe.conf
However its in the wiki to use it o.0 I guess only the modprobe error is the key not the rc.conf issue ...
Wlan loads/unloads now and i can use superfast booting zen kernel !!!

Last edited by tuxfusion (2008-10-01 18:39:42)

Robertek · 2008-10-01 20:31:24

tuxfusion:

1) I have used first time the aur build and than only add it to repo as package, But time changed and I did a lot of changes but never renamed. I dont know if the aur version is still maintained?!?

2) cardr script I added only as an example and someone should find it handy, I have replaced the dummy SD with microSD adapter and it consumes more power than for example enabled BT (even w/o microSD?!?). So it is why I did this, everyone may use that or not. (this is why there is eee.conf)

3) xterm and userbuttons fixed

If you will config colors in some nice ARCHy way, I would like to check that and than maybe change my config. So post the config after you are done.

pciephp_slot_with_bus=1 doesnt work on 27-rc series, so dont use that, use onlu force and debug

for those having some other than ralink card (like intel), pciehp can be used only with force option. (I will post that on the wiki later)

inf · 2008-10-01 20:42:56

Robertek wrote:

pciephp_slot_with_bus=1 doesnt work on 27-rc series, so dont use that, use onlu force and debug

Actually you don't need the debug option either. Works fine without too.

adamc83 · 2008-10-02 05:00:42

I'm trying to get acpid to change the power savings setting for my recently put in intel 3945 wlan card with the following lines in eee.conf (I'm using robertek's most recent version acpi-eee-11-2):

AC_PLUGGED_COMMAND="echo 6 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/iwl3945/*/power_level"
AC_UNPLUGGED_COMMAND="echo 4 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/iwl3945/*/power_level"

I cant seem to wrap my head around why this doesnt work, except that for some reason those commands only work in a root shell, and not with sudo (why is that, isnt it functionally equivalent?). The acpi script logic works fine, putting something like AC_UNPLUGGED_COMMAND="gedit" launches the program when the power is unplugged (as root, so I cant understand the problem here). Thoughts?

Robertek · 2008-10-02 07:58:04

adamc83 wrote:

I'm trying to get acpid to change the power savings setting for my recently put in intel 3945 wlan card with the following lines in eee.conf (I'm using robertek's most recent version acpi-eee-11-2):
AC_PLUGGED_COMMAND="echo 6 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/iwl3945/*/power_level"
AC_UNPLUGGED_COMMAND="echo 4 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/iwl3945/*/power_level"
I cant seem to wrap my head around why this doesnt work, except that for some reason those commands only work in a root shell, and not with sudo (why is that, isnt it functionally equivalent?). The acpi script logic works fine, putting something like AC_UNPLUGGED_COMMAND="gedit" launches the program when the power is unplugged (as root, so I cant understand the problem here). Thoughts?

I have something similar as you, but I have put the echo's to separate script (I just change another values like brightness also) and it works.

I use echo 6 and echo 5.

Im working on that for next release to do that automaticaly.

Last edited by Robertek (2008-10-02 07:58:50)

reverie · 2008-10-03 08:39:43

btw, to get fn-f5 (clone/vga/lvds switching) working I changed "MODE=`echo $4" to $3 in display.sh and made 3 events for display-toogle, so also to listen on 00000030, 31 and 32, works like a charm.

edit: and some alsa backports for 2.6.26, fixes microphone for me:
http://ftp.takhis.net/arch/eeepc-alsa-fix.patch

Last edited by reverie (2008-10-03 10:04:32)

chori · 2008-10-03 12:05:10

reverie wrote:

edit: and some alsa backports for 2.6.26, fixes microphone for me:
http://ftp.takhis.net/arch/eeepc-alsa-fix.patch

Thanks. I'll take a look at that, and integrate it into the stable kernel.

freigeist · 2008-10-03 20:19:57

just for your information, I have successfully compiled xorg, mesa and the intel-video driver from git and can confirm much better video performance (e.g. when scrolling in firefox). I'm now looking forward to an gem enabled kernel...

tung · 2008-10-04 02:55:22

freigeist wrote:

just for your information, I have successfully compiled xorg, mesa and the intel-video driver from git and can confirm much better video performance (e.g. when scrolling in firefox).

With or without compositing? If I turn on compositing, Firefox's scrolling is unbearably slow, but without it, it's fine.

Robertek · 2008-10-04 12:29:40

freigeist wrote:

just for your information, I have successfully compiled xorg, mesa and the intel-video driver from git and can confirm much better video performance (e.g. when scrolling in firefox). I'm now looking forward to an gem enabled kernel...

Can you make a package? I will upload it to repo. and would like to test it.

freigeist · 2008-10-04 13:41:25

Robertek wrote:

freigeist wrote:
just for your information, I have successfully compiled xorg, mesa and the intel-video driver from git and can confirm much better video performance (e.g. when scrolling in firefox). I'm now looking forward to an gem enabled kernel...
Can you make a package? I will upload it to repo. and would like to test it.

Are you talking about the gem-enabled kernel or the git-packages for xorg and the intel driver? I'm currently trying the latest tip/git kernel and hope it already includes the gem patches. For the xorg packages from git, sure, I can upload them somewhere if you point me a direction. The git packages from aur are missing a few things and contains some little bugs, so I had to get some additional things for compiling. I was to lazy to make PKGBUILDs from them, hope I can do it tomorrow. The 18 compiled packages are around 23 MB...just drop me a note where to put them

inf · 2008-10-04 21:28:51

@Robertek

Can you add these to the git kernel:

* USB Serial Converter support (CONFIG_USB_SERIAL)
* USB driver for GSM and CDMA modems (CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_OPTION)

and also support for PPP(async serial ports) and also the option module would be nice to have so I could use my Huawei E169 with Arch

Last edited by inf (2008-10-05 14:34:23)

adamc83 · 2008-10-04 22:46:02

freigeist wrote:

I'm currently trying the latest tip/git kernel and hope it already includes the gem patches.

Per this article at phoronix this morning, GEM isnt coming until 2.6.28:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=n … &px=Njc2NA

It sources this blog post:
http://virtuousgeek.org/blog/index.php/ … 03/title_1

So, not quite there yet.

freigeist · 2008-10-05 11:31:17

adamc83 wrote:

freigeist wrote:
I'm currently trying the latest tip/git kernel and hope it already includes the gem patches.
Per this article at phoronix this morning, GEM isnt coming until 2.6.28:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=n … &px=Njc2NA
It sources this blog post:
http://virtuousgeek.org/blog/index.php/ … 03/title_1
So, not quite there yet.

I was hoping that it has been already merged into git of kernel 2.6.27, but unfortunately it seems to be not included yet. But video performance with xorg, mesa and intel git is already much better, no lags when scrolling, no lags when typing text...i'm quite happy with it

Last edited by freigeist (2008-10-05 16:09:23)

potterzot · 2008-10-06 04:22:57

Hey guys. I just wanted to say thank you for your hard work getting Arch working on the 901. I just got mine and finished installing and getting everything working and it is great.

A few notes that I think other people have already covered:

-the internal mic seems to work only with the version of alsa modules included in the 'zen-eee901-git' kernel.

-I had to rebuild the init file to get LVM2 to work right. To do so I issued:

mkinitcpio -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -k 2.6.27-rc7-zen3eee -g /boot/zeneee-git

otherwise when zen-eee901-git installed it build the init file without the proper hookes. I don't know why.

everything else was more or less a breeze. I really appreciate it.

edited for spelling...

Last edited by potterzot (2008-10-06 04:24:08)

Robertek · 2008-10-06 10:59:33

inf wrote:

@Robertek
Can you add these to the git kernel:
* USB Serial Converter support (CONFIG_USB_SERIAL)
* USB driver for GSM and CDMA modems (CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_OPTION)
and also support for PPP(async serial ports) and also the option module would be nice to have so I could use my Huawei E169 with Arch

Will be included in next release

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