Arch on Asus EEE 901

chori · 2008-10-20 13:45:38

fgrano wrote:

chori wrote:
fgrano wrote:
I'm getting the following errors when booting the zen kernel:
modprobe: FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.26-zen2eee/modules.dep: No such file or directory
eth0: write_lease: No such file or directory
I checked that /lib/modules/2.6.26-zen2eee/modules.dep does exist, i have no idea what the eth0 problem means. Are these errors something to be concerned about?
Which boot image are you using? Look back earlier in this thread, this is a problem that commonly occurs when the boot image generated with mkinitcpio doesn't match your kernel.
I did do this just to make sure: "mkinitcpio -c /etc/mkinitcpio-zeneee.conf -k 2.6.26-zen2eee -g /boot/zeneee.img"
and in menu.lst i've got:
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/zeneee root=/dev/sda1 ro
initrd /boot/zeneee.img
was that what you meant?

Yes, that's what I meant. Did you try a force reinstall of the zen-eee901 kernel?

fgrano · 2008-10-20 13:51:19

chori wrote:

fgrano wrote:
chori wrote:
Which boot image are you using? Look back earlier in this thread, this is a problem that commonly occurs when the boot image generated with mkinitcpio doesn't match your kernel.
I did do this just to make sure: "mkinitcpio -c /etc/mkinitcpio-zeneee.conf -k 2.6.26-zen2eee -g /boot/zeneee.img"
and in menu.lst i've got:
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/zeneee root=/dev/sda1 ro
initrd /boot/zeneee.img
was that what you meant?
Yes, that's what I meant. Did you try a force reinstall of the zen-eee901 kernel?

Did that, no change...

chori · 2008-10-20 13:56:58

fgrano wrote:

chori wrote:
fgrano wrote:
I did do this just to make sure: "mkinitcpio -c /etc/mkinitcpio-zeneee.conf -k 2.6.26-zen2eee -g /boot/zeneee.img"
and in menu.lst i've got:
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/zeneee root=/dev/sda1 ro
initrd /boot/zeneee.img
was that what you meant?
Yes, that's what I meant. Did you try a force reinstall of the zen-eee901 kernel?
Did that, no change...

Have you customized your /etc/mkinitcpio-zeneee.conf file? Or are you using the one shipped with the kernel package?

Foschini · 2008-10-20 14:05:09

I have bought an Intel4965 wireless card: with standard kernel26 works very well but with zenkernel-eee modprobe doesn't find the iwl module. Is it possible to use the standard iwl4965 module on zenkernel?

slappinjohn · 2008-10-20 14:09:56

Foschini wrote:

I have bought an Intel4965 wireless card: with standard kernel26 works very well but with zenkernel-eee modprobe doesn't find the iwl module. Is it possible to use the standard iwl4965 module on zenkernel?

pacman -S iwlwifi-4965-ucode should fix this.

fgrano · 2008-10-20 14:17:56

chori wrote:

fgrano wrote:
chori wrote:
Yes, that's what I meant. Did you try a force reinstall of the zen-eee901 kernel?
Did that, no change...
Have you customized your /etc/mkinitcpio-zeneee.conf file? Or are you using the one shipped with the kernel package?

The one shipped with the kernel. This is wierd, I tried removing the initrd line from menu.lst and the error no longer shows up. I don't know if this is an ok fix, are there any drawbacks?

Foschini · 2008-10-20 14:49:38

slappinjohn wrote:

Foschini wrote:
I have bought an Intel4965 wireless card: with standard kernel26 works very well but with zenkernel-eee modprobe doesn't find the iwl module. Is it possible to use the standard iwl4965 module on zenkernel?
pacman -S iwlwifi-4965-ucode should fix this.

I have already installed that package, but the module iwl4965 is available only when I boot with standard kernel26.
If I try to modprobe iwl4965 when I'm using zenkernel-eee the module can't be found.

slappinjohn · 2008-10-20 15:03:10

Foschini wrote:

I have already installed that package, but the module iwl4965 is available only when I boot with standard kernel26.
If I try to modprobe iwl4965 when I'm using zenkernel-eee the module can't be found.

Ask Robertek, if he could include it in the next kernelrelease.

chori · 2008-10-20 15:12:55

slappinjohn wrote:

Foschini wrote:
I have already installed that package, but the module iwl4965 is available only when I boot with standard kernel26.
If I try to modprobe iwl4965 when I'm using zenkernel-eee the module can't be found.
Ask Robertek, if he could include it in the next kernelrelease.

It looks like that kernel module isn't included in the current stable 2.6.26 zen-eee901 kernel. I'll look into that shortly (since I also have a iwl4965 card I'm about ready to install.) I believe Robertek is very close to releasing a stable 2.6.27 zen-eee901 kernel.

chori · 2008-10-20 15:15:21

fgrano wrote:

chori wrote:
fgrano wrote:
Did that, no change...
Have you customized your /etc/mkinitcpio-zeneee.conf file? Or are you using the one shipped with the kernel package?
The one shipped with the kernel. This is wierd, I tried removing the initrd line from menu.lst and the error no longer shows up. I don't know if this is an ok fix, are there any drawbacks?

No drawbacks, but it indicates an inconsistency between the boot image and your running kernel. I would try running depmod -a manually, then manually building a zeneee.img file, using a completely configured mkinitcpio.conf file. See if you can identify the point at which the inconsistency enters.

Robertek · 2008-10-20 20:49:51

=== ZEN-EEE901 UPDATE ===

Hi all, I have updated the stable zen package to 2.6.27. It tooks me longer because there was need for some patch rewrite and update.

What is in there:

*) linux 2.6.27.1
*) iwl drivers, => iwl3945,4965
*) rt2860 v 1.8 (please report, I dont have rt now)
*) atl1e v 1.0.1.0 (fixed mac adresses and doesnt produce errors like the inkernel version in latest git)
*) atl2 (eee 900)
*) eee module as usual
*) bluetooth switch

There are a lot of changes now:

1) devided the package into two packages named zen-eee901-1G and zen-eee901-4G
1G version is for users that has 1GB of ram
4G for users that has more than 1GB

the package is supposed to remove the old stable kernel

2) config changes, new stable is based on git version, so users that used git will get nearly the same.
*) acpi-cpufreq is now as module
*) sound is now as module (I sugest enable module autoloading in rc.conf)
*) filesystems compiled in: ext2, jfs, others are as modules (genraly with jfs or ext2 it is can run w/o initrd)
*) few speedup tweaks

3) I will stop releasing git version for now, It will be only playground for testing and I wont release that regulary.

4) because zen-sources are git based, so there will be no stable releases like 2.6.27.4 etc, I will only incoroprate fixes and change config accoarding your feedback. That means that next truly stable release will be with 28.

Have a good eee-ing and post feedback, fixes, config options etc.

chori · 2008-10-20 21:45:40

A couple of things to note when you upgrade to the new kernel:

1) If you boot off a USB device, make sure to edit the /etc/mkinitcpio-zeneee.conf file to include "usb" in HOOKS, then regenerate the zeneee.img file.

2) If you had the parameter "pciehp_slot_with_bus=1" in modprobe.conf, take it out and reboot: otherwise once you toggle your WLAN off, you'll never get it back (ra0 comes back with a MAC address of "00:00:00:00:00:00", and a bunch of "ERROR!!! BBP read R1=0xffffffff fail" messages in dmesg.

tehabe · 2008-10-20 22:26:39

With the new stable kernel I can't connect to my WEP secured wifi network. Neither with netcfg or wicd. It is validating my authorization and than it breaks up.

The new driver still wants these obscure RT2860STA.dat.

elliott · 2008-10-20 22:58:54

I'm having some problems with the FSB settings. When I push the button, the OSD pops up, the values in /proc/eee/fsb change properly, but the CPU frequency stays at 1599Mhz.

chori · 2008-10-20 22:59:08

tehabe wrote:

With the new stable kernel I can't connect to my WEP secured wifi network. Neither with netcfg or wicd. It is validating my authorization and than it breaks up.
The new driver still wants these obscure RT2860STA.dat.

Try manually configuring it step-by-step, as I detailed earlier in this thread. I'll paste the steps here again:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/wicd stop # or netcfg, or whatever
$ sleep 3
$ sudo /sbin/ifconfig ra0 down
$ sleep 3
$ sudo /sbin/ifconfig ra0 <your IP address> up
$ sudo /sbin/route add -net default gw <your gateway IP address>
$ sudo /usr/sbin/iwpriv ra0 set SSID=<your ssid>
$ sudo /usr/sbin/iwpriv ra0 set AuthMode=WEPAUTO
$ sudo /usr/sbin/iwpriv ra0 set EncrypType=WEP
$ sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig ra0 key s:<your key, in ASCII>

You may need to add some domain name servers to resolv.conf afterwards.

This is the suboptimal brute-force method, but at least you can see at what stage it fails (if it fails).

I'm getting ready to throw my ralink card away, and install the Intel card.

chori · 2008-10-20 22:59:59

elliott wrote:

I'm having some problems with the FSB settings. When I push the button, the OSD pops up, the values in /proc/eee/fsb change properly, but the CPU frequency stays at 1599Mhz.

Do you have speedstep enabled?

elliott · 2008-10-20 23:07:42

chori wrote:

elliott wrote:
I'm having some problems with the FSB settings. When I push the button, the OSD pops up, the values in /proc/eee/fsb change properly, but the CPU frequency stays at 1599Mhz.
Do you have speedstep enabled?

In the BIOS? Yes.

chori · 2008-10-20 23:10:08

elliott wrote:

chori wrote:
elliott wrote:
I'm having some problems with the FSB settings. When I push the button, the OSD pops up, the values in /proc/eee/fsb change properly, but the CPU frequency stays at 1599Mhz.
Do you have speedstep enabled?
In the BIOS? Yes.

Try turning off speedstep, see if your CPU speeds then change.

elliott · 2008-10-20 23:17:10

Disabled Speedstep and that Max CPU ID option is disabled too, no change.

chori · 2008-10-21 00:23:27

elliott wrote:

Disabled Speedstep and that Max CPU ID option is disabled too, no change.

What do you see when you run 'cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor'?

elliott · 2008-10-21 00:43:34

No such file or directory.

[elliott@eee-arch ~]$ ls /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/
cache/ cpuidle/ topology/

reverie · 2008-10-21 01:05:19

there's a newer rt driver (1.7.1.1, yes, version numbering doesn't make sense) listed here which seems to fix a lot of problems for people:

http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=409638

you'll still need to apply the old patches methinks, haven't looked at it yet.

tehabe · 2008-10-21 01:12:10

chori wrote:

tehabe wrote:
With the new stable kernel I can't connect to my WEP secured wifi network. Neither with netcfg or wicd. It is validating my authorization and than it breaks up.
The new driver still wants these obscure RT2860STA.dat.
Try manually configuring it step-by-step, as I detailed earlier in this thread. I'll paste the steps here again:
This is the suboptimal brute-force method, but at least you can see at what stage it fails (if it fails).
I'm getting ready to throw my ralink card away, and install the Intel card.

In the modules something is missing (again):

 # Support Wpa_Supplicant
HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y
# Support Native WpaSupplicant for Network Maganger
HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=y

Compiled with it and it works again.

chori · 2008-10-21 01:16:38

reverie wrote:

there's a newer rt driver (1.7.1.1, yes, version numbering doesn't make sense) listed here which seems to fix a lot of problems for people:
http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=409638
you'll still need to apply the old patches methinks, haven't looked at it yet.

That same thread also points to a (possibly) newer driver for the elantech touchpad: http://arjan.opmeer.net/elantech/

tehabe · 2008-10-21 01:39:56

chori wrote:

reverie wrote:
there's a newer rt driver (1.7.1.1, yes, version numbering doesn't make sense) listed here which seems to fix a lot of problems for people:
http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=409638
you'll still need to apply the old patches methinks, haven't looked at it yet.
That same thread also points to a (possibly) newer driver for the elantech touchpad: http://arjan.opmeer.net/elantech/

I get an error compiling 1.7.1.1, I wil try it later again.

/home/thomas/downloads/2008_0925_RT2860_LinuxSTA_v1.7.1.1_EeePC/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_main_dev.c: In function 'rt_ieee80211_if_setup':
/home/thomas/downloads/2008_0925_RT2860_LinuxSTA_v1.7.1.1_EeePC/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_main_dev.c:782: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'nd_net'
make[2]: *** [/home/thomas/downloads/2008_0925_RT2860_LinuxSTA_v1.7.1.1_EeePC/os/linux/../../os/linux/rt_main_dev.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/thomas/downloads/2008_0925_RT2860_LinuxSTA_v1.7.1.1_EeePC/os/linux] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.27-zen'
make: *** [LINUX] Error 2

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