Acer Aspire One

thomasd · 2009-01-20 09:46:30

XFire wrote:

My fan is quite noisy, but I am hesitant to upgrade the BIOS in case something goes wrong. Have you updated the BIOS before without issue?

Yes, I have updated the BIOS two or three times without problems. I use unetbootin to create a FreeDOS USB stick and just unzip the BIOS files there. See also http://macles.blogspot.com
That said, acerfand should also work with the earliest BIOS versions of the AA1 like 3109 and 3114. There were only some intermediate versions like 3307 that do not seem to work.

ichbinesderelch · 2009-01-20 16:23:21

thomasd wrote:

ichbinesderelch wrote:
anyone else having problems with acerfand since today? my fan spins down and up like every 5 secs(seems like how long the update intervall is) and the aa1 is shutting down a while after that, worked like a charm before, has maybe something to do with an update?
I had these problems before and thought that it is because of my BIOS version 3307 which is reported as unsupported by acerfand. I will update to 3309 asap and report whether this fixes anything. btw, I am using the stock 2.6.28 kernel, if that may matter.

i'm using the 3309 bios, the strange thing is it just happened out of nothing, i didn't change anything with it, didnt play around with the script etc, i just did nothing! but i'm not using the stock kernel, maybe that changes something, gonna try it

edit: dunno why i haven't thought of searching in the acer aspire one user forum before, but found the fix there:
http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/view … and#p63967
this works for me, but still testing it if any errors occure!

edit2: after wating 5 and a half minute for two yes > /dev/null to heat up the cpu, the fan started spinning at 70 degree quite normally, so guess this thing is working

Last edited by ichbinesderelch (2009-01-20 18:30:19)

sht0rm · 2009-01-20 22:54:46

to make acerfand work on 3309 bios, just replace all 3305 -> 3309 in acerfand file

Zom · 2009-01-21 01:48:33

kaola_linux wrote:

@Zom: What kernel are you using right now?:)

Still using the kernel-one by gothicknight.

I too am having the suspend issues with home on a XFS formatted SDHC-card. I've tried pm-suspend with some --quirks added and uswsusp from aur, but neither make any difference. I've tried adding resume to my hooks in mkinitcpio.conf, but it didn't work.

I did try it in the single runlevel, and suspend works there, so I'm not really sure what the problem is.

I'm going to try adding the sdhci module to SUSPEND_MODULES in /etc/pm/config.d/modules. Not that I'm very hopeful.

I really should get around to log pm-suspend somewhere other than tmpfs too, but I'm lazy.

E: Yeah, adding the sdhci_pci module to SUSPEND_MODULES was a bad idea, it just hangs before suspend. Tried putting the card in the right card-reader instead of the left one, got some more progress at least. Now I get backlight back for the monitor at least, but still no picture. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.

Last edited by Zom (2009-01-22 03:01:13)

kaola_linux · 2009-01-22 06:48:37

I'm having problems on gothicknight's .28 kernel on my sdhc at the left slot when booting...I'm using it as home it sometimes fail to detect my SDHC hence I can't boot...I have to restart again to get it to work properly..:)

I'm having problems on detecting wireless networks on my AA1...:( I'm using wicd and wifi-radar...Is this related to the wifi driver I'm using?

ichbinesderelch · 2009-01-22 08:26:41

kaola_linux wrote:

I'm having problems on gothicknight's .28 kernel on my sdhc at the left slot when booting...I'm using it as home it sometimes fail to detect my SDHC hence I can't boot...I have to restart again to get it to work properly..:)
I'm having problems on detecting wireless networks on my AA1...:( I'm using wicd and wifi-radar...Is this related to the wifi driver I'm using?

what wireless driver are you using? i'm using the ath5k and it works just flawelessly, using netcfg2 forconnecting, or if needed just manually connection through console, are you sure your sdhc isn detected at all? mine just has some weird fs errors, from time to time, but a a manual fschk always cleans that up, what fs are you using on it?

Zom · 2009-01-22 14:45:07

kaola_linux wrote:

I'm having problems on gothicknight's .28 kernel on my sdhc at the left slot when booting...I'm using it as home it sometimes fail to detect my SDHC hence I can't boot...I have to restart again to get it to work properly..:)
I'm having problems on detecting wireless networks on my AA1...:( I'm using wicd and wifi-radar...Is this related to the wifi driver I'm using?

Yes, this is the reason why I have to start it in single. If it fails to detect the card I just pop it out, insert it again, run mount -a and then let it continue booting. I have no idea why it does this. Still, very annoying.

Anyhow, logged my failed resume attempt yesterday, though NOTHING useful whatsoever seems to have come from it:

Initial commandline parameters: --quirk-none
Thu Jan 22 04:52:24 CET 2009: Running hooks for suspend.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00auto-quirk suspend suspend: success.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00logging suspend suspend: Linux Multivac 2.6.28-one #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Dec 29 15:39:12 WET 2008 i686 Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
Module                  Size  Used by
uhci_hcd               22220  0
sdhci_pci               7040  0
video                  16592  0
backlight               3972  1 video
pciehp                 34584  0
pci_hotplug            12872  1 pciehp
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       1541208     573272     967936          0       9236     339812
-/+ buffers/cache:     224224    1316984
Swap:            0          0          0
success.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00powersave suspend suspend: success.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/01grub suspend suspend: not applicable.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/11netcfg suspend suspend: success.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/49bluetooth suspend suspend: not applicable.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/55NetworkManager suspend suspend: success.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/75modules suspend suspend: success.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/90chvt suspend suspend: success.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/90clock suspend suspend: not applicable.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/94cpufreq suspend suspend: success.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95led suspend suspend: not applicable.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/98smart-kernel-video suspend suspend: not applicable.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video suspend suspend: kernel.acpi_video_flags = 0
success.
Thu Jan 22 04:52:26 CET 2009: performing suspend

Nothing after it suspends.

Anybody have any ideas at all? Next I'm gonna try running jfs on the card to see if that helps.

Zom · 2009-01-22 19:01:40

JFS seems to help somewhat, now I got back to X, but everything was white except the systray. Tried ctrl+alt+backspace, went back into console and X didn't restart. Then just a hard freeze. A restart later, fsck just replayed the journal but nothing went corrupted.

Now, I could try logging the suspend again, since it seems close to resuming. It's weird really, since I had none of these problems with a regular SD-card.

Or maybe I'm just going to put back the other SD card and run this fella as a separate folder somewhere which I just unmount and eject before I go somewhere. Seems a bit unpractical though.

Anybody have any suggestions?

E: Tried to suspend again, got my desktop back, however.... It corrupted the card in the process. Yeah, awesome. Log shows nothing of value.

Sod this, I'm going back to what I know worked, more complicated or not. Maybe I'll try again with a newer kernel or something.

Last edited by Zom (2009-01-23 00:19:01)

kaola_linux · 2009-01-23 03:59:58

Hi everyone, I know have an SDHC card on my left slot which I'm using as /home (xfs). I'm considering changing my / (xfs) to (ext2)...Would it be better or not?

@zom: What's the main DE of your AA1 now?:)

update: I'm having issues with my wifi (it's not wlan0 and wmaster anymore), I thought it would be ok but when I tested on my school it just fails to detect any wireless network...:(
Here is my ifconfig -a:

ath0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:22:68:C9:23:60  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1E:68:A6:AE:F2  
          inet addr:192.168.1.3  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:417 errors:0 dropped:1934923791 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:473 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:339227 (331.2 Kb)  TX bytes:73858 (72.1 Kb)
          Interrupt:219 Base address:0x6000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

wifi0     Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-22-68-C9-23-60-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:280 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:3404 (3.3 Kb)
          Interrupt:18

Last edited by kaola_linux (2009-01-23 05:11:44)

Zom · 2009-01-23 13:12:00

Does suspend2ram work with that setup?

Anyhow, still using KDE4 as my main DE. It's very nice on a netbook. To get it to work properly you need to increase /var/tmp to about 300MB, or about 400MB if you want amarok to work too, otherwise they'll just crash at start.

kaola_linux · 2009-01-23 14:42:39

kdemod 4.1 or 4.2? I had problems before with kdemod 4.1 about system tray icons and when I tried kdemod 4.2 I didn't get it to work,....:(

Do you have any workarounds zom?:)

Why is it my wifi shows (ath0 and wifi0)? I'm using gothicknight' kernel already...:(
What about your wifi zom? Can you show me your ifconfig please....:|

Last edited by kaola_linux (2009-01-23 14:55:35)

ichbinesderelch · 2009-01-23 14:45:28

to make systemtray symbols work i removed the greedy option for intel driver in xorg.conf, symbols aren't corrupted than anymore without transparency.

Last edited by ichbinesderelch (2009-01-23 14:48:09)

Zom · 2009-01-23 14:54:40

My workaround was just to put the systray on the desktop instead of the panel. I'm using kdemod 4.1.96 from their testing repo.

kaola_linux · 2009-01-23 14:57:27

Zom wrote:

My workaround was just to put the systray on the desktop instead of the panel. I'm using kdemod 4.1.96 from their testing repo.

Are you referring to [kdemod-testing] or [kdemod-playground]?

ichbinesderelch wrote:

to make systemtray symbols work i removed the greedy option for intel driver in xorg.conf, symbols aren't corrupted than anymore without transparency.

I'll try this as well...:) Do you have any performance lost by removing the "greedy option"?:)

Last edited by kaola_linux (2009-01-23 15:00:18)

ichbinesderelch · 2009-01-23 15:36:06

kaola_linux wrote:

I'll try this as well...:) Do you have any performance lost by removing the "greedy option"?:)

i don't feel like having lost performance, but just doing internet surfing and reading pdfs on it, so nothing that would need much performance.

Zom · 2009-01-23 19:18:12

kaola_linux wrote:

Are you referring to [kdemod-testing] or [kdemod-playground]?

kdemod-testing. I do have kdemod-playground enabled too. There was an update to testing released this very evening, installing it right now. We'll see how well it works.

E: Kdemod-4.2.0-1 is working fine. Systray still not completely working, but I'm happy anyways. v:)v

Last edited by Zom (2009-01-23 20:21:46)

kaola_linux · 2009-01-24 11:04:25

I have problems downloading packages using [kdemod-testing] today....:(

@Zom: Can you please show me what you get when you do

ifconfig -a

?
I'm having some strange issues

Thanks alot..

ichbinesderelch · 2009-01-24 11:30:40

trying kdemod-4.2 right now, can't change plasma theme, but well, working good except for that just crashes when i try to change it.
edit: can't add panels as well, am i doing somethin wrong?

Last edited by ichbinesderelch (2009-01-24 11:33:16)

Zom · 2009-01-24 14:46:33

kaola_linux wrote:

I have problems downloading packages using [kdemod-testing] today....:(
@Zom: Can you please show me what you get when you do
ifconfig -a
?
I'm having some strange issues
Thanks alot..

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1E:68:9C:B4:20                                                                         
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1                                                                            
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0                                                                    
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0                                                                  
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000                                                                                          
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)                                                                                
          Interrupt:59 Base address:0x4000                                                                                      

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:1000 (1000.0 b)  TX bytes:1000 (1000.0 b)

ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
          inet addr:-----------  P-t-P:10.64.64.64  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:30395 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:23622 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
          RX bytes:37709137 (35.9 Mb)  TX bytes:2183770 (2.0 Mb)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:22:68:AE:41:03
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

wmaster0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-22-68-AE-41-03-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

What kind of problems are you having?

kaola_linux · 2009-01-25 01:58:08

As for my ifconfig, this is what I get:

ath0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:22:68:C9:23:60  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1E:68:A6:AE:F2  
          inet addr:192.168.1.3  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:295 errors:0 dropped:2362753560 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:329 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:218702 (213.5 Kb)  TX bytes:73935 (72.2 Kb)
          Interrupt:219 Base address:0x6000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

wifi0     Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-22-68-C9-23-60-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:98 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:280 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:4508 (4.4 Kb)
          Interrupt:18

This happened when I tried AndyRTR's kernel...My wifi doesn't work if I have this...Also, I'm using gothicknight's kernel26-one(.27) atm...

Last edited by kaola_linux (2009-01-25 02:00:28)

Zom · 2009-01-25 02:05:40

kaola_linux wrote:

As for my ifconfig, this is what I get:
This happened when I tried AndyRTR's kernel...My wifi doesn't work if I have this...Also, I'm using gothicknight's kernel26-one(.27) atm...

You're using the older madwifi driver. If you want to try the newer just add !ath_pci !ath_hal ath5k to MODULES in rc.conf I think. Weird problem though.

Last edited by Zom (2009-01-25 02:05:58)

kaola_linux · 2009-01-25 02:09:36

Yup weird indeed...:) I'll try adding...:)

SleepyDog · 2009-01-25 03:06:30

I'm in a rather unfortunate situation. I went back to Linpus, mangled that up (for being a user-friendly system, it's very easy to break :\) and want to switch back to arch, but I only have access to wired internet. Are there any usb images floating around with appropriate wifi drivers? I'm trying to build and install them off a portable hd, but it's proving to be time consuming. Before I used larch to make a boot usb, but I can't run that on my messed-up linpus install. Any ideas?

ichbinesderelch · 2009-01-25 10:24:44

if i remember correctly i did a network install over wlan with the latest install image, just hat to patch the kernel the newest build, but thats not that much of a problem!

kaola_linux · 2009-01-25 10:37:08

@Zom: I had no success running kdemod 4.2 on my AA1...:( I just tried installing it today but this time my keyboard doesn't work when kdm starts and also I can't start kde as well...

@ichbinesderelch: How did you manage to run kdemod 4.2 on your AA1? Do you have another DE before installing kdemod 4.2?:) If so, did you remove it or just installed kdemod 4.2 alongside?

Last edited by kaola_linux (2009-01-25 10:38:09)

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