Arch on Eee PC

yoshi · 2009-01-31 00:24:36

thanks so much wimac!

fff · 2009-02-16 18:15:20

After i upgraded to kernel eee 2.6.28.5 i no longer have processor scaling and /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/ondemand/up_threshold seems to have gone away.
Downgraded to 2.6.28.2 and everything works fine.

Have something changed with the new kernel or am i beeing dense?

fff

punkeroso · 2009-02-16 20:00:20

fff wrote:

After i upgraded to kernel eee 2.6.28.5 i no longer have processor scaling and /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/ondemand/up_threshold seems to have gone away.
Downgraded to 2.6.28.2 and everything works fine.
Have something changed with the new kernel or am i beeing dense?
fff

NOTE:
The p4-clockmod driver is no longer included in this kernel because it
provides no power usage benefits and introduces unacceptable latency
up_threshold tweaking in /etc/rc.local is no longer necessary

This is the post-install message of the toofishes' kernel.
Regards

fff · 2009-02-16 20:25:01

Thanks , so cpu scaling is dumped?

Gonna try a batterytest with the new kernel and see if i loose any time because of this.

Thanks again!

donryanocero · 2009-02-17 01:52:22

When I try to compile the ralink 2860 drivers I get

make[1]: Entering directory `/lib/modules/2.6.28eee/build'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/lib/modules/2.6.28eee/build'
make: *** [LINUX] Error 2

No idea why. I did modify the PKGBUILD like it said to. What am I missing?

dkite · 2009-02-19 04:47:26

I'm getting an X signal 11 regularly on my eeepc. I'm using the latest intel drivers, xorg-server, synaptics driver etc. The xorg.conf is what was posted by toofishes, as well as the fdi.

I've tried the newest intel drivers, no change. The backtrace points to /usr/bin/X, and is in different routines.

Anyone else having issues similar?

Derek

Onyros · 2009-02-20 22:53:42

Regarding dropping p4-clockmod, it was, indeed the right decision. I have a 701 which was scaling, and even though I had the up_threshold at 20%, it was still lagging a lot. It rendered the 701 unusable at times, so I eventually dropped the CPU scaling.

First thing I noticed, the laptop became cooler; battery time was also better, and it actually made sense. P4-clockmod's scaling is too aggressive, as it sets the CPU speed too low. At such low speeds the CPU load is higher before the up_threshold defines the upscaling.

Also, it has been proven that p4-clockmod's scaling isn't effective, not only because it brings that awful lag, but because even at the lowest speed, without load, it's not saving power, at all.

I hadn't used my 701 much, because I had been primarily using my Advent 4211c (MSI Wind clone) as a portable... But I'm now stuck with the 701 'cos the Advent's HDD and touchpad went berserk, and it' sent to warranty.

First thing I noticed, especially with toofishes' latest kernel, the fan is almost never on, and the lappy's quite cooler than with scaling.

Two thumbs up on that decision.

toofishes · 2009-02-21 00:53:33

Onyros wrote:

Regarding dropping p4-clockmod, it was, indeed the right decision. I have a 701 which was scaling, and even though I had the up_threshold at 20%, it was still lagging a lot. It rendered the 701 unusable at times, so I eventually dropped the CPU scaling.
First thing I noticed, the laptop became cooler; battery time was also better, and it actually made sense. P4-clockmod's scaling is too aggressive, as it sets the CPU speed too low. At such low speeds the CPU load is higher before the up_threshold defines the upscaling.
Also, it has been proven that p4-clockmod's scaling isn't effective, not only because it brings that awful lag, but because even at the lowest speed, without load, it's not saving power, at all.
I hadn't used my 701 much, because I had been primarily using my Advent 4211c (MSI Wind clone) as a portable... But I'm now stuck with the 701 'cos the Advent's HDD and touchpad went berserk, and it' sent to warranty.
First thing I noticed, especially with toofishes' latest kernel, the fan is almost never on, and the lappy's quite cooler than with scaling.
Two thumbs up on that decision.

Exactly what I was seeing, so thanks for confirming.

Remember, the chip still supports the different C-states, which is where the real power saving benefits are.

Jonlin · 2009-02-23 10:07:18

Toofishes The new url for the kernel git is http://code.toofishes.net/cgit/dan/eee.git, or did I find an old or invalid one?

wimac · 2009-02-23 17:42:00

Is anyone able to get Truecrypt to work with twofishes kernel I'm not sure which module needs to be built in but I get this every time I try to mount a truecrypt volume.

Error: device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument

thanks

je2911 · 2009-02-24 07:00:35

Hi. I try to install arch on my eeepc701 following guide in http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?tit … ntable=yes.
I drop the xorg.conf content exactly as in the guide, but when I tried X (X -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf) there's a fatal error said no screen. Then I tried copy the xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and without looking at the content, I tried X. The display change to X, with x cursor in the middle, but my eeepc doesn't respond to the mouse or keyboard, so I can't press ctrl-alt-backspace or ctrl-alt-del to get back to the CLI. It's freezing now. What should I do? Please help.

Last edited by je2911 (2009-02-24 07:30:06)

saten · 2009-02-24 17:04:29

je2911 wrote:

Hi. I try to install arch on my eeepc701 following guide in http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?tit … ntable=yes.
I drop the xorg.conf content exactly as in the guide, but when I tried X (X -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf) there's a fatal error said no screen. Then I tried copy the xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and without looking at the content, I tried X. The display change to X, with x cursor in the middle, but my eeepc doesn't respond to the mouse or keyboard, so I can't press ctrl-alt-backspace or ctrl-alt-del to get back to the CLI. It's freezing now. What should I do? Please help.

install and start hal

lukrop · 2009-02-25 10:45:29

Jonlin wrote:

Toofishes The new url for the kernel git is http://code.toofishes.net/cgit/dan/eee.git, or did I find an old or invalid one?

that's the correct new url

jondkent · 2009-02-25 13:16:19

Hi,

Got Arch up and running nicely on my eee900 but (there was always gonna be a but), my wifi occasionally loses its association with the access point, so I have to re-run iwconfig to get everything back up and connected again (also have to kill dhcpcd and restart that as well). Using toofishes kernel, so I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem? Just connecting to a simple WEP access point.

Thanks,

scottuss · 2009-02-25 13:34:24

jondkent wrote:

Hi,
Got Arch up and running nicely on my eee900 but (there was always gonna be a but), my wifi occasionally loses its association with the access point, so I have to re-run iwconfig to get everything back up and connected again (also have to kill dhcpcd and restart that as well). Using toofishes kernel, so I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem? Just connecting to a simple WEP access point.
Thanks,

I don't know if you're using just a console or a gui but if you are using a gui, wicd will manage your wireless connections and re-establish if they lose association. Also, slightly off topic but would using WPA be a good idea?

jondkent · 2009-02-25 15:05:41

scottuss wrote:

jondkent wrote:
Hi,
Got Arch up and running nicely on my eee900 but (there was always gonna be a but), my wifi occasionally loses its association with the access point, so I have to re-run iwconfig to get everything back up and connected again (also have to kill dhcpcd and restart that as well). Using toofishes kernel, so I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem? Just connecting to a simple WEP access point.
Thanks,
I don't know if you're using just a console or a gui but if you are using a gui, wicd will manage your wireless connections and re-establish if they lose association. Also, slightly off topic but would using WPA be a good idea?

Using E17, so happy to give that a go as it annoying me now. Would love to use WPA, need $$$, one day though

thanks for the idea

Last edited by jondkent (2009-02-25 20:27:52)

lingweiz · 2009-02-25 17:00:33

try puppy linux...

nicebloom · 2009-02-28 17:44:11

Hey Guys,

I'm using arch for a while now and I'm quite amazed.
But my entusiasm went away with an update of my eee.
After some researching with google I found out that the stock-kernel (2.6.28.7) support's now many eee features.
But I'm little bit confused. What is this rfkill thingy and how can I use it. Before I used the eeepcmodules-hal from aur and acpi-eeepc-generic. But now everthing is gone. Then Fn-2 Button wont turn off my wifi but never back on and stuff like this.
Could someone give an advise howto get hotkey's working again?

Regards,

nIcE

Last edited by nicebloom (2009-02-28 17:45:36)

shrd · 2009-03-01 19:21:54

same problem here :
fn+f2 display only "wireless lan on" never "wireless lan off" and do nothing with wifi
fn+f1 does nothing to suspend the cpu
is it a problem of asusosd ? need to recompile it?
else the new kernel of toolfish is definitly better in speed (it was laggy before with p4clock)

have you an applet for cpu use and battery ?
i need wine, is it possible to use it without recompile the kernel

Last edited by shrd (2009-03-01 19:23:00)

czar · 2009-03-08 07:15:33

Is it still possible to increase the fsb speed without the p4-clockmod?

vinvin · 2009-03-12 14:18:59

shrd wrote:

same problem here :
fn+f2 display only "wireless lan on" never "wireless lan off" and do nothing with wifi

The script executed on this action refers to files that don't exist: /proc/acpi/asus/wlan and /sys/devices/platform/eeepc/wlan
If somebody knows why...

big_gie · 2009-03-12 14:22:37

/proc/acpi/asus/wlan is depracated. It was provided by eeepc-acpi.
Its replacement is eeepc-laptop (since 2.6.27 I think), which provides the /sys interface.

The non existance of the proc interface is fine: its depracated and you should not use it. But the sys interface should be there. Is the eeepc-laptop module loaded (or included in-kernel)?

vinvin · 2009-03-13 09:15:05

Thanks for the answer big_gie.
Indeed, there is such module in arch's regular kernel, but it is not in the kernel from toofishes. But since this kernel has a majority of features enabled in built-in, it does not necessarly means that it is not included. I still have a /sys/devices/platform/eeepc directory, containing stuff like camera and cardr, but no wlan.

What do you think?

vinvin · 2009-03-13 09:18:45

There is a clue here: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 91#p514291
The file /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill0/state is able to control the blue led of wireless activity, so I guess it's controlling the powering up/down of the wireless device too.

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edit: I'm not able to wake up the device after having echoed 0 to the file.
ath5k phy0: failed to wakeup the MAC chip

This is a known kernel bug, but I don't find the workaround. It has been fixed in fedora with 2.6.28 but my kernel is 2.6.28.7eee and still not working. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451181

Last edited by vinvin (2009-03-13 10:13:51)

mechmg93 · 2009-03-14 10:38:55

i just installed archlinux on my eeepc 701 surf and after reading this thread combined with the wiki i am a little bit confused.

i use toofishes kernel and all my issues are wifi related.

At first i am also one of those whose alt+F2 is not functional and furthermore in this installation(i also had archlinux before) wifi is not functional at all.

I use wicd for controling my connections and set wifi interface as wlan0.

Does anyone have any idea what's happening?

edit:

another problem with wireless is, though i choose from bios that wifi is disabled on boot, it gets enabled during booting arch.

Last edited by mechmg93 (2009-03-14 10:47:58)

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