Arch on Eee PC

vinvin · 2009-03-14 11:48:07

I use netcfg for connection control, and it is working fine as long as I dont shutdown the wireless chip. There is a bug in the driver, which makes it not able to get out from sleep. If you modify the fn + F2 script to not shutdown it should be working.

It behaves the same for the boot thing for me, weither or not it is activated in the bios, the kernel activates it on boot.

nicebloom · 2009-03-14 13:14:30

Yeah!
Have also done some testing.:cool:

If I do

echo 0 > /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill0/state

and

echo 1 > /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill0/state

everything is fine with switching wifi.

But if I use the Fn + F2 wireless is not waking up properly.:mad:
Using for now the standart wicd, ath5k, stock kernel and acpi-eeepc-generic from AUR.
Wich driver are you using?:/

vinvin wrote:

I use netcfg for connection control, and it is working fine as long as I dont shutdown the wireless chip. There is a bug in the driver, which makes it not able to get out from sleep. If you modify the fn + F2 script to not shutdown it should be working.
It behaves the same for the boot thing for me, weither or not it is activated in the bios, the kernel activates it on boot.

Same for me. I think is bug in driver/acpi or so.

mechmg93 wrote:

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.

Try the standart kernel + ath5k or the eeemodule-hal from AUR.
Nice tool for this is yaourt.
The wiki is a little bit outdated. Some experienced users should update it.
I will do so when I have more spare time.

Greetz,
nIc3

Last edited by nicebloom (2009-03-14 13:22:48)

mechmg93 · 2009-03-14 14:55:11

if i install eeemodules-hal i do not need eee-acpi anymore?

edit :

I installed acpi-eeepc-generic, used default kernel, loaded pciehp, rfkill,eeepc_laptop modules, and i still cannot have functional wireless.

1. the hotkey continues to not work.

2. trying both wlan0, ath0 interfaces in wicd i still have no wifi.

Last edited by mechmg93 (2009-03-14 15:31:43)

nicebloom · 2009-03-15 15:32:44

mechmg93 wrote:

if i install eeemodules-hal i do not need eee-acpi anymore?

edit :
I installed acpi-eeepc-generic, used default kernel, loaded pciehp, rfkill,eeepc_laptop modules, and i still cannot have functional wireless.
1. the hotkey continues to not work.
2. trying both wlan0, ath0 interfaces in wicd i still have no wifi.

What does the command

ifconfig -a

show?

After this you will be able to choose the riht interface,
Which eee model do you have?

mechmg93 wrote:

701

Same as mine. So porbably the interface is called wlan0.
You also could try to connect with cli-tools, such as wpa_passphrase or iwconfig.

The eee-acpi can be used with eemodules-hal, but only in older versions, I think.

For me the ath5k kernel module does all.
Try to modprobe them yourself and be sure you dont't have the "!" in fornt of the module in you rc.conf.
After this, do depmod -a.
Maybe this does the Trick...

...:::Gr33tZ:::...

P.S.: But this didn't solved the Fn2 issue.
Maybe Toofishes, our EEE hero of the first houres , could help us with this issue...

Last edited by nicebloom (2009-03-15 15:41:04)

vinvin · 2009-03-16 10:34:41

I have checked again, with the eee kernel, and the stock kernel, on my eee pc 900 the following command:
echo 0 > /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill0/state
echo 1 > /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill0/state

and I confirm that it is not able to get back from sleep properly, with the error I already mentioned:
ath5k phy0: failed to wakeup the MAC chip

gazj · 2009-04-10 08:55:27

does toofishes latest kernel 2.6.29 have ext4 support? I had to recompile the last kernel to include it, I don't want to upgrade unless it's there.

Thanks guys

tuxfusion · 2009-04-10 08:59:48

toofishes wrote:

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.

Hello sorry to pick this old thing up, but can you confirm you are all talking about this kernel setting : X86_P4_CLOCKMOD ?

My question is did you leave CPUFREQ (CPU_FREQ) alive with its governors ? Which is the bad guy here the first or the later ?

I'm having a hard time to believe CPU_FREQ is not worth it but from the description CLOCKMOD does sound strange all the way ( never used it anyway ) .
thx

EDIT: in toofishes git kernconfig is : # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ is not set so i'll have to test for my self i guess , if people confuse one thing with the other makes me always suspicious ^_^

@EXT4 i'm planning to upgrade my ex2 to ext4 without journal and initram in the next few steps , interesting days to come

Last edited by tuxfusion (2009-04-10 09:20:38)

gazj · 2009-04-10 09:07:09

gazj wrote:

does toofishes latest kernel 2.6.29 have ext4 support? I had to recompile the last kernel to include it, I don't want to upgrade unless it's there.
Thanks guys

It's ok just looked through the kernel config, and can see it is available as a module, so unfortunately I can't use it without an initrd. I'll keep my eee2.6.28 with additional ext4 unless anyone knows of huge advatages with upgrading

toofishes · 2009-04-10 13:32:08

gazj wrote:

gazj wrote:
does toofishes latest kernel 2.6.29 have ext4 support? I had to recompile the last kernel to include it, I don't want to upgrade unless it's there.
Thanks guys
It's ok just looked through the kernel config, and can see it is available as a module, so unfortunately I can't use it without an initrd. I'll keep my eee2.6.28 with additional ext4 unless anyone knows of huge advatages with upgrading

I can build it into the kernel in next version.

fantomas · 2009-04-11 17:58:15

Hi all,

last kernel-eee package 2.6.29.1-1 have strange wifi bug, when I switch wifi on, it works but after turning off kernel prints bug message and system completely freeze, tested with 701, with 2.6.28.9-1 works well

fantomas

gazj · 2009-04-12 08:36:02

toofishes wrote:

gazj wrote:
gazj wrote:
does toofishes latest kernel 2.6.29 have ext4 support? I had to recompile the last kernel to include it, I don't want to upgrade unless it's there.
Thanks guys
It's ok just looked through the kernel config, and can see it is available as a module, so unfortunately I can't use it without an initrd. I'll keep my eee2.6.28 with additional ext4 unless anyone knows of huge advatages with upgrading
I can build it into the kernel in next version.

Oh lovely Thank you very much. You don't get unless you ask do you.

vinvin · 2009-04-14 15:18:28

WiFi deactivation and reactivation with rfkill is now working fine in 2.6.29.1-1 and EeePC 900.

xavi · 2009-04-14 19:35:27

fantomas wrote:

Hi all,
last kernel-eee package 2.6.29.1-1 have strange wifi bug, when I switch wifi on, it works but after turning off kernel prints bug message and system completely freeze, tested with 701, with 2.6.28.9-1 works well
fantomas

Same issue here; what's your bug message? Perhaps we can open a bugreport if it is a kernel bug. Here there is my bug message:

------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: at fs/sysfs/group.c:138 sysfs_remove_group+0x36/0x9f()
Hardware name: 900
sysfs group 784bfe08 not found for kobject '0000:01:00.0'
Modules linked in: pciehp rfcomm sco bnep nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_state l2cap nf_conntrack iptable_filter bluetooth ip_tables x_tables ath5k mac80211 cfg80211
Pid: 180, comm: kacpi_notify Not tainted 2.6.29.1unst #1
Call Trace:
 [<7811d524>] warn_slowpath+0x80/0xb5
 [<78218e49>] acpi_os_wait_semaphore+0x90/0xd4
 [<78233caf>] acpi_ut_acquire_mutex+0x8b/0xbd
 [<78218e49>] acpi_os_wait_semaphore+0x90/0xd4
 [<7822a574>] acpi_ns_build_external_path+0x36/0x7a
 [<7822ca4c>] acpi_ns_check_predefined_names+0x49c/0x4a8
 [<78232e71>] acpi_ut_delete_internal_obj+0x2b9/0x2cc
 [<7816cb66>] find_inode+0x1b/0x56
 [<781913c8>] sysfs_ilookup_test+0x0/0xd
 [<7816cc96>] wait_on_inode+0x16/0x18
 [<7816cf5e>] ifind+0x60/0x8c
 [<781f7499>] _atomic_dec_and_lock+0x25/0x40
 [<7816ca7b>] iput+0x21/0x4a
 [<7819195e>] sysfs_addrm_finish+0x46/0x1f2
 [<7815b725>] __slab_free+0x63/0xf8
 [<7819282a>] sysfs_remove_group+0x36/0x9f
 [<78218ed7>] acpi_os_execute_deferred+0x0/0x25
 [<78287ca7>] device_del+0x32/0x13f
 [<78287dbc>] device_unregister+0x8/0x10
 [<782014f4>] pci_stop_dev+0x20/0x29
 [<782015a8>] pci_remove_bus_device+0x28/0x8e
 [<78305f55>] eeepc_rfkill_notify+0x7a/0x86
 [<7821f76b>] acpi_ev_notify_dispatch+0x49/0x52
 [<78218ef4>] acpi_os_execute_deferred+0x1d/0x25
 [<78129dd8>] run_workqueue+0x91/0x138
 [<7812a1f5>] worker_thread+0x0/0xc8
 [<7812a2b2>] worker_thread+0xbd/0xc8
 [<7812cc3b>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2d
 [<7812a1f5>] worker_thread+0x0/0xc8
 [<7812c890>] kthread+0x36/0x5a
 [<7812c85a>] kthread+0x0/0x5a
 [<781035df>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
---[ end trace eadb941e39286d71 ]---
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000c
IP: [<783a1afa>] klist_put+0xc/0x7a
*pde = 00000000 
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT 
last sysfs file: /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/ASUS010:00/rfkill/rfkill0/state
Modules linked in: pciehp rfcomm sco bnep nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_state l2cap nf_conntrack iptable_filter bluetooth ip_tables x_tables ath5k mac80211 cfg80211

Pid: 180, comm: kacpi_notify Tainted: G        W  (2.6.29.1unst #1) 900
EIP: 0060:[<783a1afa>] EFLAGS: 00010246 CPU: 0
EIP is at klist_put+0xc/0x7a
EAX: 00000000 EBX: b51a7001 ECX: b70b9e38 EDX: 00000001
ESI: b51a7068 EDI: b70ad858 EBP: 78218ed7 ESP: b70b9f44
 DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 0000 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
Process kacpi_notify (pid: 180, ti=b70b8000 task=b702e080 task.ti=b70b8000)
Stack:
 b51a7058 00000000 b70ad858 78287cb3 b51a7058 00000000 b51a7000 78287dbc
 b51a7000 782014f4 b51a7000 782015a8 b51a7000 b7032200 b1cc12c8 78305f55
 b71912d0 b52c32a0 7821f76b b1cc12c0 b703f140 78218ef4 b1cc12cc 78129dd8
Call Trace:
 [<78287cb3>] device_del+0x3e/0x13f
 [<78287dbc>] device_unregister+0x8/0x10
 [<782014f4>] pci_stop_dev+0x20/0x29
 [<782015a8>] pci_remove_bus_device+0x28/0x8e
 [<78305f55>] eeepc_rfkill_notify+0x7a/0x86
 [<7821f76b>] acpi_ev_notify_dispatch+0x49/0x52
 [<78218ef4>] acpi_os_execute_deferred+0x1d/0x25
 [<78129dd8>] run_workqueue+0x91/0x138
 [<7812a1f5>] worker_thread+0x0/0xc8
 [<7812a2b2>] worker_thread+0xbd/0xc8
 [<7812cc3b>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2d
 [<7812a1f5>] worker_thread+0x0/0xc8
 [<7812c890>] kthread+0x36/0x5a
 [<7812c85a>] kthread+0x0/0x5a
 [<781035df>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
Code: 25 00 e0 ff ff e8 ae fe ff ff 85 c0 74 05 e8 57 74 00 00 c7 45 f4 00 00 00 00 5b 5e 5f 5d c3 57 56 89 c6 53 88 d3 8b 00 83 e0 fe <8b> 78 0c b8 01 00 00 00 e8 8d 63 d7 ff 84 db 74 19 f6 06 01 74 
EIP: [<783a1afa>] klist_put+0xc/0x7a SS:ESP 0068:b70b9f44
---[ end trace eadb941e39286d72 ]---

vinvin · 2009-04-15 08:47:56

xavi and fantomas: you should file a kernel bug report ( http://bugzilla.kernel.org/ ), and look for existing first.

Wilco · 2009-04-15 15:09:49

fantomas wrote:

Hi all,
last kernel-eee package 2.6.29.1-1 have strange wifi bug, when I switch wifi on, it works but after turning off kernel prints bug message and system completely freeze, tested with 701, with 2.6.28.9-1 works well
fantomas

I had this problem with 2.6.28 but it is fixed for me at 2.6.29

But I do have a 1000HE and I'm using the ath9k module

jondkent · 2009-04-16 08:28:15

Hi all.

Was wondering if toofishes kernel is going to be supporting wine at any point in the future. Can obviously roll my own, but before I go down that route thought I'd ask. Althernatively, are there any other eeepc targeted kernels that do have wine supported in them?

thanks

patstew · 2009-04-16 19:15:10

jondkent wrote:

Hi all.
Was wondering if toofishes kernel is going to be supporting wine at any point in the future. Can obviously roll my own, but before I go down that route thought I'd ask. Alternatively, are there any other eeepc targeted kernels that do have wine supported in them?
thanks

All you need to do is, when the config window comes up as you build kernel26eee from AUR, go into 'processor options/features' and change 'User/Kernel split' from 2G/2G to 3G/1G (and turn on 4GB high memory if you have >=1GB of ram). That will produce a kernel identical to twofishes with wine support, it's really easy.

Last edited by patstew (2009-04-16 19:15:40)

jondkent · 2009-04-16 21:39:52

Hi,

thanks but I knew that. I was wondering if there where any kernels that had this already setup rather than rolling my own, but if there are not then thats what I'll do.

xavi · 2009-04-17 16:59:02

Wilco wrote:

I had this problem with 2.6.28 but it is fixed for me at 2.6.29
But I do have a 1000HE and I'm using the ath9k module

SOLVED: to avoid kernel ooops you should remove from your /etc/acpi/wlan.sh script or similar that is executed when you press the fn+f2 button, the "pciehp_force=1" option. At least this worked for me with 2.6.29 kernel!

Bye

Marco

shrd · 2009-04-20 10:34:31

i use networkmanager and nautilus in fluxbox
it is working with
in the file ~/.fluxbox/startup
dbus-launch nm-applet --sm-disable & (for networkmanager, dbus-launch is needed for keyring)
dbus-launch nautilus -n & (dbus-launch is needed to automount sd card and usb key in the nautilus desktop, policykit config file needs to be changed too, see wiki automount i think)
and i launch fluxbox with
exec ck-launch-session /usr/bin/fluxbox (i dont remember why it is needed, console-kit ?)

now my last problem is the acpi display asusosd , it was working 6 month ago but with kernel changes, sound and wifi kill are missing for me.
what have you change to make volume sound up and down ? and wifi kill ? thx

suspend to ram is ok with change in the file /etc/acpi/events/anything :
i change 'handler-disabled.sh' by 'handler.sh'
suspend to ram is started in /etc/acpi/handler.sh with the line echo -n mem>/sys/power/state ;; and it is working better than 6 months ago with suspendtoram.sh (that restarted X with false tty, dont remember exactly)
brightness of screen ok
wifi kill not working for me => needs to add in handler.sh a case and change in asusosd.
volume sound no => needs to add in handler.sh a case and change in asusosd
powerbutton => needs to add in handler.sh the action to halt : init 0 can do that i think (a good thing will be to have a window to confirm before)
LID (laptop screen down and up) => needs to add in handler.sh the sleep command

i have added in handler.sh the line 'echo $1 $2 $3 $4>/dev/tty5' at the end (just before logger "ACPI group/action undedined...." to display in tty5 the action when fn+f2, fn+f7,fn+f8,fn+f9 is pressed (wifi and sound).

so a small change in asusosd program and handler.sh and it is done i think.

ctarwater · 2009-05-01 16:45:48

I just wanted to share that I just reformatted the wife's 701 and updated it with the newest vanilla kernel and everything works!

Wifi, suspend, hibernate, fn keys (volume, brightness, etc)

It's running a simple openbox setup and it work great!

I'll try to update the wiki soon since it's quite outdated (although, thanks to whoever altered it recently to suggest that the vanilla kernel might work, you were right!)

shrd · 2009-05-01 20:24:20

ctarwater wrote:

I just wanted to share that I just reformatted the wife's 701 and updated it with the newest vanilla kernel and everything works!
Wifi, suspend, hibernate, fn keys (volume, brightness, etc)

what version of asusosd do you use to make all work ?
fn key for sound and kill wifi dont work for me

ctarwater · 2009-05-02 17:22:47

I didn't install any asusosd, just a stock install following the Beginner's Guide and then openbox, tint, firefox, and openoffice. Volume works but I doubt she's checked the WiFi toggle since she'd never turn it off anyway.

If you're interested, here's exactly the steps I followed: http://terribly-misanthropic.blogspot.c … -arch.html

It's a bit verbose since I keep it more for my records since I'll eventually forget exactly what I've done.

will1911a1 · 2009-05-06 23:42:25

ctarwater wrote:

I didn't install any asusosd, just a stock install following the Beginner's Guide and then openbox, tint, firefox, and openoffice. Volume works but I doubt she's checked the WiFi toggle since she'd never turn it off anyway.
If you're interested, here's exactly the steps I followed: http://terribly-misanthropic.blogspot.c … -arch.html
It's a bit verbose since I keep it more for my records since I'll eventually forget exactly what I've done.

I've been considering putting Arch on my Eee for a while now and this convinced me to give it a shot. Gonna do a USB install tonight. Thanks for linking to your blog, I'll probably be referring to it.

Daenyth · 2009-05-07 02:28:15

For some reason the last few boots of my eee have left me without sound. I have absolutely no clue why; it was working before. Alsamixer doesn't even display most mixer controls. Any place I should start looking for this?

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