Arch on Eee PC

pooldoo · 2009-08-22 14:58:24

Similar problem here. Since last update, when I boot from battery using toofish's kernel I get:

: Mounting Root Read-only [DONE]
: Checking Filesystems [FAIL]

Filesystems check out ok with fsck. Problem persists after reboot. If I boot the vanilla kernel, I have no problem.

nirvanix · 2009-08-22 18:07:29

That is my problem exactly pooldoo. I'll try the standard kernel. Someone should notify
toofish?

pooldoo · 2009-08-23 06:48:50

Well, I'm guessing (and hoping) toofishes checks in regularly on this thread. I'm wondering if all the 701 eee people are having this problem, or just the two of us? Feedback please.

Last edited by pooldoo (2009-08-23 20:53:01)

nirvanix · 2009-08-23 15:03:42

I switched to the vanilla kernel and it is working properly.

toofishes · 2009-08-23 17:10:16

Have you guys tried with [testing] and the latest initscripts and other related packages? Thomas and I found a race condition that can occur and it should be fixed now with regards to udev and module loading.

pooldoo · 2009-08-23 22:12:23

I'm a bit new at this and am don't totally understand your questions toofishes. I don't have testing enabled. I don't know where to find the latest initscripts and related packages. This probem began right after a pacman update which I beieve included kernel-eee. I did another update since then and noticed kernel-eee was part of that, but the problem persisted. Again, the vanilla kernel boots ok.

I found another thread which seems related:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 17#p602317

I borrowed the following code and put in in rc.sysinit just before fsck:

TIMEOUT=0
while [ ! -b /dev/sdb1 -a $TIMEOUT -lt 10 ]; do sleep 1; let TIMEOUT++; done

This appears to have fixed the problem though maybe it's more of a workaround than a fix as bootup seemed possibly a little slower.

Any further advice would be appreciated. Thanks for your help.

toofishes · 2009-08-23 23:16:45

This is the correct fix, and it is in the initscripts package in [testing], and you should probably inform anyone in that other thread they are doing it wrong:
http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch … 13027.html

pooldoo · 2009-08-24 01:20:20

I initially stated here that initscripts had been moved to main. I was confused - still am. Bottom line is I installed initscripts from testing and problem is solved. Thanks much.

Last edited by pooldoo (2009-08-24 22:25:48)

Konj · 2009-09-25 04:15:22

I installed Arch (stock kernel) on my EeePC 701SDX, but I can't get the wifi to work. When I try to connect to the network with wicd, it seems to go ahead but then it takes a long time on 'Validating authentication' and 'Obtaining IP address'. It finally pops up with a dialog box that says "Connection Failed: Unable to Get IP Adress".

I'm at my wit's end! Any help would be much appreciated.

hw-tph · 2009-09-25 11:26:57

Konj, have a look at /var/log/daemon.log to see if wicd is producing any more specific error messages.

Edit: There is a wicd-specific log: /var/log/wicd/wicd.log

Last edited by hw-tph (2009-09-25 11:27:54)

Konj · 2009-09-25 12:56:58

This bit in /var/log/wicd/wicd.log looks rather suspicious.

Attempting to authenticate...
wpa_supplicant rescan forced...
wpa_supplicant authentication may have failed.

then it goes on, not sure if this is related to wpa_supplicant failing

Running DHCP
dhcpcd: version 5.1.0 starting
dhcpcd: wlan0: waiting for carrier
dhcpcd: timed out

I'm not sure what to make of it. If anyone can help make sense of it, thanks in advance.

Last edited by Konj (2009-09-25 12:57:34)

Franz Kafka · 2009-09-26 05:56:05

I just installed Arch on my eee 1005Ha but it has no wireless or ethernet. I've tried copying ath9k drivers and the compat-wireless packages from usb and building them, but I get errors when I makpkg and it aborts. Will a kernel update off of a usb solve at least some of these networking troubles, and where can I find instructions on how to do this?

Thanks in advance.

s1gma · 2009-09-29 13:18:28

I've got the same problem here.

- fresh install from Core 2009-08 on eeepc 1005HA-H
- eth0 and wlan0 showing in ifconfig
- drivers loaded (lsmod shows atl1c and ath9k)
- lspci shows both ethernet and wireless chipsets

but... runninng "dhcpcd eth0" outputs "broadcasting for a lease" and then times out (althouth I know there's a working DHCP server on the network). I didn't manage to connect to my wifi yep.

Since I don't have another computer running arch and since makepkg with the drivers doesn't work (errors), could someone post the useful packages for working out this lack of connection. It seems that atl1e, atheros-wired-1005-ha 1.0.0.10-1, or dkms-madwifi 0.9.3.1-2 could be of some help. I guess "pacman -Sw" could do the job.

If you have any other ideas, feel free to make suggestions. But I'm sure posting the packages could help other people.

faelar · 2009-09-29 14:29:52

Why don't you use ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/ from your browser ? It works as well as pacman -Sw if all that you want is to put packages on a USB Stick.
You should try to use a static ip to see if the problem really comes from DHCP. If so, give dhclient a try.

EDIT : Nevermind, you need non-standard packages, next time I'll read the topic twice...

Last edited by faelar (2009-09-29 14:31:36)

s1gma · 2009-09-29 17:27:02

Actually, wireless is working out of the box on a vanilla eeepc 1005HA-H. So I cutted encryption for my home wireless network and connected wlan0.

ifconfig wlan0 up
iwlist wlan0 scan | less
iwconfig wlan0 essid your-network
dhdcpcd wlan0
ifconfig wlan0 # (just to check)

I'm completing installation.

As an advice for future Archers, I'd say "try the installation in a virtual machine first". VirtualBox (http://www.virtualbox.org/) is free and perfectly suited for this kind of use. And networking works out of the box in a regular VM. So make a few tries, screw the setup a few times, before getting to grips with the real world. I actually did a three times, just to be sure :-)

rsambuca · 2009-09-29 20:11:41

s1gma wrote:

I've got the same problem here.
- fresh install from Core 2009-08 on eeepc 1005HA-H
- eth0 and wlan0 showing in ifconfig
- drivers loaded (lsmod shows atl1c and ath9k)
- lspci shows both ethernet and wireless chipsets
but... runninng "dhcpcd eth0" outputs "broadcasting for a lease" and then times out (althouth I know there's a working DHCP server on the network). I didn't manage to connect to my wifi yep.
Since I don't have another computer running arch and since makepkg with the drivers doesn't work (errors), could someone post the useful packages for working out this lack of connection. It seems that atl1e, atheros-wired-1005-ha 1.0.0.10-1, or dkms-madwifi 0.9.3.1-2 could be of some help. I guess "pacman -Sw" could do the job.
If you have any other ideas, feel free to make suggestions. But I'm sure posting the packages could help other people.

My guess is that you have to comment out the gateway line from your /etc/rc.conf file.

s1gma · 2009-09-30 08:06:34

Actually, the gateway line is uncommented.

eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(eth0)
gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)

Anyway, since I use dhcp, does it have any impact on ehternet config ?

rsambuca · 2009-09-30 21:57:34

I would just try commenting out the gateway line by putting a number sign # in front of it.

Code:

eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(eth0)
#gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)

s1gma · 2009-10-02 05:58:15

Just to inform you that the thread continues elsewhere : http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=629336
For those interested in driver / interface / networking problem on eeepc 1005HA, please have a look.

djolk · 2009-11-04 00:15:05

I have an asus eee 701 not surf that is not showing a battery.
acpi -b returns nothing.
if I look in /proc/acpi/BAT0/... it says NOT present. However the battery is functioning - I can unplug the little guy I just don't get any reporting.
I've done the obvious, upgraded, uninstalled acpi, made sure the battery was seated properly. What next?

big_gie · 2009-11-04 00:16:44

Maybe you're missing the kernel module?

djolk · 2009-11-17 04:43:31

Can that happen using toofishes kernel?

medianmajik · 2010-10-23 05:26:08

Hi, I'm trying to get my Asus Eee 701 setup properly with the latest Toofishes kernel and still not totally sure of what I need to get wireless and power management working properly. Following the Wiki entries and forum posts has gotten my rc.conf this far:

MOD_AUTOLOAD="no"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=(ath5k wlan0 snd_hda_intel atl2)

INTERFACES=(eth0 wlan0)

DAEMONS=(@syslog-ng hal eee !network netfs crond @alsa sshd)

der_joachim · 2010-10-23 06:36:03

medianmajik wrote:

Hi, I'm trying to get my Asus Eee 701 setup properly with the latest Toofishes kernel and still not totally sure of what I need to get wireless and power management working properly. Following the Wiki entries and forum posts has gotten my rc.conf this far:
MOD_AUTOLOAD="no"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=(ath5k wlan0 snd_hda_intel atl2)
INTERFACES=(eth0 wlan0)
DAEMONS=(@syslog-ng hal eee !network netfs crond @alsa sshd)

Here's my setup. Note, I use wicd. Not sure what you are using.

MOD_AUTOLOAD="no"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=(!atl2 ath5k !ath_hal !ath_pci !wlan pciehp)


eth0="dhcp"
wlan0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !wlan0)


DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus !network !netfs @crond @alsa hal !slim acpid @wicd @ifplugd @sensors)

This setup works flawlessly for me. I have an EEE900 which is almost similar to a 700.

medianmajik · 2010-10-25 00:30:37

der_joachim,
Why are your interfaces blacklisted (!eth0 !wlan0)?
Why is wlan0 listed as a module, especially with ath5k?
Toofishes kernel includes the wireless driver, but I'm not sure how to explore the kernelconfig (currently reading a pdf book on the kernel to change that).
I'm working to towards a netcfg setup.

-----Modified rc.conf entries----
MODULES=(ath5k wlan0 snd_hda_intel atl2)
INTERFACES=(eth0 wlan0)
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng hal eee !network netfs crond @alsa sshd)

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