Fedora 11 + AspireOne 751h (11.6")

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Ubuntu 9.04 + AspireOne 751h (11.6")

Postby bodhi.zazen » Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:25 pm
Basically everything works out of the box with the only exception being the video.

The problem is there are no open source Intel GMA500 drivers.

To fix your video see this page :

http://www.happyassassin.net/2009/08/10 ... omment-877

Specifically see my comment re an edit to xorg.conf near the bottom or your system will lock up.

My xorg.conf is :

Code:

# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display
# "Simple" modifications by bodhi.zazen

Section "Files"
        ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
        Option      "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "psb"
        Option      "IgnoreACPI"
        Option      "AccelMethod" "exa"
        Option      "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
        Option      "NoDDC"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
	Option	    "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "screen1"
	Device "Videocard0"
	DefaultColorDepth 24

	Subsection "Display"
		Depth 24
		Virtual 1366 768
	EndSubsection

	Subsection "Display"
		Depth 16
		Virtual 1366 768
	EndSubsection

	Subsection "Display"
		Depth 15
		Virtual 1366 768
	EndSubsection

	Subsection "Display"
		Depth 8
		Virtual 1366 768
	EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen1"
InputDevice "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents"
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "TapButton2" "2"
Option "TapButton3" "3"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

The rpm will probably work on other rpm systems (PCLinux OS, Mandriva, SUSE, Centos), although I did not test any.

There are a number of tips on F11 :

http://jorge.fbarr.net/2009/06/11/fedor ... spire-one/

Most of the various performance tips add a modest at best benefit, although I do like mounting the /tmp and firefox cache into RAM rather then HD. It is faster and less wear + tear on your HD.

 

I have a 751h with 2gigs of ram and a 250gb from the factory, it came with POS vista and i removed it and installed fedora, now i have attempted to follow the above links and instructions and it seems everytime i copy and paste and save the xorg conf files i reboot and the screen boots to a blank screen and just hangs...i have attempted to use your config file and happy assasins with no avail. the laptop is bone stock and only a few days old...so needless to say im a little lost?

do i have to use that i586 kernel instead? can i just install that along with the pre-installed i686 one that the driver uses? is it possibly my xorg file is different i think when i run my system config display my video card is videocard1 not video card 0 and my driver is vesa not psb.... should i reboot after the install or just go strait to running my system config display?

thanks sorry for all the questions but i guess im making up for lack of posts to your great info!

 

Did you install the psb driver ?

Code:

rpm -Uvh [url]http://adamwill.fedorapeople.org/poulsbo/i586/poulsbo-repository-release-11-1.noarch.rpm[/url]
yum install xorg-x11-drv-psb

If so, would you post your xorg.conf ? I had to manually edit the file (/etc/X11/xorg.cong).

When starting the screen does flash a few times.

 

well my screen will turn black and flicker and it hangs on that screen BUT it seems to happen when i change the display driver to "psb" in my xorg.conf. If i leave it on "vesa" it will show me the login screen and everythings back to its normal choppyness and none of the actual graphics features work just as if nothing ever happened...

i am using the simple config that is posted above and i have also changed different things like screen res and options the only thing that made a difference from the xorg.conf below was changing the driver type as i stated above none of the options seemed to make a difference...

Code:

Section "Device"
   Identifier  "Videocard0"
   Driver      "psb"
        Option      "IgnoreACPI"
        Option      "AccelMethod" "exa"
        Option      "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
        Option      "NoDDC"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
   Option       "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Identifier "screen1"
   Device "Videocard0"
   DefaultColorDepth 24

   Subsection "Display"
      Depth 24
      Virtual 1366 768
   EndSubsection

   Subsection "Display"
      Depth 16
      Virtual 1366 768
   EndSubsection

   Subsection "Display"
      Depth 15
      Virtual 1366 768
   EndSubsection

   Subsection "Display"
      Depth 8
      Virtual 1366 768
   EndSubsection
EndSection

and various other setups with different screen resolutions and options

how does yours workout ok? if we have the same systems? am i missing another piece of the puzzle? even on a RAW un updated install this happens.... could it be the PAE kernal?


NEW INFO!

the screen flickered this for a bit then it locked up on it after trying ANOTHER custom xorg.conf basically all i did is run system-config-display changed the driver to psb and added the options while leaving everything else stock...no avail just got whats below after logging out of X

Code:

sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense Key : No Sense [current]
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Add. Sense : No additional sense information
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense Key : No Sense [current]
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Add. Sense : No additional sense information

 

I have the exact same hardware and it is working for me.

I will confirm that I posted the correct information later tonight.

 

Just posting that yes the xorg.conf I posted it working for me.

I manually edited the file and did not use system-config-display

Sure , try a standard kernel, you do not need the PAE kernel (unless you have more then 3.2 Gb RAM).

If that fails, would you mind posting your xorg.conf ?

 

ok well big question:


what was your procedure from start to finish with a bone stock aspire one?

I dunno WHY but Ihave formatted a BAZILLION times and tried to run the freaking driver install dry AND using your xorg.conf.

i wonder if when i install system-config-display if it ruins something? ima give it another shot tomorrow see what happends

 

Ugggg !!!

Bad news, I updated to the most recent kernel (after I posted) and the psb driver is now broken as you describe in your posts.

I have booted to init 1 (recovery shell) and the driver is not in good shape. I do not know enough to fix it right away.

For the moment, Ubuntu is working. In Ubuntu, after a kernel update, one removes and then reinstalls the driver (see the Ubutnu Aver One page). This did not work in Fedora =(

I posted here , no solution yet.

 

OHHHHH see that explains it! i have a pretty updated install of fedora on my SD card so that explains why it never works right off the bat!

well if there is anything i can do to help let me know it would be great to get this working so everyone can experience a speedy aspire one!

 

OK, it is working now.

The problem seems to be that the psb kernel module needs to be built each time you boot, so it is taking a looooong time to boot.

What I did :

First boot to single user mode.
At the grub boot screen hit the "e" key
Use the arrow key go to the kernel line "kernel /boot/vmlinuz ..... "
Hit the "e" key again.
At the very end of the line add the number 1
Hit the enter key
Hit "b" for boot

This will boot to a command line (and you will be logged in as root).

At the command line, make sure everything you need is installed :

Code:

yum install xorg-x11-drv-psb kernel-devel kernel-headers

On my system nothing was installed, but that will pull the tools you need (just in case).

Next build the psb kernel module

Code:

service akmods restart

Or ...

Code:

akmods --kernels 2.6.29.6-217.fc11.i586

substitute your kernel (run "uname -a" if you do not know your kernel).

Let it go ... It takes a few minutes, you will seee disk activity .....

When that is done

Code:

telinit 5

X should now be working.

Last, (almost done) reboot ...

When you reboot it will appear to lock up ...

It is not , you will see disk activity .... let it run ....

X will then start (same xorg.conf as I posted above).

With subsequent reboots the wait time is not as long, although the screen does flicker.

ScreenShot

EDIT: Just so as there is no confusion, I posted my entire xorg.conf in my first post.

 

well shoot thats great news im going to get right on it then!!!!

ill post up my results!

 

seems like everythings solid! thanks a bunch that helped and made it all workout! ima see what i can do with compiz and emerald and what not

 

You are most welcome, glad to learn it is now working for you.

My guess is that next time you update your kernel you will go through the same thing, just let it boot and sit a few minutes, give it time to rebuild the psb kernel module. The way the akmods work is that they will rebuild the kernel modules automagically if they are missing, but on this CPU it takes more time then anticipated (should be less then one minute , but in my experience feels like 5 min).

If that fails boot to "recovery mode" (init 1) and see what went wrong.

 

im having an issue.....screen brightness isnt working now? ill post a new thread on it though