[arch-general] Kernel 2.6.30 on EEE and KMS
Hello all, I'm installing Arch on an EEE. Following the wiki, I installed from a core image which hase 2.6.30, blocked its update, and then updated all the rest. Starting X I get this: (EE) intel(0): No kernel modesetting driver detected. Does this mean I'll need 2.6.32 anyway (and hence no Wifi) or are there other solutions ? TIA, -- FA O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte !
Am 15.02.2010 17:04, schrieb fons@kokkinizita.net:
Hello all,
I'm installing Arch on an EEE. Following the wiki, I installed from a core image which hase 2.6.30, blocked its update, and then updated all the rest.
Starting X I get this:
(EE) intel(0): No kernel modesetting driver detected.
Does this mean I'll need 2.6.32 anyway (and hence no Wifi) or are there other solutions ?
The current intel drivers require kernel mode setting. You can activate it with 2.6.30, but I wouldn't recommend it, as it is very buggy in that old version. Put "options i915 modeset=1" into /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf and add "intel_agp i915" to the MODULES array in /etc/rc.conf. This will probably allow you to use X, but as I said: BUGGY.
On 02/15/2010 09:04 AM, fons@kokkinizita.net wrote:
Hello all,
I'm installing Arch on an EEE. Following the wiki, I installed from a core image which hase 2.6.30, blocked its update, and then updated all the rest.
Starting X I get this:
(EE) intel(0): No kernel modesetting driver detected.
Does this mean I'll need 2.6.32 anyway (and hence no Wifi) or are there other solutions ?
TIA,
Why aren't you using the new kernel? I just installed Arch on an Eee 701, and everything worked fine with the latest kernel.
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:07:33AM -0700, Brendan Long wrote:
On 02/15/2010 09:04 AM, fons@kokkinizita.net wrote:
Hello all,
I'm installing Arch on an EEE. Following the wiki, I installed from a core image which hase 2.6.30, blocked its update, and then updated all the rest.
Starting X I get this:
(EE) intel(0): No kernel modesetting driver detected.
Does this mean I'll need 2.6.32 anyway (and hence no Wifi) or are there other solutions ?
TIA,
Why aren't you using the new kernel? I just installed Arch on an Eee 701, and everything worked fine with the latest kernel.
Just did this, and X worked immediately. :-) Still have to get the wireless to work, that will be for later tonight. BTW, this is on a 1000H Grazie & ciao, -- FA O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte !
Am 15.02.2010 19:24, schrieb fons@kokkinizita.net:
Just did this, and X worked immediately. :-) Still have to get the wireless to work, that will be for later tonight.
BTW, this is on a 1000H
Grazie & ciao,
What's the wireless chip in this thing? Maybe it is already supported by compat-wireless or even 2.6.33 release candidates.
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 07:56:17PM +0100, Thomas Bächler wrote:
Am 15.02.2010 19:24, schrieb fons@kokkinizita.net:
Just did this, and X worked immediately. :-) Still have to get the wireless to work, that will be for later tonight.
BTW, this is on a 1000H
Grazie & ciao,
What's the wireless chip in this thing? Maybe it is already supported by compat-wireless or even 2.6.33 release candidates.
rt2860, which is the same as in the 901. 'iwlist wlan0 scan' detects the network, but I've not been able to configure it into a working state either manually or using netcfg (2.2.1) So there maybe there is indeed a problem with 2.6.32 as mentioned on the wiki page for the 901. Ciao, -- FA O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte !
Am 15.02.2010 23:37, schrieb fons@kokkinizita.net:
rt2860, which is the same as in the 901.
'iwlist wlan0 scan' detects the network, but I've not been able to configure it into a working state either manually or using netcfg (2.2.1)
So there maybe there is indeed a problem with 2.6.32 as mentioned on the wiki page for the 901.
Improved support for the rt28XX devices by Ralink has been commited to the linux-wireless tree AFAIK. You should try if you can get better results with compat-wireless.
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:05:49AM +0100, Thomas Bächler wrote:
Am 15.02.2010 23:37, schrieb fons@kokkinizita.net:
rt2860, which is the same as in the 901.
'iwlist wlan0 scan' detects the network, but I've not been able to configure it into a working state either manually or using netcfg (2.2.1)
So there maybe there is indeed a problem with 2.6.32 as mentioned on the wiki page for the 901.
Improved support for the rt28XX devices by Ralink has been commited to the linux-wireless tree AFAIK. You should try if you can get better results with compat-wireless.
I've got it working with testing/netcfg (and probably made some stupid mistakes before). It still files some complaints in /var/log/messages.log but otherwise seems to work OK ! Ciao, -- FA O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte !
Except for wireless card (damn rt2860... I changed mine for an intel 4965!) the eeepc line is pretty good with linux, and specially with arch ;) Make sure to check out acpi-eeepc-generic from AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23318 Or even better, update to latest subversion ( http://code.google.com/p/acpi-eeepc-generic/source/checkout ) and if you found something wrong, open an issue on google code page: http://code.google.com/p/acpi-eeepc-generic/issues/list Good luck! ;) 2010/2/15 <fons@kokkinizita.net>
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:05:49AM +0100, Thomas Bächler wrote:
Am 15.02.2010 23:37, schrieb fons@kokkinizita.net:
rt2860, which is the same as in the 901.
'iwlist wlan0 scan' detects the network, but I've not been able to configure it into a working state either manually or using netcfg (2.2.1)
So there maybe there is indeed a problem with 2.6.32 as mentioned on the wiki page for the 901.
Improved support for the rt28XX devices by Ralink has been commited to the linux-wireless tree AFAIK. You should try if you can get better results with compat-wireless.
I've got it working with testing/netcfg (and probably made some stupid mistakes before). It still files some complaints in /var/log/messages.log but otherwise seems to work OK !
Ciao,
-- FA
O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte !
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