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PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 11:40 am    Post subject: Gentoo Acer 803LCi support thread (discussion section) Reply with quote

Gentoo Acer 803LCi support thread (discussion section)

This Manual is available at the Gentoo Wiki

If you wish to participate in the discussion around this thread just go ahead and use this thread or the Gentoo Wiki directly

Table of contents

  1. Updates
  2. About this Howto
  3. Important things to know about the ACER Travelmate 803 LCi
    Specifications of the ACER Travelmate 803 LCi
    General Handling
    Battery Uptime
    Falling down & Scratches
    Output of 'lspci'
  4. Compiler Flags
    Design of the Pentium-M
    CFLAGS
    USE-Variables
  5. Important Must-Have-Software
  6. GEP (Gentoo Emerge.log Parser)
    Compile times for different applications
  7. ACPI
    General ACPI
    ACPI Event Handling
    Enhanced Speedstepping
    Software suspending w/wo XFree
    Hardware Sensors
  8. Harddrive & 'hdparm' Optimization
  9. Networking LAN
    Broadcom 4400
  10. Networking Tools
    tcpdump
    mtr
    iptraf
    tethereal
    nessus
    Backup and distribution solutions
    SSH-Agent and Public-Key-Challange
  11. Networking WLAN
    ipw2100
    ndiswrapper
    Exchanging the Intel Mini-PCI with a Dell Truemobile 1150
  12. Wireless Tools
    Kismet
    Airsnort
    Wellenreiter
    IPSEC & VPN
  13. Internal modem
  14. IRDA support
  15. PCMCIA
  16. Special Laptop-Keys aka FN-Keys
    Windows Keys
    System Help
    ACPI Standy/Sleep
    Video Out
    External Display
    Touchpad Activator
    Mute Sound
    Display Bightness
    Volume FN-Keys
    Volume Keys and XFree OSD
    Other FN-Keys
    Hints
  17. Acer Launchkeys & AcerHK
    Installing
    Testing & Mapping
    Scripts
  18. Graphics
    ATI Radeon 9000 Mobility & XFree
    Alternate ATI Radeon 9000 Mobility Installation & MTRR fix
    Console Framebuffer
    TV-Out
    Beamer & external devices
  19. Sound
    Sound recording
  20. Universal Serial Bus (USB)
    General Hotplug
    General USB
    USB-Mouse
    USB-Mouse and XFree support
    USB Tools
    RootPlug
    USB-Memory-Stick
    User Authentification via pam_usb
  21. Synaptics Touchpad
  22. Firewire IEEE 1394
  23. Styleguide
    Exchanging XFree Cursors
    Bootsplash
    Qingy
    LILO Graphical Menu
  24. Link Graveyard
  25. Missing Items & later additions


About this Howto
Reference:
Gentoo Installation Documents
Gentoo Forum

    This Howto is intended to provide a usefull overview and installation & configuration guide for Gentoo-Linux on a ACER Travelmate 80x/2xx/. This Howto doesn't cover the ultimate truth, it's merely a compilation of work-reports, own testing, redoing of other howtos always with focus on an optimal stability and relyability on an ACER Travelmate 803 LCi.

    This howto doesn't cover the basic installation process of the Gentoo Linux distribution as this is exaustively covered by the Gentoo Installation Documents.

    The Howto is structured upon the inside-out-concept. All sections are optimized for work progress optimization (e.g hdparm before software-installation). So if you do this tutorial from beginning to end, the result should be a optimized stable and working Gentoo-Linux on your ACER-Travelmate 803 LCi. Also this howto is based on kernel 2.6.

    In special I would like to thank all those geeks in the Gentoo Forums for their help, suggestions, hints, tips, tricks and corrections for this tutorial as it would not be in this form without their help. Thank you !


Due to limitations of this board I had to move the really important parts to the Gentoo Wiki

This thread will mainly be used to discuss the contensts of the new manual, so go ahead and post here. I'll only update the table of contents here.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 1:01 pm    Post subject: Re: Acer 803 LCi Notebook Config (maybe a sticky?) Reply with quote

_kev_ wrote:
Pentium-M Steedstep

The Pentium-M processor is wether a P3 nor a P4 but I've successfully tested the following GCC settings:
Code:
-march=pentium3 -mcpu=pentium4

You should use pentium3 as adding sse2 later will make it go bork on you if you use pentium4.

_kev_ wrote:
ACPI

ACPI is working with all new ac-kernels. After installing the latest ac-kernel out of the Portage and enabling the ACPI-features you'll get
Code:
/proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/performance


which can be used for accessing the Speedstep features. Also the package "AutoSpeedStep" works with these settings.

I would also recommend sys-apps/speedfreq if you use 2.6 with the new /sys interface.
It has a bug in a script but Ive posted a fix on bugs.gentoo.org so it will get in any day.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 1:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

    Video and LCD
    I have only got accelerated video with DRI working (on 2.6 kernel).
    This works fine in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 for video and monitor.
    Code:

    Section "Monitor"
      Option       "CalcAlgorithm" "CheckDesktopGeometry"
      DisplaySize  320 240
      HorizSync    27-90
      Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
      ModelName    "1400X1050@60HZ"
      Option       "DPMS" "true"
      VendorName   "--> LCD"
      VertRefresh  40-60
      UseModes     "Modes[0]"
    EndSection

    Section "Modes"
      Identifier   "Modes[0]"
      Modeline      "1400x1050" 114.41 1400 1416 1704 1944 1050 1050 1060 1097
      Modeline      "1024x768" 61.19 1024 1040 1216 1400 768 768 775 802
      Modeline      "640x480" 23.96 640 656 720 864 480 480 484 501
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
      DefaultDepth 24
      SubSection "Display"
        Depth      16
        Modes      "1400x1050" "1024x768"
      EndSubSection
      SubSection "Display"
        Depth      24
        Modes      "1400x1050" "1024x768"
      EndSubSection
      Device       "Device[0]"
      Identifier   "Screen[0]"
      Monitor      "Monitor[0]"
    EndSection

    Section "Device"
      BoardName    "RV250 Lf"
      BusID        "1:0:0"
      Driver       "radeon"
      Identifier   "Device[0]"
      VendorName   "ATI"
      Option       "AGPMode" "4"
      Option       "EnablePageFlip" "on"
      Option       "DPMS" "true"
    EndSection


    Note that DPMS is broken for the radeon driver in 4.3.0. Try 4.3.99.x if you want this feature (its usually a good idea since the backlight lifetime is limited).

    Bluetooth & Firewire
    Both these features loads fine in both 2.4 and 2.6 kernel but I dont have any hardware to test with but kernel reports working devices

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 1:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Have anyone had trouble with the broadcom? After I unplug cable and down the interface I cant get a new IP without rebooting.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 3:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Broadcom Driver works fine, you'll need to restart/start "dhcpcd". this will get you a new IP.

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 10:52 pm    Post subject: Great!! Thanks so much! Reply with quote

This is a great resource for all of the Gentoo Travelmate 800 users out there.

Quote:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Edges" "1900 5400 1800 3900"
Option "Finger" "25 30"
Option "MaxTapTime" "20"
Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.02"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0007"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Option "UpDownScrolling" "on"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "CorePointer" ""
EndSection


I was wondering how to get my touchpad scroll buttons working. Thanks so much!
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 5:34 am    Post subject: Woohooo, Dell Truemobile 1150 Mini-PCI Nic Works!!! Reply with quote

I replaced my Intel Mini-PCI with a Dell Truemobile 1150 that I bought off of Dell's small business site for $49.00.

After literally working for hours trying to get the thing working under the 2.4 kernel, I finally gave up and decided to try the 2.6 sources. I compiled the following things into the kernel:


Bus Options --> [*] PCMCIA Cardbus Support
--> [*]Cardbus yenta-compatible bridge support
--> [*]I82365 bridge support

Networking Support --> Wireless Lan (Non-Ham Radio) --> [*] Wireless LAN (Non...)
--> [*] Hermes Chipset 802.11b...
--> [*] Hermes PCMCIA Card Support

It worked right away! I had already emerged pcmcia-cs and setup my /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts file while working in the 2.4 kernel.

I do get an error during boot where PCMCIA complains that it cannot load ds. I can live with that for now but will work on it at a later date. The Truemobile 1150 does work with the 800 series laptops!!!
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 7:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

_kev_ wrote:
Broadcom Driver works fine, you'll need to restart/start "dhcpcd". this will get you a new IP.


Nop I just start getting carrier errors as shown in ifconfig. Even setting a static IP after this seems nonworking. I guess this is a thing for the kernel developers.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 7:03 am    Post subject: Re: Woohooo, Dell Truemobile 1150 Mini-PCI Nic Works!!! Reply with quote

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I replaced my Intel Mini-PCI with a Dell Truemobile 1150 that I bought off of Dell's small business site for $49.00.


Really cool? Ive checked inside my laptop an the antenna wires seems solderd onto the mini-pci board. Or are they removable after all? Can you provide some photos of this? I'll try and get some photos of my setup.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 3:13 pm    Post subject: Antenna wires. Reply with quote

They do look like they are soldered, however they are not. They push down onto their ports so all you have to do is pull straight up and they will come off. The Truemobile has two antenna wire inputs and the connectors fit onto them perfectly. I'll try to take some photos today and post them.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 7:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Ive checked inside my laptop an the antenna wires seems solderd onto the mini-pci board. Or are they removable after all? Can you provide some photos of this?


As requested, here ares some photos of the Truemobile 1150 in my Travelmate 800Xci.

This photo shows the installed card:

http://home.earthlink.net/~rob.strebler/images/Truemobile1150.jpg

This photo shows a closeup of the antenna connectors:

http://home.earthlink.net/~rob.strebler/images/1150Connector.jpg

To disconnect the wires, just pull straight up. To reconnect them, push straight down. I hope this helps.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 9:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This looks really good! Thanks! I will try and get a hand of one of those NICs :)
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 1:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I've also written a small script you could include in your /etc/init.d/ so you can add it to your init process with ...


Just a little note about starting hdparm at boot. There is already a script called hdparm in /etc/init.d/. You just have to
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rc-update add hdparm boot
and modify /etc/conf.d/hdparm with you preferences.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 5:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You're right, updated that section.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 3:47 am    Post subject: A quick and easy CD Burning Tip Reply with quote

K3b .9 works out of the box with ATAPI burning and the QSI CDRW/DVD drive that came with my Travelmate 800. If you go this route, you won't have to add any SCSI emulation to the kernel or make any changes to your GRUB/LILO configurations. A simple

Code:
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge k3b


is all that is needed. It detects the drive as an ATAPI writer.

Until .9 makes it to stable, you'll have to use the "ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" method" as I had no success working with .8.1 .

K3b is a KDE program, but it is reported to work well under Gnome.

The only caveat is that it complains that dao is not supported with the version of cdrdao that is on my system. However, I just checked the box to have K3b not show the message anymore and haven't experienced any negative effects. I've burned 4 full data cds with complete success.

K3b is also my favorite burning program in Linux. Good luck!
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 3:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

smiler.se wrote:

Note that DPMS is broken for the radeon driver in 4.3.0. Try 4.3.99.x if you want this feature (its usually a good idea since the backlight lifetime is limited).


smiler.se, were you able to get KDE working with 4.3.99.x? I have tried 4.3.99.9 and 4.3.99.11 and get a Signal 11 everytime while booting into KDE. However, KDE boots fine with 4.3.0.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2003 7:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ScubaStreb wrote:
smiler.se wrote:

Note that DPMS is broken for the radeon driver in 4.3.0. Try 4.3.99.x if you want this feature (its usually a good idea since the backlight lifetime is limited).


smiler.se, were you able to get KDE working with 4.3.99.x? I have tried 4.3.99.9 and 4.3.99.11 and get a Signal 11 everytime while booting into KDE. However, KDE boots fine with 4.3.0.

Ive never tried KDE on it so I cant say, sorry.

PS. For a great DE, try xfce4 :wink:
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2003 3:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why wont my Kernel 2.6.0beta4 boot.

I just get a blank screen. Check out my config on http://www.mrblade.dk/files/DOTconfig

and plz tell me whats wrong.

and the computer is ofcourse a TM803LCi.

And btw, has anybody got tvout working for real, or is it just a crewl rumour.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2003 4:49 pm    Post subject: Need more info... Reply with quote

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Why wont my Kernel 2.6.0beta4 boot.

I just get a blank screen.


When do you get the blank screen, during boot, or when it tries to go into X? Can you use a virtual console?
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2003 4:57 pm    Post subject: More info coming up Reply with quote

Now i have narrowed my problem.

First of all when i boot with the VESA framebuffer. i cant use the vga=834 that i normally do (Blank screen). But it boot up fine without.

Also:
When i try to start gdm it is another blank screen, dont know if it will help to emerge xfree-drm again. But i guess thats a ATI driver problem.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2003 5:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I haven't been able to get the framebuffer working either. However, for the video, I use the built in kernel drivers and drm for acceleration. They work just fine in the new kernel.

My kernel settings are:

Character Devices-> [*] /dev/agpgart
-> <*> Intel 440lx/bx/gx...
-> [*] Direct Rendering Manger
-> <*> ATI Radeon

This gives me about 2500fps in GLXgears at 16
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2003 7:05 pm    Post subject: Some tips ! Reply with quote

Don't forget to activate the PageFlipping, it increases OpenGL performance dramaticly.
These options are defaulted off.
Code:

Option "AGPMode" "4"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "on"

I get like 1984 FPS in glxgears now, can anyone post his/her results so I know if I'm properly configured ? thanks...
If you use speedfreq for CPU adjust don't forget to set it to dynamic at boot, else you'll still be running at max speed.
Also, those blue cursors are SO kewl :lol:

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 03, 2003 8:39 am    Post subject: Some additions... Reply with quote

When installing Gentoo on my Travelmate 803LCi , I had to enter 'gentoo nousb nodetect' at the boot prompt of the install CD for the following reasons:

1) The network card (Broadcom 4401, module bcm4400 in kernel 2.4 but renamed to b44 in the development/upcoming 2.6 kernel) wasn't detected correctly so networking didn't work. The 'nodetect'-option disables that. You can load the module with

# modprobe bcm4400

and it works.

2) The internal chipcard reader is detected as a usb storage device, but apparently kernel 2.4.21 on the install CD isn't too happy about it. It randomly crashes (kernel oops) and locks up the install process. Getting rid of USB did the trick for me. I haven't had any troubles with the chipcard reader after the install, using kernel 2.6-testX.

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 1:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What KERNEL cpu to use? Pentium 3 or pentium 4.
Do we loose any features with using pentium 3?

We need a more complete kernel config for bouth 2.4.xx and 2.6.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 2:11 pm    Post subject: kernel config Reply with quote

It's already on it's way. Only need to determine a few things...
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