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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 7:19 pm    Post subject: Re: 2004.2 install with 2.6.7-r11 does not respond Reply with quote

johnnyx wrote:
Dear All,
I have an M6805 with original BIOS. I can boot fine from the LiveCD, but get no response from my keyboard or touchpad on reboot. I see there is a bug here https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56669 that describes the problem.

I emailed eMachines and, surprise, they said no BIOS upgrade for me. Oh, and also that if I did change my BIOS with non-official one that they'd have no more support for me if anything went wrong and my laptop turned into a doorstop.

It looks like the upshot is to either abandon this project of getting Gentoo-64 installed until 56669 is resolved or upgrade my BIOS with v22s ROM.

Any help you can offer would be much appreciated.

Yours truly,
Mr. X

...gotta go, crack don't smoke itself...



Trust me, upgrade the BIOS. It fixes many things. If you don't want to, start at the beginning of this thread and read, your answers are there.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 8:23 pm    Post subject: Re: 2004.2 install with 2.6.7-r11 does not respond Reply with quote

scottymace wrote:

Trust me, upgrade the BIOS. It fixes many things. If you don't want to, start at the beginning of this thread and read, your answers are there.

Scott


I've actually read this thread about 30 times in the last four days. :wink: That's why I was really excited about the emachines kernel on the LiveCD and the genkernel config for same. When the LiveCD did everything as expected I was very happy. I guess that's why 56669 is so frustrating. I did all the stuff as per the instructions, but something got hosed in the kernel sources between 2.6.2-r3 and 2.6.7-r9.

I understand that flashing the BIOS will solve the issue, and I may do that, but it's really not a solution to the bug, it's a workaround.

Does anyone know the last kernel known to work with the original M6805 BIOS? Would it work to unmerge gentoo-dev-sources and re-emerge that specific version, then use the genkernel config?

Sorry for being so paranoid. I haven't even paid the credit card bill for this laptop yet and being told by tech support that there's nothing they'll do to help if the BIOS flash goes wrong is a little bit frightening. $1200 doorstops suck. :)

Another silly n00b question: What's the best way to tell if and when a bug is going to be fixed? Also, should the AMD64 installation notes say something about the M6805-specific install problems?

Yours truly,
Mr. X

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 8:43 pm    Post subject: Re: 2004.2 install with 2.6.7-r11 does not respond Reply with quote

johnnyx wrote:
scottymace wrote:

Trust me, upgrade the BIOS. It fixes many things. If you don't want to, start at the beginning of this thread and read, your answers are there.

Scott


I've actually read this thread about 30 times in the last four days. :wink: That's why I was really excited about the emachines kernel on the LiveCD and the genkernel config for same. When the LiveCD did everything as expected I was very happy. I guess that's why 56669 is so frustrating. I did all the stuff as per the instructions, but something got hosed in the kernel sources between 2.6.2-r3 and 2.6.7-r9.

I understand that flashing the BIOS will solve the issue, and I may do that, but it's really not a solution to the bug, it's a workaround.

Does anyone know the last kernel known to work with the original M6805 BIOS? Would it work to unmerge gentoo-dev-sources and re-emerge that specific version, then use the genkernel config?

Sorry for being so paranoid. I haven't even paid the credit card bill for this laptop yet and being told by tech support that there's nothing they'll do to help if the BIOS flash goes wrong is a little bit frightening. $1200 doorstops suck. :)

Another silly n00b question: What's the best way to tell if and when a bug is going to be fixed? Also, should the AMD64 installation notes say something about the M6805-specific install problems?

Yours truly,
Mr. X

...not giving up...


No, the M6805 BIOS is crippled. Any attempt by the ACPI dev team to make the problem go away is a workaround for a crappy BIOS. A BIOS flash going wrong is a rare thing. Just make sure AC is plugged in, and you don't have a bunch of monkeys running loose in the same room when you do it. Also, I know a guy who powered his laptop off while flashing, and he got it replaced, because he didn't tell the tech he was flashing the BIOS. "Just went to turn it on, and poof!"

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

As I've mentioned in earlier pages of this thread, I too upgraded my bios. If you don't want to, there's nothing stopping you from using any kernel you've got that works for you. If the genkernel worked go back to it. I originally built mine with 2.6.3-gentoo-r2 and keep it and several other kernels on hand in case of emergency needs. I currently am using 2.6.7-gentoo-r9. HTH, Bill
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 8:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I also found that 2.6.3-r2 was the last gentoo-dev-sources that worked for me before I flashed my BIOS. Using v2's m6809 BIOS I've been running great on 2.6.7.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 7:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm currently using the newest gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.7-r12 in 32 bits, with the original m6805 BIOS - I considered flashing it, but just haven't gotten around to it. I am still passing the pci=noacpi kernel parameter though.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 5:58 pm    Post subject: USB keyboard Reply with quote

I am thinking of buying a USB keyboard and connect to the Emachines 6807.
It will work for windows and linux, won't it?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You should have no problem.

I use the Logitech Wireless Duo Optical (I think that is its name) with no problems. Actually, they worked right out of the box, while I had to tinker some to get the laptop's keyboard to work.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 3:51 pm    Post subject: DVD burner on Emachines M6807 Laptop Reply with quote

Does anyone get the DVD burner on Emachines M6807 Laptop working on either 32 bit or 64 bit AMD linux?
What program do you use? dvd+rw-tools?

Do you use DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R or DVD+RW disks?
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 3:21 pm    Post subject: smlink modem Reply with quote

Here is an email I've been tossing back and forth with Linux-support@smlink.com I don't know what to make of what I'm urged to do...use the windows driver? How & why?

Quote:

Please try our windows driver on it and tell me if it works OK and what the response from modem properties -> diagnostics is so "I can determine what modem you have".

Take care.

Best Regards,
===========================================
Leor Brenman
European Area Sales Manager, Smart Link Inc
Herengracht 310, Amsterdam 1016CD, The Netherlands
Tel: +31-20-420-8909, Cell: +31-63-815-1141, Fax: +1-707-988-1101, Cell2: +1-617-642-8274
E-mail: leor@smlink.com, E-mail2/IM: lbrenman99@hotmail.com, Web: http://www.smlink.com
Skype username: lbrenman
===========================================
----- Original Message -----
From: Barry Dmytro
To: Leor Brenman
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Linux-support] AMD64 Linux Drivers for modem


I don't quite understand how this applies since I don't run windows.
I only run gnu/linux and was inquiring as to how the port of the driver
to x86_64 was coming along. Since there is a version that supports i386
already, but the majority of the people that use gnu/linux are running
gentoo and are compiling everything in x86_64 and thus can't use a driver
that was compiled for i386. I am asking on behalf of these gentoo users
if anyone is working on an x86_64 driver or if we should just get used to
carring external modems with this laptop.

What I am refering to as the i386 driver is that with the linux driver
there is a file called dsplibs.o that comes precompiled for i386 but a
linux kernel compiled for x86_64 can't use it.

If it helps, here is the readout when I run /usr/X11R6/bin/scanpci

...
pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x11 function 0x06: vendor 0x1106 device 0x3068
VIA Technologies, Inc. Intel 537 [AC97 Modem]
...

* Leor Brenman (leor@smlink.com) wrote:
> Please try our windows driver on it and tell me if it works OK and what the response from modem properties -> diagnostics is so I can determine what modem you have.
>
> Take care.
>
> Best Regards,
> ===========================================
> Leor Brenman
> European Area Sales Manager, Smart Link Inc
> Herengracht 310, Amsterdam 1016CD, The Netherlands
> Tel: +31-20-420-8909, Cell: +31-63-815-1141, Fax: +1-707-988-1101, Cell2: +1-617-642-8274
> E-mail: leor@smlink.com, E-mail2/IM: lbrenman99@hotmail.com, Web: http://www.smlink.com
> Skype username: lbrenman
> ===========================================
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Barry Dmytro
> To: Leor Brenman
> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 12:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [Linux-support] AMD64 Linux Drivers for modem
>
>
> Emachines M6805
>
> * Leor Brenman (leor@smlink.com) wrote:
> > What notebook is it?
> >
> > Take care.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > ===========================================
> > Leor Brenman
> > European Area Sales Manager, Smart Link Inc
> > Herengracht 310, Amsterdam 1016CD, The Netherlands
> > Tel: +31-20-420-8909, Cell: +31-63-815-1141, Fax: +1-707-988-1101, Cell2: +1-617-642-8274
> > E-mail: leor@smlink.com, E-mail2/IM: lbrenman99@hotmail.com, Web: http://www.smlink.com
> > Skype username: lbrenman
> > ===========================================
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Barry Dmytro
> > To: Linux-support@smlink.com
> > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 12:53 PM
> > Subject: [Linux-support] AMD64 Linux Drivers for modem
> >
> >
> > I'm attemting to get my built in modem working on my AMD64 (x86_64) based
> > laptop, but your linux driver comes with a static i386 dsplibs.o file.
> > Would it be possible for a x86_64 version of the file be released so
> > that I may use your fine product? Is there a planned release time?
> > Is it even planned to port it to x86_64?
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Barry Dmytro
> > badcherry@mailc.net
> > http://badcherry.org/
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Kind Regards,
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Barry Dmytro
> badcherry@mailc.net
> http://badcherry.org/
> --------------------------------------------------------------------

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

confidential007 wrote:
Well, I use 2.6.7-gentoo-r11 sources. I looked through your config (I guess you use x86 instead of x86_64) and noticed that I had not enabled AT Keyboard support. I enabled it, recompiled, and now my built-in keyboard works. I can't believe I forgot that! :oops:

Does anyone know if there are any working drivers for the wireless or video that work in 64-bit (x86_64) installs? I think I saw that ATI was developing 64-bit Win drivers (currently beta). If these go final, is there a way to use them in Linux?


could you post your config file ?

thanks
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:44 pm    Post subject: Emachines M6807 onboard SD and CF readers Reply with quote

How to make the onboard SD and CF readers work?

scottymace wrote:
Spoony:
I'm using the 1.4 athlon-xp stage3 install, and the 2.6.3 kernel. The via-rhine works perfectly. I have pci=noacpi and psmouse.proto=imps as kernel parameters.

I used the config file at http://www.muru.com/linux/amd64/ as a base for my kernel, and added some drivers for various USB items I have, or may get. I am compiling all my packages as x86 athlon-xp, but I did compile my kernel as an amd64. Everything seems to be working perfectly, but powernow-k8 will not load. I'm hoping the ACPI dev guys can come up with a workaround.
(Perhaps we should start a petition to get eMachines to fix their BIOS)

I own the linuxant driver, but haven't installed it yet. Also still running in VESA mode with xfree 4.3.0, using the XF86Config file from the same guy.
Xrander doesn't seem to be working, although it's loaded.

The onboard SD and CF readers work, CD burner works, although there is the cdrdao issue with ATAPI.

I posted a link earlier in this thread for the modem driver, so that's working.

I'm still in the process of getting various packages installed. I'll post more as I make new discoveries.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anyone having trouble with their hard drive? I have had at least one bad block show up on my root partition and now kde segfaults on start. I would replace the hard drive since the laptop is still under its service plan, but I don't have the time and also I am not sure that I will be able to copy the data off of my /home partition, which is vital since I have some important email that is stored there.

Hope things work out since this is the first time that I have had a hard drive actually start going bad on me.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 1:40 am    Post subject: pci=noacpi noapic problem Reply with quote

I installed 32 bit x86 linux 2.4.26-r6 on emachines M6807. Inside kde, pressing the <Fn><F8> keys to increase the brightness of the screen will hang the computer.

My boot parameter in grub.conf file is:
pci=noacpi noapic

If these one or both two parameters are not used, same problem occurred.

----
Edit:
The problem disappear when 2.6.7-gentoo-r11 is used.


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PostPosted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 3:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's my xorg.conf:
Code:
# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the xorg.conf(5x) man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this  section  is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************
#
Section "Module"

    Load        "dbe"     # Double buffer extension

    SubSection  "extmod"
#      Option    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA extension
    EndSubSection

# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules
    Load        "type1"
    Load        "speedo"
    Load        "freetype"
    Load        "xft"

# This loads the GLX module
    Load       "glx"
# This loads the DRI module
    Load       "dri"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Files section.  This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.

    RgbPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
#
#

#    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/TrueType/"

# The module search path.  The default path is shown here.

    ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"

    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/local"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/freefont"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/ghostscript"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/ukr"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts"
    FontPath    "/usr/local/share/fonts"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath    "/usr/local/share/fonts/mathfonts"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier   "Keyboard1"
    Driver   "kbd"

    Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"

# These are the default XKB settings for Xorg

#    Option "XkbModel"    "pc101"
#    Option "XkbLayout"   "us"
#    Option "XkbVariant"  ""
#    Option "XkbOptions"  ""

#    Option "XkbDisable"


    Option "XkbModel"   "pc104"
    Option "XkbLayout"   "us"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

# Synaptic touchpad

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier   "Touchpad"
    Driver   "mouse"
   
    Option    "Protocol"    "IMPS/2"
    Option    "Device"      "/dev/input/mouse0"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons"

# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)   
#    Option "Emulate3Timeout"    "50"
EndSection

# Wireless Logitech mouse

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier   "USBmouse"
   Driver      "mouse"
   Option       "Protocol"   "IMPS/2"
   Option      "Device"   "/dev/input/mouse1"
   Option       "ZAxisMapping"   "4 5"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "lcdpanel"
    HorizSync   37.5-60
    VertRefresh 50-70
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Standard VGA Device:

Section "Device"
    Identifier   "Standard VGA"
    VendorName   "Unknown"
    BoardName   "Unknown"

#    Driver     "vga"
    Driver     "radeon"
EndSection

# Device configured by xorgconfig:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "radeonlcd"
    Driver      "radeon"
    #VideoRam    65536
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of screen sections may be present.  Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen.  A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "radeonlcd"
    Monitor     "lcdpanel"
    DefaultDepth 24

    #Subsection "Display"
    #    Depth       8
    #    Modes       "1280x800 1024x768"
    #    ViewPort    0 0
    #EndSubsection
    #Subsection "Display"
    #    Depth       16
    #    Modes       "1280x800 1024x768"
    #    ViewPort    0 0
    #EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1280x800 1024x768"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier  "Simple Layout"
    Screen "Screen 1"

    InputDevice "Touchpad" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "USBmouse" "SendCoreEvents"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

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

Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection

I know that I have some invalid font paths (mostly the /usr/X11R6/libs/X11/fonts/*) and the speedo module has never loaded for me, but I will fix those things after I get my hard drive replaced. You'd think that hard drives would last longer than four months, but in today's world of throw-aways...
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 5:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I lucked out. Instead of sending my laptop in for repairs, they replaced my m6805 with a m6810. All I got was a faster processor, but for free, who can complain.

Now, I have to go and reinstall Gentoo (two days for bootstrapping, system, Xorg, and KDE). I have decided to go with a 32-bit (x86) install since it quickly became frustrating when programs wouldn't compile because of the 64-bit environment. That, and now I have wireless and video drivers. :D


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PostPosted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 12:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am trying to get gentoo on my emachines 6809. I have read this thread many times i tried, making my own kernel and that was a problem. Then i tried doing what is says in this post with with kernel 2.6.8-gentoo-r4. I am now having compiling problems. the kernel is not compiling properly. This is the post i am using.

OK
A lot of confusion has been going on, and people keep going
to muru.com, which definately has relevant information, but
that site is getting old, and no longer relevant to Gentoo/AMD64.

As long as you use gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.3-r2 or higher,
the kernel fully supports the emachines m680X laptops.
The kernel config you should be using is provided with new
'genkernel' releases. 'emerge genkernel' to install genkernel.
The kernel config is:
/usr/share/genkernel/x86_64/kernel-config-2.6-emachines

You must also pass 'pci=noacpi noapic' to the kernel, please
DO NOT reverse any of these letters. No typos are accepted here!
Look very very very closely! noacpi and noapic are different!

Ok, now that that rant is done with (you can tell too many people
have made this mistake), we can continue...

We recommend using a 'genkernel' compiled kernel to get you
started, here would be your procedure:

Quote:

emerge gentoo-dev-sources
emerge genkernel
genkernel --kernel-config=/usr/share/genkernel/x86_64/kernel-config-2.6-emachines all



Once that finishes successfully, you should make a grub.conf
that looks like this:

Quote:

default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Emachines Kernel
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.6.3-gentoo-r2 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc real_root=/dev/hda3 vga=0x317 splash=verbose pci=noacpi noapic
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.6.3-gentoo-r2



Please NOTE that (hd0,0) is the harddrive, and parition of where
/boot resides in every instance! root (hd0,0) doesn't mean it
should point to /dev/hda3, as root refers to the root for grub,
not your root filesystem. Totally different! (again, you can see
too many people have made this mistake!)

Now, you should also emerge hotplug in order to have it
automatically detect your remaining hardware (e.g. NIC)
on startup.

Quote:

emerge hotplug
rc-update add hotplug default



Ok, now once you have it up and running, and if something
doesn't work, and you've re-read this 20x, then you can ask
for support!
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 1:53 am    Post subject: working grub.conf Reply with quote

#This is my working grub.conf for Emachines M6807.
#/dev/hda1 and /dev/hda2 : windows
#/dev/hda3 : linux boot
#/dev/hda6: linux root

# Boot automatically after 5 secs.
timeout 5

# By default, boot the first entry (which is Linux 2.6.7-r11).
default 0

splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

# For booting GNU/Linux

#created by genkernel
title Gentoo Linux 2.6.7-r11
root (hd0,2)
kernel /kernel-2.6.7-gentoo-r11 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda6 vga=0x317 splash=verbose pci=noacpi noapic psmouse.proto=imps
initrd /initrd-2.6.7-gentoo-r11

#created by manual config: non-genkernel
title Gentoo Linux 2.4.26-manual
root (hd0,2)
kernel /kernel-2.4.26-manual-gentoo root=/dev/hda6 vga=0x317 splash=verbose pci=noacpi noapic psmouse.proto=imps

# For booting Windows
title Windows XP
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 12:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got a M6810 laptop last weekend after my HP ze4610us died (while still covered by my Best Buy service plan).

Running 32-bit gentoo for now, since I'm not quite comfortable with Gentoo and various drivers (particularly ATI) to make the move to 64-bit at the moment.

My laptop is mostly up and running. Ran into a few glitches on the way:

I initially had firewire support compiled into the kernel and via-rhine compiled as a module. This was causing the firewire controller to grab eth0 on boot and the onboard Ethernet was getting eth1, confusing the startup scripts (and myself, until I figured that out). Right now they're both modules, but only via-rhine is loading on boot and everything is going smoothly.

I bought a PrismGT-based MiniPCI card (Xterasys XG-600) and replaced the built-in Broadcom-based card and have successfully got it up on running with the prism54 drivers. Had no problems swapping wireless cards (both cards even had two antenna connectors). (The Prism54 card also works great under Windows on this laptop.) I spent $40 on the card from http://www.store.yahoo.com/glob2000/xtxg80mipciw.html and I've got a friend who will buy the Broadcom card from me for $40, so it's basically a free upgrade and now I don't have to worry about ndiswrapper and can use Kismet with my onboard card.

Still need to get my Lucent/Orinoco card working in the PC Card slot so I can run Kismet with an external antenna. Can't seem to find a whole lot of definitive info on getting the orinoco card working with monitoring mode, pcmcia-cs, kismet, and kernel 2.6.x. Need to do some more digging.

About the only thing left to do is get X.org installed and working, which will be my weekend project.

Just my 2¢

Dave[/url]
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 2:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have got the emachine 6811 two week agoo, and I decide to get the gentoo x86-64 on it.
Here is my ashivments/issues:
1)Using the emachine kernel with the CD I could get running very quickly
2)using alsa I could get the sound card working via????? with so litle hassule
3)I still have problem with my mic when I try to use skype for example I hear a lot of noise.
4)I could bet my dvd cdrom up and running but not try the dvdburner yet
5) I could configure my xorg proporly with 1024X768 and 60hz

6)My problems start when I want to configure my broadcom wireless adapter:
1)after try all curently existing wrapper I discove that this is not going to work until boradcom
-publishise the datasheet and someone write a driver for linux
-give pure linux driver
-write a windows 64 bit driver and the driver wrapper software wrap it to linux
So I decide to buy my wireless card adapter,and here start new problem, after searching on the web I found that Dlink D-650 work fine,but when I try to install the driver I get to know that I have version B, wich have different cheapset than prism, so that is not supported yet.
Then I got the SMC2835W 54mbit and after a long hassule to get prism and frameware and hotplug and pcmcia support I could get this to run.

7)I try to create tun , so after compiling this in the kernel I still could not get /dev/net/tun
until I know about udev(or devfsd) things work better.

Current issue not solve yet:
-I still can't see my digital camera,in my redhat 9 I could just mount it as vfat, but I don't know were to mount in the /dev even udev did not help
-I still can't get my scroll in my touchpad to work
-flash macromedia does not support linux 64 bit yet.

I will think other issue will show up too, but slowly will be resolve with the 64 bit

If someone need help in what I could get going,or can help me with what I could not please pm me, or put the question in the forum.


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PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 5:07 pm    Post subject: Refresh Rate Reply with quote

Does anyone know the exact refresh rate for the LCD screen running at 1280x800? Mine's set to 60Hz and it flickers every now and then....and I haven't googled anything usefull.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 5:22 pm    Post subject: refresh rate Reply with quote

Here is my monitor setup: it works very good for me, try it

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "emachines"

# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

HorizSync 31.5 - 57.0

# HorizSync 30-64 # multisync
# HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies
# HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies

# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

VertRefresh 31.5-70.0

EndSection
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:26 am    Post subject: Sound and sleep issues Reply with quote

Hi everyone,

I'm new to these forums and pretty new to Linux, and I have some questions. I hope you will all bear with me.

I recently purchased a Gateway 7405GX notebook, which I believe to be an eMachines m6810 in a Gateway shell (and if I am mistaken, please feel free to correct me). I have installed Gentoo 2004.2 32-bit x86 and have spent the last week or so trying to make everything work properly. I'm running the 2.6.9-r1 kernel from Gentoo (gentoo-dev-sources). This was a stage-1 install.

There are two things that are still beyond my reach, and after reading through the forums and searching online, I now post these issues in the hopes that someone will be able to help me.

1) Suspend. I have ACPI compiled into the kernel and run acpid in my default runlevel. KLaptop recognizes the suspend setting and I can even get it to suspend using KLaptop's interface (Fn + F3 isn't working). The trouble is, when I try to wake the machine, it refuses. The lights come back on but the screen remains dark and the keyboard freezes to the point where I have to use the power button to shut down. Can anyone suggest a possible solution?

2) Sound. I am running ALSA and VIA82xx sound, both modular. ALSA starts up just fine, no hiccups that I can see. I can play MP3s using Xine and I can aplay sounds without any trouble, but the KDE internal sounds don't seem to work, Gaim sounds don't work (except when I'm aplaying them) and Kmplayer will play sounds from files on disk but not from DVDs. KsCD will say it's playing the disk, as will cdcd, but neither actually makes any sound. What am I missing?

As for the rest of the common problems, ndiswrapper appears to make the internal wireless card work ok (although it's touchy) and I have no trouble with running the display at 1280 x 800 using the X config files posted earlier. I haven't yet tried doing any CD burning.

Any assistance with these two problems would be greatly appreciated, as I have run out of ideas.

Regards,
Adrian
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 4:32 am    Post subject: alsa problems Reply with quote

I just reinstalled gentoo for x86 rather than amd64 and everything went very smooth, but had a terrible time with alsa. I ended up having to build all of alsa into the kernel, installing all o the alsa ebuilds, modifing many configs, and adding "-alsa" to my USE (thats "-alsa" not "+alsa"). It took me 2 days to get sound working again.
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