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 Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 1:17 am Post subject: Sneak preview... |
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OK folks, here comes a sneak preview of the already rewritten and extended sections for the next update:
Table of contents
- Updates
- About this Howto
- 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'
- Compiler Flags
Design of the Pentium-M
CFLAGS
USE-Variables
- General ACPI
ACPI Event Handling
Enhanced Speedstepping
Hardware Sensors
- Harddrive & 'hdparm' Optimization
- Networking
LAN
WLAN
Exchanging the Intel Mini-PCI with a Dell Truemobile 1150
- PCMCIA
- 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
Other FN-Keys
Hints
- Graphics
ATI Radeon 9000 Mobility & XFree
Console Framebuffer
- Sound
- Styleguide
Exchanging XFree Cursors
Bootsplash
This is only the first little part of it. So all who are interested in this, keep up the good work. I will first release the whole tutorial here for corrections and hints/help.
Happy new year !!
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| Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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There's nothing about the modem under 2.6 kernels?
Then.. I have a friend who has written a kernel (2.4) module to make the special keys working (not the fn ones), I hope to post it soon.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 12:41 am Post subject: |
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I have been using the Acer Travel Mate 803LMib for a few months now with kernel 2.4 and everything works... 
However when I try to run Xfree with kernel 2.6 my laptop locks up with a black screen and the fans start blowing like there's no tomorrow... 
Can some1 explain to a simple soul like me what exactly i have to turn on/off in the kernel. what options i should chose in glrxconfig and XFree86Config and what to emerge and when 
I really have tried the suggestions in this thread but no dice 
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| Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 12:55 am Post subject: |
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When i try to emerge ati-drivers i get this:
| Code: | KlapDoos linux # emerge ati-drivers
Calculating dependencies ...done!
>>> emerge (1 of 1) media-video/ati-drivers-3.2.8 to /
>>> md5 src_uri ;-) fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8.i586.rpm
>>> Unpacking source...
found gzip magic bytes
trying to decompress with gzip... OK
* applying fglrx-3.2.8-fix-amd-adv-spec.patch
patching file firegl_public.c
* applying fglrx-2.6-vmalloc-vmaddr.patch
patching file firegl_public.c
>>> Source unpacked.
* building the glx module
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.0'
*** Warning: Overriding SUBDIRS on the command line can cause
*** inconsistencies
make[1]: `arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s' is up to date.
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-3.2.8/work/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/agp3.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-3.2.8/work/lib/module
s/fglrx/build_mod/nvidia-agp.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-3.2.8/work/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/agpgart_be.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-3.2.8/work/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/i7505-agp.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-3.2.8/work/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.o
/var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-3.2.8/work/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c:3104: warning: `have_cpuid_p' defined but not used
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-3.2.8/work/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/fglrx.o
/bin/sh: line 1: .tmp_versions/fglrx.mod: Permission denied
make[1]: *** [/var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-3.2.8/work/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/fglrx.o] Error 1
make: *** [/var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-3.2.8/work/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.0'
* glx module not built |
Anyone have a clue
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| Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 10:08 am Post subject: |
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| Baron FrostFire wrote: | | * glx module not built |
Ok figured that one out... i was having "FEATURES=userpriv" in my make.conf wich makes emerge drop root privileges and obviously you have to be root to mess around with the kernel. Commenting my FEATURES= solved it. 
Now X wont boot because it can't find the touchpad but at least it doesnt freeze my laptop anymore... I feel i'm almost there
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 8:49 am Post subject: Problems with noatun/kaboodle... maybe CFLAGS? |
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Hi all,
after installing Gentoo on my TM801 and emerging KDE 3.2-beta2 it seems that either Noatun nor kaboodle can't play any Videos (MPEG, DIVX, ...). All I get is an error message like
| Code: | | unix_connect: can't connect to server (unix:/tmp/mcop-<USER>/<HOST>-2f99-3fd1809) |
In some older Thread https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=17374&highlight=unixconnect+connect
they advised to recompile kdemultimedia with less aggressive CFLAGS. I used CFLAGS from this HOW-TO:
| Code: | CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -pipe -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fforce-addr -frename-registers -fprefetch-loop-arrays -falign-functions=64"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" |
Has anyone encountered similar problems? |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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Can some1 post an X config file where both the touchpad and the usb mouse work under 2.6
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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I tried the 2.6.1 kernel but the battery is not working, the kernel can't recognise the status.. With 2.6.0 kernels everything it's perfect.. Someone with the same error?
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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And about the mouse.. The weel of my usb mouse is not working if touchpad is active.. (
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I foud that if I set the USB mouse as Mouse0 and the touchpad as Mouse1 everything works, and better than before (my mouse was not used to start immediatly..)
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Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
EndSection
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 8:42 am Post subject: |
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I got my Travelmate 803LMib yesterday, at home i started a gentoo install and bootstrapted the machine. Today a want todo the emerge system at work, but, when i plugged my laptop into the 3com superstack switch, the link connect light is blinking, and i can't ping anything on the network. i have checked my ip configuration several times, its correct.
I have recognized the a special line
| Code: | | Interrupt: 5 Base adress:0x4000 Memory:d0204000-d0205080 |
on eth0 in ifconfig, is this normal or it is some kind of a hardware conflict? |
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ok, sorry for the interruption, but i found out that our sys admin blocked all network ports that were not in use.
Puh.. and i thought this ethernet chip broke down. |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 11:59 am Post subject: |
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| federico wrote: | And about the mouse.. The weel of my usb mouse is not working if touchpad is active.. (
Edit:
I foud that if I set the USB mouse as Mouse0 and the touchpad as Mouse1 everything works, and better than before (my mouse was not used to start immediatly..)
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Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
EndSection
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What do you have under "serverlayout" (corepointers/corekeyboard etc)?
Thanks!
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NONONONO!! You are completely wrong tuxlover! 
Never fix a working system 
Oh and thanks !!
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 4:35 pm Post subject: update |
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update time...
if you have any writen material or own tutorials, that could be integrated here, plz post me!!
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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PCMCIA and SD - card
Hello travelmates,
I'm trying to access a SD card thru the passeive pcmica 4-1 memory card adapter that came with the TM 803. I'm a newbie and have no clue on how to do this.
I've done everything as said in the guide. This is what i get from the "cardctl status"
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Socket 0:
no card
Socket 1:
5V 16-bit PC Card
function 0: [ready]
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 10:08 am Post subject: O2Micro SmartcardReader |
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Hi fredrin,
wonderfull, thats exactly how far i've been yet. In the moment there is no driver or possibility to access the card reader. I'm on the driver-waiting-list of the O2Micro development group and notified, when it is released. So be patient, when it's ready, I'll complete the tutorial...
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Is there any solution using the touchpad itself for the mouse left click? |
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If you're using the newst touchpad driver. Then you can just tap on the lower left of the touchpad to get the right click menu.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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| that isn't working either on my system, i can only use, the buttons to left or right click. |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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Hi folks,
i got the framebuffer/bootsplash working with 1400x1050 resolution. I modified the original config to match my 1400x1050 screen and resized the original 1600x1200 gentoo images to 1400x1050. Since i did it quick and dirty, anybody who knows what he is doing is welcome to redo them.
/etc/bootsplash/gentoo/images/*
http://amor.rz.hu-berlin.de/~falkenhj/bootsplash-1400x1050.jpg
http://amor.rz.hu-berlin.de/~falkenhj/silent-1400x1050.jpg
You also have to mdify your lilo /grub config, because i don't know anything about lilo, here is only the grub code. vga=0x342 is the hex code for 1400x1050. Don't forget to set up your bootpartition correctly.
/boot/grub/grub.conf
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kernel (hdX,Y)/boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda8 video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=0x342 splash=silent
initrd=/boot/initrd-1400x1050
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Well i modified the boosplash-1280x1024.cfg an here it is, my /etc/bootsplash/gentoo/config/bootsplash-1400x1050.cfg
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# This is a bootsplash configuration file for
# theme SuSE, resolution 1400x1050. See
# ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/stepan/bootsplash for
# more information. Comments are welcome by stepan@suse.de
# config file version
version=3
# should the picture be displayed?
state=1
# fgcolor is the text forground color.
# bgcolor is the text background (i.e. transparent) color.
fgcolor=7
bgcolor=0
# (tx, ty) are the (x, y) coordinates of the text window in pixels.
# tw/th is the width/height of the text window in pixels.
tx=25
ty=25
tw=1350
th=1000
# ttf message output parameters
text_x=256
text_y=728
text_size=36
text_color=0xeef4ff
# name of the picture file (full path recommended)
jpeg=/etc/bootsplash/gentoo/images/bootsplash-1400x1050.jpg
silentjpeg=/etc/bootsplash/gentoo/images/silent-1400x1050.jpg
progress_enable=1
# background
box silent noover 256 776 1144 816 #04045498
box silent inter 256 777 256 815 #ffffff #ffffff #526bb0 #526bb0
box silent 256 777 1144 815 #ffffff #ffffff #526bb0 #526bb0
# black border
box silent 256 776 1144 776 #313234
box silent 256 816 1144 816 #eef4ff
box silent 256 776 256 816 #313234
box silent 1144 776 1144 816 #eef4ff
# text box (left, top)
box 19 19 19 1031 #313234
box 19 19 1381 19 #313234
# (right, bottom)
box 1381 19 1381 1031 #eef4ff
box 19 1031 1381 1031 #eef4ff
# box itself
box noover 20 20 1380 1030 #04045498
overpaintok=1 |
After that you have to delete your /boot/initrd-1280x1024 an regenerate it with splash ......[/url] |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Radi wrote: | | that isn't working either on my system, i can only use, the buttons to left or right click. |
do you have EVDEV Support compiled in your kernel? That did it for me ... |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 10:45 am Post subject: |
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I have put
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Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "75"
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into the XF86Config
now everything works perfectly fine, even the right click works corrctly |
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