EEE 901 Install Problems

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I used the unofficial KDE 3.5 livecd of 11.1 to install SUSE to my EEE PC 901.

I am having some trouble configuring it though.

The webcam does not work to my knowledge… If someone could help me test this, that would be great.

Bluetooth does not seem to be working, it seems to be present in Yast’s hardware list and it claims to be active and working, but kbluetooth does not acknowledge it.

I am also unable to install the eee kernel module, when I follow the instructions to compile it from source make acts like nothing is there and the precompiled eee.ko refuses to insert giving the error "

insmod: error inserting ‘eee.ko’: -1 Invalid module format

How can I fix these problems?

Thanks in advance

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okay, I forgot to mention this according to the EEE wiki I should add these repos…

Camera

To activate the camera you first have to turn it on in the BIOS. Then add

    http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/schmolle1980/openSUSE_10.3/ 

and to keep updates

    http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/schmolle1980/openSUSE_10.3_update/ 

to you repositories and install the "uvcvideo-kmp-default" package. After a reboot the camera should work out of the box (tested with kopete). The camera works in Skype but not in ucview.

but they do not seem to be compatible with my kernel, is there an alternative driver that is compatible with the default 11.1 kernel?

Here’s the error message:

sudo zypper install uvcvideo-kmp-default
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

Problem: nothing provides kernel(vmlinux) = 2f441c1998015237 needed by uvcvideo-kmp-default-r215_2.6.22.5_31-5.1.i586
 Solution 1: do not ask to install a solvable providing uvcvideo-kmp-default

Choose the above solution using '1' or cancel using 'c' [1/C]:
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Greetings from Guelph. I know you have a 901 but this may help. When I installed OpenSuse 11.1 on my EEE PC 701 all I did extra was install the eee events package from the appleonkel-repository as outlined on the opensuse of the eee webpage. Then, after some updates were downloaded over several days the webcam just started to work on its own in the Cheese program under the Gnome desktop. I assumed a driver for it had been downloaded.
Anyone else experience this?

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I already installed eee events, webcam isn’t working yet but I’ll post back if it does. Meanwhile does anyone know how I can install the UVC driver under 11.1?

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okay, I “downgraded” to SUSE 11.0

my bluetooth started working I configured wifi, and almost have the webcam working…

LuvcView gives the following output:

luvcview
luvcview 0.2.4

SDL information:
  Video driver: x11
  A window manager is available
Device information:
  Device path:  /dev/video0
Stream settings:
  Frame format: YUYV (MJPG is not supported by device)
Unable to set format: Device or resource busy
 Init v4L2 failed !! exit fatal

Does anyone know what is wrong? The uvcvideo-kmp-default driver is installed and Kopete gives a green screen and recognizes the webcam, but doesn’t give an output format.

Ethernet is not working, but I don’t know the chipset, if someone know the correct module tell me…

Thanks in advance, John

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Hi
Either of the following should give some network card details;


hwinfo --netcard
/sbin/lspci |grep Ethernet

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openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-default
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GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

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hwinfo output:

09: PCI 400.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.310]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1969_1026
  Unique ID: YmUS.emcIbgAqn59
  Parent ID: qTvu.bQ30eTbcr+3
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:04:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:04:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Attansic Ethernet controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x1969 "Attansic Technology Corp."
  Device: pci 0x1026
  SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc."
  SubDevice: pci 0x8324
  Revision: 0xb0
  Memory Range: 0xfbfc0000-0xfbffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0xec80-0xecff (rw)
  IRQ: 5 (no events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v00001969d00001026sv00001043sd00008324bc02sc00i00"
  Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #21 (PCI bridge)

Yast sees the device but says,

Unable to configure the network card because the kernel device (eth0, wlan0) is not present. This is mostly caused by missing firmware (for wlan devices). See dmesg output for details.

Is there a module or firmware that I should use?

The webcam works now but only when I use luvcvie -w to disable SDL any ideas on this?

Also the usual ALSA front mic probelm is occuring… I upgraded to 1.0.19 which claims to fix this but I’m kind of confused with this new Pulse Audio thing. Am I using Pulse instead because the mic only gives static. Anyone have ideas on this?

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Hi
That looks like it uses the atl1 module, what happens with the
following;


sudo /sbin/rcnetwork stop
sudo /sbin/modprobe atl1
dmesg
lsmod |grep atl1
sudo /sbin/rcnetwork start

Do you see the device appear in the dmesg command? If so run the hwinfo
command again and see if the information is different.

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-default
up 3 days 20:38, 3 users, load average: 0.84, 0.39, 0.22
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

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Here is the overall output:
cl1p.net

and hwinfo:

hwinfo --netcards                    
08: PCI 100.0: 0282 WLAN controller                             
  [Created at pci.310]                                          
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1814_781                
  Unique ID: VQ+S.lp0a+ta+CV3                                   
  Parent ID: Z7uZ.f4r+Yl3RyX5                                   
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:01:00.0       
  SysFS BusID: 0000:01:00.0                                     
  Hardware Class: network                                       
  Model: "RaLink WLAN controller"                               
  Vendor: pci 0x1814 "RaLink"                                   
  Device: pci 0x0781                                            
  SubVendor: pci 0x1814 "RaLink"                                
  SubDevice: pci 0x2790                                         
  Driver: "rt2860"                                              
  Driver Modules: "rt2860sta"                                   
  Device File: ra0                                              
  Features: WLAN                                                
  Memory Range: 0xfbef0000-0xfbefffff (rw,non-prefetchable)     
  IRQ: 19 (155051 events)                                       
  HW Address: 00:15:af:e6:5a:91                                 
  Link detected: yes                                            
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13                  
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP                                                  
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap                                      
  Module Alias: "pci:v00001814d00000781sv00001814sd00002790bc02sc80i00"                          
  Driver Info #0:                                                                                
    Driver Status: rt2860sta is active                                                           
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rt2860sta"                                                  
  Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #19 (PCI bridge)

09: PCI 400.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.310]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1969_1026
  Unique ID: YmUS.emcIbgAqn59
  Parent ID: qTvu.bQ30eTbcr+3
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:04:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:04:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Attansic Ethernet controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x1969 "Attansic Technology Corp."
  Device: pci 0x1026
  SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc."
  SubDevice: pci 0x8324
  Revision: 0xb0
  Memory Range: 0xfbfc0000-0xfbffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0xec80-0xecff (rw)
  IRQ: 5 (no events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v00001969d00001026sv00001043sd00008324bc02sc00i00"
  Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #21 (PCI bridge)
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Hi
So the ethernet connection started ok after the modprobe? Can you go
into YaST and see if it’s there, if it’s an unknown device can you add
the module name into the relevant section in the edit screens and
reboot your system.

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-default
up 3 days 21:50, 3 users, load average: 0.28, 0.69, 0.50
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

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sorry, I forgot to say that there is no difference in Yast or in KnetworkManager. Yast still complains about no device present.

The module was removed after reboot, and I had to modprobe it again, but it didn’t have an effect.

As a side note my audio is now working, I didn’t finish the ALSA install (I need to work on reading ALL of the directions).

Only the Eth and kind of the webcam are left to configure…