Hi, I compiled a kernel from linux-source-2.6.31 and I thought Id' share my experience (I own a 901):
* the firmware for rt2860sta is not included in the kernel anymore, one needs to install the firmware-ralink package (loading the module without the firmware leads to nasty behaviours and freezes, and IMHO loading the module should fail straight away if the firmware is not found); it took me a while to realize it * Sometimes using the wifi kill siwtch makes the computer freeze (the screen gets blanked and I see only the cursor), and I don't understand why * I need to do wpa_action ra0 stop && ifconfig ra0 down before suspending, otherwise the system freezes on resume * I needed to set an hotkey to handle_shengine, and use it to set it to auto, since it's not possible, it seems, to set a default it in /etc/default/eeepc-acpi-scripts; maybe it would be nice to have such a possibility (and ovverride that preference if handle_shengine is used) * Loading eeepc_laptop is still amazingly slow. I worked around it by blacklisting the module, and modifying /etc/init.d/eeepc-acpi-scripts to load it (and making the script Depend: on $all, not starting on S but on 2 3 4 5, so that it happens after the whole boot process). Would it be acceptable to merge this? * Sometimes using the wifi kill siwtch makes the computer freeze (the screen gets blanked and I see only the cursor), and I don't understand what triggers it On the bright side: * SHEngine really kills the power consumption * I tried using kernel modesetting, and it works fine it seems. Switching between VT and X is now super cool :) * After the boot script fix, boot is really fast, 10s in bootchart (1 of which is spent mounting the secondary SSD, I don't know why)[1], the kernel initializes in 2s with i915 and eeepc_laptop configured as modules * The kernel now send XF86MonBrightnessUp/Down events when the brightness keys are pressed, this lets xfce4-power-manager display a nice and responsive OSD * Setting SOUND_PREFER_MASTER leads to a more friendly behaviour; are there problems in setting it by default? Cheers, Luca [1] I have CONCURRENCY=startpar, so bootchart is stopped at the just when eeepc-acpi-scripts is started, and doesn't account for that time - but while the eeepc-laptop is being loaded the system is already usable. _______________________________________________ Debian-eeepc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-eeepc-devel
