I demand that Luca Niccoli may or may not have written... > 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 You should file a bug report against the kernel, then (not against linux-source-*, since this will probably be the same in linux-image-*). > * 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 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13390 > * I need to do wpa_action ra0 stop && ifconfig ra0 down before > suspending, otherwise the system freezes on resume It should wake up after 30s or so. > * 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) /var/lib/eeepc-acpi-scripts/cpufv contains the current setting. (It has to be there, not in /etc, so that the script can safely modify it without breaking Policy.) > * 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? There is one known cause of this: i2c_i801. That module is blacklisted (if you have eeepc-acpi-scripts 1.1.2 or a git snapshot); if it's present in your kernel, REMOVE IT and the delay will go away. [snip] > On the bright side: [snip] > * 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 Have you timed it with those built in? > * The kernel now send XF86MonBrightnessUp/Down events when the brightness > keys are pressed, this lets xfce4-power-manager display a nice and > responsive OSD Nice to know that something other than GNOME benefits from that patch :-) > * Setting SOUND_PREFER_MASTER leads to a more friendly behaviour; are > there problems in setting it by default? Other than a lack of feedback from others, I don't think so. Maybe it's worth forcibly setting this and seeing if anybody complains? ;-) [snip] -- | Darren Salt | linux at youmustbejoking | nr. Ashington, | Doon | using Debian GNU/Linux | or ds ,demon,co,uk | Northumberland | Army | + Travel less. Share transport more. PRODUCE LESS CARBON DIOXIDE. I belong to no organised party. I am a Democrat. _______________________________________________ Debian-eeepc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-eeepc-devel
