On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:21:39 +0000 Darren Salt <[email protected]> wrote:
[see below] > I demand that Shawn Lamson may or may not have top-posted... > > > Thanks Darren - if I use your config on the 2.6.31.9 source do I also need > > to apply that rt2860 patch (yes, thats the driver that's used)? > > No; the firmware loading is specific to the Debian kernel (DFSG-freeness > issues). > > > The reason I moved to the 2.6.31-r6 and up was that the reports were that > > this was fixed in those versions (again, it seems to be a problem once > > again in 2.6.32, though)... > > A different bug was fixed. > > [snip] > > Thanks for the input, let me know about that patch and config, and i'll > > report back. > > Which compiler version are you using? I ask mainly because there are > presently reasons to avoid 4.4 if certain kernel debugging options are > enabled. > > [snip; you don't top-post, I don't remove context] well... pretty much the same results, unfortunately, with the 2.6.31 .config you provided Darren - though I must say it's a sweet piece of work. I had a few ups and downs with it, haven't ironed them out yet - at one point it just wouldn't boot at all (after a crash? after i removed something else?)... but i am keeping my stock 2.6.31-6 kernel for backup... Would you entertain a couple of questions? I noticed that CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set and at first I thought maybe the kernel was small enough not to use initramfs, but i am not certain what's going on there... I wound up enabling this because i do generate initrd/initramfs images ... is this covered somewhere else in the config options or is it ubiquitous now and assumed that initrd/initramfs is going to be used? Or perhaps since I use the #fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd kernel_image command it's covered that way somehow? Also, aside from the situation where it wouldn't boot that kernel, the only other 2 issues i had were a) elantech touchpad mouse wouldn't accpet two-finger clicking (emulate 3rd mouse button) ... I tried several compiles, enabling the # CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_SYNAPTICS is not set and # CONFIG_MOUSE_SYNAPTICS_I2C is not set but this didn't resolve it, I read up on it a bit, and i could try fixing it using some HAL setting or synclient ... b) with AC plugged in, and SpeedStep enabled in BIOS, no luck, and if I boot up on battery and then plug in the AC while *not* in suspend-to-ram then likewise the system freezes - but with the config-2.6.31-eee you gave, this also happens with the HyperThreading Technology enabled in BIOS (and SpeedStep off) ... so it was actually technically a little worse in that regard. I'm going to play around with a few more .config tweaks, maybe using the 2.6.32 kernel source*, but if you can advise on the Elantech "two finger tap" issue that would probably make your .config and the 2.6.31-6 stock kernel equally functional and since yours is more elegant I'd settle on it. (yours takes under 20 minutes to compile - the ones i come up with take several hours, or else result in something not bootable!) Thanks again, Shawn * last time I tried 2.6.32 it was a no-go on suspend-to-ram -> resume but maybe things have changed in a week or so... i do use the rt2860 driver and i keep seeing "back and forth" on it in the various changelogs and bug reports... Merry Christmas! P.S. bonus round ... i compile the kernel on my desktop PC, then scp the .deb to the netbook and dpkg -i it there... here is what i get: netbook:~# dpkg -i /home/slamson/linux-image-2.6.31.9-eee901_2.6.31.9-eee901-10.00.Custom_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.31.9-eee901. (Reading database ... 45563 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking linux-image-2.6.31.9-eee901 (from .../linux-image-2.6.31.9-eee901_2.6.31.9-eee901-10.00.Custom_i386.deb) ... Examining /etc/kernel/preinst.d/ Done. Setting up linux-image-2.6.31.9-eee901 (2.6.31.9-eee901-10.00.Custom) ... Hmm. There is a symbolic link /lib/modules/2.6.31.9-eee901/build However, I can not read it: No such file or directory Therefore, I am deleting /lib/modules/2.6.31.9-eee901/build Hmm. The package shipped with a symbolic link /lib/modules/2.6.31.9-eee901/source However, I can not read the target: No such file or directory Therefore, I am deleting /lib/modules/2.6.31.9-eee901/source Running depmod. Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.31.9-eee901 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.9-eee901 run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 2.6.31.9-eee901 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.9-eee901 Running postinst hook script update-grub. Generating grub.cfg ... Found background image: moreblue-orbit-grub.png Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.9-eee901 Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.6 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31.6 done what's the deal with the /lib/modules directory?, and why do you think initramfs-tools fails? (see the "Found linux image" statements, missing initrd.img-2.6.31.9-eee901 ... but if i run update-initramfs -c -k 2.6.31.9-eee901 it works fine (in fact i got the commands by tracking down the initramfs-tools file! Shawn -- Shawn Lamson [email protected] _______________________________________________ Debian-eeepc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-eeepc-devel
