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| | {{From|https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne}} | | {{From|https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne}} |
| | {{Languages|UbuntuHelp:AspireOne}} | | {{Languages|UbuntuHelp:AspireOne}} |
| − | Note: In an effort to clean up this page, the information in this guide has been re-organized, and sectioned (and in some cases corrected) in a style similar to the [[UbuntuHelp:EeePC|EeePC]]'s documentation. If interested, please see [[UbuntuHelp:AA1|AA1]]. - [[UbuntuHelp:dsm-iv-tr|dsm-iv-tr]]
| + | == About this guide == |
| − | Due to the lack of a Discussion page for this page I created one [[UbuntuHelp:AspireOneDiscussion|AspireOneDiscussion]] hopefully we can work together to make the AspireOne page more accessible for ordinary users.
| + | There are many netbooks under the name "Acer Aspire One". |
| − | === Note on using this guide === | + | Each component is shared by some of them but in general they are different. |
| − | This guide was written with Ubuntu in mind. Generally everything works the same with the other Ubuntu variants of (e.g., Kubuntu, Xubuntu). This guide assumes you will use use gedit as your text editor. You may also substitute the text editor of your choice (e.g., kate for Kubuntu, mousepad for Xubuntu or just use vim/emacs/nano).
| + | The subpages of specific models account for this: |
| − | '''Note''': The default font size used by Xubuntu is in many cases unsuitable for the small screen. Already during the installation windows can be bigger than the screen and the OK button is invisible. The font size can be changed at Applications --> Settings --> Settings Manager --> Font. Size 7 solved most problems for me. The change can be done already when running the [[UbuntuHelp:LiveCD|LiveCD]] before the installation in order to be able to see the installation windows correctly. It needs to be repeated once after the installation to become permanent.
| + | * [[UbuntuHelp:AspireOne/AOD250|Aspire One D250]] (9.04 and 9.10) |
| − | == Notes about Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) desktop and UNR (Netbook Remix) ==
| + | * [[UbuntuHelp:AspireOne/110L |Aspire One 110L]] (8.10 and 9.04) |
| − | Status: (based on a clean install from a Live boot)
| + | * [[UbuntuHelp:AspireOne/AO751h|Aspire One 751h]] (e.g. how to get 1366x768 pixels) |
| − | * Install (once all the info had been supplied) to a HDD took 17 minutes using a Optiarc AD-5540A USB DVD drive for desktop and 11 minutes using a 2GB integral USB memory stick (or 7-10 with a 4GB memory stick) for UNR.
| + | * [[UbuntuHelp:AspireOne/D150 |Aspire One D150]] (Ubuntu 10.04) |
| − | * UNR boot time (from grub load to Internet connected) on a HDD can be from 40 to 50 seconds.
| + | Nevertheless, fixes, enhancements, and solutions for another model may work for your netbook, specially when: |
| − | I also changed grub to display for 0 seconds , so boot was faster i did this in !StartUp Manager.
| + | * The issue is not considered at the subpage specific for your model; |
| − | * Sound, touchpad and [[UbuntuWiki:KernelTeam/SuspendResumeTesting/Feedback|suspend/resume]] still work.
| + | * The subpage specific for your model is outdated (pages get outdated soon as new releases come); |
| − | * pciehp module still missing. Left-hand SD and all USB ports are hot-pluggable, RH SD works if card is present on boot. As workaround add "<code><nowiki>pciehp.pciehp_force=1</nowiki></code>" to defoptions in /boot/grub/menu.lst
| + | * There is no subpage specific for your model. |
| − | * The ath5k !WiFi driver works. No need to "<code><nowiki>modprobe -r ath5k acer_wmi; modprobe ath5k</nowiki></code>".
| + | == Warning about outdated pages == |
| − | Load '''linux-backports-modules-jaunty''' to get the LED to work.
| + | The following functionalities improve considerably between two Ubuntu releases: |
| − | * 3G dongle works (Orange- Option 225)
| + | Wireless, Audio, Webcam, Video, Fan control, USB, Sleep, Hibernation. |
| − | * Front microphone works out-of-the-box. If it fails, check '''System->Preferences->Sound->Sound Capture''' is set to "'''HDA Intel ALC268 Analog(ALSA)'''" not "'''ALSA'''".
| + | They are likely to be outdated in some of the subpages. In most cases they describe manual fixes that are not necessarily with the latest release. |
| − | '''Note for Acer AspireOne D250''': Microphone doesn't work out of the box. Download alsa-driver-1.0.20 from www.alsa-project.org and compile it with ./configure --with-cards=all (initially microphone in the mixer is muted!) In mixer settings input source should be set to "Mic" (default), not "Front Mic". Still sound subsystem doesn't survive suspend-resume. Ethernet card also doesn't work out of the box for D250. Download AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.8.tar.gz from http://partner.atheros.com/Drivers.aspx and install it manually. Ignore gzip warnings about "trailing garbage".
| + | == More material == |
| − | * Webcam working with cheese (slow video), cameramonitor, luvcview and Skype (but X server crashes if Dual Head).
| + | A previous version of this guide can be found at the [[UbuntuHelp:AspireOne/Old|Old]] subpage. |
| − | * Ext4 works out-of-the-box.
| + | It contains mostly outdated data, but can provide useful information, and references. |
| − | * Fn-Hotkeys seem ok. Volume '''can''' appear to work, however it is not (brightness adjustable but visual feedback not 100% correct - some delays)
| + | [[UbuntuHelp:AspireOne/Ubuntu8.04|Ubuntu8.04]] contains many tweaks that are likely to work for later releases: |
| − | Sound and keyboard short-cuts work.
| + | Font tweaks; SSD Performance; Reduce SSD Wear; Speed up Firefox; Touchpad tweaks; Optimize screen use; Disable Scrollkeeper; Powersaving. These could be recycled and ported to a subpage. |
| − | * The home button (next to 'Fn' and 'Alt') can be configured to act as view desktop via '''Prefrences->Keyboard Shortcuts'''.
| + | Some are deprecated: Screen tweaks (already works out-of-the-box). |
| − | * Related bugs:
| + | [[UbuntuHelp:AspireOne/Ubuntu9.10|Ubuntu9.10]] contains a brief summary of Ubuntu 9.10 tests with several models: 110L, ZG8, 510, ZG5, P531h, 532h, A150, D150. |
| − | * [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/ubiquity/+bug/325958 LiveCD install screen (ubiquity) larger than the default 1024x600px resolution] (installation still possible, just guess the keys that are not displayed) [Edit by rob, 5 April 09: holding down the ALT key while clicking anywhere in the installer window allows you to drag the window up and see the bit that's hidden.]
| + | === Test results === |
| − | * ''Fixed'': [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/350352 no wlan with Acer Aspire One 110L and not activatable]
| + | [[UbuntuWiki:Testing/Laptop/Reports/|Laptop|testing team]] |
| − | * [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/342096 SD Card containing /home corrupted on resume]
| + | |
| − | One issue is that the automatic partitioner only allocated 384 swap so [https://launchpad.net/~blackest-knight I]'m reinstalling using manual partitioning (may be faster than resizing) finished up with 6.5gb / and 1.6 Swap.
| + | |
| − | font size is small but clear and the processor is set for on demand by default, looking good :)
| + | |
| − | '''Note:''' I performed the install of Jaunty not from a clean install but using the update manager from Intrepid. I first made sure Intrepid was up to date then proceeded with the upgrade. I ran it overnight so I'm not sure how long it took. When I checked in the morning it was waiting for me to acknowledge that it could overwrite a config file, which was one of the ones I manually changed for UNR. After I allowed the overwrite it took about 30 minutes to finish configuring the system. After the reboot the only thing I noticed not working was the wireless LED. This was fixed by loading '''linux-backports-modules-jaunty'''. The rest of the information above seems correct for the update.
| + | |
| − | === To Fix Choppy Video Playback With Intel Video ===
| + | |
| − | <ol><li>Pass '''enable_mtrr_cleanup mtrr_spare_reg_nr=1''' to kernel in /boot/grub/menu.lst. (Explanation of problem at: [http://perens.com/blog/2009/01/31/13/]). (Explanation of solution at: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/370552])
| + | |
| − | </li><li>Determine video memory register and assign to mtrr. Explanation at: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/314928]. More detailed explanation at step 4 and 5 of [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1130582 This guide].
| + | |
| − | </li><li>Make fix load automatically at each XSession startup. Explanation at: [http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7078262&postcount=35]<<BR>></li></ol>
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | Alternately create your fix file as root somewhere safe: sudo gedit /usr/local/bin/fixmtrr
| + | |
| − | <code><nowiki>#!/bin/bash</nowiki></code><<BR>>
| + | |
| − | <code><nowiki>if ! `cat /proc/mtrr | grep -q "write-combining"` ; then</nowiki></code><<BR>>
| + | |
| − | <code><nowiki>echo "base=0x</nowiki></code>'''yourbase'''<code><nowiki> size=0x</nowiki></code>'''yoursize'''<code><nowiki> type=write-combining" > /proc/mtrr</nowiki></code>
| + | |
| − | <code><nowiki>fi</nowiki></code>
| + | |
| − | Set execute permissions on the file
| + | |
| − | sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/fixmtrr
| + | |
| − | Set sudoers access using sudo visudo - (following goes at the end of the file):
| + | |
| − | '''yourusername''' ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/fixmtrr
| + | |
| − | Place the autorun command in the System/Preference/Startup Applications dialog (or Sessions on earlier Ubuntu's):
| + | |
| − | sudo /usr/local/bin/fixmtrr
| + | |
| − | <ol><li>*Optional* You can get latest version of Intel driver (v. 2.7.0) by adding the following ppa to your sources: '''deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/glasen/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main''' [Edit: The more recent and complete updates might be available here: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates/]</li></ol>
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | === To get Hibernate working (using TuxOnIce) ===
| + | |
| − | <ol><li>Make sure that you have a swap partition set up (it doesn't have to be as big as 2xRAM)
| + | |
| − | </li><li>Add the TuxOnIce PPA repositories (and don't forget to add the auth key), which you can find here: [https://launchpad.net/~tuxonice/+archive/ppa]
| + | |
| − | </li><li>Follow the instructions here: [http://lists.tuxonice.net/lurker/message/20090409.181125.d20e0bbe.en.html]</li></ol>
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | After that hibernate should work correctly!
| + | |
| − | [EDIT- My Ubuntu Jaunty install is able to hibernate out-of-the-box without this modification. I have a swap partition approximately 2x the size of my RAM, and this is a fresh install of 9.04. It is able to wake up perfectly fine as well.]
| + | |
| − | == Notes about Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Alpha 6 ==
| + | |
| − | '''Note:''' This is to provide information for any person(s) who want to trial 9.04 and is recommend for testing purposes. If you need to use the netbook use 8.04 or 8.10.
| + | |
| − | Status: (based on upgrade from 8.10 via update-manager -d)
| + | |
| − | * Upgrade completes successfully (may take a long time if using SSD. Mine took > 5 hours). | + | |
| − | * Alsa 1.0.18 works out of the box (use acer-aspire as model). Not all features test yet
| + | |
| − | * ath5k from 2.6.28-[6|7] kernel (the default driver) works, including suspend/resume.
| + | |
| − | * Network manager may report '''wireless is disabled''' because of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/319825 - blacklist module acer_wmi to workaround.
| + | |
| − | * ath5k works but has the same issues seen in Intrepid 8.10. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/269253. As before cold reboot seems to be the best way for it to work. Installing linux-backports-modules-jaunty gets the orange wireless LED blinking on Tx/Rx.
| + | |
| − | * madwifi (05/02 snapshot used) confirmed working when acer_wmi is blacklisted.
| + | |
| − | * pciehp module does not exist - It is compiled into kernel (Needs pciehp.pciehp_force=1 to be passed to kernel in /boot/grub/menu.lst for right side reader to work. Left side slot works out-of-box with kernel 2.6.28-11. Caveat: This option doesn't play nice with kernel and will slow resume from suspend and fill your kern.log with warnings.)
| + | |
| − | * Default volume appears to be louder. (subjective?) | + | |
| − | * SSD users: elevator=noop can be added to /etc/default/grub then update-grub if using grub2 - However preliminary benchmarks seems to indicate that with it enabled it slower, so advise not to do it contrary to advise for Intrepid. In a variety of postmark benchmarks, using elevator=noop was consistently 25% slower for both reading and writing.
| + | |
| − | Ext4 is working:
| + | |
| − | * Enabling extents with ext4 means you can not go back to ext3.
| + | |
| − | * If booting from ext4 partition you must use grub2. (it doesn't work in chainload, but works when updated from legacy).
| + | |
| − | * Ext4 without journal not supported in 2.6.28, so has_journal needs to be added to tune2fs if you are migrating from ext2. The support is applied in the latest 2.6.29 release candidate.
| + | |
| − | === Note about touchpad in a newely-installed 9.04: ===
| + | |
| − | After making a fresh-install of current development version of 9.04 on 3 Mar 2009 on AspireOne model:ZG5, touchpad did not work. The fix is easy: install xserver-xorg-input-all package with the help of an external USB mouse, if it is needed.
| + | |
| − | Try first Fn-F7.
| + | |
| − | == Install Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10 on the Acer Aspire One ==
| + | |
| − | '''Note:''' There is also a new page, [[UbuntuHelp:AspireOne110L|AspireOne110L]], targeted at the Aspire One 110L (the version with an 8GB SSD) and Intrepid Ibex, using much of the information below.
| + | |
| − | '''Note''' Kernel 2.6.27-11 breaks the wired ethernet interface. Bug 313866 has been verified: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/313866 Add to the information to help. Revert to an earlier kernel to fix the wired interface for now. Kernel 2.6.27-13 fixes this break, though it's still in the -proposed repository: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/326891 .
| + | |
| − | '''Note''' Reports have been made that after returning from suspend WiFi quits working as does Gnome-Power Manager. If you are having a problem with either of these, please start a discussion and looks for fixes. [Seems to be fixed by workaround, see below]
| + | |
| − | Status: Currently installing ( 1.6Ghz, 120GB harddrive )
| + | |
| − | === Install Ubuntu ===
| + | |
| − | As the Acer Aspire One doesn't have a CD drive you must [[UbuntuHelp:Installation/FromUSBStick|install with an USB drive]] or an external CD-ROM drive.
| + | |
| − | Shut down your Aspire One and insert the external USB CD-ROM or the USB stick that we just used. Turn it on and tap F12 to bring up the boot menu.
| + | |
| − | With a CD-ROM, choose the USB CD-ROM option. With the bootable USB stick created, choose the USB HDD option. This will boot you to the USB CD-ROM/LiveUSB stick, and allow you to install Ubuntu. Install it like normal if you have the hard disk Aspire One. If you have the SDD Aspire One, for good performance and to increase the life of the SSD use a non-journaled filesystem like EXT2.
| + | |
| − | Note: If you have already installed with EXT3 then follow this post: http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=164&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=10#p1177 to convert to EXT2.
| + | |
| − | Installation (file copy) will take a LONG time (hour +). If you are not currently connected to the internet on a wired connection, you may get an error about setting up a mirror. You can safely ignore that error - it's non-fatal.
| + | |
| − | ==== Fully functional: ====
| + | |
| − | * Suspend / Resume [ works out of box ]
| + | |
| − | * Video (with desktop effects)[ works out of box ]
| + | |
| − | * Wireless Networking [ ath_pci loads by default instead of ath5k, but the fix is easy (see below)]
| + | |
| − | * wifi power saving [ works out of box ]
| + | |
| − | * Wired Networking [ works out of box (broken in kernel 2.6.27-11, see note above)]
| + | |
| − | * Webcam [ works out of box ]
| + | |
| − | * USB [ works out of box ]
| + | |
| − | * Silent Fan [ fan works, silent?? needs scripts ]
| + | |
| − | * Audio [ semi-working (output only), internal mic DOES NOT WORK on 2.6.27*; mic can be fixed by updating alsa; audio output over speakers broken since kernel 2.6.27.7; ]
| + | |
| − | * Card Reader power saving [ not tested ]
| + | |
| − | ==== Partial Function: ====
| + | |
| − | * wifi kill switch [ working, but no notification ]
| + | |
| − | * Card Readers, BIOS 3109 [ Work out of the box, but write errors after suspend and on SDHC cards]
| + | |
| − | * Card Readers, BIOS 3305 [ Pre 2.6.27.7: Only right card reader works after setpci described above; see below for SDHC support]
| + | |
| − | * Card Readers, BIOS 3305 [ 2.6.27.7: Both card readers work again after setpci described above; see below for SDHC support; The insertion of cards is automatically detected.]
| + | |
| − | * Remark 1: Support for SDHC cards can be enabled with BIOS 3305 and 3309 for kernel 2.6.27 and 2.6.28 via a module parameter. Add "options sdhci debug_quirks=1" (without double quotes) as seperate line to a new file in directory "/etc/modprobe.d" so that the "sdhci" kernel module loads with this module parameter.
| + | |
| − | * Remark 2: The kernel module "pciehp" is necessary with BIOS 3309 for kernel 2.6.27 and 2.6.28 to enable automatic card detection in the right card reader. Add "options pciehp pciehp_force=1" (without double quotes) as seperate line to a new file in directory "/etc/modprobe.d". The "setpci" command is no longer required with these BIOS and kernel versions. | + | |
| − | * Conclusion: The card readers are fully supported with BIOS 3309 and kernel >=2.6.27. Two module parameters are required therefore. | + | |
| − | ==== Not Functional: ====
| + | |
| − | * Hibernate on A110L [ Seems to work for for some if there is a swap partition that is big enough so we can suspend to it. Test carefully before using!. ]
| + | |
| − | ==== Wireless module ====
| + | |
| − | There has been some confusion as to which wireless driver provides the best performance and reliability. I have found the following: <<BR>>
| + | |
| − | *madwifi from kernel (ath_pci) - does not attach to hardware.
| + | |
| − | *ath5k from intrepid backports (ath5k) - connects to hardware, but experiences disconnects on medium to heavy wireless activity, and can not communicate with some AP's using WPA2 PSK.
| + | |
| − | *madwifi-hal from http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/ (ath_pci) - Everything works.
| + | |
| − | I recommend using the most recent snapshot of madwifi-hal from http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/ <<BR>>
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | wget http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-current.tar.gz
| + | |
| − | sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
| + | |
| − | tar -xzf madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-current.tar.gz
| + | |
| − | cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6*/
| + | |
| − | make
| + | |
| − | sudo make install
| + | |
| − | sudo modprobe ath_pci
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | You may have to append ath_pci to /etc/modules: <<BR>>
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
| + | |
| − | #
| + | |
| − | # This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
| + | |
| − | # at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | fuse
| + | |
| − | lp
| + | |
| − | ath_pci
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | This driver should work under all conditions. I have tested the driver under heavy load (3MB/s sustained for 2 hours, no hangup), tested for correct suspend/resume functionality, and verified it communicates correctly with WEP, WPA, WPA2, against recent Linksys, Dlink, and Cisco hardware. <<BR>>
| + | |
| − | Now you should create a script to restart the interface on awake from suspend mode, as it will otherwise hang. As root, create /etc/pm/sleep.d/00wireless: <<BR>>
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | #
| + | |
| − | # Restart WiFi interface after suspension
| + | |
| − | #
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | case "$1" in
| + | |
| − | resume|thaw)
| + | |
| − | /sbin/ifconfig wifi0 down
| + | |
| − | /sbin/ifconfig wifi0 up
| + | |
| − | ;;
| + | |
| − | *)
| + | |
| − | ;;
| + | |
| − | esac
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | exit $?
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Don't forget to make it executable:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | sudo chmod u+x /etc/pm/sleep.d/00wireless
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | ==== Wireless LEDs ====
| + | |
| − | * the wireless leds need an entry in /proc
| + | |
| − | * with wireless on/off works, but there is no notification in Gui
| + | |
| − | "To get your wireless led to blink for you based on traffic, put these lines at the end of /etc/sysctl.conf."
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | dev.wifi0.ledpin=3
| + | |
| − | dev.wifi0.softled=1
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Then either reboot or do sysctl -p
| + | |
| − | The led on the front will now do the association blink, as well as blink based on wireless traffic.
| + | |
| − | ==== Audio ====
| + | |
| − | Output works, Volume Ok.
| + | |
| − | Audio switches from speakers to headphone
| + | |
| − | Internal microphone not working, http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-kernel.git;a=commitdiff;h=8ef355da64ff087b6f26c4c28a14753861e83e4b hopefully fixed this (available in 2.6.28-rc2); probably
| + | |
| − | need to try to get this as a 2.6.27 -stable backport, into 8.10 already (or some ubuntu module backports package).
| + | |
| − | * Microphone worked for me out of the box on Acer Aspire One 150. I installed Skype and it worked fine!
| + | |
| − | * There appears to be a mono/stereo incompatibility, see http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/11/22/155
| + | |
| − | * Maybe sound stops working after suspending and then resuming if this happens to you, add the following to the end of /etc/modprobe.d/options
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | # enable sound after suspend on Aspire One LP#249961
| + | |
| − | options snd-hda-intel model=acer
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | * After installation of Intrepid on Aspire One Model NO:ZG5 (chip 82801G, from lspci) audio worked fine, but microphone did not. There were an input device, however gnome-sound-recorder hanged on recording and pacat produced noise, that had no relation to real sounds. Upgrading alsa to 1.0.18a fixed all microphone issues: gnome-sound-recorder started to produce quite a clear record of sounds. External mic has also been tested, results are positive. To upgrade alsa, download alsa-driver-1.0.18a.tar.bz2 (or later, 1.0.18a tested on 19 Jan 2009) from http://alsa-project.org/, unpack the archive, open terminal, cd into the newely-created folder and run the following commands: <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
| + | |
| − | ./configure --with-cards=all
| + | |
| − | make
| + | |
| − | sudo make install
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre> These commands will build new alsa drivers and copy them to a proper location. After rebooting, adjust microphone volume, that is set to zero by default and test microphone with gnome-sound-recorder.
| + | |
| − | Add the following to the end of /etc/modprobe.d/options after installing alsa this way:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | options snd-hda-intel model=acer-aspire
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Not simply "model=acer"!
| + | |
| − | This may also require that you recompile your wi-fi drivers, as stated above.
| + | |
| − | ==== External Video ====
| + | |
| − | Some have experienced an intermittent "blank screen" when using an external monitor. This is related to a bug in the xserver-xorg-video-intel driver version <=2.4.1 described here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/257894
| + | |
| − | The fix seems to be updating the driver to the 2.5.1 backport from jaunty. See the thread following the bug description for directions on howto fix. | + | |
| − | ==== Set Correct Font Size ====
| + | |
| − | (copied from Debian Acer Aspire One Help)
| + | |
| − | When running under X, the native/optimum resolution is 1024x600 (standard widescreen ratio).
| + | |
| − | The default X11 configuration will give you fonts that are too large for this resolution - You can add the following line to the "Monitor" section of your "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" file:
| + | |
| − | DisplaySize 195 113
| + | |
| − | And add the line:
| + | |
| − | Option "NoDDC"
| + | |
| − | to the "Device" section.
| + | |
| − | That sets the resolution to the correct 96 DPI.
| + | |
| − | Note: This worked fine for me in kubuntu as the fonts were big. ubuntu seems to have better font sizes.
| + | |
| − | ==== Setup fan controll as described above ====
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | rc.local may not be executable so
| + | |
| − | sudo chmod a+x /etc/rc.local
| + | |
| − | comment out the line /usr/sbin/set-usb-persist 0951 1606 on
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | === Install NetBook Remix ===
| + | |
| − | 1: Disable Visual effects <<BR>>
| + | |
| − | System-Preferences->appearance->:VisualEffects=none <<BR>>
| + | |
| − | 2: Set WorkSpaces to 1x1
| + | |
| − | ( right click workspaces --> preferences )
| + | |
| − | 3: add the Repo for netbook-remix
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | System-->administration->SoftwareSources
| + | |
| − | Add source:
| + | |
| − | deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/netbook-remix-team/ubuntu intrepid main
| + | |
| − | deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/netbook-remix-team/ubuntu intrepid main
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | Or In a terminal type:
| + | |
| − | gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | This will bring up your source list. then add these two lines to the end of your source list:
| + | |
| − | deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/netbook-remix-team/ubuntu intrepid main
| + | |
| − | deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/netbook-remix-team/ubuntu intrepid main
| + | |
| − | In a terminal type:
| + | |
| − | gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv 3F2A5EE4B796B6FE
| + | |
| − | gpg --export --armor 3F2A5EE4B796B6FE | sudo apt-key add -
| + | |
| − | sudo apt-get update
| + | |
| − | To update your source lists.
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | <ol><li>Install the Netbook remix packages</li></ol>
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | In a terminal type:
| + | |
| − | sudo apt-get install go-home-applet human-netbook-theme maximus netbook-launcher window-picker-applet
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | You also need to set maximus and ume-launcher startup programs
| + | |
| − | System->preferences->Sessions
| + | |
| − | add /usr/bin/netbook-launcher
| + | |
| − | add /usr/bin/maximus
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | logout/login, or restart if that doesn't work
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Note: VLC does not play well with maximus. If you are going to use VLC I suggest you disable maximus
| + | |
| − | <ol><li>Maximize your work area</li></ol>
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | To maximize your workspace area, you might want to remove the bottom pane, by right clicking the bottom panel and selecting the "Delete this Panel" option.
| + | |
| − | logout/login, or restart if that doesn't work
| + | |
| − | <ol><li>Configure the Top Panel</li></ol>
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | To get the most from your top panel you will want to add functions to your top panel. Right click the top panel and select the "Add to the Panel" option.Some suggestions include: GoHomeApplet, WindowPickerApplet, NotificationArea, and VolumeControl.
| + | |
| − | == Install Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04.1) on the Acer Aspire One ==
| + | |
| − | ==== Fully functional: ====
| + | |
| − | * Suspend / Resume
| + | |
| − | * Video (with desktop effects)
| + | |
| − | * Wireless Networking
| + | |
| − | * Wired Networking
| + | |
| − | * Webcam
| + | |
| − | * USB
| + | |
| − | * Silent FanSIG
| + | |
| − | * Card Readers
| + | |
| − | ==== Partial Function: ====
| + | |
| − | * Audio - there is sound, issues detailed below
| + | |
| − | ==== Not Functional: ====
| + | |
| − | * Hibernate on A110L
| + | |
| − | * Card Reader power saving
| + | |
| − | * wifi power saving
| + | |
| − | * wifi kill switch
| + | |
| − | === Step 1: Install Ubuntu ===
| + | |
| − | As the Acer Aspire One doesn't have a CD drive you must [[UbuntuHelp:Installation/FromUSBStick|install with an USB drive]] or an external CD-ROM drive.
| + | |
| − | (NOTE: It is also possible to install directly from network, which makes USB devices unneeded. You will still need a network cable and another computer. See: [[UbuntuHelp:Installation/Netboot|Installation/Netboot]] or [http://hugi.to/blog/archive/2006/12/23/ubuntu-pxe-install-via-windows Netinstall via Windows])
| + | |
| − | Shut down your Aspire One and insert the external USB CD-ROM or the USB stick that we just used. Turn it on and tap F12 to bring up the boot menu.
| + | |
| − | With a CD-ROM, choose the USB CD-ROM option. With the bootable USB stick created, choose the USB HDD option. This will boot you to the USB CD-ROM/LiveUSB stick, and allow you to install Ubuntu. Install it like normal if you have the hard disk Aspire One. If you have the SDD Aspire One, for good performance and to increase the life of the SSD use a non-journaled filesystem like EXT2.
| + | |
| − | Note: If you have already installed with EXT3 then follow this post: http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=164&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=10#p1177 to convert to EXT2. Installation (file copy) will take a LONG time (hour +). If you are not currently connected to the internet on a wired connection, you may get an error about setting up a mirror. You can safely ignore that error - it's non-fatal.
| + | |
| − | === Step 2: Tweak / Fix ===
| + | |
| − | So now we should have an installed Ubuntu system. At this point, if you have not already done, so connect your Aspire One to the internet using a '''wired''' connection. First and immediate task is to update, since the wireless driver needs to be reinstalled after every kernel update. Open a terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal). Perform the updates:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | sudo apt-get update
| + | |
| − | sudo apt-get upgrade
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | '''Note:''' Currently there's an issue updating kernel to 2.6.24-23, as reported in [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/322867 Bug #322867]. At the time of writing it seems advisable to keep the kernel back to an earlier version.
| + | |
| − | ==== WIRELESS: ====
| + | |
| − | There are two different ways of configuring the wifi hardware, using either madwifi drivers, or wrapping Windows drivers with ndiswrapper. If you have troubles with one method, try the other.
| + | |
| − | ===== madwifi =====
| + | |
| − | Now we need to disable the hardware drivers that Ubuntu tries to use before the ones we make will function. So go to System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers and uncheck everything. It should prompt us to reboot, so lets do it now.
| + | |
| − | We need to grab the wireless driver, and the things we need to build it, from a terminal:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | mkdir source
| + | |
| − | cd source
| + | |
| − | wget http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-current.tar.gz
| + | |
| − | tar -xzvf madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-current.tar.gz
| + | |
| − | cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3879-20081204
| + | |
| − | sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | And we build and install:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | make
| + | |
| − | sudo make install
| + | |
| − | sudo modprobe ath_pci
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | In order to have the wireless work after reboot, add the following line to /etc/modules ("gksudo gedit /etc/modules") to automatically load the module when booting: | + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | ath_pci
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | You should now have working wireless. However you may want to do the following to prevent problems ''(the symbol mismatch)'' when the module is loaded:
| + | |
| − | Add '''ath_hal''' to the '''DISABLED_MODULES=''' stanza in '''/etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common'''
| + | |
| − | ''(i.e. 'DISABLED_MODULES="ath_hal"')''
| + | |
| − | Every time there is a kernel update you will need to perform the following steps to make the wireless work. Go to the directory (madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3835-20080801) and run:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | make clean
| + | |
| − | make
| + | |
| − | sudo make install
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | ===== ndiswrapper =====
| + | |
| − | If the above madwifi instructions didn't work for you, using ndiswrapper is an alternative that is known to work, but uses Windows drivers.
| + | |
| − | Download drivers for your wireless card from:
| + | |
| − | http://download2.dvd-driver.cz/atheros/drivers/ar5008/xp32-6.0.3.85.zip
| + | |
| − | Unzip those drivers.
| + | |
| − | Install ndiswrapper, and launch the installer:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | sudo aptitude install ndisgtk
| + | |
| − | sudo ndisgtk
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Find the net5416.inf file, and install it.
| + | |
| − | If you have tried madwifi, unload it with:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | madwifi-unload
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Restart your AA1, and everything should work.
| + | |
| − | ==== WIRELESS LED: ====
| + | |
| − | To get your awesome wireless led to blink for you based on traffic, put these lines in /etc/rc.local, just above the string ''exit 0'' (below doesn't work).
| + | |
| − | Note: The 2.6.27 kernel does not appear to have these options anymore (earlier kernels do).
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | sysctl -w dev.wifi0.ledpin=3
| + | |
| − | sysctl -w dev.wifi0.softled=1
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | The led on the front will now do the association blink, as well as blink based on wireless traffic.
| + | |
| − | rc.local may not be executable so
| + | |
| − | <code><nowiki>sudo chmod a+x /etc/rc.local </nowiki></code>
| + | |
| − | The wifi kill switch uses these keycodes (also to use in rc.local):
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | /usr/bin/setkeycodes e055 159
| + | |
| − | /usr/bin/setkeycodes e056 158
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | ==== WEBCAM ====
| + | |
| − | Install luvcview - USB Video Class grabber
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | apt-get install luvcview
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | You may confirm it is recognized
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | dmesg |grep -i "uvc"
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | And this is the repply
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | [ 29.601485] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device USB 2.0 Camera (0c45:62c0)
| + | |
| − | [ 29.617301] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Say hello to yourself with this command ;)
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | luvcview -f yuv
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | ==== CARD READER: ====
| + | |
| − | Note: there are problems with the card readers: DO NOT SUSPEND your Aspire One with an SD Card inserted. I lost all my data on it!
| + | |
| − | If you want the card readers to be hot-pluggable, you'll need to work through the following modified instructions from [http://wiki.debian.org/DebianAcerOne].
| + | |
| − | Create a file /etc/modprobe.d/aspireone with the following content:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | # Module options for the Acer AspireOne
| + | |
| − | #
| + | |
| − | # Enable USB card reader
| + | |
| − | options pciehp pciehp_force=1
| + | |
| − | install sdhci for i in 2381 2382 2383 2384; do /usr/bin/setpci -d 197b:$i AE=47; done; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install sdhci
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Add the following line to the end of you existing /etc/modules file:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | pciehp
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | You need to reboot to the get the files /etc/modules and /etc/modprobe.d/aspireone read properly. Inserting a SD card should then result in HAL finding the card and placing icon on the desktop automagically.
| + | |
| − | Note there are still a few problems with this setup:
| + | |
| − | * If you first insert a card in the left card reader, both card readers will be hot pluggable. However, if you first insert a card in the right card reader, the left card reader will not be available until reboot.
| + | |
| − | * MemorySticks wouldn't work for me in the right multi-card reader. I think this is a kernel module limitation.
| + | |
| − | A script to poll the card reader for power events (AC unplugged, etc.) is included on the recovery DVD shipped with the machine within the "hdc1._.tar.bz2" archive as /usr/sbin/jmb38x_d3e.sh. This script runs once every 5 minutes and adjusts the power level depending on the system power state.
| + | |
| − | The script is also available from the petaramesh site. Download it, make it executable and copy it to /usr/local/sbin with:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | wget http://petaramesh.org/public/arc/projects/AcerOne_Ubuntu/jmb38x_d3e.sh
| + | |
| − | sudo chmod 754 jmb38x_d3e.sh
| + | |
| − | sudo mv jmb38x_d3e.sh /usr/local/sbin/
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | To use the script add a line like:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | /usr/local/sbin/jmb38x_d3e.sh &>/var/log/jmb38x_d3e.log &
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | to rc.local before ''exit 0''. Next time you reboot this script will be running (or you can execute it in a terminal now as root).
| + | |
| − | The script generates lots of harmless warning messages, so we send the output messages to a log file.
| + | |
| − | The card readers are identified as /dev/mmcblk0 and /dev/mmcblk1. Partitions on them are labeled, for example /dev/mmcblk0p1.
| + | |
| − | ==== USB MOUNT: ==== | + | |
| − | ''(Do this step '''only''' if you get an error inserting a USB stick)''
| + | |
| − | If you insert a memory key, you may notice an error and that it cannot be mounted. This is due to the CD-ROM entry in the fstab. Since we don't have an optical drive on the One we will comment that out. From a terminal again:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | gksudo gedit /etc/fstab
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | You should see a line that looks like:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | /dev/sdb /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | add a hash in front:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | #/dev/sdb /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Reboot, and automount should work.
| + | |
| − | ==== NOISE (FAN CONTROL) ====
| + | |
| − | (19/02/09)
| + | |
| − | This is an update to the following fan control section below. The user space script "acerfand" originaly used to fix the noisy fan problem can cause race conditions and lockups as it accesses registers asynchronous to the kernel. A kernel module to do the fan control has recently been created and this avoids the race condition problem.
| + | |
| − | You can install the kernel module in the following way. These instructions also work for 8.10.
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | wget http://piie.net/files/acerhdf_kmod-0.4.0.tar.gz
| + | |
| − | tar zxvf acerhdf_kmod-0.4.0.tar.gz
| + | |
| − | cd acerhdf_kmod
| + | |
| − | make
| + | |
| − | sudo make install
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Now load the kernel module using
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | modprobe acerhdf
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | check it worked by looking in your message log
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | tail /var/log/messages
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | Feb 19 01:25:42 mythtv kernel: [106628.078100] acerhdf: version: 0.2 compiledate: Feb 19 2009 01:25:21
| + | |
| − | Feb 19 01:25:42 mythtv kernel: [106628.078116] acerhdf: biosvendor:Acer
| + | |
| − | Feb 19 01:25:42 mythtv kernel: [106628.078125] acerhdf: biosversion:v0.3309
| + | |
| − | Feb 19 01:25:42 mythtv kernel: [106628.078134] acerhdf: biosrelease:10/06/2008
| + | |
| − | Feb 19 01:25:42 mythtv kernel: [106628.078143] acerhdf: biosproduct:AOA150
| + | |
| − | Feb 19 01:25:42 mythtv kernel: [106628.078850] acerhdf: Temperature is: 49
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | To make sure it loads at boot time add acerhdf to /etc/modules
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
| + | |
| − | #
| + | |
| − | # This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
| + | |
| − | # at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | fuse
| + | |
| − | lp
| + | |
| − | ath_pci
| + | |
| − | acerhdf
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | For further information on the kernel module see http://www.piie.net/index.php?section=acerhdf
| + | |
| − | I am leaving the old acerfand perl instructions below for reference, but it is advisable not to use this method.
| + | |
| − | ------------
| + | |
| − | Aspire One by default commonly doesn't manage Fan speed correctly, resulting in a very noisy AA0.
| + | |
| − | Note: On A150X with a 160gb hd and 6 cell battery the perl script returns 0ºC every time, because the thermal control is not working. This causes the fan to shutdown. It could '''DAMAGE''' your system severely.
| + | |
| − | Please check that the script is returning the correct values manually '''before''' applying the daemon.
| + | |
| − | Solution:
| + | |
| − | * Ensure you have dmidecode installed, so acerfand can detect which bios version you have. It's probably installed by default already. If not, execute:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | sudo aptitude install dmidecode
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | * Download the [http://code.google.com/p/aceracpi/wiki/EmbeddedController acer_ec.pl] script ([http://aceracpi.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/acer_ec/acer_ec.pl Direct download]).
| + | |
| − | * Download the [http://electronpusher.org/~rachel/acerfand acerfand] daemon script ([http://electronpusher.org/~rachel/acerfand Direct download]). ''(New version (0.07 2009-03-14) fixed bug for detecting what the current fan control state is in bios 3309, which was causing it to unnecessarily repeatedly switch off the fan (in my case; may also have been causing problems others have seen) and spam the logs about it keeping my hard drive alive.)''
| + | |
| − | * (You can check whether the scripts shows a reasonable cpu temperature (in hex) as follows:)
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | perl acer_ec.pl ?= 58
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | * Execute these lines in a terminal in the directory you downloaded the above scripts:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | chmod a+x acerfand
| + | |
| − | sudo cp acer_ec.pl acerfand /usr/local/bin/
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | * To run it straight away:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | sudo acerfand
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | * Note, you need the correct bios for this to work correctly. To see if the acerfand script is working, you can check the system log after you have run the *sudo acerfand* command:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | #sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog
| + | |
| − | Oct 9 02:04:36 lilput acerfand: acerfand 0.03 starting
| + | |
| − | Oct 9 02:04:36 lilput acerfand: Detected bios version v0.3301
| + | |
| − | Oct 9 02:04:36 lilput acerfand: Unsupported bios version v0.3301 found. Aborting.
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | There is information about updating your bios here: http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/08/acer-aspire-one-bios-v3304.html
| + | |
| − | * To run it at boot:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | gksudo gedit /etc/rc.local
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Insert the following line above the ''exit 0'' at the bottom:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | /usr/local/bin/acerfand
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | The fan is not completely disabled. When the FANAUTO temperature is reached (70ºC), fan works again. According to Intel, the Atom chip could work until 99ºC.
| + | |
| − | '''Optional:''' Above instructions will work fine, but if you want to define another temperature:
| + | |
| − | * Create an /etc/acerfand.conf file. The file is just a shell script that sets up to three values. eg:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | INTERVAL=5
| + | |
| − | FANOFF=60
| + | |
| − | FANAUTO=70
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Those are the default values, if the /etc/acerfand.conf file isn't found.
| + | |
| − | INTERVAL is the polling interval in seconds
| + | |
| − | FANOFF is the temperature (in Celsius Degrees) at or below which to turn the fan off, if it's currently on auto
| + | |
| − | FANAUTO is the temperature (in Celsius Degrees) at or above which to turn the fan to auto, if it's currently off
| + | |
| − | [http://wiki.aspireone.net/index.php/How_to_hack_the_noisy_fan More information] from the original source, AspireOne Wiki.
| + | |
| − | ==== OPTIMIZING SSD PERFORMANCE: ====
| + | |
| − | Note: ''(Skip this step if you have the hard disk Acer Aspire One)''
| + | |
| − | The performance of the SSD drive can be significantly improved by a few tweaks described in [http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9190 an article by Jason Perlow] (But ignore Tweak #1, which does not apply.). The most important of these are described here.
| + | |
| − | ===== Change the file system mount options on SSDs to “noatime” =====
| + | |
| − | Edit /etc/fstab (gksudo gedit /etc/fstab) and change the the option “relatime” to “noatime”. The line for the root partition should then be something like:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | UUID=f0ae2c59-83d2-42e7-81c4-2e870b6b255d / ext2 noatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | ===== Use the “noop” I/O scheduler =====
| + | |
| − | Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst using your favorite editor, and add "elevator=noop" as an option. The default kernel configuration, found in the last part of the file should be something like:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic
| + | |
| − | root (hd0,0)
| + | |
| − | kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic root=UUID=f0ae2c59-83d2-42e7-81c4-2e870b6b255d ro quiet splash elevator=noop
| + | |
| − | initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
| + | |
| − | quiet
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | In order for the changes to remain when updating the kernel, also in menu.lst, find the line
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | # defoptions=quiet splash
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | and add "elevator=noop" as an option:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | # defoptions=elevator=noop quiet splash
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | ==== REDUCING SSD WEAR: ====
| + | |
| − | Note: ''(Skip this step if you have the hard disk Acer Aspire One)''
| + | |
| − | Frequent writes to the SSD will cause failure eventually. We can reduce the number of writes to the SSD by moving our logs to a temporary filesystem in RAM that gets destroyed at ever reboot. Now this means your logs will not be persistent across reboots making debugging difficult in some cases. This step is optional of course, so if you need the logs for an extended period of time do not follow these steps.
| + | |
| − | Open your fstab again, and add the following lines:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | gksudo gedit /etc/fstab
| + | |
| − | tmpfs /var/log tmpfs defaults 0 0
| + | |
| − | tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0
| + | |
| − | tmpfs /var/tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | There is currently a bug in sysklogd where it cannot handle booting with an empty /var/log directory (bug [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysklogd/+bug/290127 #290127]). This can be fixed by modifying /etc/init.d/sysklogd:
| + | |
| − | Find this function:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | fix_log_ownership()
| + | |
| − | for l in `syslogd-listfiles -a`
| + | |
| − | do
| + | |
| − | chown ${USER}:adm $l
| + | |
| − | done
| + | |
| − | }
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | ..and replace it with this:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | fix_log_ownership()
| + | |
| − | {
| + | |
| − | for l in `syslogd-listfiles -a --news`
| + | |
| − | do
| + | |
| − | # Create directory for logfile if required
| + | |
| − | ldir=$(echo ${l} | sed 's/[^\/]*$//g')
| + | |
| − | if [ ! -e $ldir ] ; then
| + | |
| − | mkdir -p $ldir
| + | |
| − | fi
| + | |
| − | # Touch logfile and chown
| + | |
| − | touch $l && chown ${USER}:adm $l
| + | |
| − | done
| + | |
| − | }
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | '''Warning: this will cause some packages to fail mysteriously when they cannot access the log directories that were installed with the packages and then disappeared at reboot.'''
| + | |
| − | To rebuild the rest of the directory structure inside /var/log on each reboot, add these lines to /etc/rc.local above the 'exit 0' line:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | for dir in apparmor apt ConsoleKit cups dist-upgrade fsck gdm installer news ntpstats samba unattended-upgrades ; do
| + | |
| − | if [ ! -e /var/log/$dir ] ; then
| + | |
| − | mkdir /var/log/$dir
| + | |
| − | fi
| + | |
| − | done
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | '''Note:''' discovered ATA 40-wire cable misdetection after resume (currently 2.6.27), causing hdparm down from 40MB/s to 25MB/s: filed http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11879 for this issue -AndiM
| + | |
| − | '''Note:''' you may have to specify more directories if you have applications which use them, check the contents of /var/log/ for directories before rebooting/deleting them.
| + | |
| − | ==== DISABLE SCROLLKEEPER: ====
| + | |
| − | ''(Skip this step if you have the hard disk Acer Aspire One)''
| + | |
| − | ScrollKeeper is a cataloging system for documentation on open systems. Hardly anyone ever uses it and on the AAO's slow SSD it takes ages every time you install anything. Disable it and your installs will fly!
| + | |
| − | Finally add a diversion to stop dpkg from overwriting your changes.
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | sudo mv /usr/bin/scrollkeeper-update /usr/bin/scrollkeeper-update.real
| + | |
| − | sudo ln -s /bin/true /usr/bin/scrollkeeper-update
| + | |
| − | sudo find /var/lib/scrollkeeper/ -name \*.xml -type f -exec rm -f '{}' \;
| + | |
| − | sudo dpkg-divert --local --divert /usr/bin/scrollkeeper-update.real --add /usr/bin/scrollkeeper-update
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | ==== VIDEO AND 3D PERFORMANCE: (Optional) ====
| + | |
| − | Out of the box, the graphic card Intel GMA 950, is well detected, however you can tweak /etc/X11/xorg.conf to achieve better graphic card performance:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | Section "Device"
| + | |
| − | (...)
| + | |
| − | Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS,VGA"
| + | |
| − | Option "Clone" "true"
| + | |
| − | Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
| + | |
| − | Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
| + | |
| − | VideoRam 229376
| + | |
| − | Option "CacheLines" "1980"
| + | |
| − | EndSection
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | The Option Clone is especially usefull, if you want to capture video or photos. Without it you will get a black screen on applications like cheese.
| + | |
| − | Also add this to your /etc/profile:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | export INTEL_BATCH=1
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Note: 'export INTEL_BATCH=1' appears to causes graphics faults (artifacts) within 'ume-launcher' (even with Compiz fully disabled).
| + | |
| − | Reboot and you will have a more responsive system, with better 3D FPS, and improved video performance.
| + | |
| − | ==== AUDIO: ====
| + | |
| − | Out of the box there are various issues with the sound. These range from headphone detection not functioning correctly, to the internal MIC not working. There are solutions to these problems. Currently, however, there is no known way to get everything working at once. All of the steps begin the same way, rebuilding ALSA:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | sudo apt-get install module-assistant
| + | |
| − | sudo m-a update
| + | |
| − | sudo m-a prepare
| + | |
| − | sudo m-a a-i alsa
| + | |
| − | sudo alsa force-unload
| + | |
| − | sudo depmod -ae
| + | |
| − | sudo modprobe snd-hda-intel
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Add the following line to the end of /etc/modules in order to ensure that the module is loaded during bootup:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | snd-hda-intel
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Now we need to make a choice. To have the internal MIC non-functional (external works), but sound working after suspend and resume, we edit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base (gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base) and add the following line to the bottom:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | options snd-hda-intel model=toshiba
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Reboot for that to take effect.
| + | |
| − | To have the internal MIC function correctly, but no sound after suspending and resuming the computer add or change the following to the /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base as before:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | options snd-hda-intel model=auto
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Again, reboot for this to take effect.
| + | |
| − | For some unknown reason some people don't hear any sound with either option. If you experience this problem you might want to use the option in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base as before to the following to resolve this problem:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | options snd-hda-intel model=acer
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | For A150L, model=basic seems to work fine with alsa 1.018rc3 (internal mic and sound work after suspend; plugging headphone in does turn the speakers off)
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | options snd-hda-intel model=basic
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | According to the [http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Acer_Aspire_One ArchWiki] alsa version 1.018 and up contains a new dedicated audio model option for the Acer aspire one that can be used instead:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | options snd-hda-intel model=acer-aspire
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | If you experience crackling sound after rebooting, insert the following line in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | blacklist snd_pcsp
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | '''Optional:''' The default sound level is low. Open a terminal and type ''alsamixer'' to adjust volume.
| + | |
| − | Alsa needs to be version 1.0.17.
| + | |
| − | ==== Alternative Method for upgrading ALSA and settings ====
| + | |
| − | There is a script available at
| + | |
| − | http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=962695
| + | |
| − | This will currently upgrade ALSA to 1.0.17 or 1.0.18final (IBEX comes with version 1.0.17 by default)
| + | |
| − | Tweak the configuration as suggested above
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | options snd-hda-intel model=acer
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Why do it this way? because it works it fetches the required tools and source builds and installs it all in one step leaving you with just the configuration steps needed specifically for the Aspire One.
| + | |
| − | Why not do it this way? It can overwrite system settings and files without giving you any choice in the matter. See the link for details and this is not recommended practice. Your Aspire One, your choice.
| + | |
| − | Note The script at the beginning of the thread given by the Link appears to be broken, on page 2 is another version for 1.0.18 by the same author which may work, however also on that page is a link for a script which will install 1.0.18r3
| + | |
| − | http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6090951&postcount=16
| + | |
| − | That does work fine.
| + | |
| − | ==== Retaining Mixer Settings ====
| + | |
| − | There is an issue with retaining the audio settings in Hardy You configure the mixer so sound input is internal mic, on reboot it is reset to mic. The desktop applet doesn't have a save settings option.
| + | |
| − | so use it to configure your audio then open a terminal and type
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | sudo alsactl store
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | however on reboot you will find your settings are gone again
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | sudo alsactl restore
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | will retrieve your settings.
| + | |
| − | (this section is incomplete and needs details for restoring the alsa settings automatically on boot)
| + | |
| − | http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=962695 is currently at version 1.15 and can be downloaded here
| + | |
| − | http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=96599&d=1229445232
| + | |
| − | there are a couple of options how to use the script with intrepid running with the options -di
| + | |
| − | should work, for older kernel versions 2.6.24.x there is a compilation error but snapshots work
| + | |
| − | so
| + | |
| − | sudo ./AlsaUpgrade-1.0.x-rev-1.15.sh -d
| + | |
| − | sudo ./AlsaUpgrade-1.0.x-rev-1.15.sh -snap (2.6.24.x kernels e.g hardy)
| + | |
| − | sudo ./AlsaUpgrade-1.0.x-rev-1.15.sh -i
| + | |
| − | using model=acer-aspire seems to give good results and use of the above script ensures mixer settings are restored after a reboot.
| + | |
| − | ==== Screen Tweaks ====
| + | |
| − | '''TWEAKS TO MAKE BETTER USE OF THE ASPIRE ONE'S SMALL SCREEN:'''
| + | |
| − | There are various methods that will help you make better use of the Aspire One's small screen. One of the most important is being able to move windows that are too large to fit on the screen at once. To move a hidden part of the window into view, click and drag with the left mouse button on any part of the window while holding down the ALT key. However, you won't be able to drag windows so the top of the window is above the top of the screen. To fix that, enter the following in a terminal window:
| + | |
| − | <code><nowiki>gconftool-2 --set /apps/compiz/plugins/move/allscreens/options/constrain_y --type bool 0</nowiki></code>
| + | |
| − | Since the Aspire One's screen has almost twice as much resolution horizontally as vertically, having panels on both the top and bottom is not ideal. You may want to remove the top or bottom panels, make them smaller, or move them so that they are vertical, on the left and right side, instead of horizontal on top and bottom.
| + | |
| − | ==== TOUCHPAD TWEAKS: ====
| + | |
| − | The AAO touchpad is quite easy to bump whilst typing. The best fix is to disable all scroll and tap commands for 1 second after each keystroke.
| + | |
| − | Go to Preferences and select "Sessions". Click the add button and add an entry:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | Name: Syndaemon
| + | |
| − | Command: syndaemon -d -t -i 1
| + | |
| − | Comment: Disable trackpad while typing
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | The '1' can be changed to any decimal number, and defines the amount of time to lock the trackpad after each keystroke. See the Syndaemon man page for full details.
| + | |
| − | ==== Start/Resume ====
| + | |
| − | ===== HIBERNATE: =====
| + | |
| − | In some set-ups, using hibernate has been reported to cause [http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=511 file corruption].
| + | |
| − | ===== TWEAK FOR BOOTUP SPEED (Optional): =====
| + | |
| − | To decrease boot time, activate concurrency bootup:
| + | |
| − | <code><nowiki> gksudo gedit /etc/init.d/rc </nowiki></code>
| + | |
| − | and replace the line:
| + | |
| − | CONCURRENCY=none
| + | |
| − | with
| + | |
| − | CONCURRENCY=shell
| + | |
| − | ==== TWEAKS FOR POWERSAVING (Optional): ====
| + | |
| − | Add the following to the /etc/rc.local file:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | # Economize the SSD
| + | |
| − | sysctl -w vm.swappiness=1 # Strongly discourage swapping
| + | |
| − | sysctl -w vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50 # Don't shrink the inode cache aggressively
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | # As in the rc.last.ctrl of Linpus
| + | |
| − | echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
| + | |
| − | echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governor
| + | |
| − | cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/ondemand/sampling_rate_max > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/ondemand/sampling_rate
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | echo 1500 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs
| + | |
| − | echo 20 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio
| + | |
| − | echo 10 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_background_ratio
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/sched_smt_power_savings
| + | |
| − | echo 10 > /sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save
| + | |
| − | echo 5 > /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | #Decrease power usage of USB while idle
| + | |
| − | [ -w /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-5/power/level ] && echo auto > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-5/power/level
| + | |
| − | [ -w /sys/bus/usb/devices/5-5/power/level ] && echo auto > /sys/bus/usb/devices/5-5/power/level
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | ==== NETBOOK REMIX (Optional): ====
| + | |
| − | '''UPDATE''': An Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) installer image with the LPIA kernel [[UbuntuWiki:UNR|is|now available]]. Such image can be installed as-is on an Aspire One and most of the steps described are not necessary. Of particular interest, wifi, suspend/resume, webcam and fan control (once BIOS has been upgraded) work out-of-the-box. Card readers have the same issues.
| + | |
| − | '''WARNING ABOUT UNR''': The UNR installer image currently wants to format your entire hard disk. If you want to dual boot XP Home and Ubuntu your best bet is to use GPARTD from a live linux such as [http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page systemrescuecd] to resize the windows partition and create partitions for your Ubuntu install. Recommended one main partition labeled / and formatted and a 1-2 gb swap partition.
| + | |
| − | To install [https://launchpad.net/netbook-remix Ubuntu Netbook remix] -
| + | |
| − | In Intrepid, the netbook remix packages are already in the universe repository. For Hardy, you'll need to add the netbook remix PPA to your sources.list.
| + | |
| − | * Insert the following into /etc/apt/sources.list (not required for Intrepid):
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/netbook-remix-team/ubuntu hardy main
| + | |
| − | deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/netbook-remix-team/ubuntu hardy main
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | * then execute
| + | |
| − | In Hardy:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | sudo apt-get update
| + | |
| − | sudo apt-get install go-home-applet human-netbook-theme maximus ume-launcher window-picker-applet
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | In Intrepid (ume-launcher has been renamed to netbook-launcher):
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | sudo apt-get install go-home-applet human-netbook-theme maximus netbook-launcher window-picker-applet
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | * Add maximus as startup program (system > preferences > sessions > startup programs)
| + | |
| − | * Change the desktop theme to Human-Netbook (system > preferences > appearance > theme)
| + | |
| − | * Delete the bottom panel
| + | |
| − | * Reconfigure the top panel to contain the following items -
| + | |
| − | * Go Home Applet
| + | |
| − | * Window Picker Applet
| + | |
| − | * Notification Area
| + | |
| − | * Mixer Applet
| + | |
| − | * Clock
| + | |
| − | * There is a bug in the ume-launcher after resuming from suspend. To work around this place the following in /etc/pm/sleep.d/01UMELauncher -
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | #! /bin/bash
| + | |
| − | #
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | #
| + | |
| − | # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
| + | |
| − | # it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
| + | |
| − | # published by the Free Software Foundation.
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | export DISPLAY=:0.0
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | TMPFILE=/tmp/.launcher/resume-event
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | case "$1" in
| + | |
| − | suspend|hibernate)
| + | |
| − | rm -rf $TMPFILE
| + | |
| − | echo "Removed resume-notify file"
| + | |
| − | ;;
| + | |
| − | resume|thaw)
| + | |
| − | touch $TMPFILE
| + | |
| − | echo "Created resume-notify file"
| + | |
| − | ;;
| + | |
| − | esac
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | exit $?
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | * Make the above file executable -
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | sudo chmod +x /etc/pm/sleep.d/01UMELauncher
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | You should also disable desktop effects as these cause issues with netbook remix.
| + | |
| − | ===== Maximizing screen real estate in Firefox: =====
| + | |
| − | To take your screen saving netbook remix to the next level, you can do the following to maximise screen real estate in everyone's most used app - Firefox -
| + | |
| − | * Install the following addons
| + | |
| − | * Stop or Reload Button
| + | |
| − | * Personal Menu
| + | |
| − | * AutoHideStatusBar (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1530)
| + | |
| − | * Install the following theme -
| + | |
| − | * Classic Compact
| + | |
| − | * Configure Personal Menu to include all the standard menus except History and Bookmarks (they get their own buttons)
| + | |
| − | * Disable the menu toolbar. You can always get it back by pressing Alt
| + | |
| − | * Use the top-bar icon tabs instead of firefox tabs. (options are in edit > preferences > tabs )
| + | |
| − | ==== Drastically speed up Firefox ====
| + | |
| − | Make firefox store its cache in the /tmp directory --- which when we we have moved it to a tmpfs according to this wiki is *fast*.
| + | |
| − | * Firefox 3.x uses a sqlite db that creates many write accesses, so this can reduce it:
| + | |
| − | <ol><li>In Firefox go to (type as url) "about:config", right click, add new string „browser.cache.disk.parent_directory“ with value "/tmp/firefox"
| + | |
| − | </li><li>In Firefox change options/security/ and disable phishing if you dare. - Your firefox will run even faster then but won't warn you about phishing any more so take care!</li></ol>
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | Alternatively, to speed up Firefox further, enter "about:config" (without the quotes) as an url in Firefox, then change the following settings:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | // disable disk and offline cache
| + | |
| − | set browser.cache.disk.enabled: false
| + | |
| − | set browser.cache.disk.capacity: 0
| + | |
| − | set browser.cache.offline.enable: false
| + | |
| − | set browser.cache.offline.capacity: 0
| + | |
| − | // just as a precaution
| + | |
| − | add browser.cache.disk.parent_directory: /tmp
| + | |
| − | // apparently safebrowsing slows things down - disable at your own risk!
| + | |
| − | set browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled: false
| + | |
| − | set browser.safebrowsing.enabled: false
| + | |
| − | set network.prefetch-next: false
| + | |
| − | // don't show suggestions in the search bar
| + | |
| − | browser.search.suggest.enabled: false
| + | |
| − | // don't spellcheck as I type
| + | |
| − | layout.spellcheckDefault: 0
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | ==== Flash 10 RC or upper (Optional, recommended for 512M of RAM): ====
| + | |
| − | Ubuntu Hardy installs flash version 9.0.115, this version needs a lot of memory to work and makes 'AspireOne' slower than it is. A good option is to download the latest Flash player plugin 10, which delivers improved performance and less memory requirements. This package is the flashplugin-nonfree, which is available on hardy-backports repository, or by download in the following link:
| + | |
| − | http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy-backports/flashplugin-nonfree
| + | |
| − | ===== Verifying Flash player 10 installed correctly =====
| + | |
| − | Once you've installed Flash 10, verify that it installed correctly by visiting [http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/about/ here].
| + | |
| − | In the version information box, verify it says version "10,0,12,36" or newer installed.
| + | |
| − | If version 9 is still installed in Firefox then you will need to do it manually by following these directions.
| + | |
| − | ===== Uninstalling the Flash 9 plugin from Firefox =====
| + | |
| − | Open a terminal window (Applications>Accessories>Terminal) and type:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | cd ~/.mozilla
| + | |
| − | rm flashplayer.xpt libflashplayer.so
| + | |
| − | exit
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | ===== Installing the Flash 10 RC plugin into Firefox =====
| + | |
| − | Visit the [http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash Adobe] website and select from "Select version to download..." drop down menu the "tar.gz for Linux" option. Save the file to your Desktop.
| + | |
| − | '''Close all open Firefox windows before proceeding.'''
| + | |
| − | Open a terminal window (Applications>Accessories>Terminal) and type:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | cd Desktop
| + | |
| − | tar -zxvf install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz
| + | |
| − | cd install_flash_player_10_linux
| + | |
| − | ./flashplayer-installer
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Press ENTER to install.
| + | |
| − | Answer y to proceed.
| + | |
| − | Answer n to not perform another installation.
| + | |
| − | Open the Firefox browser and type '''about:plugins''' in the address bar and hit ENTER.
| + | |
| − | You should see:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | Filename libflashplayer.so
| + | |
| − | Shockwaveflash 10.0 b218
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Or a newer version listed.
| + | |
| − | Under '''MIME Type''' the following should be listed:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash
| + | |
| − | application/futuresplash Futuresplash player
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | == Upgrade from Hardy Heron (8.04.1) to Intrepid Ibex (8.10) ==
| + | |
| − | (Originally written by khaeru. Last updated 24 November 2008: Made the wlan work again.
| + | |
| − | Use:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | $ update-manager -d
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | after following the first section of this guide. Following the above notes and some trial and error, the following configuration files work.
| + | |
| − | Note that shell commands preceded by "`#`" should be run as root (i.e. using sudo); commands preceded by "`$ `" should be run as a normal user.
| + | |
| − | === /boot/grub/menu.lst ===
| + | |
| − | Changing the default options:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | ...
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | # defoptions=elevator=noop quiet splash
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | ...
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Rather than editing the boot lines directly and risking an unbootable system, run the following to automagically update all boot lines:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | # update-grub
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | === /etc/modules ===
| + | |
| − | add the following line:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | ath5k
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Seems not to be necessary for all, this line, but does never harm; snd_hda_intel driver is loaded automatically.
| + | |
| − | Since the ath5k driver is not installed by default (see below)
| + | |
| − | * Enable the backports repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list (remove the # signs in front of them)
| + | |
| − | * Install "linux-backports-modules-intrepid" e.G. using synaptics
| + | |
| − | === /etc/modprobe.d/aspireone ===
| + | |
| − | Rather than modify the other files in this directory, create a new file just for Aspire One settings. It will be processed along with the rest on boot.
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | # Module options for the Acer AspireOne
| + | |
| − | #
| + | |
| − | # Enable USB card reader
| + | |
| − | options pciehp pciehp_force=1
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | ==== Notes ====
| + | |
| − | * ath_hal and ath_pci don't need to be blacklisted if they are disabled if they are disabled using ''system/administration/hardware drivers''
| + | |
| − | <<DateTime(2008-10-20T00:19:20Z)>>
| + | |
| − | * pciehp added per [https://launchpad.net/~jsgoncalves jsgoncalves]
| + | |
| − | * This file may no longer be needed as of 19 October 2008 -- [[UbuntuHelp:LaunchpadHome:khaeru|LaunchpadHome:khaeru]] <<DateTime(2008-10-20T00:19:20Z)>>
| + | |
| − | * See above note about ath_hal and ath_pci
| + | |
| − | * `options snd-hda-intel model=toshiba` is no longer necessary; sound works
| + | |
| − | * recording does not work in a default install as of 26 October 2008 (attempting recording produces nothing but fuzz in output file, no matter alsa volume levels) ([[UbuntuHelp:LaunchpadHome:dsm-iv-tr|LaunchpadHome:dsm-iv-tr]])
| + | |
| − | * `options usbcore autosuspend=1` has been the default in Ubuntu for some time (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/powertop/+bug/136549)
| + | |
| − | === /etc/sysctl.d/60-aspireone.conf ===
| + | |
| − | The file /etc/sysctl.d/README states, "End-users can use 60-*.conf and above," so we do this instead of fiddling with sysctl.conf itself or calling "sysctl -w" from rc.local:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | # Settings for the Acer Aspire One
| + | |
| − | #
| + | |
| − | # No swapping whatsoever
| + | |
| − | vm.swappiness = 0
| + | |
| − | # As suggested by PowerTOP
| + | |
| − | vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs = 1500
| + | |
| − | # Suggested by https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne
| + | |
| − | vm.vfs_cache_pressure = 0
| + | |
| − | vm.dirty_ratio = 20
| + | |
| − | vm.dirty_background_ratio = 10
| + | |
| − | vm.laptop_mode = 5
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | '''Note:''' Swappiness may be set to zero for an Aspire One with 1.5 GiB of RAM and no swap partition. You may wish to use another value (e.g. 10 as suggested above).
| + | |
| − | === /etc/rc.local ===
| + | |
| − | Here we include only settings that cannot be placed in the above files.
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | #!/bin/sh -e
| + | |
| − | #
| + | |
| − | # rc.local
| + | |
| − | #
| + | |
| − | # This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
| + | |
| − | # Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
| + | |
| − | # value on error.
| + | |
| − | #
| + | |
| − | # In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
| + | |
| − | # bits.
| + | |
| − | #
| + | |
| − | # By default this script does nothing.
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | # https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne
| + | |
| − | # Wireless disable/enable key
| + | |
| − | /usr/bin/setkeycodes e055 159
| + | |
| − | /usr/bin/setkeycodes e056 158
| + | |
| − | # Decrease power usage of USB while idle
| + | |
| − | [ -x /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-5/power/level ] && echo auto > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-5/power/level
| + | |
| − | [ -x /sys/bus/usb/devices/5-5/power/level ] && echo auto > /sys/bus/usb/devices/5-5/power/level
| + | |
| − | # Disable Wake-On-LAN feature of Ethernet port
| + | |
| − | ethtool -s eth0 wol d
| + | |
| − | # As in the rc.last.ctrl of Linpus
| + | |
| − | echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/sched_smt_power_savings
| + | |
| − | # Fan control
| + | |
| − | /usr/local/bin/acerfand
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | exit 0
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | ==== Notes ====
| + | |
| − | * As noted elsewhere, the wireless kill switch on the front of the case works, but there is no visual notification. Search around the Network Manager project and notice references to "rfkill" and "KillSwitch", neither of which is implement in NM yet.
| + | |
| − | * The wireless LEDs don't work; the "dev.wifi0" settings aren't included because they only generate errors.
| + | |
| − | * ethtool is not installed by default in Intrepid (as of RC1). This will cause rc.local to fail unless it is installed.
| + | |
| − | === /etc/init.d/rc ===
| + | |
| − | To improve boot speed, as noted above.
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | ...
| + | |
| − | CONCURRENCY=shell # https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne
| + | |
| − | ...
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | === /etc/profile ===
| + | |
| − | In Intrepid, the following no longer causes the artifacts mentioned above for Hardy.
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | ...
| + | |
| − | umask 022
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | # https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne
| + | |
| − | export INTEL_BATCH=1
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | === /etc/X11/xorg.conf === | + | |
| − | As noted above.
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | ...
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | Section "Device"
| + | |
| − | Identifier "Configured Video Device"
| + | |
| − | # https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne
| + | |
| − | Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS,VGA"
| + | |
| − | Option "Clone" "True"
| + | |
| − | Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
| + | |
| − | Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
| + | |
| − | VideoRam 229376
| + | |
| − | Option "CacheLines" "1980"
| + | |
| − | EndSection
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | ...
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | == References ==
| + | |
| − | * [[UbuntuWiki:LaptopTestingTeam/AcerAspireOneA150|Laptop|testing team]]
| + | |
| − | === Discussion ===
| + | |
| − | Discussion of this process is happening [http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=164&st=0&sk=t&sd=a here].
| + | |
| − | You can also join IRC channel #onelinux on irc.freenode.net.
| + | |
| | === Other distributions === | | === Other distributions === |
| | Several other distributions have their own installation guides for the Aspire One. | | Several other distributions have their own installation guides for the Aspire One. |
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| | * [http://wiki.debian.org/DebianAcerOne Debian] | | * [http://wiki.debian.org/DebianAcerOne Debian] |
| | * [http://gentoo-wiki.com/Acer_Aspire_One_A110L Gentoo] | | * [http://gentoo-wiki.com/Acer_Aspire_One_A110L Gentoo] |
| − | == Suggestions for this guide ==
| + | See also the [http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ Debian device driver check page]. |
| − | Please use @``SIG@ to sign your suggestions.
| + | |
| − | === Use Unetbootin ===
| + | |
| − | On this website: [http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/08/27/create-a-bootable-usb-drive-or-memory-card/ Create a bootable USB Drive or Memory Card], the tool used was [http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ UNetbootin] which seems to only require the one computer to run it on (as a statically linked binary, no install required, minimal dependencies) and generically works for a large number of distributions in addition to ubuntu and handles custom diskimages and custom kernels. This seems like a tool that is a little more quick than UbuntuLiveUSB.
| + | |
| − | To install:
| + | |
| − | * download .bin file from sourceforge
| + | |
| − | * right click on file, check executable (or run chmod +x *.bin in terminal)
| + | |
| − | * sudo apt-get install mtools p7zip-full
| + | |
| − | * run file (double click or type ./unetbooin-linux-282 in terminal) on any linux system
| + | |
| − | * select diskimage or distribution
| + | |
| − | * select USB drive from list (uses only device names unfortunately)
| + | |
| − | * click ok
| + | |
| − | Flash drive or memory card will be formatted and set up as a bootable drive.
| + | |
| − | === Stop hard drive death click ===
| + | |
| − | Both Hardy and intrepid may suffer from excessive load cycling
| + | |
| − | http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=805570
| + | |
| − | This will fix the issue, but value 128 in script should be modified to 200.
| + | |
| − | interestingly fedora suffers the same issue and they decided on no head parking(not a great idea) and also "S 120"
| + | |
| − | has anyone an view on using
| + | |
| − | ac
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | /sbin/hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda -S120
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | and
| + | |
| − | batt
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | /sbin/hdparm -B 200 /dev/sda -S120
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | === Clean-up ===
| + | |
| − | It would be nice to have a single section for Intrepid, rather than several sections that refer to bugs/hiccups that were in previous beta versions but are now irrelevant -- [[UbuntuHelp:LaunchpadHome:khaeru|LaunchpadHome:khaeru]] <<DateTime(2008-10-16T06:04:27Z)>>
| + | |
| − | We should copy the organization [[UbuntuHelp:EeePC|EeePC]] guys uysed on the Wiki.
| + | |
| − | -- [[UbuntuHelp:LaunchpadHome:dudus|LaunchpadHome:dudus]] <<DateTime(2008-12-16T04:43:47Z)>>
| + | |
| − | === Horizontal Scrolling ===
| + | |
| − | To enable horizontal scrolling for the touchpad (as in Linpus install), put this in xorg.conf:
| + | |
| − | <pre><nowiki>
| + | |
| − | Section "InputDevice"
| + | |
| − | Identifier "Mouse0"
| + | |
| − | Driver "synaptics"
| + | |
| − | Option "Protocol" "auto"
| + | |
| − | Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
| + | |
| − | Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
| + | |
| − | Option "CorePointer"
| + | |
| − | Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "1"
| + | |
| − | EndSection
| + | |
| − | </nowiki></pre>
| + | |
| − | Tested in Intrepid only.
| + | |
| − | -- [[UbuntuHelp:LaunchpadHome:julie-ubuntu|LaunchpadHome:julie-ubuntu]] <<DateTime(2008-10-23T00:33:39Z)>>
| + | |
| − | === Wireless Broken in Intrepid RC; how to install /home to an SD card ===
| + | |
| − | Two things:
| + | |
| − | 1) Some reports that the latest Intrepid / updating from an Intrepid beta breaks wireless.
| + | |
| − | '''Note''': The driver "ath5k" has been removed from the stock Intrepid kernel, because it's not working reliably on some machines. It works, however, on the AAo, you can easily get it by installing "linux-backports-modules-intrepid" [[UbuntuHelp:LaunchpadHome:christian-paratschek|LaunchpadHome:christian-paratschek]]
| + | |
| − | * Be sure to ''install the backports package first if you rely on the wireless card'', before you do a system update. You may also have to disable competing drivers in the Restricted Drivers manager after rebooting. -- [[UbuntuHelp:LaunchpadHome:dsm-iv-tr|LaunchpadHome:dsm-iv-tr]]
| + | |
| − | Active thread discussing this
| + | |
| − | http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=894852&highlight=aspireone+intrepid | + | |
| − | 2) The SD card / slot shows up as a partition option if you boot with a card in, and ''install from the live CD''. Do manual partition options and it's simple to set an SD card as /home.
| + | |
| − | -- [[UbuntuHelp:LaunchpadHome:julie-fuller|LaunchpadHome:julie-fuller]] <<DateTime(2008-10-28T04:46:43Z)>>
| + | |
| − | '''Note''': Suspend '''does not work''' with this type of install. Suspend might kill all your data on the SD-Card. [[UbuntuHelp:LaunchpadHome:christian-paratschek|LaunchpadHome:christian-paratschek]]
| + | |
| − | * Guide for the AAO 110L and Intrepid (cleaned up version of this one): [[UbuntuHelp:AspireOne110L|AspireOne110L]]
| + | |
| − | * There are internationalization issues with the suggested wireless solution:
| + | |
| − | 1. Your AccessPoint will be invisible to your [[UbuntuHelp:NetworkManager|NetworkManager]] Applet if
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | the AP is using an Europe-only channel such as Channel 12 or 13 while it will be visible after changing the AP to e.g. Channel 11. Appending the line
| + | |
| − | "options cfg80211 ieee80211_regdom=EU" to /etc/modprobe.d/options file as suggested elsewhere has no effect.
| + | |
| − | 2. Connecting over Ch11 to an AP only succeeds if the AP passsword contains no diacrit characters; so presumably passwords should be ASCII only. This is a BUG.
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | I use a fresh install of Ubuntu 8.10 on an Aspire One with the latest Madwifi driver madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-current as described in this guide. The AP is set for WPA2 Personal/AES.
| + | |
| − | * If you have any questions or new insights about Ubuntu 8.10 on the Acer Aspire One, please consider posting to [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=966158 this thread] in the forums first. This should help to further unclutter this site.
| + | |
| − | ----
| + | |
| − | [[category:CategoryWireless]]
| + | |
| | | | |
| | [[category:UbuntuHelp]] | | [[category:UbuntuHelp]] |
There are many netbooks under the name "Acer Aspire One".
Each component is shared by some of them but in general they are different.
The subpages of specific models account for this:
Nevertheless, fixes, enhancements, and solutions for another model may work for your netbook, specially when:
The following functionalities improve considerably between two Ubuntu releases:
Wireless, Audio, Webcam, Video, Fan control, USB, Sleep, Hibernation.
They are likely to be outdated in some of the subpages. In most cases they describe manual fixes that are not necessarily with the latest release.
Several other distributions have their own installation guides for the Aspire One.
