aspire one puppy

[Alley]

Unexpected bonus - RNDIS works, so I'm able to tether to my Windows Mobile phone (using its internet connection sharing) to get internet when out of wifi range - I was expecting to have to dive into a messy recompile for those drivers -

[iscraigh]

I'm still getting the major CPU overuse; which means this thing's running really hot as well. Is that a side effect of the Cairo Dock? If so, can it be disabled?
I also get a crash if I try to add anything manual to the Cairo Dock - it locks up when I click the browse/find file button. Any suggestions? Can I add them manually through a config file?

With NoACPI won't things like CPU scaling be disabled in Puppy? is that why the CPU is thrashing?

I am getting no where near that cpu usage, @ idle I get about 5% acpi=off affects everything pci=noacpi affects irq routing

people
with broken ACPI BIOSes. If only the ACPI interrupt routing part is broken,
'pci=noacpi' should help as the documantation states:

Try running top in a terminal window and watch the cpu usage there. I found the monitor on the cairo dock taskbar was not really refreshing.

I have also altered the initrd so that puppy dows not load into ram, this speeds bootup by about 5 seconds, I may post this file soon.
To stop cairo dock from running just open your home folder and go into the startup, look for cairo dock and delete.

Will try to confirm cpu scaling is working.


Craig

[Alley]

Using Top I get about 15% avg adding usr and sys. Not as drastic as the widget but I can definitely tell the machine's working harder than with the other version, just due to the heat factor.

Thanks, that info helps on acpi.

I've tried in Ram and not - I don't mind the extra boot time as it seems to make things more responsive afterwards.

Thanks for all the help. Do you duplicate the problem adding programs to Cairo dock?
-Alley

[iscraigh]

Yes cairo dock is very picky, stable as long as you don't mess with it
Fun to play with though.
You could disable cairo and switch to jwm just exit to a prompt type "xwin jwm"


Craig

[Alley]

I'm getting there with it slowly -

Turns out the problem is not in adding the launcher but adding the icon for the launcher.

Specifically, the "open" button to browse for the icon is what is locking things up.
The workaround is to type the actual path to the icon instead of browsing to it, that seems to work.

[iscraigh]

Yeah something I figured out probably would have been a good thing to mention
Thanks for sticking with it.

Oh yeah if you completely crash Cairo dock and you know what you were doing (what launcher you were editing)
Go into /root/.config/cairo-dock/current_theme
and delete the offending launcher (you can add it back once cairo loads)

Craig

[Aitch]

Hi Craig,

posting from a friends aspire one, unadulterated

What is the procedure for puppyfying thiis little web book?

There is no CD, only a plugin 2gb card [SD?] in the right-hand port & USB socket

Do I need to download and save your remaster to the 2gb card or a USB stick, & how do I do an install from then....?

Do you recommend a full or frugal install?

Do I need to repartition/create folders, or something?

Sorry if I didn't read all posts, only there were 3 threads.....

Have you/anyone had any luck with 3G HSDPA USB - an ICON225 on Orange?

My friend is laying in hospital & I need to help, if possible, thanks

Any quick howto will help,

Aitch

[iscraigh]

Burn to cd boot on computer with cd drive. Use universal installer to install to usb stick.

Boot aspire from usb stick

and follow these directions 1/2 way down page.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 4&start=45

Craig

[Alley]

Thanks, Craig -

I did play with JWM - in case anybody else tries it from reading this thread, you definitely need to remove CairoDock from startup first as they fight - and if you want to go back to the way things were, use "xwin openbox" from the prompt as puppy will NOT reset to openbox at your next bootup -

and the "exit to prompt" from the gui didn't work for me - but ctrl-alt-backspace does of course -

Aitch - I'm using HSDPA with AT&T, but I'm tethering with my Windows Mobile 6 phone so my steps may be slightly different from yours. Since yours is USB, you may get lucky and it uses RNDIS drivers like mine. If that's the case, plug in the cell modem first, click "Connect", then go to the network wizard. You will see a third network adapter, on mine eth1, using module rndis_host. Click the eth1 button, click Auto DHCP, and you should be connected.

If you don't see that third network interface, go back to "Connect" and use the "Internet by Wireless GPRS" setting, but you will need some carrier-specific info about proxies, logins, etc to enter into the wizard using that method. There are several threads on GPRS modems if you end up having to use that method.

Good Luck!
-Alley

[Aitch]

Cool, thanks Craig & Alley

Though I don't know if I'll get a chance before leaving for Germany at the w/e, having to take my friend to a clinic near Munich, as they messed up over here

Aitch

[Ted Dog]

Ah, Christmas time in Germany, happy memories of my childhood. Miss the food/songs and sledding in the snow to the gummybear store. Must locate the old albums.
At least it is cooler outside today, 80 deg F yesterday

[Alley]

Craig, found a reference to the problem with Cairo not showing up until after that first click -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 781#244781
haven't tried their solution yet as I'm not sure what all I'd end up needing to reconfigure -
-Alley

[Ted Dog]

I think heavy use and cold weather (same occurred: on first dead AA1) caused the bios to flake-out. Was able to Flash BIOS using the Fn Esc and files from ACER and my second AA1 is reborn with updated BIOS

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;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/11/19
BIOS Version    : v0.3308
EC Version      : 3.5D

EC:
 1. Fix RIS LAN download system shutdown issue.

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/11/03
BIOS Version    : v0.3307
EC Version      : 3.4B

BIOS:
 1. Formal release base on 3306c.

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/10/30
BIOS Version    : v0.3306c
EC Version      : 3.4B

BIOS:
 1. Set XP DC mode C4 timing to 0x0B.
 2. Set XP DC mode pcie break event to disable.
    (Please see attach file "PowerConsumption1.xls".)

EC(3.4B)
1.Set Brightness table
	AU Flicker Panel            		   46%  47%  48%  49%  50%  63%  72%  81%  90%  100%

	OTHER Panel  and AU new Panel              21%  25%  31%  35%  39%  51%  63%  75%  87%  100%

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/10/08
BIOS Version    : v0.3306a
EC Version      : 3.4A

BIOS:
 1. When Panel is V1, send 0x12 to port 0x6C and send 0x00 to port 0x68.
    The other, send 0x12 to port 0x6C and 0x01 to port 0x68.

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/10/06
BIOS Version    : v0.3306
EC Version      : 3.4

BIOS:
 1. If PowerOn password is equal to Harddisk password, do not ask Harddisk password.
 2. Change BIOS Date to "10/06/2008"
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/09/12
BIOS Version    : v0.3305
EC Version      : 3.4

EC(3.3):
 1. Fix sanyo battery 6 cell calibration shutdown issue.


EC(3.4):
 1. Fix Panasonic battery 3 cell calibration shutdown issue.

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/08/29
BIOS Version    : v0.3304
EC Version      : 3.2

BIOS:
 1. Set XP DC mode C4 timing to 0x0A.
 2. Set XP DC mode pcie break event to enable.
    (Please see attach file "PowerConsumption2.xls".)

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/08/27
BIOS Version    : v0.3303
EC Version      : 3.2

Base on 3302 BIOS:
 1. Change EC to 3.2.

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/08/26
BIOS Version    : v0.3302
EC Version      : 3.1A

Base on 3116 BIOS:
 1. Improve auto into s4 problem.
 3. Add new battery information.
 2. Remember add post time solution.

EC:
 1. Add new battery.

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/08/21
BIOS Version    : v0.3301
EC Version      : 3.2

EC:
 1. Fix AU panel brightness issue. brightness table change to 46%,47%,
    48%,49%,50%,63%,72%,81%,90%,100%.
 2. Add Sanyo and Simplo 6 cell battery in support list.

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/08/21
BIOS Version    : v0.3201
EC Version      : 3.146

BIOS:
 1. Add reduce post time solution.
 2. Base on 3114 to change EC.

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/08/13
BIOS Version    : v0.3116
EC Version      : 3.1

BIOS:
 1. Disable Intel Top Swap function during s3, s4 and power off.
 2. Improve auto into s4 problem.
 3. Fixed reclaim hang up issue.

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/08/08
BIOS Version    : v0.3115f
EC Version      : 3.1

BIOS:
 1. Modify LPC Reg 0xAA value to 0x0B in XP DC mode.
    (Please see attach file "PowerConsumption1.xls".)

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/07/30
BIOS Version    : v0.3115
EC Version      : 3.1

BIOS:
 1. Modify power consumption.
    (Please see attach file "PowerConsumption.xls".)

 2. Fixed need input capital letter to unlock password.

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/07/17
BIOS Version    : v0.3114
EC Version      : 3.1

BIOS:
 1. Base on 3113, modify something as below.
    POST
      1. Set C4 timing to 0x06.
      2. Disable LAN device and host L0s and L1.
      3. Enable PCIE break event.

    OS
      1. Check if OS is XP, then
         1. Set C4 timing to 0x0A.
         2. Enable LAN device and host L0s and L1.
         3. Disable PCIE break event.

EC:
 1. Fix EC 4sec shutdown no function issue.

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/07/16
BIOS Version    : v0.3113
EC Version      : 3.0

BIOS:
 1. Add ESCD feature.
 2. Fixed Lan wake on s5 fail problem.
 3. Remove check AC/DC mode to set C4 timming, ASPM register and break event.
    Then set registers when post as below.
     1. Enable PCIE break event.
     2. Disable LAN bridge ASPM.
     3. Set C4 timming to 0x06.
 4. Remove v0.3109i item 4(Reduce POST time).
 5. Fixed sometimes hang up in Acer logo.

EC:
 1. Add SPI flash write protect function.
 2. Add Japan keybaord matrix.

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/07/10
BIOS Version    : v0.3112
EC Version      : 2.9

EC:
 1. Update new Brightness table for AU Panel issue.

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/07/09
BIOS Version    : v0.3111
EC Version      : 2.8

BIOS:
 1. If OS is XP, disable WLAN bridge L0s.

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/07/08
BIOS Version    : v0.3110
EC Version      : 2.8

BIOS:
 1. Modify DMI type0 and type 2 manufacturer name to "Acer".

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/07/01
BIOS Version    : v0.3109i
EC Version      : 2.8

BIOS:
 1. Fixed HDD serial numbel incorrect.
 2. When someone has set a HDD password and reset it,
    password confirmation is failed.
 3. Support three ROMs, MX25L8005, A25L080, EN25F80.
 4. Reduce POST time.

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/06/28
BIOS Version    : v0.3109h
EC Version      : 2.8

BIOS:
 1. Remove ACPI check O.S. type to set C4 timming and ASPM register.
 2. Add ACPI check AC/DC mode to set C4 timming, ASPM register and break event.
    POST :
      Always set C4 timming to 0x06 and disable LAN brideg ASPM(L0s+L1).
 
    OS:
      AC mode
        1. Enable break event
        2. Disable LAN ASPM
        3. Set C4 timming to 0x06
 
      DC mode
        1. Disable break event
        2. Enable LAN ASPM
        3. Set C4 timming to 0x0A (default value)

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/06/21
BIOS Version    : v0.3109
EC Version      : 2.8

BIOS:
 1. Fixed card reader can't work under Linux OS.
 2. Improve Lan transmission issue.

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/06/20
BIOS Version    : v0.3108
EC Version      : 2.8

BIOS:
 1. Disable Internal LAN ASPM and set LPC c4 timing to 0x06.
 2. Remove F12 setup menu item.
 3. Set WLAN device ASPM L1 enable.
 4. Set F12 default to enable in SCU.

EC:
 1. Update new Fan table, change 49'C up to middle speed.
 2. Modify wirelress module default enable.

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/06/20
BIOS Version    : v0.3107x
EC Version      : 2.7E

BIOS:
 1. Disable break event of internal LAN.
 2. Change Insyde H2O logo to small.
 3. Improve Q-Reboot long run can't shutdown issue.
 4. Change PCIE hot plug to GPIO for D3E.

EC:
 1. Set WLAN default to enable.
 2. Change fan table.

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date            : 2008/06/19
BIOS Version    : v0.3107
EC Version      : 2.7

BIOS:
 1. Improve Q-Reboot long run can't shutdown issue.
 2. Add Insyde H2O logo.
 3. Fixed Alt-F10 can't work issue.
...

looks to have fix a whole lot of stuff.

[Haggis-AOA]

It is great to see Acers continued support on the Aspire One, i guess i had better update my bios again, i bet it won't be the last.
3309 bios here
http://sites.google.com/site/maclesblog ... edirects=0WARNING !! DON'T USE THIS, I HAVE BLANK SCREEN AFTER USING THIS FLASH BIOS !!

Date : 2008/12/04

BIOS Version : v0.3309

EC Version : 3.6



BIOS:

1. Add SLP2.0 for Vista.

2. Change vbios setting to fixed external display vibrate issue.



EC:

1. Fix battery can't charge after battery in OCP.

[bigotefalso]

Hi!

This is my first post here. I'm so glad there's a Puppy version for the Aspireone. I don't speak English perfectly but I'll do my best.

I want to run Compiz-fusion, but it needs xfce, kde or gnome. I could install xfce, there's no problem whit that, perhaps compiz needs 3D acceleration and I just cannot make it go. I've tried whit Ripple (that has compiz by default and 3D support for Intel cards) but it doesn't work.

My question is: how do I get 3D acceleration for Aspireone? Is there any pet I could use? do we have it already enabled in this puplet?

Thank you!

Greetings from Mexico!!

[eztuxer]

It is great to see Acers continued support on the Aspire One, i guess i had better update my bios again, i bet it won't be the last.
3309 bios here
http://sites.google.com/site/maclesblog ... edirects=0WARNING !! DON'T USE THIS, I HAVE BLANK SCREEN AFTER USING THIS FLASH BIOS !!

Date : 2008/12/04

BIOS Version : v0.3309

EC Version : 3.6



BIOS:

1. Add SLP2.0 for Vista.

2. Change vbios setting to fixed external display vibrate issue.



EC:

1. Fix battery can't charge after battery in OCP.

I cant believe how incompetant they are, about writing a dependable BOIS.

I've tried this version too with same result, I'm back using the previous one.

I'm starting to wonder if the EEPROM isn't too cheap and looses its content ???

Not to mention the missing extra RAM access...

[Haggis-AOA]

Could you please post what make/model of usb flash you have and method you used to reflash eztuxer.

[eztuxer]

I'm using the "macles" BIOS :

http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/07/flashing-bios.html

http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/view ... f=24&t=903

Plug in the usb stick for re flashing.
Just unplug battery & AC plug, then replug them in.
First press Fn + esc then turn it on while holding those keys for a few seconds.
After 2 minutes it will self reboot.

Note: I keep the BIOS stick handy, as this loss of BIOS still happens about twice a month.

[nitrobanshee]

I somehow lost my cairo-dock, it quit loading on startup. The script to start it is still in the startup folder and if I click it it starts up. I know about the clicking on the desktop before it will come up, but clicking the destop does not start it anymore.

Thanks
Jeremy

[iscraigh]

Run Cairo dock from a prompt I suspect it is crashing.

If it is crashing you have a couple of choices

1) Delete save file and start over
2) Go into /root/.config/cairo-dock/ Current theme (or default theme) (not on my aspire so going by memory)

Try to remember what you changed on the dock and find that plugin and delete it, or delete everything in that folder and when it starts choos the aspire theme.

Cairo dock does not crash well but it looks good.


Craig