tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post7229481186629512201..comments2023-10-16T09:02:26.644+02:00Comments on Kernel Hacks: Arch Linux on a WM8650 netbook (II)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-33814204841000443472018-11-07T21:40:22.354+01:002018-11-07T21:40:22.354+01:00press CRTL+ALT+F1
and make manual login, after
s...press CRTL+ALT+F1 <br />and make manual login, after <br />startx BenjaminArrolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07501841885417846317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-17035271992863388852018-11-07T21:39:29.184+01:002018-11-07T21:39:29.184+01:00i'm using in 2018 :) and works fine.i'm using in 2018 :) and works fine.BenjaminArrolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07501841885417846317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-43083180187411997282015-01-28T19:29:16.574+01:002015-01-28T19:29:16.574+01:00Same problem here :(
Same problem here :(<br />XxKebixXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119317918638516553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-88074943008285401422015-01-28T19:22:32.387+01:002015-01-28T19:22:32.387+01:00Hi,
Old post, but thanks for your work :)
I insta...Hi,<br /><br />Old post, but thanks for your work :)<br />I installed your kernel on my SD : everything work fine, no problem. Boot seems ok too, but after the log screen : I had just a black screen with my curser (crow form). I can't run commands or anything.<br /><br />Can you help me please ?XxKebixXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119317918638516553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-42033610140930226832013-01-03T07:21:54.012+01:002013-01-03T07:21:54.012+01:00hi, great guide, i follow it but something has not...hi, great guide, i follow it but something has not work ? i cant make mysmartbook boot into grpahical mode, with your guide i do get a blank screen and cursor blinking like loading but it stays there. can you please explain more? thanks <br />Santiagoblogger_mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16954981887480913271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-22549514225730218352012-12-13T08:30:17.170+01:002012-12-13T08:30:17.170+01:00after updating doragasu's arch image my netboo...after updating doragasu's arch image my netbook is not mounting usb disk automatically also no pop up file manager is coming. Can anybody help me how to fix this problem???<br /><br />regards<br />jagsjagspaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16126657052369271741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-3464077314946394522012-12-13T08:25:56.427+01:002012-12-13T08:25:56.427+01:00finally my 3G dongle is running. I need to run mod...finally my 3G dongle is running. I need to run modprobe ppp_aync manualy before wvdial.<br />can anybody tell me how to load ppp_aync module automatically.<br /><br />jagsjagspaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16126657052369271741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-91097417091590072732012-12-11T08:27:50.408+01:002012-12-11T08:27:50.408+01:00I followed doragasu guide and updated via the guid...I followed doragasu guide and updated via the guide erich. Now I have a fully updated arch linux os on my netbook.<br /><br />@erich<br />I have not understood last line of your post<br /><br />[ Now, off to build a kernel...... ]<br /><br />please tell me what does it mean?<br /><br />In this step I just restarted my netbook.<br /><br />I have wifi and battery issue, I decided to work on it after some days, rather I need my USB 3G modem & USB to serial converter (pl2303: Prolific PL2303 USB to serial adapter) working right now.<br /><br />I have installed usbutils usb_modswitch wvdial<br /><br />but unfortunately I am not getting any ttyUSBx port for both USB 3G modem & USB to serial converter.<br /><br />Any help????<br /><br />I tried to install flashplayer plugin <br /><br />pacman -S flashplugin but not found<br /><br />Can anybody tell me how to install flashplayer plugin on my netbook arch linux?<br /><br />regards<br />jagsjagspaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16126657052369271741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-5461674518733010132012-12-11T08:24:52.147+01:002012-12-11T08:24:52.147+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.jagspaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16126657052369271741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-86642251091708073332012-11-25T21:59:20.180+01:002012-11-25T21:59:20.180+01:00Thanks for the tip.
I was able to build the kerne...Thanks for the tip.<br /><br />I was able to build the kernel from a LXDE terminal without using swap, but maybe other memory hungry applications need that.doragasuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04522851483096868741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-42644309432936028502012-11-25T14:37:21.324+01:002012-11-25T14:37:21.324+01:00A hint for those attempting large builds from sour...A hint for those attempting large builds from source.<br /><br />While trying to build fldigi I found that gcc was running out of memory, causing processes to be killed, and then the make process failed. This was happening even though running it from a virtual terminal without even logging into X windows to save memory.<br /><br />The easiest way to fix this is to add a swap partition to the SD card, for use just in case memory runs low.<br /><br />Use gparted on another machine to<br /><br />1) shrink the ARCH_SYS partition on the SD card by somewhere between 200MB and 512MB, by removing the Megabytes from the tail end, unused part of it.<br /><br />2) add a 3rd partition to the SD card, labelled "swap", and of type "linux-swap". BOOT is mmcblk0p1, ARCH_SYS is mmvblk0p2, and swap will be mmcblk0p3<br /><br />having done this, go to the ARCH_SYS partition, and into /etc/ directory and edit the fstab file<br /><br />and add the following line to the end of it<br /><br /><br />/dev/mmcblk0p3 none swap defaults 0 0<br /><br /><br />when the laptop reboots, there will be swap in reserve while attempting big software builds.<br /><br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Ericherichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018094332211013663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-67737411125314124652012-11-24T07:27:34.974+01:002012-11-24T07:27:34.974+01:00Hello every one,
I followed doragasu guide and up...Hello every one,<br /><br />I followed doragasu guide and updated via the guide erich posted. At the moment I have a fully updated arch linux os on my mini laptop that originally had windows ce. I am very happy and excited to have this new os to play around with. Many thanks to doragaus and erich for the helpful guides. Also, after updating i noticed that midori would no longer run. To fix this I did the command<br />pacman -S webkitgtk2<br />which I believe replaced a out dated package<br /><br />p.s.<br /> I used the command <br /> pacman -R pcmciautils<br /> Instead of the <br /> pacman -R pcmcia-utils<br /> since pcmcia-utils was not recognized<br /><br />Also, i was wondering how I would go about installing these packages into arch linux arm?<br /><br />Firefox, Flash, Java, And Minecraft.<br /><br />Thanks for all the help hope to have all my favorite apps up and running soon.<br /><br />Sincerly, <br />I happy customerAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11263107674482054202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-91981042717566837162012-11-21T13:45:40.920+01:002012-11-21T13:45:40.920+01:00Great work, thanks for sharing!Great work, thanks for sharing!doragasuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04522851483096868741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-44987120610193440092012-11-21T13:29:27.787+01:002012-11-21T13:29:27.787+01:00For those wishing to update the system, you'll...For those wishing to update the system, you'll need to work around the glibc /lib -> /usr/lib migration.<br /><br />The following approach has achieved a system upgrade on doragasu's 2012-06-19 tarball ARCH_SYS filesystem, and allowed installation of the gcc toolchain, with a view to kernel and module building. YMMV, and the instructions stop at the point of building and installing a new kernel and modules.<br /><br />Simply using:<br /><br />pacman -Syu<br /><br />won't work with the tarball filesystem, owing to recent changes in the /lib -> usr/lib changes.<br /><br />try this approach:<br /><br />http://allanmcrae.com/2012/07/updating-arch-linux-from-a-core-install/<br /><br />but use myplugbox.com/pkg for the glibc source, i.e.<br /><br />pacman -Sy<br />rm -rf /var/run /var/lock && pacman -Sf filesystem<br />pacman -S tzdata<br />pacman -U http://myplugbox.com/pkg/glibc-2.16.0-1-arm.pkg.tar.xz<br />rm /etc/profile.d/locale.sh<br /><br />and at this point, multiple font symlinks need to be removed from the /etc/fonts/conf.d directory, as per:<br /><br />https://www.archlinux.org/news/fontconfig-2101-update-manual-intervention-required/<br /><br />you will then need to remove packages with leftover files in /lib<br /><br />pacman -R linux<br />pacman -R linux-headers<br />pacman -R pcmcia-utils<br /><br />mv /lib/modules /usr/lib/modules (not sure if this will kill it on reboot, but I am about to try building a new kernel and modules anyway - you have been warned)<br /><br />pacman -Su --ignore glibc<br />pacman -Su<br /><br />if you still get glibc errors, look for further clues with the following command<br /><br />$ grep '^lib/' /var/lib/pacman/local/*/files<br /><br />which will show any remaining files in /lib, not owned by glibc, still needing removal<br /><br />then again try<br /><br />pacman -Su<br /><br />which should then work without complaints<br /><br />followed by this, to install the gcc toolchain bits and pieces<br /><br />pacman -S base-devel<br /><br />then replace what was removed<br /><br />pacman -S linux<br />pacman -S linux-headers<br /><br />pcmcia-utils is outdated and no longer available, so won't need replacement on a WM8650 netbook.<br /><br />Now, off to build a kernel......erichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018094332211013663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-131657437540693162012-11-20T13:26:50.786+01:002012-11-20T13:26:50.786+01:00Too bad I have no time to try getting latest Arch ...Too bad I have no time to try getting latest Arch to run in these netbooks. I'll add a warning at the beginning of the tutorials with this information.doragasuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04522851483096868741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-62501277932935596172012-11-20T13:19:45.056+01:002012-11-20T13:19:45.056+01:00Those trying to use the part I guide will run into...Those trying to use the part I guide will run into problems due to the recent changes (as far as I can tell) in the archlinux root filesystem tarball to do with /sbin/init being changed to /usr/lib/systemd/systemd... the boot process using the part I guide's BOOT filesystem will fail to load init after mounting the ext3 root filesystem if a current Archlinux tarball is used. I tried passing init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd in a new wmt_script but to no avail.<br /><br />The tarball 2012-06-19 linked to above does indeed work - I just managed to boot into LXDE on a WM8650 netbook bought on ebay in the last week or two on a Patriot brand 16GB class 10 SD card. Good work doragasu!!!!Erichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06713492721272257911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-81145198921686828552012-11-18T20:04:25.007+01:002012-11-18T20:04:25.007+01:00Unfortunately that image is very old, and cannot b...Unfortunately that image is very old, and cannot be updated without getting your hands dirty. What is happening when you try to update the system is a known problem that appeared when Arch migrated /lib contents to /usr/lib. More about it here:<br />https://www.archlinux.org/news/the-lib-directory-becomes-a-symlink/<br /><br />You'll also have problems with the latest update that changes initscripts to systemd for booting. I'm very busy ATM and I have no time to do it myself, but it looks like other user has done it successfully. Have a look to the comments of this post:<br />http://kernelhacks.blogspot.com.es/2012/09/arch-linux-for-wm8650-kernelmodules.htmldoragasuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04522851483096868741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-23913874853397655302012-11-18T18:04:55.857+01:002012-11-18T18:04:55.857+01:00Hello, I have installed the system according to yo...Hello, I have installed the system according to your instructions on my wm8650 netbook. I started from he image : alarm-wm8650-2012.06.19.tar.bz2. Netbook boots and network are working. Unfortunately when I try to update the system (pacman -Syu) I have trouble with pacman and glibc installed versions (glibc 2.15 installed, 2.16 required). I have search on the web bur no solution solved the problem. Do you have any idea? Thanks.Marcelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00282202844083874722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-53417393394641490522012-11-11T06:47:28.640+01:002012-11-11T06:47:28.640+01:00hi i looking for the scheme wondermedia mini netbo...hi i looking for the scheme wondermedia mini netbook 7 inch, do you know where i can find it , i apreciate your help tnx slavebenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575777283913715950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-59210031422883009222012-10-05T21:34:07.374+02:002012-10-05T21:34:07.374+02:00Hi, I tried using the full system image and everyt...Hi, I tried using the full system image and everything seems to go fine. I get the login screen then when I login all I get is a X on the screen. When I'm doing the manual install I can't seem to get the wifi working. I tried iwconfig and it dosen't recognise the command. I'd like to get your premade image working. I feel like I'm missing something Tim Pagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15847972945189020839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-47771550296226559132012-09-11T18:37:22.002+02:002012-09-11T18:37:22.002+02:00Yes -- I tried with 490, 400, 300, and 256. The on...Yes -- I tried with 490, 400, 300, and 256. The only one that works without messing up is 212M. zdlawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16791369098558160068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-68540547197685918662012-09-11T09:02:37.534+02:002012-09-11T09:02:37.534+02:00Have you tried with lower memory amounts? Like for...Have you tried with lower memory amounts? Like for example mem=400m<br />doragasuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04522851483096868741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-67795669235277384922012-09-10T21:34:08.563+02:002012-09-10T21:34:08.563+02:00I actually made my own scriptcmd with an increased...I actually made my own scriptcmd with an increased amount of RAM -- I did something like mem=490m and when trying to boot, the screen would whack out and go crazy with colors before freezing. The model of my smartbook is a Sylvania SYNET07WICV. The manufacturer of the smartbook offers a WinCE7 smartbook update on their website, and I dug through their scriptcmd's and saw that they have their max-mem set to 212M as well. So I wonder if what they list is misleading, or if the extra RAM is being used for something else? <br /><br />I know you've got other projects you'd like to work on, but if anyone else is interested in what I'm talking about, the link is http://www.sylvaniacomputers.com/product.php?id_product=45 under the updates/fixes heading. If anything, what they post could serve as a "backup" in case anyone wants to try and put Arch (or any linux) onto the NAND. zdlawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16791369098558160068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-21791742904976352252012-09-10T09:00:11.901+02:002012-09-10T09:00:11.901+02:00The amount of memory is specied in the boot script...The amount of memory is specied in the boot script, and for these 256 MB netbooks is set for around 212 MB IIRC.<br /><br />There was another user with the same problem. I uploaded for him a boot script with a greater amount of RAM configured. I can't remember if he got it working with all the memory, if you dig in the comments you might find it.doragasuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04522851483096868741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301315132642115966.post-70508100989529519512012-09-07T07:26:24.752+02:002012-09-07T07:26:24.752+02:00First of all, thanks for the excellent instruction...First of all, thanks for the excellent instructions!<br /><br />I just have one question -- my smartbook is only using ~200MB of RAM under Arch (even though it has 512MB total). Would you happen to know why this is happening, and how I might be able to fix this?zdlawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16791369098558160068noreply@blogger.com