Acer AOD250-1613
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Hardware Information for Potential Buyers
lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev c0)
lsusb
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0a5c:2151 Broadcom Corp.
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0159 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b084 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
lsmod
Module Size Used by
sco 10944 2
bridge 53936 0
stp 2112 1 bridge
llc 5576 2 bridge,stp
bnep 10940 2
btusb 12656 0
ipt_REJECT 2908 1
ipt_LOG 5568 5
xt_limit 2432 6
xt_tcpudp 2844 7
xt_state 1948 6
ipt_addrtype 2332 4
ip6table_filter 2396 1
ip6_tables 12588 1 ip6table_filter
nf_nat_irc 2044 0
nf_conntrack_irc 5024 1 nf_nat_irc
nf_nat_ftp 2844 0
nf_nat 17776 2 nf_nat_irc,nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack_ipv4 14344 8 nf_nat
nf_defrag_ipv4 1692 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_conntrack_ftp 7072 1 nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack 65400 7 xt_state,nf_nat_irc,nf_conntrack_irc,nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ftp
iptable_filter 2556 1
ip_tables 11436 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 15776 8 ipt_REJECT,ipt_LOG,xt_limit,xt_tcpudp,xt_state,ipt_addrtype,ip6_tables,ip_tables
rfcomm 39116 0
l2cap 24124 6 bnep,rfcomm
bluetooth 57668 7 sco,bnep,btusb,rfcomm,l2cap
ext3 134020 1
jbd 49136 1 ext3
hfs 46720 0
hfsplus 76864 0
vfat 11132 0
fat 53052 1 vfat
isofs 33764 0
nls_utf8 1664 0
udf 86564 0
crc_itu_t 1724 1 udf
i915 233928 1
drm 156160 2 i915
i2c_algo_bit 5888 1 i915
aes_i586 8124 1
aes_generic 27228 1 aes_i586
ipv6 279604 12
cpufreq_userspace 3008 2
ext2 68964 1
loop 15336 2
snd_seq_dummy 2720 0
snd_seq_oss 31232 0
snd_seq_midi_event 7036 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 53808 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 6792 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 40320 0
snd_mixer_oss 17564 1 snd_pcm_oss
joydev 10528 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 210048 1
arc4 1756 2
snd_hda_intel 27528 0
ecb 2812 2
snd_hda_codec 72700 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 7712 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 74496 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer 21188 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
usb_storage 51904 1
ath9k 239188 0
fan 4448 0
snd 58820 11 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 6944 1 snd
video 20116 1 i915
mac80211 155788 1 ath9k
ath 7708 1 ath9k
iTCO_wdt 11072 0
output 2908 1 video
iTCO_vendor_support 3136 1 iTCO_wdt
thermal 13912 0
cfg80211 90364 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
pciehp 37020 0
led_class 4000 1 ath9k
psmouse 60084 0
snd_page_alloc 8900 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
uhci_hcd 23692 0
wmi 6600 0
battery 10816 0
intel_agp 28604 1
ac 4224 0
rfkill 19696 2 bluetooth,cfg80211
pci_hotplug 28732 1 pciehp
button 5612 0
i2c_i801 9616 0
sg 27728 0
agpgart 32660 3 drm,intel_agp
ehci_hcd 36620 0
atl1c 32160 0
i2c_core 21808 4 i915,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_i801
evdev 10240 13
serio_raw 5792 0
usbcore 154032 5 btusb,usb_storage,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
acpi_cpufreq 8648 0
freq_table 3740 1 acpi_cpufreq
processor 36076 3 acpi_cpufreq
rtc_cmos 11344 0
rtc_core 17976 1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib 2524 1 rtc_core
ext4 334112 2
mbcache 7104 3 ext3,ext2,ext4
jbd2 82016 1 ext4
crc16 1660 1 ext4
sd_mod 28344 5
ahci 35788 2
libata 169548 1 ahci
scsi_mod 112468 4 usb_storage,sg,sd_mod,libata
Wired and Wireless Networking
Both work out of the box using kernel26 version 2.6.31. Note that the installer (2009.8) comes with 2.6.30, so plan accordingly and download needed packages to a usb drive (kernel26 and kernel26-firmware) to install after system installation. Drivers used: atl1c (for wired) and ath9k (for wireless). I'd recommend Wicd, thru its wicd-curses (for tty use) for easy wireless connection setup.
Bluetooth
Works out of the box (don't forget to turn it on using the bluetooth button). See Bluetooth.
Configuration Files
Synaptics (for hotpluggers)
This code goes into the following file: /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device> <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad"> <match key="info.product" contains="Synaptics TouchPad"> <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge> </match> <match key="info.product" contains="AlpsPS/2 ALPS"> <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge> </match> <match key="info.product" contains="appletouch"> <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge> </match> <match key="info.product" contains="bcm5974"> <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge> </match> <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMconfig" type="string">on</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton1" type="string">1</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton2" type="string">2</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton3" type="string">3</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.VertEdgeScroll" type="string">true</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizEdgeScroll" type="string">true</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizScrollDelta" type="string">100</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.VertScrollDelta" type="string">100</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.VertTwoFingerScroll" type="string">1</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizTwoFingerScroll" type="string">1</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" type="string">60</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateTwoFingerMinW" type="string">8</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.LeftEdge" type="string">715</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.RightEdge" type="string">5700</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.TopEdge" type="string">550</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.BottomEdge" type="string">5000</merge>
</match> </device>
</deviceinfo>
xorg.conf
Not needed with hotplugging. xf86-video-intel is the one it uses. See Beginners Guide to set up X.
Not Losing Android
Quick Review
Not losing Android, as far as I understand, requires some effort on your part. Here is the gist: do NOT install the bootloader to the MBR but to the partition where you installed Arch.
Caution: You always risk losing data when you are moving or resizing a partition. Don't start the procedure if you do not have a back up, are not sure whether e-recovery (alt+f10 while booting) may work (I don't know if this model has it), do not have recovery CDs ($20 from Acer, does not come with the netbook), or just don't want to risk it.
Details
When you first turn on your AOD-250 (d250 with android), you will see that it has three partitions:
- /dev/sda1 -> "Compaq Diagnostic" (ie System Recovery partition)
- /dev/sda2 -> NTFS (Windows XP)
- /dev/sda3 -> FAT32 (Android)
I am not quite sure how, but the boot process is initially handled by Acer's tools, not Windows XP's bootloader (NTLDR). In fact, ubuntu's Gparted version identifies this tool as a hidden Windows Vista bootloader. Acer's tool first looks at whether you want (set up) Android to start. If you did, it starts Android up. If you chose Xindows XP, it tells NTLDR to load Windows XP up. So, as far as I understand, if you install another bootloader to the MBR, you lose Android (I did not try it though -I didn't want to take the risk).
So here is what I did:
1. Boot using Ubuntu LiveCD USB (because it had an up to date gparted at time of this writing) to:
- shrink Windows' partition to 20G
- move /dev/sda3 right after /dev/sda2, so that when I create new partitions, the partition number (sda3) will not change.
- create new partitions for Arch installation
2. Install Arch as usual, but tell it to install bootloader to the partition where Arch was installed. In other words, if you install Arch to /dev/sda6, choose /dev/sda6 as the place to install grub when it asks you.
3. Boot with Ubuntu LiveCD USB again to copy the bootloader to a usb disk. If you installed Arch to /dev/sda6:
dd if=/dev/sda6 of=/path/to/usb/drive/arch.mbr bs=512 count=1
The name of the file should have less than 7 characters, follow DOS file name limitations (keep it simple).
4. Restart: Windows XP will boot. Copy arch.mbr to C:\ (root of Windows).
5. Edit Windows' bootloader to add Arch to NTLDR's list of operating systems that can be booted up. Open up Windows' terminal window and
cd \ attrib -s -h -r BOOT.INI notepad BOOT.INI
and add a line at the end of that file, like this:
c:\arch.mbr="Arch Linux"
and finish the edit by saving the file and fixing its attributes again
attrib +s +h +r BOOT.INI
6. Have Arch be the default OS to boot for NTLDR: use msconfig to set the default entry (find the BOOT.INI tab, click on the line that says, for example, c:\arch.mbr="Arch Linux", and click on "Set as Default". You may also want to change the time out value for NTLDR, see http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/bootini.htm which has nice screenshots on various things to do with the bootloader.
CPUFREQ and Wrong CPU Freq Reporting
When you load acpi-cpufreq to do cpu frequency scaling, the maximum CPU speed becomes 1.33GHz instead of 1.66Ghz. There is no workaround for this at time of writing except not using said module, which is not helpful in terms of saving power (battery life for the session). See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cpufreqd/+bug/422858
Mounting Android from Linux as a Loop Device
This section requires someone to elaborate on what really is happening here.
Assuming that Android is in your /dev/sda3 partition and that you have an fstab entry that mounts Androids partition as a vfat filesystem to a folder called /android, I think you mount Android as a loopback device when you do:
$ mkdir ~/android-loop #you only need to do this once # mount /android # mount -t loop /android/firefox.img ~/android-loop