The main purpose of this post is to gather some informations needed to properly install ubuntu jaunty on an Asus eee PC 1101HA.
Update : Karmic on a eee pc 1101 HA :
Network issues :
- Wired :
I had to download Atheros driver and compile it to enable wired network.
First, do not forget to install build-essential.
sudo apt-get install build-essential
tar xzvf AR81Family-linux-*
cd AR81Family-linux-*
./configure
make && sudo make install
- Wireless/Wi Fi:
Easier : just need to install linux-backports-modules package.
sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-`uname -r`
Graphics issues :
Intel poulsbo drivers are required to have a working display. First make sure your system is up to date.
Then add the fellowing repository to your sources.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mobile/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mobile/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
and add ubuntu-mobile repository key :
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys C6598A30
Now we can install poulsbo drivers :
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install poulsbo-driver-2d poulsbo-driver-3d psb-firmware
Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to have a device section looking like this :
Section "Device"
Identifier"Configured Video Device"
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
Option "DRI" "on"
Option"IgnoreACPI" "yes"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
EndSection
Last step :
sudo apt-get install psb-kernel-source
NB: If you got a kernel upgrade you need to remove psb-kernel-source and reinstall it in order to build the module for this kernel.
sudo apt-get remove psb-kernel-source && sudo apt-get install psb-kernel-source
Update : Karmic on a eee pc 1101 HA :
It seems that Wireless works out of the box on karmic (ubuntu 9.10), wired network driver must be compiled and installed in the same way I did for jaunty.
Poulsbo graphics drivers install seems to be a little more tricky. Here is a thread on ubuntu forums that explains how to do this, but I haven’t tested it yet.
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I own an Asus Eee and an acer netbook but i often use the Asus Eee because it is so much lighter and easily fits in my small bag.
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It’s better to install linux-backports-modules-jaunty instead of linux-backports-modules-`uname -r`, as this will work across kernel upgrades. (It depends on linux-backports-modules-jaunty-generic, which in turn depends on linux-backports-modules-`uname -r`.)
I believe this is not required for karmic, since karmic already contains the drivers that are in the jaunty backports package.
I’m surprised you needed to install the wired driver. I have a 1005 and my colleague has an 1101, both using the same wired and wireless chipsets, and we are successfully using the standard atl1c driver that comes with the kernel.
$ lspci -nn -k -d 1969:*
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Attansic Technology Corp. Device [1969:1062] (rev c0)
Kernel driver in use: atl1c
Kernel modules: atl1c
$ dpkg -S atl1c.ko
linux-image-2.6.28-15-generic: /lib/modules/2.6.28-15-generic/kernel/ubuntu/atl1c/atl1c.ko
linux-image-2.6.28-16-generic: /lib/modules/2.6.28-16-generic/kernel/ubuntu/atl1c/atl1c.ko
linux-image-2.6.28-17-generic: /lib/modules/2.6.28-17-generic/kernel/ubuntu/atl1c/atl1c.ko
Hi! I have problems on my eeepc 1101 with sound, which sometimes disappears, and works randomly after some reboot…
So you know how to fix this…?