[Debian-eeepc-devel] Debian on the ASUS EeePC 1005PE

[Guillermo Garron]

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar at 43-1.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I got an ASUS EeePC 1005PE a few days ago and am trying to install
> Debian testing on it.
>
> There have been several problems so far:
>
> 1. My model has a different wireless card that listed on [1] that was
> not yet supported by Debian's Linux kernel.  It seems to be the card
> that is listed for the 1001P and 1005P.
>
> There was a patch [2] to add support for this card.  I tried to backport
> it the Debian's kernel (patch attached).  So far I can scan for wireless
> networks, but I did not manage to set up hostap or ad-hoc mode to
> connect to my other computer (I don't have an access point available
> here).
>
> [1] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/Models
> [2] http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15180
>
> 2. The Ethernet card disappeared completely.  It did no longer show up
> in the output from lspci, nor was it accessible in Windows.  This
> problem persisted over shutdowns as well.  Removing the battery and
> disconnecting the power supply luckily made the card show up again.
>
> A patch was available for this issue on a different EeePC model [3].
> This one was not so easy to backport, so I just changed it to disable
> hot-plug always (patch attached).  This solved this issue for me: the
> Ethernet card does no longer disappear.
>
> [3] http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14570
>
> 3. I still have problems connecting the EeePC to my DSL modem.
> I can connect the EeePC to my other computer via Ethernet, but when I
> connect it to the DSL modem it does not work correctly: I can see
> incoming packages, but outgoing packages (DHCP, ARP requests) do not
> seem to make it to the DSL modem: The activity indicator there does show
> nothing in this case.  Windows has the same problem, but I think it
> managed to get an IP address once (it usually does not, same as
> Debian).
>
> I think this last problem might be an issue with the cable, but it
> prevents me to connect the EeePC to the Internet as I didn't manage to
> connect both computer via wireless LAN either.  I am thus stuck with a
> base system for now as I used a netinstall CD image.
>

Try adding a fixed IP, not using the DHCP, in your other PC check the IP and
mask it has, and put manually some in the same range to your Eee, do not
forget to also add a default route and a DNS server.

ifconfig (for IP and netmask)
route (for default route)
/etc/resolv.conf (for the DNS server)

hope that can help you access the internet with the Eeee
regards,
Guillermo.
http://www.go2linux.org


>
> Ideas how I can continue to investigate these problems are welcome :)
>
> Regards,
> Ansgar
>
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