[debian-yeeloong-project] Issues on libre Wheezy on Yeeloong, no X, permissions, & wifi

[Advrk Aplmrkt]

Hello,

Adding 'rfkill unblock 0' to rc.local worked for wireless, thanks!

I followed your instructions and installed said xserver package. Upon
restart, X started, but the performance seems to be the same, how do I
check if the siliconmotion driver is loaded correctly? If it is now,
how do I make sure it is used?

Installing udisks did not make my USB devices mount correctly. In one
case, one of my USB sticks appears upon insertion, but when I double
click to open in the Thunar, the file manager window crashed.

Also, following the instructions for using sudo to enable
shutdown/restart from XFCE, the buttons were still greyed out when I
logout.

The USB mounting and logout options issue seem to point towards a more
fundamental permissions problem with my user. Is there anything else I
can try?

Finally, whenever I run apt-get for something, I always get this output:

Setting up linux-image-2.6.39.4-libre-lemote (0lxo) ...
Running depmod.
Finding valid ramdisk creators.
Failed to find suitable ramdisk generation tool for kernel version
2.6.39.4-libre-lemote on running kernel 2.6.39.4-libre-lemote in
mkinitramfs-kpkg mkinitrd.yaird
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.39.4-libre-lemote (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
configured to not write apport reports
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.39.4-libre-lemote
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up linux-image-2.6.39.4-libre-lemote (0lxo) ...
Running depmod.
Finding valid ramdisk creators.
Failed to find suitable ramdisk generation tool for kernel version
2.6.39.4-libre-lemote on running kernel 2.6.39.4-libre-lemote in
mkinitramfs-kpkg mkinitrd.yaird
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.39.4-libre-lemote (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.39.4-libre-lemote

What does this mean?

Thanks for bearing with me as I try to setup my Yeeloong!

On 4 December 2011 11:59, Roman Mamedov <rm at romanrm.ru> wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 01:54:56 -0500
> Advrk Aplmrkt <avkaplmkt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> (1) X does not start with the rebuilt xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion
>> from www.anheng.com.cn. Therefore, I have to use the framebuffer for X
>> right now, which makes working in X frustratingly slow. I would like
>> to find a xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion that works!
>
> You can use this package: http://www.anheng.com.cn/loongson2f/wheezy/xorg-server/xserver-xorg-core_1.11.1-1loongson_mipsel.deb
> and then issue "aptitude hold xserver-xorg-core".
> Unfortunately the two later versions that are also on anheng.com.cn are broken (X does not start with a Segmentation fault).
>>
>> (2) After setting up the task-xfce-desktop package to install the XFCE
>> desktop environment, the Restart and Shutdown buttons are greyed out
>> in the Log Out dialog.
>
> See http://wiki.xfce.org/faq#session_manager
>
>> (3) External USB storage can't be mounted without root access, and
>> can't be accessed without super user permissions. I don't what to add
>> a line to fstab everytime I want to plug in a new device. This is too
>> inefficient and we are in the 21st century. :) I am looking for a
>> solution where I am on the Desktop, plug in a generic USB stick, and
>> it will just automount on my computer with full permissions for me to
>> read/write to it. In short, I want to setup a solution that "just
>> works".
>
> Try installing 'udisks' and 'thunar-volman'.
>>
>> (4) The Yeeloong's wifi antenna is always off by default. Once I log
>> into the desktop, I need to manually click Fn+F5 to turn on the
>> antenna, then use wicd to search for and connect to a network. What do
>> I need to change to make the wifi antenna to be always on by default??
>
> I have added 'rfkill unblock 0' to my /etc/rc.local (this will need the package 'rfkill').
>
> --
> With respect,
> Roman