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Topic: Test report EeePC 701 4G

Test machine EeePC 701 4G
Machine Specs: 
# Processor: Intel Celeron M ULV 900MHz
# Graphics: Intgrated Intel GMA 900 GPU
# Storage: 4GB of Flash-based storage (SSD)
# Memory: 512MB of DDR2 RAM (667MHz)
# Screen: 7-inch screen with 800 x 480 resolution
# Ports: 3 USB 2.0, 1 VGA monitor out, headphone jack, microphone input, SD card reader (SDHC compatible, or should be, my experience with sdhc is not good), Kensington Lock slot, Ethernet 10/100
# Webcam (0.3 MP)
# Battery: 4-cell 5200 mAh 7.4V Li-Ion (rated at 3.5 hours)
# Wireless: 802.11b/g Atheros
# Input: Keyboard and Touchpad
# Weight: approximately 2 lbs with battery, 2.5 lbs travel weight with AC adapter.

OS space required on disk - 1.8 GB out of 3.2 GB(whole ssd is 3.7, but I have a 100 MB partition at the beginning because that part is broken, cant install on it and 400 MB swap)
Standing desktop cpu usage while updating everything between the 6 and 17%
Standing desktop memory usage 150 MB while updating, directly after first boot it was 50 MB
Windows Manager: Openbox
Wireless: working WPA WPA2, BUT: it's so damn unstable. Wireless connects, you wanna see page, disconnects, reconnects, asks wpa key, asks wpa key, asks wpa key, asks wpa key, asks wpa key and after that it  disconnects. you connect, asks wpa key, wants to connect, wants to connect, ask wpa, connect, connect connect, really connects, disconnects. (everytime it disconnects it means I could see a page, everytime it connects it' s just asking to connect to the router and waiting and stuff)

edit: wireless is now just sailing fine, listening to a linux outlaws podcast.. I'm unsure why it didn't work:|

FN keys
F1 Sleep: doesn't work
F2 Wireless: can't really tell with my still unstable wireless (working on ethernet)
F3 dim: works
F4 brighten: works
F5 switch displays: cannot test
F6 show system monitor: doesn't work
F7, F8, F9 (audio): doesnt work

PRT Sc Screenshot: works
Sys Rq System Request: takes screenshot neutral

Super Keys:works

Screen resolution: 800*480

Flash: Suddenly doesn' t work anymore (I messed with about:config in iceweasel),  HTML5 player does work though.
Sound: Working
Headphone Jack: works
Mic jack: untested
Battery LED: works
Wireless LED: works
SSD LED: works
Power LED: works

USB: works afaik, I installed cb with an external dvd drive, played mp3 from usb drive,
webcam: not tested (gotta install cheese)
onboard mic: not tested, don' t know how to record

So everything works out of the box ( kind of ) keys will be probably xorg.conf related, wireless probably driver or rights management. I'll keep you updated

Last edited by Andreas (2010-04-18 13:00:36)

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Re: Test report EeePC 701 4G

just gotta bind the (XF86audio keys) F7, F8,F9 audio keys to:

amixer -c 0 set Master toggle
amixer -c 0 set Master 2dB-
amixer -c 0 set Master 2dB+

would be good to add to the next crunchbang update

  • Registered: 2010-01-26
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Re: Test report EeePC 701 4G

thanks! I also found something with xf86AudioLower in ~/.xmodmap, I got it to work in 9.04 but now I can't find it anymore neutral

I don't think it is actually handy to add in the next update, because every keyboard is different and has other keycodes, I think a nice man page would help a lot, or a wiki article. (Which I might write if I get it to work here)

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Re: Test report EeePC 701 4G

FWIW, I think the issue isn't so much the different keyboards as the different sound hardware.  On my Dell Mini, for example, `amixer -c 0 set Master 2dB+` does nothing; my sound card requires commands like `amixer set Master 2+`.

I still think it should be trivial to have the installer identify the sound & other hardware and modify rc.xml, either when setting up users or modify the version in /etc/skel earlier in the installation process.

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  • Registered: 2010-03-26
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Re: Test report EeePC 701 4G

jnb wrote:

just gotta bind the (XF86audio keys) F7, F8,F9 audio keys to:

amixer -c 0 set Master toggle
amixer -c 0 set Master 2dB-
amixer -c 0 set Master 2dB+

would be good to add to the next crunchbang update

Thank you, thank you, thank you.  big_smile