Can't boot Arch from USB on Acer Aspire One...

Hi All,
New to the forums, relatively new to Linux. I've tried several distros including #!, U/K/Xubuntu, Mint, Kuki, Puppy and Wolvix. However none of them, except maybe Mint, have played very nicely with my Acer Aspire One netbook. Even Kuki was a bit of a disaster, though I liked the Midori browser, first time I'd used it was under Kuki.
Intro aside, I want to try Arch. I am not scared of a bit of hands-on work via CLI, although am certainly no expert when it comes to CLI & Linux!
The problem is, I created a USB install for the latest 32bit version of Arch using Unetbootin (I tried both under Windows and Linux, creating USB live sticks with both). However when I try to boot from USB, all goes well until just after a message during the boot process appears. I forget off the top of my head what the error message says, though it appears after successfully waiting 30 seconds to discover a SCSI drive (or something along those lines).
The error has nothing to do with the drive, it's related to the step in the boot process that comes after that. Whatever the message is (I'm at work so cannot access logs or anything right now) it ends up asking me to resolve from a CLI prompt, which then leaves me with a prompt dialog, or to restart and try again.
Nothing seems to work so I am not sure what I am doing wrong or if it might be a bug with Unetbootin or a bug with the latest version of Arch? Or simply a good old fashioned ID10T error?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Thanks! I'll mark this as an ID10T error for now then. I'll give the USB install image a try tonight. On a side note, does Arch come with Skype pre-installed and if not, is it relatively simple to install a la the *.deb package install?

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UUID=59603166-5d8a-4aaf-81f7-5a822fd630e5 / ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 1
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UUID=20028674-d7e8-4bf4-8551-64f133641962 none swap defaults 0 0
(END)
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Last edited by tigrezno (2011-04-20 12:22:38)

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Network restart is used because wlan0 will disconnect from AP after some time. You can try using iwconfig wlan0 essid <ap> key <key> instead of the network script, but haven't tested it myself.
3) Start acpid and load modules
# modprobe powernow-k8
# /etc/rc.d/acpid start
Add "acpid" to DAEMONS in /etc/rc.conf to start on boot
Add "powernow-k8" to the modules sections on /etc/rc.conf to load at boot
Stopping system freezes due to ethernet driver
The only way people have found to avoid freezes is by blacklisting atheros kernel drivers.
To do it at boot just edit /etc/rc.conf and change the MODULES line as this:
MODULES=(!ath9k !atl1c)
Reboot and you're done, but remember to not press the Wifi key, because it can freeze your system.
Correctly starting wireless at boot
I've found that standard scripts wont load properly my wireless lan. It gave an error telling you to use the WIRELESS_TIMEOUT variable and such.
To solve this, edit /etc/rc.d/network script and change the wi_up function by adding a second iwconfig command like this:
wi_up()
eval iwcfg="\$wlan_${1}"
[[ ! $iwcfg ]] && return 0
/usr/sbin/iwconfig $iwcfg
[[ $WIRELESS_TIMEOUT ]] || WIRELESS_TIMEOUT=2
sleep $WIRELESS_TIMEOUT
/usr/sbin/iwconfig $iwcfg
bssid=$(iwgetid $1 -ra)
It will do the trick and will start at boot correctly. This is not a solution but a fix.
Adjust Touchpad to disable false taps
What I did here is defining an area to be ignored. This area are 3 rectangles on top, left and right of the touchpad.
This means you can write and press space without having the cursor click out of the window and such.
# synclient AreaLeftEdge=150
# synclient AreaRightEdge=1300
# synclient AreaTopEdge=300
Also, add it to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdev touchpad catchall"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
Option "AreaTopEdge" "300"
Option "AreaLeftEdge" "150"
Option "AreaRightEdge" "1300"
EndSection
You can play with those values. They just work for me.
Last edited by tigrezno (2011-04-23 13:49:48)

Acer Aspire one will not boot up

When I boot up my Acer Aspire one I get a message that says:
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:
1. Insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer.
2. Choose your language settings, and then click "next"
3. Click "Repair your computer"
If you do not have this disc. contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.
File: \Boot\BCD
Status: 0xc000000e
Info: An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data.
The only problem is that my net book has no disc drive. What am I to do??

From ABOUT:
Start
System Recovery Options.
There are several ways of starting System Recovery Options. See How To Access the System Recovery Options Menu in the link above for help.
Open Command Prompt from the System Recovery Options menu.
Note: The
Command Prompt available from the System Recovery Options menu is very similar to the one you may be familiar with within Windows. Also, the following procedure should work as described in both Windows 7 and Windows Vista.
At the prompt, type the bootrec
command as shown below and then press Enter:
bootrec /rebuildbcd
The bootrec command will search for Windows installations not included in the Boot Configuration Data and then ask you if you'd like to add one or more to it.
You should see one of the following messages at the
command line.
Option 1
Scanning all disks for Windows installations.
Please wait, since this may take a while...
Successfully scanned Windows installations.
Total identified Windows installations: 0
The operation completed successfully.
Option 2
Scanning all disks for Windows installations.
Please wait, since this may take a while...
Successfully scanned Windows installations.
Total identified Windows installations: 1
[1] D:\Windows
Add installation to boot list? Yes<Y>/No<N>/All<A>:
If you see:
Option 1: Move on to Step 5. This result most likely means that Windows installation data in the BCD store exists but bootrec couldn't find any
additional installations of Windows on your computer to add to the BCD. That's fine, you'll just need to take a few extra steps to rebuild the BCD.
Option 2: Enter Y or Yes to the
Add installation to boot list? question, after which you should see a
The operation completed successfully message, followed by a blinking cursor at the prompt. Finish up with Step 10 toward the bottom of the page.
Since the BCD store exists and lists a Windows installation, you'll first have to "remove" it manually and then try to rebuild it again.
At the prompt, execute the bcdedit command as shown and then press Enter:
bcdedit /export c:\bcdbackup
The bcdedit command is used here to export the BCD store as a file: bcdbackup. There's no need to specify a
file extension.
The command should return the following on screen:
The operation completed successfully.
meaning the BCD export worked as expected.
At this point, you need to adjust several
file attributes for the BCD store so you can manipulate it.
At the prompt, execute the attrib command exactly like this:
attrib c:\boot\bcd -h -r -s
What you just did with the attrib command was remove the
hidden, read-only, and
system attributes from the file
bcd. Those attributes restricted the actions you could take on the file. Now that they're gone, you can manipulate the file more freely - specifically, rename it.
To rename the BCD store, execute the ren command as shown:
ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old
Now that the BCD store is renamed, you should now be able to successfully rebuild it, as you tried to do in Step 3.
Note: You could delete the BCD file entirely since you're about to create a new one. However, renaming the existing BCD accomplishes the same thing since it's now unavailable to Windows, plus provides you yet another layer of backup, in
addition to the export you did in Step 5, if you decide to undo your actions.
Try rebuilding the BCD again by executing the following, followed by Enter:
bootrec /rebuildbcd
which should produce this in the Command Prompt window:
Scanning all disks for Windows installations.
Please wait, since this may take a while...
Successfully scanned Windows installations.
Total identified Windows installations: 1
[1] D:\Windows
Add installation to boot list? Yes<Y>/No<N>/All<A>:
meaning that the BCD store rebuild is progressing as expected.
At the Add installation to boot list? question, type Enter Y or
Yes, followed by the Enter key.
You should see this on screen:
The operation completed successfully.
meaning that the BCD rebuild is complete.
Restart your computer.
Assuming that an issue with the BCD store was the only problem, Windows should start as expected.
If not, continue to troubleshoot whatever specific issue you're seeing that's preventing Windows from booting normally.
Important: Depending on how you started System Recovery Options, you may need to remove a disc or
flash drive before restarting.

How to scan from my HP C 4680 printer to Acer Aspire one

I need to scan some papers from my HP C 4680 printer to my Acer Aspire one laptop. Is that possible?

Hi , Welcome to the HP Forums! I understand that you are wondering how to scan from your HP Photosmart c4680. I am happy to help! Scanning is different for each Operating System. If you do not know the Operating System you are using, please visit this website. Whatsmyos. Since you are using an Acer Aspire One, I am assuming you are using a version of Windows. Here are the how to guides, for each Windows version, that we have available: Scan from Windows XP With the Full Feature HP Software for HP Multifunction Printers.How to Scan: Windows Vista.How to Scan: Windows 7.How to Scan: Windows 8.Scan Using Full Feature HP Solution Center Software (Windows 10). I hope one of these guides helps you with your scanning! “Please click the Thumbs up icon below to thank me for responding.”

My Acer Aspire One (Linpus lite) has downloaded firefox 4 but I can't open it!

My firefox browser informed me automatically that there was a more recent version and I agreed to install it. Since then whenever I click on the icon the timer spiral operates for a second then nothing happens.
Could sort this in windows but the Acer One makes accessing these sorts of things complicated for non-linux aware people - any help gratefully received!

If your AA1 is still behaving properly (except for Firefox) see here:
http://linuxforums.org.uk/netbooks/install-firefox-4-on-an-acer-aspire-one-running-linpus-lite-linux/

[SOLVED] Acer Aspire One D250 LAN not detected.

Hi guys,
Cant seem to find anyone on the net that has the same problem as me, but here it goes.
I have a Acer Aspire One D250, Id really like to run linux on it. There are dozens of posts on the web explaining you need to install the drivers from the Atheros site because the output of lspci is wrong.
Well, the problem that i am having with Arch is that lspci doesnt even show my network card, and as soon as i boot, the light on the physical card turns on, but never goes off (almost like it hangs...)
Ive included the output of Arch's lspci where its not visible, and the output of the ubuntu live netbook remix where it is visible just as the wrong name.
Its almost like arch wants to load the wrong driver and then the card just freezes.... but i dont know, im not a fiull blown linux expert...
Hope someone can help me because its driving me crazy.
This is the output from the arch lspci:
# 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.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (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 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
This is the output from the ubuntu netbook remix lspci:
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 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Device 1062 (rev c0)
Last edited by kirothi (2009-10-09 08:40:23)

Kernel Installed from the testing repo, now im getting the following build errors:
# make install
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.31-ARCH/build SUBDIRS=/root/atheros_ln_driver/src modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.31-ARCH'
CC [M] /root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.o
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c: In function 'at_request_irq':
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:262: warning: passing argument 2 of 'request_irq' from incompatible pointer type
include/linux/interrupt.h:116: note: expected 'irq_handler_t' but argument is of type 'void (*)(int, void *)'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c: In function 'at_probe':
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:343: warning: 'DMA_nnBIT_MASK' is deprecated
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:344: warning: 'DMA_nnBIT_MASK' is deprecated
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:347: warning: 'DMA_nnBIT_MASK' is deprecated
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:348: warning: 'DMA_nnBIT_MASK' is deprecated
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:392: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'open'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:393: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'stop'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:394: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'hard_start_xmit'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:395: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'get_stats'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:396: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'set_multicast_list'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:397: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'set_mac_address'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:398: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'change_mtu'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:399: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'do_ioctl'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:403: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'tx_timeout'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:411: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'vlan_rx_register'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:414: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'poll_controller'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c: In function 'at_io_error_detected':
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:834: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'priv'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c: In function 'at_io_slot_reset':
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:857: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'priv'
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c: In function 'at_io_resume':
/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.c:884: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'priv'
make[2]: *** [/root/atheros_ln_driver/src/at_main.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/root/atheros_ln_driver/src] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.31-ARCH'
make: *** [default] Error 2
again, no internet information available, although someone posted about editing the source file, but getting send and transmit errors once the driver was loaded into the kernel.
thanks for the help.
P.S. compiling this thing under ubuntu was no problem, and it worked instantly.

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