archlinux on the joggler

General discussion relating to the O2 Joggler, from the default O2 setup, to alternative operating systems and applications.
cyberic
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Re: archlinux on the joggler

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BuZz wrote:cstate 2 should be good also and will allow some more power saving - btw i list those options in my kernel config and I have a section on my linux joggler pages also.
about the X drivers: with this config, glxgears is running at.... 11fps :-(

which options are you talking about? the boot options?

I'll try the cstate=2 and see if it's OK
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BuZz
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Re: archlinux on the joggler

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the kernel boot options yeh. I include some joggler related options built into the kernel (CONFIG_CMDLINE="acpi=force reboot=acpi intel_idle.max_cstate=2")

then i list options like thermal.psv which can be added to the grub.cfg which can be added to avoid the joggler throttling as much etc.
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Archlinux on the joggler with EMGD

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Hello again

I have started another topic since it is only related to EMGD

Thanks buzz, for all the answers you gave

I finally tried to install emgd and it kind of works...

The good news and that the performance with glxgears is a lot better

but:
- the screen is very dark. seems to be backlight issues, i don't know what tool to use to change it
- I had an unresolved symbol in the x server driver:
X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/emgd_drv.so: undefined symbol: EDID_bin_read

Solution:
add this:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "emgd"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Option "PcfVersion" "1792" <- THIS
EndSection

to the xorg.conf

Now it launches, it is dark and the content of the screen is BIG, like if It was displaying only a zoomed portion of the normal screen

I tried to add a 'virtual' directive to the Screen section, it helped a little but it is still not correct

SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Virtual 800 480
EndSubSection

xdpyinfo gives:
screen #0:
dimensions: 800x480 pixels (212x127 millimeters)

Did you experience this Buzz?

I'm downloading an ubuntu image you made, to get the config files from there.

Thanks again
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Re: Archlinux on the joggler with EMGD

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you dont need to download the image to get my configs - they are here - http://joggler.exotica.org.uk/source/ (overlay tar.gz - including xorg conf with PcfVersion line which also gives correct resolution).

I merged it with the other thread, as it is all the same topic imho (you getting arch linux working on the joggler).
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Re: Archlinux on the joggler with EMGD

Post by cyberic »

BuZz wrote:you dont need to download the image to get my configs - they are here - http://joggler.exotica.org.uk/source/ (overlay tar.gz - including xorg conf with PcfVersion line which also gives correct resolution).
Great! Ok, thanks, that will be far more practical
I keep you posted
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