#!/usr/bin/alex

Today I’ve published: deb-gen.sh - a Debian Package extractor and builder.

with it you can extract .deb package, edit whatever you want and rebuild it without any problem :-)

You can find it here: http://code.alexworld.it/code/deb-gen.sh.html

bye!

alex@dothan:~$ uname -a
Linux dothan 2.6.28-dothan #2 SMP Sun Jan 4 19:04:50 CET 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
alex@dothan:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor    : 0
vendor_id    : GenuineIntel
cpu family    : 6
model        : 13
model name    : Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor          900MHz
stepping    : 8
cpu MHz        : 900.000
cache size    : 512 KB
fdiv_bug    : no
hlt_bug        : no
f00f_bug    : no
coma_bug    : no
fpu        : yes
fpu_exception    : yes
cpuid level    : 2
wp        : yes
flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe nx up bts
bogomips    : 1800.02
clflush size    : 64
power management:

It’s all ok!!

all works ok, kernel 2.6.28 gives you full support to your eeepc 900 hardware without any type of patch!

You have only to update xserver-xorg-synaptics to the latest version: 0.99.* otherwise you won’t have the complete touchpad support (by elantech driver included in the kernel).

you can find xserver-xorg-synaptics debian packages here: http://alioth.debian.org/~dsalt-guest/eee/

elantech driver official website: http://arjan.opmeer.net/elantech/

Goodbye,

VGA port, really useful way to display through big Monitor or TV your tiny videos instead of watching them on your little notebook’s display :-)

Are you bored to have to restart X every time you want to connect your VGA cable?

Don’t you want to use gnome-display-etc-etc-manager to only configure a stupid VGA Monitor?

Don’t worry, you can use a little bash script (linked to some buttons on you panels), to manage your VGA connection.

I works like a switch, the script will enable the output choiced if this is disabled and viceversa it will disable the output if this is enabled.

But stop speaking (/writing) and watch it now:

vga.sh:

#!/bin/bash
#
# This script was created to manage an external output for notebook
#    The script only needs a bit of configuration to set the default output, mode, rate and extra options,
#    It works like a switch, the script will enable the output choiced if this is disabled and viceversa it will disable
#        the output if this is enabled.
#    It can be used on various acpi script linking it to your notebook’s fn+key.
#
# Made by: Alessandro Arrichiello <alezzandro@gmail.com>
#
# Configuration starts here:

output=”VGA”
mode=”1024x768”
rate=”60”
extra_options=”—right-of LVDS”
xrandr_cmd=”xrandr —output “$output” —mode “$mode” —rate “$rate” “$extra_options

#
# END of Configuration

xrandr_output=`xrandr|grep $output`

if [ `echo $xrandr_output|grep -c disconnected` == “1” ]; then
echo “Cable for “$output” not connected.”
else
if [ `echo $xrandr_output|grep -c connected` == “1” ]; then
if [ `echo $xrandr_output|grep -c $mode` == “1” ]; then
echo “Putting off: “$output
xrandr —output $output —off
else
echo “Putting on: “$output
`$xrandr_cmd`
fi

else
echo “Output not found check your configuration.”

fi
fi

Remember to set the right permissions (chmod +x vga.sh),

see you,

Hello, maybe if you have an Asus eeepc this can sound familiar:

[ 2948.736927] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 1984000 512-byte hardware sectors (1016 MB)
[ 2948.741932] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 2948.741951] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[ 2948.741959] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 2948.751918] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 1984000 512-byte hardware sectors (1016 MB)
[ 2948.754938] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 2948.754957] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[ 2948.754964] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 2948.754980] sdb: sdb1
[ 2984.386913] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Device not ready: Sense Key : Not Ready [current]
[ 2984.386941] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Device not ready: Add. Sense: Medium not present
[ 2984.386959] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 1983984
[ 2984.386975] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 247998
[ 2984.407911] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Device not ready: Sense Key : Not Ready [current]
[ 2984.407936] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Device not ready: Add. Sense: Medium not present
[ 2984.407953] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 1983984
[ 2984.407966] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 247998
[ 2984.408153] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0
[ 2984.408186] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0
[ 2984.408229] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0
[ 2984.408296] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 247999
[ 2984.408341] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 247999
[ 2984.408382] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 247999
[ 2984.408421] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 247999

What?? Are you going crazy with some SD CARDS?

Cannot you mount them an dmesg shows you something like previous logfile?

Don’t worry man, the soution is very simple:

reboot your eeepc, press F2 to enter BIOS and set the Variable: “OS Installation” to: [Finished].

That’s all, all of your sd cards will begin to work without any problems!

see you!

Yes you can,

It’s not only a great political slogan..

Does Heavy Disk I/O harm your system responsiveness? (Do Firefox and other apps become unresponsive when using I/O on SSD?)

There is a “little” workaround: change your I/O Scheduler!

You can change I/O Scheduler of your kernel on eeepc 900 (and not only, also on: 901, dell mininote and the other netbooks with Solid State Disk) and use someone that will takes you some advantages,

with the option: “elevator” you can try many different schedulers from you kernel:

Completely Fair Queuing (Linux) (Default one)

Anticipatory scheduling

Noop scheduler

Deadline scheduler

Also as you can read by the description of each scheduler, noop seems to be the best I/O Scheduler for Systems placed on SSD,

but I’ve experienced more improvement using Deadline Scheduler.

this is an example showing my current Grub configuration:

title        Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-8-eeepc
uuid        32399df8-340e-45bb-8344-430976ffa718
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-8-eeepc root=UUID=32399df8-340e-45bb-8344-430976ffa718 ro elevator=deadline
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-8-eeepc
quiet

Please note: what you are experiencing on your system seems to be a bug related to the kernel,

Stay Tuned on: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/131094 to have more updates!

gbyte :-)