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# ASUS Eee PC 1005HA

Device | Status | Modules
Intel 945GME | Working | xf86-video-intel
Ethernet | Working |
Wireless | Working |
Audio | Working | snd_hda_intel
Camera | Working | uvcvideo
Card Reader | Working |
Function Keys | Working |

# Installation

For an in-depth guide on the installation see the Beginners' guide.

# Display and input settings

If not already installed, you need xorg and xf86-video-intel to have X working, and also drivers for keyboard and touchpad:

    # pacman -S xorg-server xf86-video-intel xf86-input-evdev xf86-input-synaptics

See Intel for more information.

## DPI Settings

In general the autodetected DPI does not fit the smaller resolution very well at all. A good comfortable setting would be 96dpi or 75dpi if you like your fonts really small. An easy way to set your DPI would be to add this to the end of your xserverrc (located in /etc/X11/xinit/).

     exec /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -dpi 96

## Keyboard

To set the keybord layout and other options, edit or create the file `/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/keyboard.conf`, and add the following:

    Section "InputClass"
      Identifier "Keyboard defaults"
      MatchIsKeyboard "yes"
      Option "XkbLayout" "us"
      Option "XkbModel" "asus_laptop"
      Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
    EndSection

This gives you a US layout, more layouts can be found at `/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst`. Other options, like using ctrl-alt-backspace to kill the X-server can also be setup here.

## Touchpad

Comment out the touchpad section of `/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf`, and edit `/etc/X11/xorg.d/10-synaptics.conf` to your liking. This example gives you two finger scroll

    Section "InputClass"
       Identifier "touchpad catchall"
       Driver "synaptics"
       MatchIsTouchpad "on"
         Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "true"
         Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" "40"
         Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinW" "5"
    EndSection

For more information, see Touchpad Synaptics and the synaptics man file.

## xrandr

For a nice GUI tool, try lxrandr; it is very simple to use!

Switch to External Monitor:

    xrandr --output LVDS --off --output VGA --auto

Switch back to eeepc's LCD:

    xrandr --output LVDS --auto --output VGA --off

# Powersaving and ACPI

Start off your powersaving adventures by installing Powertop. This is basically a program to see how much power stuff is using, but it also gives you tips on what to change.

    # pacman -S powertop

A good starting point is to disable the hardware you do not plan on using. Reboot and enter the BIOS by pressing F2. Disable for example the card reader, camera, ethernet but only if you do not need them of course.

According to Powertop the 1005HA uses around 7-10 Watts on maximum powersave (using Laptop mode tools and cpufreq and the above hardware disabled, using Wifi and writing this). Idle around 5-6 W. Please report how to get it lower!

## laptop-mode-tools

Laptop mode is a nice and easy way to setup most of the availiable power saving options on the 1005HA. These include spinning down the hard drive and adjusting the power saving modes of the harddrive and CPU, as well as autosuspending of the USB-ports and screen brightness etc. It provides a great centralized configuration file as well as separate configuration files for the various power saving modules managed by Laptop mode tools.

### Installation and setup

Install the package with

    # pacman -S laptop-mode-tools

The main configuration file is /etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf but there are more configuration files located in the directory /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/ Be sure to read them and set them up accordingly.

Note the option in laptop-mode.conf to automatically start many of the other modules.

1005HA specific options for a few of the modules below (there are many more):

### LCD brightness

For lcd-brightness, edit the file /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/lcd-brightness.conf and adjust it as suits you. The darkest is 0 and brightest 15, this is a suggested setup:

    BATT_BRIGHTNESS_COMMAND="echo 1"
    LM_AC_BRIGHTNESS_COMMAND="echo 15"
    NOLM_AC_BRIGHTNESS_COMMAND="echo 15"
    BRIGHTNESS_OUTPUT="/proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCDD/brightness"

### CPU Powersaving

The eeepc "Super Hybrid Engine" as it's known under windows has a significant effect on powersaving. This underclocks the FSB for powersave/overclocks for performance and can be controlled via /sys/devices/platform/eeepc/cpufv which is provided by the module eeepc_laptop. It is included in the laptop-mode-tools package, and is activated and configured in the file /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/eee-superhe.conf See also this forum thread.

As of the relase of kernel 2.6.32 the needed module eeepc_laptop doesn't work, to get this working you will need to add the following to the kernel line in the GRUB config (eg. /boot/grub/menu.lst):

    acpi_osi=Linux

The CPU frequency can be controlled by the file cpufreq.conf provided by laptop mode tools. A good value is ”T2” (75% speed) when on battery and ”minimum” (full speed) when on AC. However, using the cpufrequtils package (see below) is normally a better option, as the ondemand option automatically changes between the specified modes depending on system load.

### USB suspend

Tip: make use of the option to disable the suspending of some USB hardware (eg. 3g modems) by using lsusb to get the ID and then insert it in the configuration file.

## Powerdown

Alternative to laptop-mode-tools which is more lightweight.

Powerdown

## Gmabooster

To further save power it is possible to use gmabooster to force a lower clock on the GPU when entering powersave and to overclock when on AC power.

Install gmaboosterAUR and then trigger the different clock levels with:

    echo "foo" | gmabooster

Where foo can be in the range 1 to 4 which yields 166, 200, 250 or 400 MHz GPU Clock.

When using powerdown add the line to

    /usr/bin/powerdown

and

    /usr/bin/powerup

and set foo appropriately.

## CPU frequency scaling

See cpufrequtils.

## Hotkeys

To get the hotkeys working (fn+F1 etc, touchpad lock, powerbutton shutdown, Super hybrid engine toggle), install the acpi-eeepc-genericAUR package from AUR. Configuration is done in the file /etc/conf.d/acpi-eeepc-generic.conf.

acpi-eeepc-generic needs the eeepc_laptop kernel module to be loaded to work. Check with:

    lsmod | grep eeepc

If not found, use

    acpi_osi=Linux

as mentioned under CPU Powersawing.

### Wifi toggle

To enable the toggling of the Wifi by pressing fn+f2, edit the acpi-eeepc-generic config file and change

    COMMANDS_WIFI_TOGGLE=("/etc/acpi/eeepc/acpi-generic-toggle-wifi.sh")

to

    COMMANDS_WIFI_TOGGLE=()

Source.

### Sound volume hotkeys

In order to get the hotkeys for muting and raising and lowering of the sound volume, edit /etc/conf.d/acpi-eeepc-generic.conf and replace the lines:

    COMMANDS_MUTE=("alsa_toggle_mute")
    COMMANDS_VOLUME_DOWN=("alsa_set_volume 5%-")
    COMMANDS_VOLUME_UP=("alsa_set_volume 5%+")

with

    COMMANDS_MUTE=("@amixer set Master toggle")
    COMMANDS_VOLUME_DOWN=("@amixer set Master 10%-")
    COMMANDS_VOLUME_UP=("@amixer set Master 10%+")

Note that the value 10% can be any value you prefer, see the man page of amixer.

### Sleep

If you have problems with the script provided in acpi-eeepc-generic, try pm-suspend or native systemd instead.

To substitute the acpi sleep script, edit /etc/conf.d/acpi-eeepc-generic.conf and comment out the line that reads:

    COMMANDS_SLEEP=("/etc/acpi/eeepc/acpi-eeepc-generic-suspend2ram.sh")

Replace it with:

    COMMANDS_SLEEP=("/usr/sbin/pm-suspend")

or

    COMMANDS_SLEEP=("systemctl suspend")

The relevance of the pm-suspend scripts are questioned since the switch to systemd. See pm-utils.

## Display settings

Create the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and add the following to it to enable Intel's framebuffer compression, which according to Lesswats.org is supposed to save quite some power.

    Section "Device"
     Identifier "Builtin Default intel Device 0"
     Driver	 "intel"
     Option	 "FramebufferCompression" "on"
     Option	 "AccelMethod" "EXA"
     Option	 "Tiling" "on"
    EndSection

# Hardware

## Ethernet

Works with the stock 2.6.32 kernel.

## WiFi

WiFi works out of the box with the stock kernel (tested with 2.6.30 and 2.6.32).

## Camera

To enable/disable the camera:

     # enable
     echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/eeepc/camera
     # disable
     echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/eeepc/camera

If you really want camera to be disabled, take a look in devices section of BIOS.

Make sure that the module `uvcvideo` is loaded

To record video and take photos, you may use cheese or wxcam package.

To simply test the camera, you may use `mplayer`:

     mplayer -fps 15 tv://

The webcam works with Skype.

## Microphone

The microphone works out of the box, it's just a matter of configuration. Run:

    $ alsamixer

Press <F4> to go to the 'Capture' section. Navigate to the 'Capture' item using the right and left arrow keys and make sure 'LR Capture' appears. If it doesn't, press <Space>. The 'Capture' and 'Digital' levels are a trade-off between gain and static. I recommend setting to 70 and 75 (using the up and down arrow keys), respectivelly, but you can ajust this to your liking. Exit alsamixer pressing <ESC> and test it:

    $ arecord /tmp/record.wav

Say something close enough to the microphone and hit <Ctrl+C> to stop recording. Play it with:

    $ aplay /tmp/record.wav

If everything went well, save your settings (as root):

    # alsactl store

Source: [1]

# Hardware Info

## lspci

Note that this is the 1005HA-M version.

    $ 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.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)
    01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev c0)
    02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

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