You might want to give some more info on how to go about installing the new kernel and the files you need to do so for others on this board. By the way, thanks for addition. I will give it a try.

- Garrett

I am extremely interested in getting this functionality from ubuntu. When someone gets this working, please post a detailed guide for us newbies to follow. I love this forum and the linux community!

Wow mbm, hats off, k++, I now have wifi working. Thanks for doing all the dirty work!  It's a good Christmas gift to have everything on my EEE working the way it should (except for the fact that xubuntu refuses to lock on suspend or hibernate...)

For those of you following at home, get this: http://downloads.openwrt.org/people/mbm … ric.tar.gz

untar it, stick the madwifi folder that came out of it in /lib/modules/2.6.24-2-generic, run "sudo depmod", run "sudo modprobe ath_pci", and for good measure stick "ath_pci" at the end of /etc/modules (right? wrong? havent rebooted yet)

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.

I think either module depends on the other, so you should be safe.  The Madwifi install wiki said to modprobe _pci but they are all loaded if one is.

Ok, now to get sound working I need a fresh snd_hda_intel.ko.  Then to get the camera working? Mbm, dvm, do you have these modules built? I just moved my home directory onto an sd card so I have room to start compiling, but I'd rather not spend the time on it if I dont have to.

Thanks a ton!

How did you install it? Can you post your menu.lst? and the results of "ls /usr/src" and "ls /lib/modules/"?

Ok, so to get audio working, should I recompile alsa? After installing the new linux-source deb and the standard alsa-source deb, the build fails (with "sudo module-assistant build alsa"). Anyone have any ideas? I would love to have both sound and usb persistence working...

I reinstalled the kernel and still get the grub error. Here is the menu.lst file.

# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#            grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default        0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout        10

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
#hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line)  and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
#      password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title        Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root        (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader    +1
#
# title        Linux
# root        (hd0,1)
# kernel    /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=3711ea55-d8e8-4f02-94b0-b7cf300d3b5c ro

## Setup crashdump menu entries
## e.g. crashdump=1
# crashdump=0

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd2,0)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
##      lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title        Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.24-2-generic
root        (hd2,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-2-generic root=UUID=3711ea55-d8e8-4f02-94b0-b7cf300d3b5c ro quiet splash
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-2-generic
quiet

title        Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.24-2-generic (recovery mode)
root        (hd2,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-2-generic root=UUID=3711ea55-d8e8-4f02-94b0-b7cf300d3b5c ro single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-2-generic

title        Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
root        (hd2,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=3711ea55-d8e8-4f02-94b0-b7cf300d3b5c ro quiet splash
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
quiet

title        Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode)
root        (hd2,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=3711ea55-d8e8-4f02-94b0-b7cf300d3b5c ro single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic

title        Ubuntu 7.10, memtest86+
root        (hd2,0)
kernel        /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title        Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda1.
title        Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (on /dev/sda1)
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=b0c7f330-a01a-4043-9e79-ca80e6b2251f ro quiet splash
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
savedefault
boot


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda1.
title        Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda1)
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=b0c7f330-a01a-4043-9e79-ca80e6b2251f ro single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
savedefault
boot


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda1.
title        Ubuntu 7.10, memtest86+ (on /dev/sda1)
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/memtest86+.bin 
savedefault
boot


The hard drive in question is the hd2,0 but it should be located at hd1,0. When I edit the grub menu for that adjustment I still get file not found.

- Garrett

(hd2,0) should be (hd1,0) which is a usb hard drive. I have another ubuntu install on the ssd. I use the usb hard drive as a testing platform before I go and make any changes to my real ubuntu install that I use. When I installed ubuntu on the usb hard drive, it found another linux distro on the ssd and added it to the grub menu.

- Garrett

I gave it a shot and installed the new kernel on my ssd ubuntu install. The kernel does boot up fine with out issues. I do not know why I have issues with installed it on the usb hard drive. Now I just have to get the wireless and sound drivers compiled and working. So far everything seems to be working for suspend.

- Garrett

First off, thanks for all the great work here. I value this fix very much.

My only questions / concerns are:

1) What about kernel updates from Ubuntu? Should there be any pinning in order to preserve the fixed kernel?

2) Is there is any advantage to leaving the old kernels loaded and what would be the way to remove them?

3) I'm with everyone else wanting a sound fix.

Thanks again for the updates, suspend and usb-persist are much appreciated!

Last edited by kevwalker (2007-12-26 4:44:09 pm)

Updating your kernel through ubuntu's repos will just add a new kernel (right?) and make it boot by default, so you dont have to worry about losing anything.  They're not pushed often, so just make sure to check ( sudo aptitude install -s blah or update -s ) and make sure they dont come anyway. (Good practice)

As far as removing the old kernels, I've reverted to my old one for sound and video support. 

I suppose we need to get the (ALSA?) module source from ASUS and compile from there but that's a 1 Gig download and I'm on vacation... so maybe later ;-)

I too see the app armor thing.

Last edited by charolastra (2007-12-27 12:28:48 am)

I think I have found a solution to the sound problem. I have removed the line

options snd-hda-intel model=3stack-dig

from the /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base file, and sound started working. The comment says that it is required for microphone support, but the internal microphone works.