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Hardware Specific / Re: Aspire V5-131 SD Card Reader

« on: October 24, 2013, 12:53:19 PM »

Fixed it! Found the solution here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1067222

Here's what I did:

1) Reboot into generic mode
2) Created sdfix.sh in /usr/local/bin as follows:
2a) sudo modprobe -r tgs | modprobe tg3
3) Edited permissions to be executable
4) Created entry in "Startup Applications" and pointed in back to the sdfix.sh (this step could be done in rc.local too but I wanted to leave it easy to shut off if it creates problems).
5) Reboot

Based on the link above this is a known issue with switchable combo cards like the BCM57765 in all current Linux kernel builds. The fix reloads the tg3 modprobe at boot up. The only lingering issues is the delay time between inserting a card and actually receiving a pop-up. Let me know if anyone figures this out.

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Hardware Specific / Aspire V5-131 SD Card Reader

« on: October 24, 2013, 07:22:51 AM »

We ordered some Aspire V5's in recently and thought everything was well with them..that is until we had some users try the SD card slot. The slot works...when you put the card in and then start up. If you insert a card while the machine is running nothing mounts.

I've determined it's an issue with the BCM57765 chip being seen as a PCI device. It's an always on/never on situation from my understanding. I tried loading the drivers from Broadcom's site compiled against my kernel (3.8.5-41) but received nothing but "expected" errors.

Funny thing is the card works wonderful when the NIC is plugged in (because the BCM57765 is a combo NIC/SD chip).

HELP!

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Hardware Specific / Re: Ubermix on a macbook

« on: June 19, 2013, 06:23:40 AM »

Anyone have any suggestions for my little problem above?

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Hardware Specific / Re: Ubermix on a macbook

« on: June 13, 2013, 11:52:16 AM »

Thanks Jim! I was able to boot to a CD and load our custom base. A few hardware tweaks are required for full compatibility like loading the iSight firmware and a sound setting change for the mic to work. I am, however, lost on how to make the restore functionality work. When I go into the boot menu and select restore I'm presented with two errors. One saying "Fast TSC calibration failed" and the other say "i8042: No controller found". The second error looking like the hard drive controller, but I'm confused on the first one. When I type 1 or 2 into the restore screen nothing appears (not able to type). I have to hard shut down.

Any thoughts?

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Hardware Specific / Ubermix on a macbook

« on: June 07, 2013, 07:01:55 AM »

Any ideas on how to get a macbook to boot off of our Ubermix thumbdrives? I've tried custom builds and fresh downloads from Jim with no luck. When booting the mac I use the option key to bring up the boot menu, but USB isn't even a choice...

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General Support / Re: Another ? - New topic needed

« on: April 11, 2013, 01:43:51 PM »

Wow! You have no idea how much time this saved me! Absolutely awesome! .

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General Support / Re: 1.071a download?

« on: April 11, 2013, 07:34:03 AM »

Thanks Jim! 1.071 with the firmware works! No more kernel errors!

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General Support / Another ? - New topic needed

« on: April 10, 2013, 07:55:18 AM »

So Jim, how is it that you port your images over to .ova's for virtual box usage? My teachers love the VB portion of our classroom integration, however it's a lot of work on my part making a new ova to match our customized Ubermix install every time I update them.

Any help would be appreciated!

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General Support / 1.071a download?

« on: April 10, 2013, 07:47:54 AM »

Hey Jim, do you still have 1.071a available for download? I'd like to get my hands on an image prior to the 3.8.5 kernel update. I have a couple of older model Dell's here that won't load the sta, lpphy or b43 driver. Jockey logs states that the kernel version (3.8.5) is not compatible.

Models I'm having problems with (lspci -nn | grep 0280 results):
Dell Latitude D531 (Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315]
Dell Latitude 2100 (Broadcom BCM4322 802.11b/g/n [14e4:432b]

Thanks!

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Hardware Specific / Re: Asus X201e Wireless

« on: February 26, 2013, 08:12:38 AM »

Thinking my custom base was the issue, I applied a fresh Ubermix 1.065 image to it. Same results  . Still sitting on the 2.4 band. I'm really thinking it has to do with our wireless config here. We are running extreme AP's with matching controller and software.

Any thoughts?

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Hardware Specific / Re: Asus X201e Wireless

« on: February 25, 2013, 12:03:51 PM »

Just noticed something else interesting...iwconfig is showing my bit rate at 133mbps, however with connection information up it only shows 54mpbs...Am I going crazy?

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Hardware Specific / Re: Asus X201e Wireless

« on: February 25, 2013, 11:43:54 AM »

The reason for the side-by-side request is coming from some high school ELA classes that want to have two browser windows side-by-side for composition without having to do a manual re-size.

The card in my 201E is an AR9462 and according to the connection information it is using the ath9k driver, which a google search shows should be compatible.

From looking at iwconfig, it looks like the netbook is connecting on a 2.4 band...Google confirmed that 54Mbps is typical for this card and driver on that band. We do have the 5.8 band turned on as well though, which is why I'm confused for a supposed full-power n card why I only see 2.4.

Any suggestions? This is certainly not a deal breaker on this model since I'm loving everything else about it, just an annoyance.

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Hardware Specific / Asus X201e Wireless

« on: February 25, 2013, 06:59:57 AM »

We're playing around with the new X201E from Asus, and while everything seems to be working (except on-board nic but a new driver fixed that  ), the wireless is only reporting 56Mbps over N. Is this another driver issue or is this card not capable of full speed N?

And and off topic question...A few of my teachers have asked if we can incorporate some kind of side-by-side window switch like in Ubuntu Unity (chrome goes to each half when dragged and dropped). Any possibility with Ubermix?

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General Support / Re: Asus 1011CX indicator-power issues/wireless network issues

« on: July 05, 2012, 01:56:38 PM »

Hey Jim, another issue...Since I did the kernel update I am no longer able to port the wireless from one device to another. It says that connections are available but will not auto connect to the wireless captured in the image. When looking at the "Edit Connections" on the WLAN is has a mac address in that field that isn't from the imaged device, but from the captured device. I checked the sudo gedit /usr/local/bin/home_prep.sh and the line "sed -i 's/mac-address.*$//g' /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/*" is listed there right above done. Any thoughts?

Could this be an issues of Broadcom to Atheros? My base captured device has an Atheos card and the imaged devices have a Broadcom card. Both are N2600 CT devices...

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General Support / Re: Asus 1011CX indicator-power issues/wireless network issues

« on: July 05, 2012, 06:39:33 AM »

Jim, that worked wonderfully. Ran both commands in order, rebooted and everything is working as expected. Thanks for all you do!