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Puppy Linux on the Acer Aspire One

I know very little about Linux but I found a distribution called Puppy Linux which can load the entire operating system into RAM which sounds perfect for the Acer Aspire One!

Getting it looking half decent on the other hand and getting the hardware working is not as simple as you might think.

Here are some patches, drivers & fixes I have found which should get Puppy Linux working correctly on the little Aspire.

If you would like to help me create a remastered version of Puppy Linux for the Aspire please let me know. I'd like to get a nice distro of this working correctly on these machines but I'm a complete novice!

WIRELESS CARD
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=237740#237740

WIFI LED
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=31298&search_id=6021092...

Add these lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local.

sysctl -w dev.wifi0.ledpin=3
sysctl -w dev.wifi0.softled=1

POWER MANAGEMENT

SUSPEND ON LID CLOSE/POWER BUTTON
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=35407&search_id=1400285...

Install the file acpid-1.0.8-i486.pet and then ddd these two lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local.

modprobe button
acpid

Install the file acpitool-0.5.pet. Download the suspend-scripts.tar.gz and copy the files to these directories.

/etc/acpi/suspend.sh
/etc/acpi/events/suspend

AUTO SHUTDOWN
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=673216858&t=36109

WEBCAM SOFTWARE
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=31298&start=30

INTERNAL MIC
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=245886#245886

FAN CONTROL
http://n00.be/archives/758/

SPECIAL KEYS
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=19860

Create a file called .Xmodmap in root if it does not exist already and add these lines.

keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute
keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume
keycode 176 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume
keycode 223 = XF86Standby
keycode 210 = XF86Display

CPU SCALING
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=28443

Copy/paste below code section into /etc/rc.d/rc.local

modprobe acpi-cpufreq
modprobe cpufreq_ondemand
echo 800 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq
echo 1600 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor

VIDEO
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Acer_Aspire_One#Improve_graphics_pe...

Add these lines to etc/X11/xorg.conf in the "Device" section

Option "AccelMethod" "exa"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"

XFCE
If you have come from Windows or Mac OS X like myself to Puppy Linux you may find the interface a bit on the ugly and unfamiliar side. I found this .pet on the Puppy Linux forum which is an alternative window manager. It has a really nice looking GUI and I thought it worked really well with the Aspire after a bit of tweaking font sizes etc.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=241486634&t=39637

Don't forget to add or comment these lines in your /root/.xinitrc file.

if [ "$CURRENTWM" = "jwm" ];then
#relocates right-side icons to actual right-side of screen...
/usr/sbin/fixPuppyPin /root/Choices/ROX-Filer/PuppyPin #v1.0.7

rox -p /root/Choices/ROX-Filer/PuppyPin
fi

Also comment out some of the lines for absvolume

if [ -f /usr/bin/absvolume ];then
# if [ "$MENU_BG" = "" ];then
absvolume &
# else
# absvolume -bg $MENU_BG &
# fi
fi

Hopefully this info should leave you with quite a functional Puppy Linux system!

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Puppy on the Acer Aspire One
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 12:30.

This article could be brilliant except that it's lacking two important criteria: versions and a date. It can be a nightmare to access 18 months down the road and not have this information, and Puppy is a brand not a model.

Puppy is essentially intended as a portable application. Since it loads into and runs from memory, there is no real need to install it on the hard drive. For this reason it may be preferable to carry out a 'frugal install' (try google). You can choose to remain 'windows impaired' and run either operating system at will. An alternative is to run from a USB stick, in which case you can carry the whole system, including your data, in your wallet and run it on almost any computer. It's also a good method for trials - nothing need be written to the hard drive unless you choose. Try YUMI from windows:

'How to Create a MultiBoot USB Flash Drive
Download and run YUMI following the onscreen instructions.
Run the tool again to Add More ISOs/Distributions to your Drive
Restart your PC setting it to boot from the USB device
Select a distribution to Boot from the Menu and enjoy!'

For the AA1 the Puppy distro of choice (April 2012) is Racy (quote: Racy Puppy is "Wary on steroids" ;) This will not work on some earlier equipment so if you are going to the USB route, and anticipate a problem, go with 'Wary'. With YUMI you can put both on the same stick. Don't worry about 'persistence', Puppy takes care of this - just select 'save' the first time you run it. There is a mini style of USB stick currently available which only protudes about 5mm - perfect for Puppy, but don't lose it! Any size is fine.

You don't really need help with the remaster - it's built in: menu > setup > remaster Puppy live CD. Some versions of Ubuntu are also excellent on the AA1. The image (if I can work out how to add it!!) is 'Wary' Puppy running from a micro usb stick on the Acer. It is usually reserved for an aging IBM x40.

mikef

Puppy on the Acer Aspire One
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 16:42.

The image is 'Wary' Puppy running from a micro usb stick on the Acer Aspire One. It is usually reserved for an aging IBM x40.

http://uploadpic.org/v.php?img=Igcs1rnOCO

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