one.de A110 mini-book VIA C7 HW platfrm / Quanta IL1
one.de A110 mini-book VIA C7 HW platfrm / Quanta IL1
hey guys,
at a ridiculous €200 you get in Germany the ONE.de A110
subminiature notebook.
it is based on the Quanta IL1 reference design, which has numerous clones
worldwide and ships in volume. it is a commercial competitor to the OLPC.
its like 512 MB RAM, 1 MHz VIA C7 ULV processor, no hd, 2 MB flash
with WLAN USB asf.
great platform for puppy in fact I am using it right now.
to sell it at €200 incl, VAT they cut XP and webcam, but that is just an advantage.
only thing : it uses VIA integrated video 800x480 pixel, which runs in 640x480 in puppy and ubuntu. sound and network is OK driver-wise.
the way to work forward ahead of the supplier Brunen-IT is to get a proper 800x480 VESA mode. any hint, maybe ?
at a ridiculous €200 you get in Germany the ONE.de A110
subminiature notebook.
it is based on the Quanta IL1 reference design, which has numerous clones
worldwide and ships in volume. it is a commercial competitor to the OLPC.
its like 512 MB RAM, 1 MHz VIA C7 ULV processor, no hd, 2 MB flash
with WLAN USB asf.
great platform for puppy in fact I am using it right now.
to sell it at €200 incl, VAT they cut XP and webcam, but that is just an advantage.
only thing : it uses VIA integrated video 800x480 pixel, which runs in 640x480 in puppy and ubuntu. sound and network is OK driver-wise.
the way to work forward ahead of the supplier Brunen-IT is to get a proper 800x480 VESA mode. any hint, maybe ?
Last edited by FrankA on Sun 15 Jun 2008, 07:53, edited 1 time in total.
Hi, FrankA
Aitch
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=165950tempestuous wrote:He was referring to the Intel Classmate, but the fix should be the same for the Eee.BarryK wrote:I’ve got the standard Xvesa X server working at 800×480, that was easy — you need to go into /usr/X11R7/bin/xwin and bypass the ‘ddcprobe’ and just run the '915resolution 38 800 480' and set that as the only available resolution.
And once the i810 Xorg driver has been "fooled" into accepting 800x480 as a valid bios setting, Xorg should work as well.
There is also a good Developer Blog post about "Working with a small screen"
http://puppylinux.com/blog/?p=56#comments
Aitch
other
Could you try choosing 'Other" from the bottom of the xorgwizard dialogue? Maybe the next dialog will show the available screen resolution set for the LCD screen?
I say this because the video fix for the Intel machines is 915resolution (which will not work with the VIA machine).
I say this because the video fix for the Intel machines is 915resolution (which will not work with the VIA machine).
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@raffy
I based my reply on
I don't have the facility to test this guestimate though
@Frank, I'll leave it up to you,
If it doesn't work a ctrl/alt/backspace will get you out of xorg to try a different setting
Aitch
I based my reply on
figuring that if tempestuous was saying the previous code would fool a machine with an i810 chipset into a 915 chipset situation, that it may have the same effect on the via chipsetAnd once the i810 Xorg driver has been "fooled" into accepting 800x480 as a valid bios setting, Xorg should work as well.
I don't have the facility to test this guestimate though
@Frank, I'll leave it up to you,
If it doesn't work a ctrl/alt/backspace will get you out of xorg to try a different setting
Aitch
Elonex ONE
Is this the same or perhaps a similar unit?
http://www.elonexone.co.uk/
More here: http://www.itwire.com/content/view/18520/1141/
Slashdotted this AM.
http://www.elonexone.co.uk/
More here: http://www.itwire.com/content/view/18520/1141/
Slashdotted this AM.
300 mhz
No, definitely not. You should check the processor for the "300 mhz etc etc" - this is supposedly an ex-486 processor that can't compare with the C7 (or even C3) of VIA.
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The Elonex is a completely different kettle of fish, MikeIs this the same or perhaps a similar unit?
The EEEPC is well featured in many Puppy pages but the VIA tends to be advertised for carPCs & embedded applications/robotics or Lo power system builders
This is a VIA quick one, 1Ghz - 3.9" x 2.8"
http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/embed ... /index.jsp
A typical power supply
http://www.mini-box.com/picoPSU-90?sc=8&category=13
Cases
http://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/sc.8/category.87/.f
Nice, huh?
Aitch
I emailed elonex for confirmation of the processor because no-one seems to know much about it and they confirmed that it is definitely an x86 chip, not arm/risc. So puppy should work!
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Quanta IL1
it is based on the Quanta IL1 reference design, which has numerous clones
worldwide and ships in volume. it is a commercial competitor to the OLPC.
http://a110wiki.de
I see to it to get puppy fixes together for it.
worldwide and ships in volume. it is a commercial competitor to the OLPC.
http://a110wiki.de
I see to it to get puppy fixes together for it.
915resolution
915resolution binary does not know the VIA chipset on Quanta IL1, unfortunatelyAitch wrote:Hi, FrankA
tempestuous wrote:He was referring to the Intel Classmate, but the fix should be the same for the Eee.BarryK wrote:I’ve got the standard Xvesa X server working at 800×480, that was easy — you need to go into /usr/X11R7/bin/xwin and bypass the ‘ddcprobe’ and just run the '915resolution 38 800 480' and set that as the only available resolution.
And once the i810 Xorg driver has been "fooled" into accepting 800x480 as a valid bios setting, Xorg should work as well.
lucid 5.1 very good already
wow!
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lucid 5.1 supports the IL-1 netbook very good:
only thing missing is modem out of the box (tho its feasibly by tweaking)
and hires external monitor (probably not doable right now.)
still, with lucid IL-1 is one hell of a $200 USD machine with nice flash-videoplay and all !
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lucid 5.1 supports the IL-1 netbook very good:
only thing missing is modem out of the box (tho its feasibly by tweaking)
and hires external monitor (probably not doable right now.)
still, with lucid IL-1 is one hell of a $200 USD machine with nice flash-videoplay and all !