asus eee pc 1101HA: memtest error

[Bill Davidsen]

Colin Brace wrote:
> 
> Mike Wohlgemuth wrote:
>> I can't really help with your memory issue, but unless you plan on 
>> coding your own X driver, you will probably want to stick to F11 since 
>> it has a functioning Poulbos driver available from RPM Fusion:
>>
>> http://www.happyassassin.net/2009/08/10/intel-gma500-poulsbo-on-fedora-11-repository-with-working-3d-compiz-support/
>>
>> It's been working great for me on an Acer A0751h-1401.  I'm cannot tell 
>> you how frustrated with Intel I am over the GMA-500. 
> 
> Mike,
> 
> The Poulbos driver has also been an amazing source of frustration for me;
> moreover, you've gotten further than I have. Since acquiring this netbook
> around two months ago, I have been scouring the net looking for a solution
> all in vain. I've posted it about in the comment section of Adam
> Williamson's blog: 
> 
> http://www.happyassassin.net/2009/08/10/intel-gma500-poulsbo-on-fedora-11-repository-with-working-3d-compiz-support/#comment-980
> 
> As well as here:
> 
> http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20091129132037671&board_id=20&model=Eee+PC+1101HA&page=1&SLanguage=en-us
> 
> and here:
> 
> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=233185
> 
> and here:
> 
> http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=119960
> 
> without success. The worst is that an Amazon customer did get F11 working on
> this very model:
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/review/R11XYCNXTRZQGX
> 
> As I detailed in exhaustive detail in all of the above posts, in any of the
> distros that support Poulbos -- Ubuntu 9.04, F11, Mandriva 2010 -- the
> screen grays out at the point X is loaded. Nothing in the xorg or system
> logs give any indication of what is going wrong. The thing boots but nothing
> is displayed.
> 
> At the moment, I am running this Eee with VESA 800x600, which is obviously
> deeply unsatisfactory. I love the size/performance of this laptop, but
> basically, from a Linux perspective, it appears to be a lemon; I would have
> sold it already on eBay except that I deleted Windows the partition, and I
> have no idea how to reinstall it.
> 
Put it back in from you backup.  :-(
Okay, you didn't make one, let's get your system working.

In similar situations I have had luck with these techniques. If you feel like 
trying a few I expect one or more will help.
- add "vga=ask" or some known good resolution. Need not be your desired
   resolution, just what works.
- be sure you take xorg.conf out and let it build one
- use the "video=" boot option to get various options
- use the option to set the X driver ("xdriver=" from memory)
- use another framebuffer
Can't guess which might help, sorry.

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