Knoppix 3.4 on MB02

Knoppix 3.4 was installed into harddisk using knoppix-installer

Works

Ethernet
WiFi
USB
Sound
Modem
ACPI
FireWire
PCMCIA
VGA
DVD
Touchpad

Ethernet onboard

Automatically detected by hotplug. Driver used is e100.

WiFi

Automaticall detected. Driver used is ipw2100.

To contact an access point which use ESSID and WEP run iwconfig

# iwconfig eth0 essid "FOO"
# iwconfig eth0 enc "the-wep-key-here"
# pump -i eth0

USB

Detected automatically. hotplug will activate usb-uhci. To activate USB 2.0, add ehci-hcd into /etc/modules.

Automatically detected by hotplug, driver used is i810_audio. Internal speaker works normally, but I have not succeeded using headphone. Maybe because this sound chip has 6 configurable lines, and only two of them which drives internal speaker has configured properly.

Update: Sound output via headphone jacks is ok. I forgot to turn up volume on the headphone.

Modem

Need additional driver, which needs to be compiled by yourself. Get driver source from ftp://ftp.smlink.com/linux/unsupported/slmodem-2.9.7.tar.gz.

To prepare modem driver:

tar xvfz slmodem-2.9.7.tar.gz
cd slmodem-2.9.7
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe slamr
sudo /usr/sbin/slmodemd -c INDONESIA &

Don't forget to replace INDONESIA above by your own country name. Afterward, modem can be accessed from /dev/ttySL0.

Precompiled versions here: slamr.o which must be copied to /lib/modules/2.4.26/misc and slmodemd which need to be placed in /usr/sbin

Internet connection can be set using wvdial, by following steps:

sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
edit /etc/wvdial.conf
- add a line Carrier Check = no
- set Phone, Username, and Password lines with appropriate values, depend on your ISP
sudo wvdial

ACPI

Detected automatically. On running KDE, a battery icon will be shown beside clock, on the bottom right corner of screen. Battery indicator will show battery "fill level" (what is the proper term?), and approximate battery usage time left.

Right-click on that icon will give us option to operate CPU on various clock speeds: 1600, 1200, 1000, 800, 600 MHz, with related power usage each 32, 24, 20, 16, and 12 watts.

There is a bug in ACPI (for this box, not a generic bug). If lid was closed, then reopened, then processor utilitzation will jump, centered on [keventd].