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Marketing Advice & Reflections
How Much Should I Worry About My Bounce Rate?
Bounce rate measures the percentage of people who leave your website having visited only one page. Basically, they arrive on your site and don't visit any other of your site's pages - they simply leave.
For many marketers, this is the number they focus on the most - after all, you want engagement - and someone who arrives at your site and then leaves hasn't engaged - or have they?
A person who arrives on a page in your website and leaves without visiting any other pages.
So, what if your page only has one page? In this case your bounce rate would be 100%!
That's unusual, admittedly, but there are pages where the desired outcome is precisely for the visitor to leave the page! Imagine you are selling a product and your website has a number of product listings - all on one page. A visitor might want to make a purchase and clicks on the "Buy Now" link - only to be then take to your online store - which could easily be under another domain - 100% bounce - but a completed sale.
And there are more considerations. For some sectors the initial visit may be the start of a longer relationship with the site. Imagine a visitor with a personal problem - something they are just beginning to seek help with. Their initial visit may be tentative and short lived. Having plucked up the courage to visit the site, they change their mind and hit the back button. Another bounce. But they may very well return again and again and build a strong and lasting relationship with the site.
In most cases it depends upon the site and the nature of the expected relationship - if you run a site with a number of alternative offers then a high bounce rate could spell disaster - but if you run a site where the only options to move forward are "Buy Now" buttons then you might expect the bounce rate to be high.
But remember - a visit is a visit. If you have remarketing code on your site, then you can build audiences to whom you can advertise at a later date - and with segmentation you can identify an audience of your bounces. You can advertise to them in a very different way from your more engaged visitors - the possibilities are endless.
You can't avoid bounce - but you can try and understand it and leverage the dynamics of bounce to your advantage.


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You know how it is. You're getting down with your mate, all absorbed in the intimacies, and then one of those damned drones comes whispering up outta nowhere and aims a camera at your triple-X action. And the lights! It was all dark and cozy, but no, they gotta come in with all lights blazing, illuminating every mottle and dimple.
That's what NOAA did to these poor Pholidoteuthis adami, catching them doing the deed.
I will say this for the squid: they know what's important. They didn't even flinch, but just kept at it. And look at them! They're head to tail, and the male is doing it all upside down! I'm impressed. And inspired.

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It looks like we'll be seing Intel's new dual-core Atom 330 on the market sooner rather than later. The chip will launch in September accompanied by a refreshed D945GCLF2 motherboard, and is targeted at entry-level computer users, users in emerging markets, PC enthusiasts who want a basic home PC, and customized point-of-sale terminals.
Atom 330 is expected to be a 1.6GHz part with HyperThreading support on each processor, for a total of four virtual cores, as far as the OS is concerned. Total on-die L2 cache is 1MB (512K per processor), and the chip runs on the same 533MHz bus as the N/270. As far as projected performance, Atom 330 should be significantly faster than the 230 in any application that's capable of taking advantage of the chip's multiple cores. The desktop iteration of the platform could definitely use the boost; the single-core Atom 230 lagged well behind the VIA Nano when we benchmarked the two against each other.
If there's a downside to Intel's announcement Wednesday, it's the company's choice of platform. Intel's D945GCLF2 motherboard is, for all intents and purposes, the same D945GCLF we've already reviewed, but there are a few small changes. Specifically, the updated platform will offer both gigabit Ethernet and six-channel HD audio, up from the 10/100TX solution and 2+2 audio configuration of its predecessor. These updates are welcome, but don't address some of the other weaknesses inherent in the 945G platform. The new board retains the antiquated, low-performing, and power-gulping GPU of its forebear, and carries just one DIMM slot and one PCI slot for potential upgrades. There's no DVI output on the board, but S-video is an option, provided Intel includes the necessary hardware.
The company's decision not to update the Atom's platform undercuts some of the processor's attractiveness by saddling the company's premiere low-power part with a high-power chipset. Hopefully we'll see future dual-core Atoms on more modern, lower-power platforms, even if they come at higher price points. I should also note that my comments (and dissatisfaction) are limited to the retail desktop platform Intel is using—netbooks that have used Atom thus far all use mobile chipsets.
Intel's PR states the company has secured promises of support from over a dozen chassis manufacturers. Personally, I'll be very curious to see how Atom 330 scales compared to the 270 and VIA's Nano. If the performance is good, small Atom-based nettops could be hot items through the end of the year. Intel has stated on previous occasions that they're quite pleased with overall Atom sales, and while they've not provided data on netbook vs. nettop sales, it'll be interesting to see if Dell and HP nettops with Atom inside start popping up before 2009.


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''''Sacre Bleu' by Christopher Moore - a reading map to further enjoyment'''
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'Sacre Bleu' by Christopher Moore - a reading map to further enjoyment
I had so much fun reading Christopher Moore's Sacre Bleu that I wanted to extend the experience, and I thought other readers might want to as well. In addition to the humor and the adventure, there's quite a bit of setting and historical detail in this book (albeit with a heavy layer of imagination applied!), all of which can be explored further through the books below.
If you are looking to broaden your understanding of the time period and the artists, try some nonfiction from the "About" categories. If you are looking for fiction incorporating art historical details and fictionalized characters based on historical figures, try a book from those sections. If you are looking for a similar reading experience regardless of subject matter, try a book from the "Books with the Same Feel" category. When you're done reading, you might also want to check out a DVD to watch. And finally, may I suggest putting Putumayo's French Café on in the background for some musical atmosphere?
The Book
A young baker - who is also an aspiring painter - in late 19th century Paris joins his friend Toulouse-Latrec in a bawdy romp around the art world to expose the truth behind several odd occurrences - including whether Van Gogh committed suicide ,or was in fact murdered. Hilarious, irreverent, and packed with art historical details and quirky characters, this novel warmly recreates the world of the Post-Impressionists and the magical City of Light, with a touch of old-world mythology to add mystique.
The Author
- Other books by Christopher Moore
About the Artists
- Toulouse-Lautrec: The Moulin Rouge and the City of Light, by Robert Burleigh - Have this available to peruse while you read "Sacre Bleu" - the large format of this book means reproductions of paintings and prints on a sumptuous scale, in addition to photographs of the artists and their milieu. Written to be accessible to junior readers, this provides just enough biographical detail but is not exhaustive (and is less salacious than a more mature biography might be).
- The Judgment of Paris: the Revolutionary Decade that Gave the World Impressionism, by Ross King - Set the scene for the Impressionists with this account of two rival painters - Meissonier and Manet - which serves to illustrate the broader movements at work In the decade between the Salon des Refuses in 1863 and the first Impressionist show in 1874.
- Several of the paintings in Sacre Bleu are hidden away for years by the Colorman. Pictures at an Exhibition by Sara Houghteling tells the story of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterworks lost and hidden in other ways - by Nazi looting in World War II - and a family's efforts to recover their collection. On the other side, trace a Vermeer painting from its ownership during WWII back in time through to its inception at the hands of the artist in Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland.
About Paris
- The Flaneur: a Stroll through the Paradoxes of Paris, by Edmund White
- Lunch in Paris: a Love Story, with Recipes, by Elizabeth Bard
- The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: a Pedestrian in Paris, by John Baxter
- Paris: the Secret History, by Andrew Hussey
- French Milk, by Lucy Knisley
About Color and the History of Pigment
- Color: a Natural History of the Palette, by Victoria Finlay
- The Virgin Blue, by Tracy Chevalier - This novel features romance and mystery with historical details of the Protestant Reformation. It is a dream of the color blue that connects two women centuries apart when a modern American woman in France starts investigating her family past. The author is also known for working art historical details into her novels, such as The Lady and the Unicorn and Girl with a Pearl Earring (see below).
Art Historical Fiction
- Johanna, by Claire Cooperstein - In 1889 Johanna Bonger married Theo van Gogh, brother to the artist Vincent. This novel draws from real letters of the family and imagined diary excerpts of Johanna, while Theo maintains an art gallery in Paris and the lives of the newlyweds are interrupted by caring for Vincent as he is increasingly disturbed and unacknowledged as an artist. After both brothers' tragic deaths, Johanna strives to continue their legacy, finally finding favor for Van Gogh's works.
- Luncheon of the Boating Party, by Susan Vreeland - traces all the characters depicted with Auguste Renoir's painting of the same title. Vreeland uses narration by Renoir and several of the models to portray life in 1881 Paris, in all its colorful, vibrant detail. If enjoy this, try also Vreeland's other art historical novels: The Passion of Artemisia or Clara and Mr. Tiffany.
- Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper, by Harriet Scott Chessman - Lydia is the sister of Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt. This novel explores the relationship of the sisters - one the model and one the painter - to art, to each other, and their role within the art world of 1880s Paris.
- The Forgery of Venus, by Michael Gruber - In this literary thriller, virtuoso forger Chaz Wilmot becomes embroiled in visions that he is travelling through time to live as 17th c. Spanish artist Velazquez.
- Leonardo's Swans, by Karen Essex - Renaissance Italy is the stage for a rivalry between sisters and as much court intrigue as you'd find with The Other Boleyn Girl. This novel depicts the scene in which Leonardo da Vinci created some of his masterpieces, and one of the sisters plays his muse. If you like this one, you might like another tale of art and romance in Renaissance Florence, The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant.
- The Moon and Sixpence, by W. Somerset Maugham - Charles Strickland abandons his staid life with respectable house and family to become a penniless painter in Paris and then Tahiti - inspired and desperate to create art despite the cost. Maugham published this work, inspired by the life of Paul Gaugin, in 1919.
- This list on Goodreads will give you still more to try: Art & Artists in Fiction
More about Muses
- Blue Arabesque: A Search for the Sublime, by Patricia Hampl - A painting by Matisse is itself a muse for author Patricia Hampl, who is inspired to journey to study Matisse's depictions of odalisques - exotic nudes from the height of Orientalism.
- The Girl with a Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier - In 17th century Holland, a maid in the household of Vermeer is drawn into the artist's world and the intimacy between the two has repurcussions. If you've already read and enjoyed "The Girl with a Pearl Earring", you also might like Tulip Fever by Deborah Maggoch - another lush tale of art and adultery in 17th c. Netherlands.
- Girl Reading, by Katie Ward - Seven women in different times and places inspire seven artists to create works of art in this work of carefully constructed, connected stories.
- Still more to try:
- The Painted Kiss, by Elizabeth Hickey (Gustav Klimt)
- The Last Nude, by Ellis Avery
- Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X, by Deborah Davis
Books with the Same Feel
- For a wry smile and offbeat humor with a heavy dose of irony: Douglas Adams - why not try his Dirk Gently series.
- For a grown-up fairy tale with a touch of menace: Neil Gaiman, especially American Gods or Anansi Boys, or even Neverwhere.
- For irreverent but skillful blending of classical and fantastic: Seth Grahame-Smith
- For lots of wordplay and silliness: Jasper Fforde - try the Nursery Crimes series.
- For introducing the mythological into the everyday - and the everyday into the historical - with light, hilarious results: Tom Holt
- For absurdity and dark humor: Robert Rankin
- Others to try:
- Try one of the books the author Chris Moore suggests himself: Chris' Picks
To Watch
- Hugo - This movie (only loosely based on Brian Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret) depicts an eccentric Paris with a touch of creative whimsy.
- Paris: the Luminous Years: This documentary focuses on Paris as the birthplace of modernism in all aspects of art. Its subject matter is compromised of later works and broader movements than those in "Sacre Bleu", but demonstrates the roots of these movements and firmly seats Paris as the City of Light.
- Impressionism and Post-impressionism: from the "Landmarks of Western Art" series - though the commentary is dry, all the facts are there, and some great visuals of masterpieces. Use this DVD to get caught up with your art historical knowledge of the roots of the milieu presented in "Sacre Bleu".
- And the library doesn't currently own these, but to immerse yourself completely in this offbeat world, you should definitely track down the following:
- The Van Gogh episode of Doctor Who
- Baz Luhrmann's film Moulin Rouge


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Making robots even more hardcore, British roboticists have designed machines that will only dance to punk rock music. Standing 2 metres tall, padded in leather and decked in various punk scene insignias, the pogoing robots wait until they hear the familiar strains of anti-establishment rock before they start dancing. Is it just me, or do these things sound like they'd be a minor threat in the mosh pit?
The machines were designed by a collaboration of artists and scientists from Queen Mary University in London. They use neural networks, a collection of computer processors that function like a simple animal brain, to differentiate between Black Flag and say... Bob Marley. The result: robots that can dance to a genre of music even if they've never heard the song before. Check out the BBC link to see a video of the robots gleefully pogoing to The Fumadores. [BBC]


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The Town of Dolores is one step closer to more people taking more steps outside, thanks to the recent award of a $19,762 Great Outdoors Colorado Grant.
The grant will go toward planning a trail system in Dolores that will get people outside hiking and biking the area.
"The setting for this trail system in the Dolores River Valley is unique and provides an inviting atmosphere for summer and winter recreation," wrote Town Manager Ryan Mahoney in the grant proposal.
Mahoney said that now the grant has been awarded, the town will hire a trails planner that will work with the town, stakeholders and the community to develop a comprehensive trail plan for Dolores.
Mahoney is hoping to offer a little bit of everything for everyone, from a short, walking loop trail in town, to connector loops that will get bicyclists up to the trail system near Boggy Draw.
"I would really like to create loops within town," Mahoney said.
Mahoney said the planning portion of the grant is necessary before the town can apply for additional grants.
"This is a necessary step before you go back to GOCO and ask for construction money," Mahoney said. "They want to see that there has been forethought in the planning process."
The process for trail planning will likely begin in the spring and Mahoney said the community will likely be invited to a kickoff event, such as a barbecue, to discuss wants and needs for trails in Dolores.
Dolores District Ranger Derek Padilla wrote a letter in favor of the grant.
"This plan will provide the opportunity to connect trails within the community to a regional trail system," he wrote.
The addition of trails, Mahoney said, will help the town as it may bring more people into town and therefore into the local businesses.
"The planning process will allow resident participation and local ownership of the final trails plan. It will lend credibility to community leaders seeking funding for the construction and acquisition of key parcels," Mahoney wrote in the grant proposal.
In the end, "an interconnected trail system, will allow residents and visitors to walk or ride bikes between public amenities on a safe non-motorized trails system," Mahoney wrote.
The existing trail system in Dolores is not connected and at some points abruptly end. This plan will seek to correct this. In addition, many mountain bikers drive up Dunlap Hill and park off Road W to access the Boggy Draw Trail system, a connector, on the west end of Central Ave., may allow those mountain bikers and hikers alike, to stay in town rather than drive up the hill, to start their journey.
Mahoney mentioned it would be nice to have a trail head of sorts with maps of the different trails in town, possibly at Joe Rowell Park or Flanders Park.
The first phase of the grant, which requires a 25 percent match from the town, requires the hiring of a professional consultant, who will help by mapping the current trails system and work with the community to develop a master plan.


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The holy, glorious and right-victorious Hieromartyr Theodotus of Cyrenia (d. 326) was a bishop on the island of Cyprus who was martyred under the Emperor Licinius. The Orthodox Church commemorates him on March 2.
Saint Theodotus preached Christ to the pagans, urging them to turn to the true God. The authorities gave orders to arrest him, but before these orders could be carried out, Theodotus went freely to the governor as a Christian. The governor had him tortured and imprisoned; after five days, Theodotus's faith was tested again under torture.
Theodotus replied to his torturers:
- "If you knew the goodness of my God, who, it is my hope, will by these brief tortures make me worthy of eternal life, you would wish to suffer for Him as I do!"
His endurance and speech brought many to believe in Christ, so the governor had him thrown back in prison.
During the time of St. Constantine the Great (May 21), the freedom to confess their faith was given to all Christians, and among those set free from prison was St. Theodotos. The saint returned to Cyrenia, and after two years serving as bishop, he peacefully fell asleep in the Lord in about the year 326.
Troparion (Fourth Tone)
- By sharing in the ways of the Apostles,
- you became a successor to their throne.
- Through the practice of virtue, you found the way to divine contemplation, O inspired one of God;
- by teaching the word of truth without error, you defended the Faith, even to the shedding of your blood.
- Hieromartyr Theodotus, entreat Christ God to save our souls.
Kontakion (Third Tone)
- You denounced the depths of false belief.
- With the Orthodox faith you wounded the delusion of idolatry.
- As a godly, whole burnt sacrifice,
- You refreshed the ends of the earth with your wonders!
- O holy hierarch Theodotus, our father,
- Entreat Christ God to grant us great mercy!
External Links and Sources
- The Hieromartyr Theodotos from the Orthodox Church in America website
- Hieromartyr Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrenia on the island of Cyprus excerpted from the Lives of saints from the Prologue from Ohrid by Bishop Nikolai Velimrovich from the website of the Protection of the Mother of God Church (ROCOR) in Rochester, NY
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Aurora Regional Fire Museum's Exhibits
The Aurora Regional Fire Museum's
Holiday 2010 Exhibit and Programs
Holiday Exhibit • Gingerbread Raffle • Holiday Mouse
Gingerbread Firehouse Contest Photos
Gingerbread FIREhouse Contest and Exhibit
Thirteen stunning gingerbread firehouses, fire stations, and several burning buildings, were specially crafted for the The Aurora Regional Fire Museum's 2nd annual Gingerbread FIREhouse Contest and Raffle.
(see photo below)
Wanna practice for next year?
While it's too late to enter this year's gingerbread contest, this is quickly becoming a popular annual event. Click here to read all about our contest rules, get your recipe perfected, and start designing a gingerbread FIREhouse for next year.
Gingerbread FIREhouse Contest and Exhibit
Rules state that all entries depict a firefighting themed architectural structure (real or imaginary), and that except for the base, everything must be made from 100% edible materials. The gingerbread FIREhouses were judged by a panel of local experts -- Aurora's Fire Chief Hal Carlson; architect Lane Allen of Allen+Pepa Studios; and the sous chef for Chef Amaury's 33 W. Tattoria) -- based on adherence to a theme; creativity and originality; and the level of precision and skill.
Individual Class
entries made by teen-aged children
and/or adults acting alone
"Arriving at the Great Gingerbread Barn Fire"
Individual Class - 1st Place Winner
Gingerbread, assorted candy, gum-paste, fruit-by-the-foot, oats, coconut, royal icing, food coloring and lots of attention to detail were used to create this realistic fire scene. Once the idea for a burning barn was settled on, a cardboard model was used as a template to form the main pieces. After baking and curing for several days the barn was "raised" (assembled) decorated and then "set on fire."
"Columbus Ohio No. 5 Engine House"
Individual Class - 2nd Place Winner
A photo found on the internet of a real fire station in Columbus Ohio was the inspiration for this gingerbread firehouse. The walls are made from gingerbread, and decorated with lots of details piped on with a frosting bag using royal icing and food coloring.
"North Pole Fire Department"
Individual Class - 3rd Place Winner
Traditional gingerbread techniques were used to create this whimsical looking North Pole Fire Station. Pez candies frame the apparatus garage doors, while red cinnamon gum sticks shingle a roof crowned with gumdrops. Frosting covered ice cream cones were used to form the Christmas Trees.
"Engine No. 89"
Gingerbread, assorted candy, rice cereal treats marshmallows, and lots of royal frosting were used to create this impressive fire station. Unfortunately the roof collapsed under the weight of the "snow.
This gingerbread firehouse was made by modifying a traditional gingerbread house kit. Cinnamon gum singles cover the roof, and candy pieces add the accents. The fire engine was made using rice cereal treats covered with red royal icing and miniature Oreo cookie wheels. Cookie accents and coconut flakes add the accents around the base to complete the scene.
Family/Group Class
a single entry that has been created by
two or more individuals, children with adult
supervision, or a group, club, or organization)
"Fire at the Cosmic Montessori School"
Family/Group Class - 2nd Place Winner
Red pull-apart Twizzlers were used to create abstract "flames" in this depiction of a tragic fire and explosion at Aurora's Cosmic Montessori Community School. Thankfully the school's pet rabbits are safe in their pen out back, and the firefighters are on the scene.
This group project represents the creativity of young minds, and the Victorian design esthetic of "more (candy in this case) is never enough!"
"Aurora Fire Station 3 "
Family/Group Class - 3rd Place Winner (tie!)
Aurora's Fire Station No. 3 at the corner of Indian Trail Road and Highland Avenue was constructed by the daughter of an Aurora Firefighter who works at that station. After meticulously photographing and measuring the real station, a cardboard model was made which was then used as a template to cut the gingerbread walls. Windows were made from melted hard candies, rice cereal treats and fondant were used to craft the realistic Engine 3, Medic 3, and Battalion Chief 2 vehicals.
"Paul Davis Restoration Before and After a Fire"
Family/Group Class - 3rd Place Winner (tie!)
A tragic fire has destroyed this gingerbread house. What's a gingerbread family to do -- Call Paul! Visitors are invited to (gently) spin the turn-table under this gingerbread house to see the finished results of using a qualified restoration contractor, like Paul Davis after a fire, flood or mold infestation.
Made using gingerbread, assorted candy, and royal icing.
"St. Charles Fire Station 1 - circa 1892"
Two kinds of gingerbread were used to recreate the old St Charles City Hall and Fire Station 1. A mold was used to create the brick pattern on the walls. The roof shingles are made using cinnamon gum, while fondant and Juicy Fruit gum form the windows. Royal icing and fondant holds it all together, and marshmallow fluff covered with coconut flakes create the snowscape.
"Mrs O'Leary's Cow Strikes Again!"
Gingerbead and lots and lots of frosting were instrumental in creating this project. When the original roof caved in, the bakers (a local girl scout troop) decided to set the house on fire — see the marshmallow cow kicking over the light-post in the rear. The longer the "finished" house sat on the family's kitchen table, the more and more it became adorned with candy.
Professional Class
an entry produced by a baker, designer,
architect, or any individual or group with
professional baking experience
"Hook & Ladder No. 8 - Ghostbusters Firehouse"
Professional Class - 1st Place Winner
New York City's Hook & Ladder Co. 8 was built in 1912 and is still used as an operational fire station. In 1984, the building's exterior was used as a movie location, and became famous as the fictional home for the Ghostbusters.
Grey fondant covers the base and creates the urban NYC cityscape. The firehouse is gingerbread with color and textures added. A homemade hard candy recipe was used to pour the clear windows. The Ghostbusters ambulance and the Stay-puff Man were made from rice cereal treats covered in fondant. Christmas decorations were formed with royal icing and a bunch of holiday cheer.
"Bucket Brigade"
Professional Class - 2nd Place Winner
Oh, No! A small fire has broken out in Santa's Workshop! Thank goodness the toys have already been moved to prepare for the big night on Christmas Eve. The Volunteer Fire Elves are working hard to contain the blaze. The rag-tag team of inexperienced Santa's helpers is busy filling the buckets and passing them along…maybe someone should tell them to just use the hose they have?
This entry offers a whimsical look at what might happen if the unthinkable happened at the North Pole. Both structures and the sleigh and reindeer are constructed from gingerbread and Royal Icing. The floor in the firehouse is made of fondant. The elves, the buckets, hose, hydrant, bell and ladder are fondant and tylose powder. These were modeled by hand with uncooked spaghetti noodles for support.
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(I know, glxgears is no benchmark, but as we all have the same hardware and most probably the same drivers it can be used as a point of reference).
(I know, glxgears is no benchmark, but as we all have the same hardware and most probably the same drivers it can be used as a point of reference).
*If glxgears doesn't reach 700 fps, recent intel drivers could be screwed up (oh no, again), you can install older tested driver packages: [[http://piie.net/files/acer_aspire_one_xorg_performance/]]
*If glxgears doesn't reach 700 fps, recent intel drivers could be screwed up (oh no, again), you can install older tested driver packages: [[http://piie.net/files/acer_aspire_one_xorg_performance/]]
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=== Working games ===
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- 1 Introduction
- 2 Before You Begin
- 3 Recommended partition schemes
- 4 Hardware setup
- 5 Network
- 6 Audio
- 7 Video
- 8 Webcam
- 9 Card Reader
- 10 Additional function keys
- 11 Suspend on lid, shutdown on power button
- 12 Customized Kernel
- 13 Tuning tips
- 13.1 SD Storage Expansion
- 13.2 Regulating the CPU fan
- 13.3 Using the Super key for middle-clicking
- 13.4 SSD specific tweaks
- 13.5 Updating the BIOS
- 13.6 Polishing the boot process
- 13.7 Freeing memory by disabling 3D acceleration
- 14 Example configurations
- 15 Hardware
- 16 Games
- 17 Weblinks
This page provides most of the relevant information on installing Arch Linux on the Acer Aspire One. Visit the Arch forum thread link below to get more information and help.
Most of this information is from the Arch Forum. You can also find a lot of helpful information from the AspireOneUser Forum and Install Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04.1) on the Acer Aspire One. General netbook installation hints can be found also in the Asus EEE PC Wiki article
Before You Begin
A list of choices to be made during installation
- Installation medium: CD-ROM or USB (usb is recommended)
- Which filesystems to choose:
- If you want a journaled filesystem for the SDD or HDD or not (ext4 is recommended)
- If you want a journaled filesystem for the SD-card or not (highly recommended, for instance xfs, ext4 or ext3)
- If you want a swap partition or not
- May wear the disk somewhat, but makes hibernation possible
- If you want to use kernel26, kernel26-one or kernel26-one-dev (kernel26-one is recommended)
- Which modules and daemons you want loaded at boot in rc.conf
- If you want to configure the machine for maximum performance or battery life
- If you want to configure X for using 3D graphics or not
- If you wish to boot straight into a graphics mode or not
- General configuration
There are also all sorts of tweaks along the way, that you may choose to apply.
Choosing your installation medium
The Acer Aspire One does not come with an optical drive.
This means you will need to install Arch Linux through one of the alternative methods:
- USB stick (recommended)
- External USB CD-ROM drive (weird)
Preparation prior to installing Arch Linux
- Press F12 at BIOS post or change boot order with F2 to select your installation method. (On some systems, F12 might not be enabled by default, and you must hit F2 to enter the BIOS and enable it.)
- To boot off the USB stick, choose USB HDD as the boot device.
- It is recommended to permanently add a SD(HC) card into the left sd card reader to extend storage space.
- Before running /arch/setup mount your SD card to be visible to the installer.
Recommended partition schemes
- /dev/sda1 all 8GB on the SSD for /, formatted as ext4
- /dev/mmcblk0p1 all space on the extensional left side sd(hc) card for /home
- the sd-card needs a journaling filesystem, like xfs, ext3 or ext4
- No swap at all, unless you want hibernation
There's a limit in how many times we can write to any disk, SDD (around 2GB/day =~ 3years) or HDD. All disks will wear out eventually, so backup often. This goes for both SDD and HDD's.
In general, having data on a disk should be considered as safe as written notes on a wet paper napkin.
Solid state drives are made of flash memory, they are fast at reading but slow at writing data.
Journaled filesystem writes in a journal what it's modifying in the filesystem, so you'll get more writes into the SSD, that will take your write count up as a bit of overhead for each write you'll do, but will give you filesystem consistency if something as gone wrong. Same thing goes for the HDD-version.
You can choose a journaled filesystem (like ext4, ext3 or xfs) or a non journaled one (like ext2). The choice mainly depends on how important it is to you that all files are okay if you suddenly turn off the computer, compared to slightly less wear and tear over the years, and slightly more speed on disk operations.
The choice depends on your demands. Some people had trouble using ext2 with the SD-card (the filesystem was corrupted) and switched to XFS instead, with great success.
In general, ext4 is a good choice for disks and XFS works well for SD-cards that stay in the slot.
XFS over ext2/ext3 also have the added benefit of not having to wait for disk-checks every Nth boot, which can be a huge annoyance if you're about to hold a presentation.
Choosing maximum lifetime, or data integrity
For a longer life for your disk, take care to:
- Not use a journaling file system
- Not use a swap partition (unless you want to be able to hibernate)
- Edit your new installation fstab to mount the partitions as "noatime", which will mean better performance and longer life by not writing file access times. "relatime" is an alternative solution. See this LWN article for more information.
- Not log errors or messages
If, on the other hand, data integrity is more important, use EXT3, XFS or another journaled filesystem instead.
Mounting Options
There are some tweaks we can put into place to have better performance out of filesystems.
These are to be added to your filesystem mount tab file located under /etc/fstab. As example a mount line for the root directory:
/dev/sda1 / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1
Another tweak is to mount each log directory into a memory filesystem (stores everything only into RAM) so we can skip more write counts out of our SDD but suitable also for HDD. These log files will be then deleted each time the system is rebooted.
For that we have to add to the same /etc/fstab the follow lines:
none /var/log tmpfs size=10M 0 0 none /tmp tmpfs size=100M 0 0 none /var/tmp tmpfs size=20M 0 0
- CAUTION: The temporary folders listed above will delete all files in those folders after each reboot. You may omit the last three lines, but have increased write access to the SSD.
- CAUTION: Has been reported that the stock kernel is causing partition table corruption on the SD card when you resume from a suspend. Corrupted /home. Someone on the forum suggested that you need a kernel with CONFIG_MMC_UNSAFE_RESUME set to prevent this from happening. This solution did not work for some people, while using XFS instead of ext2 for /home worked just fine.
Hardware setup
To have ethernet, wireless networking and sound all fully functional, it is recommended to use the kernel26 package, with a kernel version >= 2.6.28. The kernel26-one package may also work for you.
Module configuration
Now we have to select the modules we need to get the hardware working, by editing /etc/rc.conf.
Modules we need to blackmask
- memstick - Makes full load on one core- fixed as of kernel 2.6.29.
- snd-pcsp - PC Speaker will be your sound card and snd-hda-intel will not work. Also amazingly annoying.
Modules we need to load
- acpi_cpufreq - CPU scaling
- ath5k - The wireless device
- pciehp - The SD card readers' hotplug functionality
- r8169 - The ethernet NIC
- uvcvideo - The webcam device
Enabling CPU scaling
To enable the ondemand CPUfreq governor add the following lines to the file /etc/rc.local
echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governor
AA1 wireless device is a rather new Atheros wireless chip not supported by Linux kernel until version 2.6.27. Before that an external module was required to be compiled and installed named madwifi.
Now we need to reset the wireless driver upon suspend/resume so we need to create a rule for pm-utils to reload the module. This is done by creating a new file under /etc/pm/config.d/ named modules with:
echo "SUSPEND_MODULES=\"ath5k\"" > /etc/pm/config.d/modules
Getting the latest ath5k driver
If you have problems with ath5k, you can get the latest version by following the instructions on this site: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download
Essentially, you install the latest wireless drivers into an updates/ directory, thus leaving the stock drivers intact for possible reverting.
- Use module r8169 for eth0 support with kernel version >=2.6.26.
- If you have problems with r8169 (unlikely), try r8101.
Typical Intel HD Audio. Just follow alsa setup.
Make sure you have the latest version of alsa-utils, alsa-lib and alsa-firmware.
With kernel26-one (alsa built into the kernel)
Add one of these as a kernel option in /boot/grub/menu.lst:
- snd-hda-intel.model=acer-aspire
- Recommended. The loudspeaker is correctly turned off when a headset is plugged in, the internal microphone works (use the Sound-configuration panel in the Gnome preferences). Everything works.
- snd-hda-intel.model=acer
- Everything works, except the internal microphone and turning off the loudspeaker when a headset is plugged in. For some people the internal microphone may work.
- snd-hda-intel.model=auto
- Both internal and external microphone doesn't work
With kernel26 (alsa as modules)
Add one of these as a line in /etc/modprobe.d/sound:
- options snd-hda-intel model=acer-aspire
- Recommended. The loudspeaker is correctly turned off when a headset is plugged in, the internal microphone works (use the Sound-configuration panel in the Gnome preferences). Everything works.
- options snd-hda-intel model=acer
- Everything works, except the internal microphone and turning off the loudspeaker when a headset is plugged in. For some people the internal microphone may work.
- options snd-hda-intel model=auto
- Both internal and external microphone doesn't work
Remember to turn up the volume.
A program like alsamixer can be used for this purpose (m to mute/unmute). gmixer is great too.
Typical Intel chipset. Works with the xf86-video-intel driver. 400ish on glxgears. If you have problems playing videos with xorg-server >= 1.6, try xf86-video-intel-legacy.
You'll need to install packages
- xorg
- xf86-video-intel
- xf86-input-synaptics
For the original Linpus Xorg.conf (if you use this you may want to remove the ServerFlags section - the two entries in it disable the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace and Ctrl-Alt-F* hotkeys) please see Example configurations.
External VGA port
The external VGA port works without further modifications if the externel screen is connected at boot time. If the screen is added later, the VGA port has to be enabled by xrandr. See also section Additional function keys for automating this.
Improve graphics performance
To improve the 2D graphics performance add the following lines to the Device Section of your xorg.conf
Option "AccelMethod" "exa" Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
To improve the 3D graphics performance add the following to your /etc/profile
export INTEL_BATCH=1
See also Intel Graphics.
Setting dpi
Very large fonts may appear in some applications (for example the menu line in Firefox). Setting the DisplaySize in the Monitor section in combination with the NoDDC option in xorg.conf may help:
Section "Device" ... Option "NoDDC" ... EndSection ... Section "Monitor" ... DisplaySize 271 159 # Sets the correct DPI (96 x 96) ... EndSection
When using an external screen, the NoDDC option has the effect, that XRandR may no longer be able to determine and use the maximum resolution of the screen. If you have such problems, delete the above lines from xorg.conf. Instead add the following to your ~/.xserverrc:
#!/bin/bash exec /usr/bin/X -dpi 100
You may also try 75dpi if you can live with small fonts.
You can also try to add the following to your ~/.Xdefaults:
*dpi: 75
Setting a proper framebuffer
There are three options for setting the frame buffer (kernel mode setting, uvesafb, and intelfb). The most modern, thus recommended one is kernel mode setting (KMS). This is also the easiest to implement.
Kernel mode setting (KMS)
Use kernel26 >= 2.6.29 and follow the instructions here: Intel_Graphics#Kernel_mode_setting_(KMS)
This will enable a 1024x600 framebuffer with 32bit color. Read Uvesafb for the basic workthrough. But just following the steps below will work fine for the stock kernel. :-)
Warning: Before you begin, be aware that suspend will most probably not work with Uvesafb. When resuming you will end up with a blank screen.
- Build and install 915resolution-static from AUR unsupported.
- Install v86d:
pacman -S v86d
Edit /etc/modprobe.d/uvesafb such that the line reads:
options uvesafb mode_option=1024x600-32 scroll=ywrap
Edit /lib/initcpio/hooks/915resolution such that it reads:
run_hook () { msg -n ":: Patching the VBIOS..." /usr/sbin/915resolution -c 945GM 5c 1024 600 msg "done." }
Add 915resolution and v86d to the hooks in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf:
HOOKS="base udev 915resolution v86d ..."
mkinitcpio -p kernel26
Make sure that you do not include any vga=... things in your kernel line in GRUB menu.lst, as these will enable other framebuffer drivers and prevent uvesafb from working.
Using intelfb for the framebuffer without an init ramdisk
Another option is to use the intelfb framebuffer.
This is an option if you are using the kernel26-one-dev kernel, or any other kernel where intelfb is compiled in the kernel rather than as a module. It is also a good option if you don't want to use an initrd image on boot (hence using the new grub package below.)
First off install grub2-915resolution from AUR. (This may mean you need to modify the new /boot/grub/grub.cfg, see the wiki page for help)
To /boot/grub/grub.cfg add the 915 initialisation like so:
menuentry "kernel26-one-dev" { set root=(hd0,1) insmod 915resolution 915resolution 5c 1024 600 linux /vmlinuz-one-dev root=/dev/sda2 ro video=intelfb vga=604 }
And then just boot away :)
Note: This method means you have to change to the new version of grub, which uses a new configuration format, and hence won't work with your old menu.lst
Works on the fly with the kernel26 (>=2.6.22) from core using the UVC kernel module (uvcvideo). Make sure that your user belongs to the "video" group.
Here's how to test the webcam:
Load the kernel module as root
modprobe uvcvideo
Install and run wxcam as a regular user
To stop using the webcam related kernel modules (which saves some battery power)
echo uvcvideo videodev v4l1_compat video | xargs rmmod
Pro Tip: Install and run powertop as root if you're interested in saving even more power.
Card Reader
Note: This is not needed with the most recent BIOS v3309
To enable hotplugging for the card readers, add the following to /etc/modprobe.d/pciehp:
options pciehp pciehp_force=1
Then add pciehp to the modules array in /etc/rc.conf:
MODULES=( ... pciehp ... )
As an alternative, which may possibly also enable powersaving for the card readers, get the jmb38x_d3e.sh script from the original Linpus install and install it in /usr/local/sbin. Remember to give executable rights. Note that this script uses bc which you may need to install:
pacman -S bc
Then add the following line to /etc/rc.local:
/usr/local/sbin/jmb38x_d3e.sh &>/var/log/jmb38x_d3e.log &
You may skip the log output if do not want this. You do not need the pciehp module in /etc/rc.conf if you use this script.
Additional function keys
For the wifi kill switch add these keycodes in /etc/rc.local:
/usr/bin/setkeycodes e055 159 /usr/bin/setkeycodes e056 158
Note that if the wifi kill switch is on (wifi is off), you will need to reboot to re-enable wifi once you disable the kill switch.
For the Fn-Keys add these:
/usr/bin/setkeycodes e025 130 /usr/bin/setkeycodes e026 131 /usr/bin/setkeycodes e027 132 /usr/bin/setkeycodes e029 122 /usr/bin/setkeycodes e071 134 /usr/bin/setkeycodes e072 135
Now setup an ~/.Xmodmap:
keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume keycode 176 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume keycode 223 = XF86Standby keycode 239 = XF86KbdBrightnessDown keycode 123 = XF86KbdBrightnessUp keycode 210 = XF86Display
Alternatively, you might also try the following map (used on my A110 Aspire One, bought on February 2009 with french keyboard layout)
keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume keycode 123 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume ## here is the difference keycode 223 = XF86Standby keycode 210 = XF86Display
then add:
xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
to ~/.xinitrc.
If you use KDE or Gnome you can use the appropriate tools to bind the keys or they work just fine without further modifications.
If you use XFCE then you can use "Settings->Keyboard Settings->Shortcuts" and add a new theme, set:
XF86AudioRaiseVolume - amixer set Master 2dB+ unmute XF86AudioLowerVolume - amixer set Master 2dB- unmute XF86AudioMute - amixer set Master toggle
If you use neither KDE nor Gnome then read on.
To use the keys to adjust volume it is recommended to use xbindkeys:
# pacman -S xbindkeys
xbindkeys &
to ~/.xinitrc and use the following as .xbindkeysrc.scm:
(xbindkey '("m:0x0" "c:160") "amixer sset Master toggle") (xbindkey '("m:0x0" "c:176") "amixer set Master 2dB+ unmute") (xbindkey '("m:0x0" "c:174") "amixer set Master 2dB- unmute") (xbindkey '("XF86Display") "uxterm -e vgadisplay.sh") (xbindkey '("XF86Standby") "sudo pm-suspend")
Note that I have added the option to switch the external VGA output here by a bash-display-script. You will need the following as /usr/bin/vgadisplay.sh:
#! /bin/bash TEMP=/tmp/answer$$ dialog --menu "Select VGA behavior" 13 50 6 1 off 2 1024x600 3 "Auto (most probably 1024x768)" 2>$TEMP ret=$? choice=`cat $TEMP` case $ret in 1) ;; # Cancel - do nothing 0) # User selection case $choice in 1) xrandr --output VGA --off;; 2) xrandr --output VGA --mode 1024x600;; 3) xrandr --output VGA --auto;; esac ;; *) # Shouldnt happen echo "Abnormal ret code from dialog: $ret" ;; esac
You may also bind an xrandr call directly with the XF86Display key but with the above way you have more options.
Some people needed to install the kernel named "kernel26-one" in order to make this work properly.
This is not specific to the Acer Aspire One but is not described in full detail elsewhere. First you have to install acpid:
# pacman -S acpid
Start the acpid daemon now to get things working without reboot:
# /etc/rc.d/acpid start
To start acpid on boot-up: If you start the hal daemon in your rc.conf (you probably do this when using madwifi-hal) nothing has to be done, as hal starts acpid automatically. If you don't use hal, you have to add acpid to the DEAMONS array to start it on boot-up.
Now the events have to be configured. If you want your machine to suspend when closing the lid, add the following to /etc/acpi/events/lid:
event=button/lid.* action=/usr/sbin/pm-suspend
If you want your machine to shutdown when pressing the power button, add the following to /etc/acpi/events/power:
event=button/power.* action=/sbin/poweroff
Note that you have to press the power button only shortly. Pressing it too long (few seconds) will cut the power without shutting down.
Customized Kernel
It's common to use customized kernels in these machines to avoid the extra load of modules Arch's stock kernel brings. These are ok for the wide general hardware but in this case we have a very specific set of hardware so that we can build a predefined kernel hardware support.
There is a A110L specific kernel package kernel26-one on AUR with all necessary modules compiled in kernel. Refer to the Forum for help on this. There may also be binaries of the latest version on the Forum but since these are user submitted packages you should *always* pick the sources and PKGBUILD, inspect them and build them yourself.
There's also kernel26-one-dev.
The config for this kernel is derived from the original Linpus Kernel config. The main differences from stock arch kernel:
- The kernel differs from the stock arch kernel so it can only load Aspire One specific hardware and shouldn't be used in any other hardware;
- Faster boot time;
- Reduced package size (although the hardware supported by this kernel will be limited to what it has compiled);
- Tweaks for better performance on Atom processors;
- Some tweaks/workarounds to get hardware work flawlessly (MMC/SD cards for example)
On T.Mondary's site you can also find a precompiled kernel for AAO, in distribution-independant format, but suitable for ArchLinux. This minimal kernel comes with wifi led patches, a coretemp patch, acerhdf and a proper framebuffer with KMS. It can now use ext2 or ext4 (mounting ext4 without a journal is supported since 2.6.29) for the root filesystem, and doesn't require an initrd.
Tuning tips
SD Storage Expansion
Labeling Partitions
For using both card readers at a time we have to specify which is the one to use as storage expansion and the one to be used a removable storage by setting a label into the filesystem.
Plug only the expansion SD card into the left card reader and make the desired filesystem with one of the following:
mkfs.xfs /dev/mmcblk0p1
mkfs.ext3 /dev/mmcblk0p1
mkfs.ext2 /dev/mmcblk0p1
Then give the filesystem a label:
xfs_admin -L "SD_HOME" /dev/mmcblk0p1
e2label /dev/mmcblk0p1 "SD_HOME"
Mount expansion as /home
Now that we have a SD card with a defined label we can define a mount option in /etc/fstab as defined in Mounting Options. Don't forget to change the folder which it is to be mounted on, it should be /home.
If you already have something in your /home folder we need to save a backup in order to upon mounting the SD expansion we have the same files as before so we can try this:
tar -cfg /home.tar /home
Now we can mount the device and put the backup there. Remember to put the line in fstab first and had made a backup!
rm -rf /home/* mount /home tar -xvf /home.tar -C /home/ rm /home.tar
Regulating the CPU fan
Letting the BIOS regulate the cpu fan results in a noisy monster of netbook. We can override the default fan settings by using either acerhdf or acerfand based on two scripts.
Acerhdf does not compile with GCC 4.4 right now, but it probably will soon.
The package in AUR called acerhdf, it includes the kernel module which regulates the fan in a performant and secure way. Just build it, install it and add acerhdf to the MODULES array in /etc/rc.conf. It can be configured by adding the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/acerhdf.conf:
options acerhdf verbose=0 fanon=67 fanoff=62 interval=10 kernelmode=1
Or, to make the fan be more active and cool the AAO more, but make more noise:
options acerhdf verbose=0 fanon=62 fanoff=52 interval=10 kernelmode=1
To make the module work after suspend-resume create /etc/pm/config.d/unload_modules with a following content:
SUSPEND_MODULES="acerhdf" - suspend/resume works out of the box, if you've got any problem with it, leave a message: acerhdf
Remember that you will have to (make;make install) acerhdf every time you upgrade the kernel to a new release, e.g. from 2.6.28 to 2.6.29.
Using the Super key for middle-clicking
When browsing the web, a third mouse button is a great help for opening links in tabs. Unfortunately, there's no third mouse button on the Acer Aspire One.
However, one can configure one of the keys on the keyboard for acting like a third mouse button instead. (The Super key is the one with a picture of a little house, or on models that do not have a little house, the key between the fn and alt.).
Using FVWM 2
Add these two lines to your .fvwm/.fvwm2rc (or just add the second line to your favorite startup function):
AddToFunc StartFunction + I Key Super_L A N FakeClick depth 0 press 2 wait 200 release 2
Using xte
- Install xautomation, which includes xte
- Set up your windowmanager to execute this command at the press of the Super key:
xte "mouseclick 2"
Or, with xbindkeys:
Add this line to your ~/.xbindkeysrc.scm:
(xbindkey '("Super_L") "xte 'mouseclick 2 &'")
SSD specific tweaks
- Use Ext4 for the root filesystem
- Use the deadline IO scheduler (elevator=deadline to /boot/grub/menu.lst's kernel line).
- locate pacman pkg cache in /etc/pacman.conf to your sd card ( /home/where_ever_you_want_it) or alternatively mount pkg cache as tmpfs in /etc/fstab:
none /var/cache/pacman/pkg tmpfs size=300M 0 0
- To increase the commit interval use:
echo "1500" > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs
- Firefox 3.x uses a sqlite db that creates many write accesses, so this can reduce it:
- In Firefox go to about_config, right click, add new string "browser.cache.disk.parent_directory" with value "/tmp/firefox". Also, it is possible to set browser.cache.disk.enable to false to enable disk-caching completely.
- In Firefox change options/security/ and disable phishing - take care!
Updating the BIOS
Using FreeDOS
This method needs to be tested and finetuned. Note that not all USB-disks are possible to boot from.
- Install unetbootin
- Use unetbootin to put FreeDOS on an USB stick
- Download the latest BIOS from the Acer webpage (latest is 3309)
- Unzip the BIOS-files to the USB stick
- Reboot and configure the BIOS to boot from the USB stick before the SDD/HDD
- Start the BIOS update utility (3309.BAT)
- Reboot
- Configure the BIOS to start from the SDD/HDD first again
- Done
Using Flashrom
Flashrom can be used to flash the BIOS directly from Linux. It does not currently seem to support AA1, but it might be worth watching the flashrom-svn package in AUR. See also: http://www.coreboot.org/Flashrom
Polishing the boot process
If you use Splashy for the boot graphics and Slim for the X display manager, you'll have a nice, polished and Arch-like boot.
- Splashy shows nice graphics instead of the text that scrolls by when you boot
- SLIM is a lightweight and nice version of xdm/gdm/kdm (logon manager / display manager)
Freeing memory by disabling 3D acceleration
If you are not using games you can disable DRI to gain approximatively 32MB of memory by adding :
Option "DRI" "0"
in section "Device" of xorg.conf
This option might cause your screen to flicker occasionally, with xorg giving an "underrun on pipe B" error.
You don't need this option if you use KMS and UXA, as DRI2 seems to not reserve memory.
See also
- http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/07/flashing-bios.html
- http://www.ubuntu-forum.de/artikel/39077/bios-update-from-bootable-usb-stick.html
- http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/08/acer-aspire-one-bios-recovery.html
- http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=4153&p=27798&hilit=black+screen#p27798
Example configurations
# # /etc/fstab: static file system information # # <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 UUID=510b26a4-d407-4707-8ed9-d3b1d0632024 /boot ext2 noatime,nodiratime 0 1 UUID=61fa45ba-14cb-42c8-92ea-770ed5faa221 / ext4 defaults,noatime,nodiratime,errors=remount-ro,commit=15 0 1 /dev/mmcblk0p1 /home xfs defaults,noatime,nodiratime 0 1 #LABEL=HD-Home #UUID=FFFF-FFFF /media/right vfat users,rw,uid=1000,gid=100,fmask=0133,dmask=0002 0 0 UUID=7ee58355-644f-46fb-a557-202d2b968161 swap swap defaults 0 0 none /var/log tmpfs size=10M 0 0 none /tmp tmpfs size=100M 0 0 none /var/tmp tmpfs size=20M 0 0
#!/bin/bash # # /etc/rc.local: Local multi-user startup script. # # Change CPU governors and writeback-time (as suggested by powertop) echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governor echo 1500 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs # Make the right SD-slot visible, as suggested by the Debian wiki setpci -d 197b:2381 AE=47 # Set up the wifi-key /usr/bin/setkeycodes e055 159 /usr/bin/setkeycodes e056 158 # Set up the function keys /usr/bin/setkeycodes e025 130 /usr/bin/setkeycodes e026 131 /usr/bin/setkeycodes e027 132 /usr/bin/setkeycodes e029 122 /usr/bin/setkeycodes e071 134 /usr/bin/setkeycodes e072 135
fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 8069 MB, 8069677056 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 981 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xb7d8b185 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 32 257008+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 33 908 7036470 83 Linux /dev/sda3 909 981 586372+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 1007 MB, 1007419392 bytes 4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 30744 cylinders Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes Disk identifier: 0xc9d0c9d0 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/mmcblk0p1 1 30744 983800 83 Linux
This is for Xorg >= 7.4 and synaptics >= 0.99.
Note that:
- Autodetection of input devices is disabled here, using the AutoAddDevices option.
- Scrolling on the touchpad is disabled here, with the HorizEdgeScroll and VertEdgeScroll options.
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Synaptics Mouse" "AlwaysCore" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "USB Mouse" "CorePointer" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true" Option "AutoAddDevices" "False" EndSection Section "Module" Load "synaptics" EndSection Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX" # Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF... FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic" # FontPath "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi" # FontPath "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi" # True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig! FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/artwiz-fonts" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "no" # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Synaptics Mouse" Driver "synaptics" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "LeftEdge" "1700" Option "RightEdge" "5300" Option "TopEdge" "1700" Option "BottomEdge" "4200" Option "FingerLow" "25" Option "FingerHigh" "30" Option "MaxTapTime" "180" Option "MaxTapMove" "220" Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" Option "MinSpeed" "0.09" Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18" Option "AccelFactor" "0.0015" Option "SHMConfig" "on" # new in synaptics 0.99 Option "ClickFinger1" "1" Option "ClickFinger2" "0" Option "ClickFinger3" "0" Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "0" Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "0" Option "HorizScrollDelta" "100" Option "PressureMotionMinZ" "10" Option "FingerPress" "256" Option "PalmDetect" "0" Option "PalmMinWidth" "10" Option "PalmMinZ" "200" Option "MaxTapMove" "220" Option "MaxTapTime" "180" Option "MaxDoubleTapTime" "200" Option "TapButton1" "1" Option "TapButton2" "0" Option "TapButton3" "0" Option "RTCornerButton" "2" Option "RBCornerButton" "3" Option "LTCornerButton" "0" Option "LBCornerButton" "0" # Circular scrolling is uber-cool, but it's not for everyone. Check out "gsynaptics" as well. Option "CircularScrolling" "0" # Scrolling with the right and bottom side can be fun... or incredibly annoying. Use "1" to enable. Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0" Option "VertEdgeScroll" "0" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "USB Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Buttons" "5" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" Modeline "1024x600" 48.96 1024 1064 1168 1312 600 601 604 622 -HSync +VSync DisplaySize 346 203 # 75 DPI @ 1024x600 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "intel" Option "Clone" "true" Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS,VGA" BusID "PCI:0:2:0" Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy" Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1024x600" "800x600" "640x480" Virtual 1920 1800 EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection
Original Linpus Xorg.conf
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display Section "ServerFlags" Option "DontZap" "yes" Option "DontVTSwitch" "yes" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Synaptics Mouse" "AlwaysCore" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "gb,us" Option "XkbVariant" "euro" Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Synaptics Mouse" Driver "synaptics" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "LeftEdge" "1700" Option "RightEdge" "5300" Option "TopEdge" "1700" Option "BottomEdge" "4200" Option "FingerLow" "25" Option "FingerHigh" "30" Option "MaxTapTime" "180" Option "MaxTapMove" "220" Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" Option "MinSpeed" "0.09" Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18" Option "AccelFactor" "0.0015" Option "SHMConfig" "on" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" Modeline "1024x600" 50.40 1024 1048 1184 1344 600 600 619 625 # Option "Above" "Monitor1" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "intel" # Option "monitor-LVDS" "Monitor0" # Option "monitor-VGA" "Monitor1" Option "Clone" "true" Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS,VGA" vBusID "PCI:0:2:0" # Screen 0 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1024x600" "800x600" "640x480" Virtual 1024 600 EndSubSection EndSection
Lines from rc.conf (kernel >=2.6.27)
MODULES=(r8169 acpi_cpufreq ath5k !wlan !ath_hal !ath_pci snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore !pcspkr !uvcvideo !videodev !v4l1_compat !video !memstick pciehp acer-wmi) NETWORKS=(wpa.example) DAEMONS=(@acpid @laptop-mode cpufreq syslog-ng !netfs !crond dbus @hal @network @net-profiles gdm)
options snd-hda-intel model=acer-aspire
Aspire One common hardware:
- Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHz cpu, SMP capable (hyperthreading like PIV), up to SSE3 extensions, no EM64T!
- Intel 945GME chipset
- Intel 950 GMA onboard graphics adapter
- 8.9 or 10.1 inch Acer Crystal Brite 1024×600 display
- Realtek High Definition Audio ALC260
- Battery: 11.V 41,2Wh/2200mAh or 45Wh/2400mAh Lithium-Ionen-Akku / 3 cell, with a 6 cell model planned
- SD(hc) Card Reader left side: RICOH R5C8xx
- Multi Card Reader right side Seite: JMicron JMB385 Flash Media Controller
- Webcam: Acer Crystal Eye Webcam (Suyin Optronics)
- Wlan: Atheros AR5007EG (Chipset 2425)
- LAN: Realtek RTL8102E
- Touchpad: Synaptics
- Weight: 960 gr.
- Size: 24,9 x 17 x 2,9 cm
- One memory expansion slot ( So-DIMM DDRII 400/533/667MHz up to 1GB) under the keyboard hard to access see memory upgrade; max. 1,5GB
version A110L
- One 512MB memory stick onboard soldered
- 8GB solid state disc
version A150L
- One 1024MB memory stick onboard soldered
- 120gb 2.5" hdd
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
Configuration tip
- Ensure your X is running with DRI.
glxinfo |grep render # must say yes
- Ensure you improved the video performance Acer_Aspire_One#Improve_graphics_performance
glxgears # should say something between 750 and 1000 fps
(I know, glxgears is no benchmark, but as we all have the same hardware and most probably the same drivers it can be used as a point of reference).
- If glxgears doesn't reach 700 fps, recent intel drivers could be screwed up (oh no, not again), you can install older tested driver packages: [[1]]


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I was yesterday at "Mediamarkt" (for those not living in europe, it's a brand selling electronic devices, music, etc...), and I saw the Asus eeebox b202 at 199€. I thought, it was quite cheap but I decided to ask first how it runs as MD, and which resolution would you recommend.Would you buy it, or would you wait for ION to come out?BTW, I saw it in Zaragoza, Spain; I don't know if mediamarkt offers are the same in every country in Europe, or even in all the shops in the same country, but maybe this helps someone thinking about buying a new md in Europe.
I just picked one up for $335.92 CAD which is 201.68 € according to google. Once I get it working I'll post my setup.
You can look at these Wiki articles on what you need to do to get the Eee Box B202 working;
Alx9r.... where the hell to you live, that you can get a b202 for just 200 bucks
but in our tests it is performing very nicely in UI2 + Overlay once drivers and xorg have been tweaked etc.
Quote from: patmankn on April 04, 2009, 09:11:44 pmAlx9r.... where the hell to you live, that you can get a b202 for just 200 bucks Canada. price was $335 CAD (see my earlier post).
Hallo Andrew,Quote from: totallymaxed on April 03, 2009, 12:07:01 pmbut in our tests it is performing very nicely in UI2 + Overlay once drivers and xorg have been tweaked etc.What tweaking can help here ? Could you please post what you did. The last time I tested the UI2 overlay was VERY slow - and not usable. With UI1 it would work.My GA-MA78GM-S2H (AMD 780G chip) also has an onboard ATI videocard and maybe I could get that running.GreetingsViking


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*STC - To learn more about solar panels and how they are measured you need to know what STC stands for. STC in an acronym for "Standard Test Conditions". All solar panels are rated in Watts. The watt rating is how much power (amps times volts) the panel will produce in full sunlight at 25 degrees C (77F). This is the industry standard (STC) for all PV panel ratings (PV means Photovoltaics which is a fancy word for solar). Solar panel manufactures have long used this test standard which is 1,000 watts per square meter solar irradiance, 1.5 Air Mass and a 25 degrees C. cell temperature.
PTC is an acronym for "PV-USA". The PV-USA test conditions was developed at the PV USA test site at the University of Davis, California for standards established by the California Energy Commission that are considered closer to real world conditions (Real World Vs STC factory test conditions). The PTC rating test is 1,000 watts per square meter solar irradiance, 1.5 Air Mass, and 20 degrees C. ambient temperature at 10 meters above ground level and wind speed of 1 meter per second. In California, solar panels manufactures must be tested and rated independently at the PV USA test facility at the University of Davis (CA) to be considered for rebates.
The ambient temperature rating (PTC) is generally considered a better real world standard than factory conditions because silicon solar cells average about 20 degrees C. above ambient temperature in the real world, cell voltage drops as temperature increases. A module's power output in real life conditions is lower than the power measured at the panel manufacturing factory where cell temperature is maintained at a controlled 77 degrees F. (25 C).
STC Vs PTC Cell voltage drops about 0.08 volts per degree C. in environments which exceed 25 degrees C. That means an STC rating of 17 volts can actually become a PTC (PV-USA) rating of 15 or 16 volts. Using Ohm's Law, volts times amps is equal to watts which equals power, so a reduced voltage, means reduced watts.
Neither PTC nor STC account for all "real-world" losses. Actual solar systems will produce lower outputs due to soiling, shading, module mismatch, wire losses, inverter and transformer losses, shortfalls in actual nameplate ratings, panel degradation over time, and high-temperature losses for arrays mounted close to or integrated within a roofline.
Enphase M215 Micro Inverter
Input (DC)
|Recommended input power (STC)
|Maximum input DC voltage
|Peak power tracking voltage
|Min./Max. start voltage
|Max. DC short circuit current
|15 Amps
|Max. input current
|10.5 Amps
Output (AC)
|Maximum output power
|Nominal output current
|0.9A (arms at nominal duration)
|Nominal voltage/range
|Extended voltage / range
|Nominal frequency / range
|60.0 / 59.3-60.5 Hz
|Extended voltage / range
|Nominal frequency / range
|60.0/59.3-60.5 Hz
|Extended frequency range
|960.0/59.2-60.6 Hz
|Power Factor
|Maximum units per 20A branch circuit
|17 (single phase)
|Maximum output fault current
|1.05 Arms, over 3 cycles; 25.2 Apeak, 1.74ms duration
Enphase microinverter Efficiency
|Inverter CEC weighted efficiency
|Peak inverter efficiency
|Static MPPT efficiency (weighted, reference EN50530)
|Dynamic MPPT efficiency
|Night time power consumption
|Night time power consumption
Mechanical Data
|Ambient temperature range
|-40ºC to + 65ºC
|Operating temperature range (internal)
|-40ºC to + 85ºC
|Dimensions (W x H x D)
|17.3 cm x 16.4 cm x 2.5 cm (6.8" x 6.45" x 1.0")*
|1.6 kg (3.5 lbs)
|Natural convection - No fans
|Enclosure environmental rating
|Outdoor - NEMA 6
Inverter Features
|Pairs with most 60-cell PV modules
|25-year limited warranty
|Free lifetime monitoring via Enlighten software
|UL1741/IEEE1547, FCC Part 15 Class B CAN/CSA-C22.2 NO. 0-M91, 0.4-04, and 107.1-01
*Solar Panel
|*Canadian Solar, CS6P-250P 250W PV Module, H4, PV Wire, 12AWG, 40mm Black Frame, 60 Cell Poly, 25 Year Warranty.
|Open Circuit Voltage (VOC)
|37.2 Volts
|Maximum Operating Voltage (Vmpp)
|30.1 Volts
|Short Circuit Current (Isc)
|8.87 Amps
|Maximum Power Current-IMP (A)
|8.3 Amps
|Maximum Power at STC (Pmax)
|250 Wp
|Maximum System Voltage (NEC)
|Short-circuit current temperature coefficient
|Open-circuit voltage temperature coefficient
|Peak power temperature coefficient
|Power measure tolerance
|+/- 5%
|44 lbs
|Surface burden maximum load capacity
|ISO 9001 quality standards and ISO 14001 environmental standards; IEC 61215 / IEC 61730 Application Class A certifications
|Front Glass
|0.13 inch tempered glass
|Junction Box Type
|IP65 rated MC4
|64.409 X 38.898 X 1.57 Inches
|Certification Approvals / Listed
|UL/US, SA/US, BRE Global Listed, TUV Rheinland ID:0000024963, PV Cycle Association, CE, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, GB/T 28001
|Solar Panel Warranty
|Output warranty of 80% performance Pmpp (STC) 25 years
Enphase Energy 7500W Documents & Manuals
Enphase Energy 7500W Gridtie System Do-It-Yourself Home Solar System
Enphase Energy 7500W Solar Package; The Enphase system maximizes energy production from your array using some very simple principles. Each Enphase microinverter is individually connected to one solar panel in your array. This unique configuration means that an individual Maximum Peak Power Point Tracker (MPPT) controls each solar panel. This ensures that the maximum power available from each solar panel is exported to the utility grid regardless of the performance of the other solar panel in the array. That is, although individual 245 watt solar panels in the array may be affected by shading, soiling, orientation, or solar panel mismatch, the Enphase microinverter ensures top performance for each panel. The result is maximum energy production from your solar array.
Our 7500W kit is relatively simple to layout and install. You will not need string calculations, just keep your string to a maximum of 17 245 watt panels, and you can install individual solar panels in any combination of solar panel quantity, type, age and orientation. Each microinverter quickly mounts on the roof or ground rack (optional), directly beneath each solar panel. Low voltage DC wires connect from the solar panel via waterproof MC4 connectors directly to the co-located microinverter.
Simple Overview of the Installation Procedure:
- Step 1 – Measure AC at the Electrical Utility Connection (See Enphase installation instruction sheet under "Documents" tab above)
- Step 2 – Install the AC Branch Circuit Junction Box (Not included)
- Step 3 – Position the Enphase Engage Cable
- Step 4 – Attach the microinverter to the Solar Racking (Optional)
- Step 5 – Dress the Enphase Engage Cable
- Step 6 – Terminate the Unused End of the Engage Cable
- Step 7 – Connect the Engage Cable to AC Junction Box
- Step 8 – Ground the System
- Step 9 – Complete the Installation Map
- Step 10 – Connect the 245 Watt Solar Panels
- Step 11 – Build the Virtual Array
Blue Pacific Solar has provided all of the main parts you will need for your 7500W solar kit. Here are some additional items that your may need prior to installing your package. Conduit, appropriately sized electrical wire, some fasteners and grounding rod and wire. Building and installing your own home solar system is not only the smart choice for controlling your expenses, it may be on the most satisfying DIY projects you ever have undertaken.
NOTE, IMPORTANT Enphase Energy 7500W Package INSTALLATION: (OK, here is the scary legal disclaimer.) It is the responsibility of the purchaser to ensure that all products are installed and operated in accordance with local and national building codes as specific by the NEC (National Electric Code), UBC (Uniform Building Code) or IBC (International Building Code) and local utility company policy. These codes may vary from city to city and county to county. All Grid-tied solar installations should be permitted and inspected, where required, by the local inspection authority in the same manner as other equivalent electrical systems. One last thing. It is always a good idea to contract with a local licensed electrician to at least do the final electrical connection of your PV system from the AC disconnect to your home utility breaker box. Some local permitting authorities require that a licensed electrician do all the wiring from the rack to the utility interconnect. If you need help with the permitting documents for your 7500W solar kit, we are here for you. Solar permit service add on is available at checkout.
Additional Safety Instructions, 7500W Watt Solar microinverter Kit; Perform all electrical installations in accordance with all applicable local electrical codes and the National Electrical Code (NEC), ANSI/NFPA 70. Be aware that only qualified personnel should install or replace Enphase microinverter. Do not attempt to repair the Enphase microinverter in your 7500W Watt Solar Kit; it contains no user-serviceable parts. If it fails, please contact Enphase customer service to obtain an RMA (return merchandise authorization) number and start the replacement process. Tampering with or opening the Enphase microinverter will void the warranty. Before installing or using the Enphase microinverter, please read all instructions and cautionary markings in the technical description and on the Enphase microinverter System and the solar equipment. Connect the Enphase microinverter to the utility grid only after receiving prior approval from the electrical utility company. Be aware that the body of the Enphase microinverter is the heat sink. Under normal operating conditions, the temperature is 15°C above ambient, but under extreme conditions the microinverter can reach a temperature of 80°C. To reduce risk of burns, use caution when working with microinverter. Do NOT disconnect the solar module from the Enphase microinverter without first removing AC power.
This Enphase Energy 7500W microinverter package is an affordable high quality solution for your home or businesses energy independence. Reducing on-site labor requirements, the system can be expanded at anytime.