If you have a Win7 supporting BIOS, that doesn't work any more... is this a VPC, or VGN? For VGNs, you can read my post here:
http://0xc0dedbad.com/blog/2010/01/30/dual-boot-linux-and-windows-7-on-sony-vaio-z/ On 31/05/10 05:47, Ben Klausner wrote: > Running Ubuntu 10.04 on a Z530N. Ran the janitor script, which seemed > to be successful. Made sure that /etc/default/grub had the line: > > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=\\\"!Windows 2006\\\"" > > Rebooted a couple of times, and noticed that the boot messages came up > in a much smaller font than before, presumably because the screen was > at a higher res setting. > > But instead of the login splash, I get an error "can't open display", > and get dumped to the command line! Put GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX back the > way it was, rebooted twice (why does it take two boots?), and got back > where I was, with graphics, but locked in STAMINA mode. > > Suggestions? > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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