I applied patches, but I still get the panics when Xorg starts with intel card. Second patch didn't compile without applying https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/93556/. Did you do anything else to make it work?
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Xavier Hallade <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your howto on how to get rid of these reboot. > > For me (VPCZ11 1600x900), intel graphics works fine with 2.6.34 kernel from > kernel.org and the patches you can found here : > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27220 > > Le 03/06/2010 12:46, Farshad Khoshkhui a écrit : > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Zithras <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I was out of town last week, so didn't get a chance to send in an update > until today. > > Following thunderbee's recent invaluable guide, I was able to get > Kubuntu 10.4 installed on the VPCZ1190X. > > As expected, I have to boot an older kernel each time to get the speed > switch set, and I used the xorg.conf file at the end of the document > (works great!) > > A couple points of note (quite obvious to most linux users, but still > useful toward the intended goal of creating a guide for the 'new' linux > user: > > for the commands: > wget -nd http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.34-lucid > /linux-image-2.6.34-020634-generic_2.6.34-020634_i386.deb > wget -nd http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.34-lucid > /linux-headers-2.6.34-020634_2.6.34-020634_all.deb > wget -nd http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.34-lucid > /linux-headers-2.6.34-020634-generic_2.6.34-020634_i386.deb > dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.34-020634-generic_2.6.34-020634_i386.deb linux- > headers-2.6.34-020634_2.6.34-020634_all.deb linux- > headers-2.6.34-020634-generic_2.6.34-020634_i386.deb > > in the guide, replace all instances of 'i386' with your processor > architecture ('amd64' for mine, and I think most new Z series laptops, > or any 64 bit processor) > > if you are sshing into the computer to install Kubuntu as recommended, > remember that you'll have to login as the main system account (not root > like in the recovery console), and use 'sudo' before most commands. > Remember to either make a strong password or disable ssh password > authentication after you're done installing Kubuntu and have a GUI. > > if you need to copy/paste the xorg.conf file from the guide (i.e. you > don't have one from a previous install), you'll also need to get a > commandline text editor - vim works: > copy file text, then in terminal (minus the 's) > 'sudo apt-get install vim' > 'sudo vim /etc/X11/xorg.conf' > 'i' #enter text insert mode > #(paste text) > 'esc' #back to command mode > ':wq' #save and quit > > I now have Kubuntu working fine with the nVidia card! > > And a couple of questions I still have: > 1) Other than the graphics card quirks, what's still not working (almost > nothing is still broken, as far as I can tell; not sure if the > fingerprint reader and webcam are working yet though?) > > 2) What's the best way to get the Kubuntu to see the 'fake' RAID? (Do I > just need to install the dmraid package?) I can see the drives Windows > and Kubuntu are installed on just fine (they're not in RAID), but I > RAIDed the other two drives together for storage, and I can't see them > in Kubuntu yet. I don't need to boot from them (which seems to be the > major problem with the fake raid), but it would be nice to be able to > use them for file storage once Kubuntu is booted and running > > 3) any solution on the hardware graphics switch for the new Z series? > (not really, as far as I can tell) > > 4) Has anyone gotten the Intel graphics adapter working on the new Z > series models yet (I'm REALLY confused on this one. Reading through the > email archives, it looks like there's a possible bugfix out there, but > I'm not really sure how to install and use it, if it works at all (or > mostly, but with a few problems), or if it even applies to this computer > model (the bug report mentions it fixing 'blurry' or 'incorrect' colors, > rather than the black screen most of us are running into for the intel > graphics) > > Thanks to everyone on the forums who's helped out, especially thunderbee > and Frederick! > I'll start installing programs, configuring, tweaking, and testing > tomorrow! > > > Just to share my experience, After few hours of struggle I just > installed ubuntu lucid on my Z11PGX. Here's what I've done > > 1- Raid: I've disabled on-board intel raid-0. Installed windows on > first ssd, and installed linux with mdraid-0 on two other ssds. I > created the raid using mdadm before installing desktop lucid. The > trick was /dev/mdX device should have a filesystem in order to appear > in partman. > Fakeraid should work, but it didn't really worth the hassle. > > 2- Video: booting into an old kernel each time was un-acceptable, so I > went for enabling bios advanced options. > It's a bit risky, but worked for me > http://forum.notebookreview.com/sony/473226-insyde-hacking-new-vaio-z-advanced-menu-bios.html > After you enable advanced option, you can set the policy to static, > that resembles the way "Sony Vaio SZ" used to handle graphic cards. It > will be decided on boot. > Intel driver still panics when Xorg starts, but nvidia with nvidia > drivers works fine. > > 3- Touchpad: adding i8042.nopnp to kernel parameters did the trick for me > too. > > > > -- Farshad Khoshkhui _______________________________________________ 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
