Thank you very much. When you've .deb packages I'll host it in my website ok?
2010/7/30 Adam Hill <[email protected]> > Hi Xavier/Aleix/Anyone whos interested(!), > > Thanks for this. Sorry for the delay but I've been having no end of > trouble getting this to work, because it seems to be a very specific set of > modules and configs which make it possible. Hopefully this will improve > over > time, but for now we are where we are. I'm also running out of time to work > on > it, so it won't be perfect by any means. > > What I hope to end up with once I've tested everything is: > > - You will be able to switch to "speed", select an old kernel from the boot > menu, and the machine will automatically boot then re-boot in to my kernel, > which will allow the proprietary NVidia drivers to run with only that card > enabled. Without booting the old kernel first there is no easy way to stop > the > Intel card from stealing resources at boot and so the NVidia drivers don't > work. The Neoveau ones nearly work, but don't detect any outputs being > connected, so this may be fixed soon, but for now to use the NVidia card > you > are stuck with this solution. > > - In "speed" or "auto" mode, you should just be able to boot my kernel, and > everything will work with the Intel drivers ( i.e. no booting an old kernel > first. ) > > I could not get the Debian kernel to work, and so I am having to use > the > normal Linux 2.6.35-rc6 without Debian patches, but that should be ok for > this > - better to have a machine which doesn't eat the battery. > > Hopefully I'll have something later today. > > Adam. > > > On Wednesday 28 July 2010 17:27:56 [email protected] wrote: > > Hi > > I'm ok to host it. > > send me a mail when your kernel is ready. > > > > Xavier. > > > > ----- Message d'origine ----- > > > > > On Wednesday 28 July 2010 08:46:05 Aleix Solà wrote: > > > > Hi Adam is there any way to hack kernel without compiling it? I'm not > > > > able to make Intel work. > > > > > > There is no way without compiling a kernel or getting someone to > > > compile one for you, no. I could maybe look at building a Ubuntu > lucid > > > kernel with my changes in, but would then need to find some kind soul > > > to host it. > > > > > > Adam. > > > > > > > 2010/7/28, Adam Hill <[email protected]>: > > > > > On Wednesday 28 July 2010 03:36:45 Ben Wilson wrote: > > > > > > All of the bios modification threads I've come across thus far > are > > > > > > for the 2009 version of the laptop, do you know of any links for > > > > > > the 2010 (VPCZ1290) models? > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately I don't, though I'm sure that the BIOS will be > > > > > pretty much > > > > > > > > > > the same between the two versions since the laptops are identical. > > > > > > > > > > Personally, I'm working on getting both graphics cards to work > > > > > WITHOUT > > > > > > > > > > having to mod the bios - I've got the Intel card working, though > with > > > > > kernel hacks etc. The NVidia card almost works I think, but > currently > > > > > the X server driver thinks that the primary card is in fact the > Intel > > > > > one and so doesn't try to initialise the correct one. I'm hoping > > > > > that this is the only issue, but since I wasn't that bothered about > > > > > getting that card working I haven't looked in to it further yet. > > > > > > > > > > In the mean time, booting an old kernel in speed mode, then > > > > > booting the > > > > > > > > > > correct one, lets you use the NVidia card with the NVidia > proprietary > > > > > drivers > > > > > - that works fine. > > > > > > > > > > Adam. > > > > > > > > > > > - Ben > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Adam Hill <[email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Yes, you can either boot an older kernel first ( pre 2.6.30 ish > > > > > > > ) and then reboot, or you can modify the bios. In either case > > > > > > > having the switch set to speed mode will result in only the > > > > > > > NVidia card showing up. There are many references to bios > > > > > > > modding around. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Adam > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 27 Jul 2010 21:57, "Ben Wilson" <[email protected]> > > > > > > > wrote: Is there some way to simply disable the intel graphics > > > > > > > device such that it won't be recognized by the OS at all? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Ben > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > Mailing list: > > > > > > > https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > > > > > > > Post to : [email protected] > > > > > > > Unsubscribe : > > > > > > > https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > > > > > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > Mailing list: > > > > > > > https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > > > > > > > Post to : [email protected] > > > > > > > Unsubscribe : > > > > > > > https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > > > > > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Mailing list: > > > > > https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > > > > > Post to : [email protected] > > > > > Unsubscribe : > > > > > https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > > > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mailing list: > > > https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > > > Post to : [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe : > > > https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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