Hi it is now working! - Adam's kernel 2.6.36.0 - Installed sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np7 - Grub load options: "i8042.reset i8042.nomux i8042.nopnp i8042.noloop acpi_osi=\"!Windows 2006\" acpi_backlight=vendor"
Thank you every body! *Aleix Solà.* 2010/10/25 r1k0 <[email protected]> > List, Jérôme, > > Thanks Jérôme for the quick reply. > > I'd like to make sure I understood you correctly. > by > ( no 3d acceleration sadly) > > Do you mean for intel or nvidia or both? > > Because in this case, Sébastien has 3d acceleration on intel and you say > that Adam's solution might get 3d acceleration for nvidia which would mean > that some people have 3d on intel and some other people have it on nvidia > which is really good indeed (means in a near future one could hope to have > both or nvidia). > > Did I understand you correctly or am I overinterpreting? > > Thanks for the input, > > Regards, > > erick > > On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Jérôme @ Diniho <[email protected]>wrote: > >> erick, Sebastien, >> >> look at Adam solution here : >> https://lists.launchpad.net/sony-vaio-z-series/msg01400.html >> >> It's work well for the Nvidia, and with Intel too ( no 3d acceleration >> sadly). I hvae a Z12, so I think that it will work with the Z13 too >> >> Jérôme >> >> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 7:21 PM, r1k0 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> List, Sébastien, >>> >>> Thank you for the feedback. >>> >>> Facing issues with the nvidia GPUs is actually what I was fearing the >>> most. I guess Sony will never provide any bios update to let the user >>> disable the intel card. >>> >>> If only I could use the nvidia GPU would still make my day (I don't >>> really care about the Intel card, as I bought the device for everything but >>> that optimus crap). >>> >>> Luckily, I bought the device 2 days ago, so I still have 10 days to >>> fiddle around otherwise I'm just going to bring it back and get a 2KE >>> ticket. Sadly, all other devices are not really attractive compared to the >>> vpcz13. I guess I'll wait until a vpcz13 alike goes out *without* the >>> dualGPU-optimus-crap-of-the-year. >>> I'll just erase the bootloader and bring it back passing my self for >>> someone who don't know anything in computers: that's the best I get my >>> "revenge" against sony for this locked-down device. >>> >>> If I find anything worth (which I really doubt) I drop a mail here. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> erick >>> >>> ps: out of curiosty, I could even open up the laptop and just "push the >>> right button" to make the intel hardware not recognized anymore but I'm sure >>> it's not that simple. >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Sébastien Roy <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> On 2010-10-25 03:08, r1k0 wrote: >>>> > Hi List, >>>> > >>>> > I recently took possession of a vaio vpcz13m9e and I was wondering if >>>> I >>>> > could hope succeeding in having the nvidia/intel GPUs to work using >>>> the >>>> > feedback from this ML because I see people have vpcz11 and 12 mostly >>>> and >>>> > googling around shows very few (if not none) linux users having this >>>> > device (vpcz13). >>>> > I use Gentoo and I got the system up and running using vesa so far. >>>> >>>> I own a VPCZ1390S (canadian model). >>>> >>>> It seems impossible to solve the gpu switching problem. First, the >>>> firmware (version R3030C3 in my case) can't be patched to make the >>>> "advancde menu" appear. The EFI booting trick (see >>>> >>>> http://feature-enable.blogspot.com/2009/07/enable-vt-on-insydeh2o-based-sony-vaio.html >>>> ) does not work at all. >>>> >>>> As far as the other trick (acpi_osi="!Windows 2006"), it does not seem >>>> to work at all either. It seems the VPCZ13* are not intended to run >>>> vista, so the bios probably does not care about "vista frienfly" gpu >>>> switching. >>>> >>>> Basically, I am out of options now for gpu switching. >>>> >>>> For a basic install, all is well (at least better than vesa): >>>> - Use the 10.10 installer >>>> - on the first reboot, modify the grub lines so that >>>> - linux -> linux16 >>>> - initrd -> inird16 >>>> - quiet splash -> i8042.reset i8024.nomux i8024.noloop >>>> i8042.nopnp >>>> - after first boot, update the /etc/default/grub and >>>> /etc/grub.d/10_linux (and then update-grub) to make the previous grub >>>> changes permanent. >>>> - Install the latest sony-laptop-zseries from >>>> http://www.logic.at/people/preining/software/ >>>> >>>> Intel graphics work fine, including 3D acceleration. If only I could >>>> switch off the nvidia card to save power. I did not succeed there. >>>> >>>> If anyone manage to get access to the nvidia card on these machines, I'm >>>> very interested... :-) >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Sebastien >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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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