Hi Wouter,
I resolve my graphic problem in a definite way through bios hack. I follow
this instruction ("graphic switch" section):
http://lowl.net/en/linux-on-vaio-vpc-z.html
Regards, F.2010/12/10 Wouter van der Graaf <[email protected]> > Hi all, > > I have a new Viao Z13 (VPCZ13C5E) and I have 3 problems at the mo. I > will explain my steps for installing Ubuntu 10.10 (maverick meerkat), > but first the issues I'm having right now: > > 1. Set switch to Stamina, boot, stamina LED is on, X comes up, get the > Ubuntu gdm login screen, I type first characters of my password. HELP! > After a short moment, total freeze of everything. Screen still shows > login screen, but not responding to anything. No ctrl+alt+Fx for > different tty, nothing! What's up with that? > > 2. In Speed mode, boots successfully. Got sound working by adding > 'options snd-hda-intel model=sony-vaio-tt' to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base. > But microphone doesn't work with this configuration. The sound problem > has to do with Adam's 2.6.37-6 kernel. Anyone got the microphone > working? > > 3. Also in Speed mode, I only get into gdm when I have > no /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. As soon as I run nvidia-xconfig (which > generates it for me) and reboot, X doesn't come up and I get tty > instead. I run new nvidia driver 260.19.26 from Ubuntu-X SWAT ppa > package. > > Now the steps I took to get here: > > 1. Unbox shiny new hardware, Sony Vaio VPCZ13C5E, Core i7, 8 GB RAM, > 1920x1080 screen, WWAN modem, 128 GB RAID 0 array (2x64 GB). > > 2. Boot Windows 7 to test all hardware components. Need to make sure > it's all good. After that, I shrunk my Win 7 partition with the included > admin tools. I then created 2 new volumes for Linux and Swap partition. > I don't specify any drive letter or file system type for it, so these > are 2 RAW partitions. > > 3. Still in Windows, I download the 3 .deb packages for Linux kernel > 2.6.37-6 from http://www.voip-x.co.uk/files/adam/ and put them in my > Downloads dir. > > 4. Set switch to Speed (was Auto). > > 5. Pop in Maverick 64 bit Live CD (USB actually). It boots perfectly at > native 1920x1080 screen resolution, with working sound (due to older > Maverick kernel). Installation application (ubiquity?) runs without > problem. It even detects my factory default RAID 0 setup with Windows 7 > volumes and my 2 new empty volumes (making up total of 5 partitions). I > can choose the new partitions for ext4 with mount point '/' and swap. I > choose the 'parent' mapper volume (the one without the suffices in the > name) for boot loader installation. Installation successfully completed! > Ready to reboot... > > 6. Ouch, after reboot I get blank screen. No worries, trying hard reset > and boot with nomodeset in grub bootloader entry. I get a terminal. > > 7. Now I can mount my Windows partition with 'sudo mkdir /media/windows' > and 'sudo mount.ntfs-3g /dev/dm-4 /media/windows'. I copy the debs from > my Windows partition to my Linux home dir. From there, I run 'sudo dpkg > -i *.deb' to install the packages. I see that GRUB is updated with the > new kernel. > > 8. Reboot (still on Speed mode)! Pick the new kernel. Yeah! Enter gdm > login. Screen looks good. I can now enter gnome and do stuff. Webcam > works normally. No sound, though. In sound properties I only see the > HDMI device, not the Realtek ALC889 I was also expecting. > > 9. Add 'options snd-hda-intel model=sony-vaio-tt' > to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base. Reboot. Sound works now! But microphone > still doesn't work. It does show up in the sound properties input > sources (mic 1, mic 2 and line), but it's not listening. > > 10. Now for the nvidia driver. As recommended on > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia I remove > package xserver-xorg-video-nouveau from my system. > > 11. After reading about problems with the nvidia 260.x driver and > finding that these should be fixed with version 260.19.26 I installed > this version with the newer package nvidia-current from > https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates. I added > their ppa to my software sources and install nivdia-current from > Synaptic package manager. Reboot! > > 12. It seems to work. I log into Ubuntu and I check the 'Additional > drivers' application from the system/administration menu to see if the > new driver is active. It is active and in use, it says. Then I try to > turn on the Compiz graphical effects, but after some waiting it just > says there was a problem and it couldn't activate effects. Bummer. > > 13. So I read on the BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia page that you may have to > run 'sudo nvidia-xconfig'. I run it from the terminal and it generates a > file /etc/X11/xorg.conf, which wasn't there before. > > 14. Reboot again. Now definitely something happened. This time I get > thrown to a tty instead of X. So it seems the nvidia driver started > loading, but couldn't initialize or something. I read > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaOnSonyLaptop about having to use > a Custom EDID file for Sony Vaio displays. > > 15. Windows again. I use the Windows application > http://www.entechtaiwan.com/lib/softmccs.shtm to extract the EDID binary > to my disk. I reboot into Linux (tty) and put the file > in /etc/X11/edid.bin. Then I create a new xorg.conf with the following: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Device0" > Driver "nvidia" > VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" > Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-0" > Option "CustomEDID" "DFP-0:/etc/X11/edid.bin" > EndSection > > 16. Reboot, hoping this will work. No, it doesn't. Now what do I have to > do? Can't find any more info on the web, or don't know how to search for > it. > > 17. Removing xorg.conf makes my Speed mode Ubuntu enter gdm just fine > again, without 3D graphics though (and some flickering stripy artifacts > occasionally). I'm also not sure it's actually using the nvidia driver. > But I uninstalled nouveau, so how to tell? > > 17. Try Stamina this time. Set switch to Stamina, boot, stamina LED is > on, X comes up, get the Ubuntu gdm login screen, I type first characters > of my password. HELP! After a short moment, total freeze of everything. > Screen still shows login screen, but not responding to anything. No ctrl > +alt+Fx for different tty, nothing! What's up with that? > > 18. So this is the situation I'm in. I have a working Speed mode, > without fully working nvidia drivers and microphone. And I have a > Stamina mode that halts some seconds after gdm login screen appears. > What can I do to get these issues resolved? Anyone? > > Thanks in advance, > > Wouter > > > -- > Wouter van der Graaf > entreprogrammeur and senior web developer > > d y n o r a > web developers ~ both ends technology, interaction and aesthetics > > +31 (0)6 2893 0615 | [email protected] > > Burg. de Bruïnelaan 95 | 3331 AC Zwijndrecht | NL > +31 (0)78 843 3139 | [email protected] | www.dynora.nl > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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