The bizarre audio problems I encountered have been (mostly) resolved. Seems like the VPCZ13* sound architecture is close enough to the sony-vaio-tt to allow a module option patch to fix things.
I put a new file (must be done as root, of course): /etc/modprobe.d/vaioz.conf containing one line: options snd-hda-intel model=sony-vaio-tt On reboot audio mostly works, with the help of alsamixer from alsa-utils and pavucontrol from the package by the same name. At this point I have (mostly) working audio. The speakers work, and switch over to the earphones when connected. The earphones I have are noise-cancelling ones from sony, and they have a microphone on each ear-bud. These microphones work, when selected via pavucontrol; the built-in microphones do not seem to. However, with these I can comfortably use skype for videoconferencing -- so from my perspective the vaio is now usable as my primary machine. Any thoughts about the internal mic, external mics, and controlling the noise-cancelling features would be greatly appreciated. Those who gave me tips -- thank you! I hope the archives of this exchange will make it easier for other linux vaio users. --Shai _______________________________________________ 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
