Norbert and Nicklas, Thank you for your help and input. I have compiled a new kernel, 3.1.0-rc6 with the vaio patch, and I disabled sparse_irq while I was at it. No other patches. And now I have brightness control, power consumption is much better, ctro+alt+f2 works, suspension works with an external monitor attached (wierd), Hibernate does not work. It just logs me out and blanks the screen. If I move the mouse a login screen comes on.
Still troubling, WWAN doesn't work, fingerprint reader doesn't work although it may just be a detection thing that I will look into. I can't seem to get the media dock external video card working either. One final thing that is really wierd is that when I am on battery and I leave the usb mouse alone for a minute, it requires a click to get it to move, without it the cursor doesn't respond and the laser light is off. I think it might be a laptop-mode setting. i will have to look into that as well. But thanks again for the help! This is a HUGE improvement. DoTheDog On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 1:44 AM, Norbert Preining <prein...@logic.at> wrote: > On Mo, 19 Sep 2011, Nicklas Overgaard wrote: > > lot of issues. I'm on arch linux, and my kernel 3.1 is based off this > > 3.0 build: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=51456 which applies > > various pacthes to the vanilla kernel from kernel.org to bring better > > sony support. > > > > I dont have the extra sony-laptop module, but i'm pretty sure that the > > patches i'm applying incudes some of the stuff from that module... > > The patches in this kernel are also included in my sony-laptop > module (vaio-full-3.0-rc.patch), so yes, that is the samee. > > THe only difference is that in the module I maintain there is also > the option to turn off the nvidia card if you have one and running > intel. > > > I haven't tried the WWAN module yet, nor the fingerprint reader. And > > Both of these are independent from the sony module, as they are > either its own driver (hso or so), or USB module (fingerprint) > > > also, I can't get the external video card working, it complains about > > not being able to find the BIOS. So we'll have to wait for an DRM > > That also explains why you don't need the specific module as > you don't have a built-in additional GPU, so no power saving > necessary. > > Best wishes > > Norbert > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Norbert Preining preining@{jaist.ac.jp, logic.at, debian.org} > JAIST, Japan TeX Live & Debian Developer > DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > BELPER > A knob of someone else's chewing gum which you unexpectedly find your > hand resting on under a deck's top, under the passenger seat of your > car or on somebody's thigh under their skirt. > --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series > Post to : sony-vaio-z-series@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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