This has been fixed by the commit below which was included in
v2.6.31-rc1. This formed the base of the 2.6.31-1.13 ubuntu kernel.
Therefore I am marking this Fix Released for karmic.
commit 35a7c64fbc77bab4ca8ae477e8ab278ccd679ce2
Author: Zhang Rui <rui.zh...@intel.com>
Date: Mon Jun 22 11:31:17 2009 +0800
ACPI: DMI to disable Vista compatibility on some Sony laptops
Linux claims Vista compatibility to the BIOS for a number of
reasons, but this brings hard lockup on some Sony laptops.
Disable Vista compatibility via DMI for these laptops unless
we can figure out what Vista is doing for this platform.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12904
Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zh...@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.br...@intel.com>
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => In Progress
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Andy Whitcroft (apw)
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: In Progress => Fix Released
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[iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319717
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