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[Eva Brucherseifer <eva.brucherseifer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Update:
I uploaded a source tar ball so that compilation & installation is easier.
See the web page and the README for details.

Any progress with the Nvidia tests?

Cheers,
Eva

Am Sa Februar 14 2009 01:13:59 schrieb Eva Brucherseifer:
> Hi,
>
> I just uploaded a new version of sony_laptop.c to
> http://www.basyskom.org/~eva/log_installation_vaio_z21vnx.html
> It allows to run linux in full Stamina mode without Windows XP mode :-)
>
> Using this version of sony_laptop resets also all possible settings from a
> Windows XP reboot, thus it won't be able to run linux in speed mode with
> this version. Certainly replacing the module by its original version brings
> back the original behaviour.
>
> Unfortunately the PCI system doesn't really recognize the change and still
> shows the 00:02.0 Intel graphics controller and the 01:00.0 Nvidia graphics
> controller, but not the 00:02.1 Intel card. So if you use scripts to switch
> your X.org config, this will break.
>
> We haven't tested the same with Speed mode, as my laptop hasn't the Nvidia
> card configured and we cannot say wether the Nvidia card is fully
> initialised. If you are brave, you might give it a try and let us know...
> For that you need to change line 2933 from sony_dgpu_off() to
> sony_dgpu_on() and also the led switch two lines above.
>
> For more info see also http://thinkfat.blogspot.com/
>
> Have fun,
> Eva

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