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[Julius Donnert <jdonnert@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Eva,

thanks for the upload, that sounds exciting. Im looking forward to try 
it out.
The line you describe is when i got the permission denied. I will try 
again, when i have 0.5 installed. btw we should try to get those changes 
in the main kernel at some point. Did you talk to the sony-laptop 
maintainer, or what is the plan ?

Ciao

Julius


Eva Brucherseifer schrieb:
> Hello Julius,
>
> Am Sat February 14 2009 23:59:10 schrieben Sie:
>   
> > Hi Eva, Hi all
> >
> > i tested your sony-laptop.c and the stamina mode is fine as far as i can
> > see. It should extend battery life considerably, if I understand correctly.
> > I tried changing the code to switch the nvidia card on, but it didn't
> > work and im not a kernel hacker ...
> >     
>
> I just uploaded a new version 0.5 which allows you to switch the card through 
> sysfs without the need of kernel hacking or loading new modules.
>
>   
> > Also i wasnt able to switch on the 3G modem. I got a permission denied
> > error, even though i was root.
> > any idea ?
> >     
>
> Very strange... when did you get the permissions denied? When calling this 
> line?
> echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/sony-laptop/snc_wwanpower
>
> Cheers,
> Eva
>
>
>
>   
> > Julius
> >
> > Eva Brucherseifer schrieb:
> >     
> > > 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
> > > >         
>
>