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[Raphael Gradenwitz <raphael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all,

First:
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to auto-build the kernel module 'sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np2' (or
successor) one can (should) use dkms.

Here my solution step by step:
http://global-social.net/tiki-blog_post.php#sony-laptop_module_installation

@ Norbert Preining:

* - could you please provide the dkms.conf in future versions?
* - I made some changes to the Makefile:

    1.)  the uninstall target did not "depmod -a"

    2.)  between this lines:

KDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)
PWD  := $(shell pwd)

          added:

ifdef SYSSRC
 KERNEL_SOURCES := $(SYSSRC)
 KERNEL_HEADERS := $(KERNEL_SOURCES)/include
else
 ifdef SYSINCLUDE
 KERNEL_HEADERS := $(SYSINCLUDE)
 KERNEL_SOURCES := $(KERNEL_HEADERS)/..
 else
 KERNEL_SOURCES := $(shell test -d $(KDIR)/source && echo $(KDIR)/source || echo $(KDIR)/build)
 KERNEL_HEADERS := $(KERNEL_SOURCES)/include
 endif
endif

to enable build in advance (directly after kernel upgrade before reboot)
here to copy & paste:
http://global-social.net/files/Makefile_sony-laptop-0.9np2



Second:
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After an upgrade from the packages "xserver-xorg-core" and or
"libgl1-mesa-glx", the new libs won't be installed as usual after the
nvidia driver was installed.

I wrote a script doing this job:

http://global-social.net/tiki-view_blog.php?blogId=3#update-gl



Third:
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There is an update for the upstart script /etc/init/switch-x-to.conf

You should try this version, it now recognizes the true acpi state
nearly always to enable the right graphic acceleration. 
If you only want to upgrade this script:

        sudo wget -O /etc/init/switch-x-to.conf \
        http://global-social.net/files/switch-x-to.conf
        

If you do not (yet) use this upstart method with the auto switch script,
look here for inspiration:

http://global-social.net/tiki-view_blog.php?blogId=3#postId4

h.t.h.

regards,

Raphael
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