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[Raphael Gradenwitz <raphael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Peter,

Am Dienstag, den 17.11.2009, 22:09 +0100 schrieb Peter Kis:
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Raphael Gradenwitz
> <raphael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>         Am Dienstag, den 17.11.2009, 20:16 +0100 schrieb Peter Kis:
>         > I have same problem like Michal:
>         >
>         > > 2. kernel module 0.9np4 does not work at SPEED mode ...
>         monitor
>         > > blinking and system freezing during start up  (Z41XD
>         model)
>         >
>         > but I am using opensuse rather than ubuntu. So your sript
>         will not
>         > work on my system. Could you explain me how can I solve this
>         issue
>         > without using the clean up script?
>         
>         
>         Excuse me but my crystal ball does not show me what you have
>         done on
>         your system. 
> 
> I have done only basic things such as
> 1) I have installed the sony-laptop-zseries-np4 kernel module for my
> 2.6.31 kernel
> 2) cat /etc/modprobe.d/50-sony-laptop.conf
>  options sony-laptop speed_stamina=3
> 3) I have added the kernel parameter acpi_osi="!Windows 2006"
> 
> The result is that the Intel card works fine and the stamina/speed LED
> started to work, but when I boot in speed mode the screen is blinking
> etc.
> 
> 
>         It does not even show me If your system uses upstart or
>         sysv-rc.
> 
> Now you should make the crystal ball work because I cannot answer your
> question:-( How could I decide whether the system uses "upstat" or
> "sysv-rc"? 

you use sysvrc: http://en.opensuse.org/Upstart-howto

You must write an init.d script which does the detection like I do in
the /etc/init/switch-x-to.conf and the linking of the right open-GL
libraries and xorg.conf files as I do with the switch-x-to script.

Here is a tutorial from Philipp Blanke from this mailing list:
http://www.gdv.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/download/Installation-sony-vaio.pdf
he uses a init.d script to switch.

Together with my scripts you should be able to write your own solution,
(assuming that you speak shellscript).

Or uninstall the suse museum and switch to a modern linux like ubuntu..
(SCNR) ;-)

Regards,

Raphael