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[Raphael Gradenwitz <raphael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Bruno,

Am Dienstag, den 15.12.2009, 19:05 +0000 schrieb Bruno Santos:
> I got a new Sony Z5 last week and I installed ubuntu 9.10. Most of the
> things are working quite well out of the box, but I was trying to find a
> solution for the switch between the discrete and nvidia card. I found
> the tutorial for "Installation of Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope on Sony
> Vaio VGNZ11MN/B by Philipp Blanke" but when I tried to compile the sony-
> laptop module I get an error message.

>From where did you take that module? From Eva's website:
http://www.basyskom.org/%7Eeva/log_installation_vaio_z21vnx.html

If yes, that Module is for kernel < 2.6.31

You are using a newer Kernel > 2.6.31 and that needs the new module from
Norbert Preining.

> Can someone please tell me if there is any solution for this problem or
> other ways around to solve the problem. I have also managed to find a
> different solution here:

> http://www.mail-archive.com/sony-vaio-z-series@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg00659.html

> , but apparently then the
> switch stops working properly in Windows which I also don't want.

What Windows? XP, Vista or Windows 7?

Normaly nothing will stop working under windows. You maybe have to boot
twice after using Linux, thats all

You dont have to build the module.
The sony-VGN-Zseries-janitor script does the work for you.
Choose the option to install with the jockey-script.

http://global-social.net/sony-VGN-Z#janitor

Regards,
Raphael