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[parthi <parthi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for your suggestions Raphael.

long story short i had only server with very few additional packages
that i use for work,

i tried the script on the server installation and all went well no
errors but speed mode nvidia just didnt work.

since its not normal to have server installed i thought, ok let me try
this with normal desktop installation,

again  no errors but still no nvidia :(

i had a look at xorg log and saw driver nv is getting loaded instead of
nvidia, i'm not sure if they are the same.

no error at least as far as i can see, but on speed mode i cant even
drop down to another tty it gives me a blurred screen which is not black
but like negative with blurry screen.

i can remove the desktop and keep one grub that is no issue i have
nothing on it.

shall i remove the installation(sony laptop) and start again?

i saw the script and can turn on the debug and see if it helps

any other suggestions?

thanks for your help

parthi


On Wed, 2009-12-16 at 00:17 +0100, Raphael Gradenwitz wrote:
> Hello Parthiban,
> 
> 
> Am Dienstag, den 15.12.2009, 22:37 +0000 schrieb Parthiban Subramaniam:
> > have installed both 64bit server(ubuntu-desktop) and desktop version of 
> > karmic in VGN-Z51WG_B followed the instructions given here 
> > http://global-social.net/VGN-Z all went well though i'm affected by this 
> > bug in the server edition 
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/445952
> 
> Did you install both (dual boot)?
> 
> Why Server and Desktop since your Vaio-Z is everything but a server ;-)
> 
> A 'Desktop' system in fact is nothing else than a Server with a Desktop
> environment on top of it, or did I miss something?
> 
> Your Vaio will only boot on one grub, the other grub is only present but
> not known or seen from 'Stage 1' in your MBR since that can only point
> to one 'Stage 2' in one /boot/ dir (Desktop or Server).
> 
> If you made changes in your "Server Installation", you have to return to
> your "Desktop Installation" and run 'sudo-update' grub.
> 
> But that will maybe not change the commandline from your server setup.
> Since your combination is REALY strange, nobody would even imagine such
> a setup ;-)
> 
> Maybe it is better to install grub-legacy on the server, that makes it
> much easier to handle
> 
> By the way, if you need a Server for developing or simply because you
> want an OS-Zoo, you can setup one in a VirtualBox or Xen environment but
> beside a Desktop... How do you want to reach that "server" while the
> 'Desktop Installation' is running?
> 
> > 
> > I have no problems with stamina mode on both server and desktop 
> > installation
> > 
> > but nvidia is not working and even after 2 days of all the search and 
> > trying various things it is not working
> > 
> > in speed mode it has only nvidia listed when i do
> > 
> > lspci |grep VGA
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 9300M 
> > GS] (rev ff)
> 
> OK. That is good.
> 
> > 
> > but in stamina mode it lists both
> > 
> >   lspci |grep VGA
> > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series 
> > Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 9300M 
> > GS] (rev ff)
> > 
> 
> That is the default situation but not realy 'stamina' like it could
> be ...
> 
> 
> > i noticed that xorg.conf is not present in both the mode's
> 
> Intel (stamina) does not need a xorg.conf
> 
> > 
> > i'm lost on this one
> > 
> > any advice or things that i can do to gain more understanding?
> 
> Use the 'sony-VGN-Zseries-janitor'
> 
> http://global-social.net/sony-VGN-Z#janitor
> 
> > 
> > i'm ok with linux commandline and dont have any problems getting my hand 
> > dirty on that
> 
> commandline is not dirty :-|
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Raphael
> 
>