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[Patrick Valdellon <valworx@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
I tried out kubuntu lucid the other day, and suspend seems fine. the
new 256 series nvidia drivers don't care about newer bios/efis
anymore. Brightness keys in stamina mode don't work.

br,
   Patrick

2010/8/4 André Bergner <andre.bergner.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hello everybody,
>
> at first my situation: I have a vaio z 41 running ubuntu karmic and
> everything is running fluently so far thanks to Raphaels janitor script,
> i.e graphics card cold switch works, brightness keys are working, 3g works,
> hibernating works, ...
> Now, I have to questions.
> 1.) I would like to install Ubuntu Lucid. What are the experiences so far?
> Does everything work flawlessly?
> I read some time ago that there are troubles with hibernating/standby. Was
> that a singular issue or a general?
> Can I use the Janitor script as well to get everything installed? (Raphaels
> page states the script is for the developer branch)
> 2.) I would like to upgrade my bios to the latest version which enables
> Intel's VT-x support. Is anybody using that bios and running linux
> flawlessly?
> I remember some thread about problems with that bios and ubuntu but I
> couldn't find it again. Have those problems been resolved?
> Thanks in advance.
> cheers,
> André
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