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[André Bergner <andre.bergner.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Patrick,
thank you for the info. Just one question: what do you mean by 256 series
nvidia driver? Waht is the 256 referring to? The driver version? My driver
version is 195.36.24. Where should the 256 appear?

cheers, André


2010/8/5 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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