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[Fabrizio Giustina <fgiust@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Adam,
looks like you did a great work...
I'd like to try your patches, but since I am actually running a 32bit
system (just upgraded to maverick alpha hoping the the 2.6.35 kernel
could help) I am going to try porting them to the standard ubuntu
kernel.
I saw you started using the standard 2.6.35-rc6, are you aware of any
specific problem in porting your patches to the debian kernel?

As a side note, could you also share the patch for the auto-restarting
2.6.28.10 kernel? Until the intel vga support will be definitively
fixed I assume I will have to keep the nvidia card working, and after
my first attempt of enabling the advanced menu in bios ended up in
making my VPCZ12C5E a brick the annoying old-kernel trick looks more
attractive... :/

thanks
fabrizio




On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Adam Hill <sidepipeuk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You have to follow the instructions in the readme EXACTLY - if you don't you
> will get a black screen. I.e. you need grub2 in the correct mode for the
> panel and you need gfxpayload = keep. You also need to boot in text mode
> using the text kernel parameter. Also, do not load the module yourself but
> let my rc.local.moved script do it. If you fail to do any of this you will
> certainly end up with a black screen!
>
> On 5 Aug 2010 16:55, "Aleix Solà" <aleixsr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hello Adam, you're right, launching update-initramfs -u -k
>> 2.6.35-rc6-vaioz
>> repairs Kernel Panic.
>> Now when I boot using kernel 2.6.35-rc6-vaioz I see STAMINA led on, but
>> still I cannot get Intel card working.
>>
>> Using default parameters I get a black screen, but system is not halt,
>> because I can ping it and send a crtl+alt+del
>> Then I used "nomodeset" grub option and I get console mode, launched
>> /etc/rc.local.moved and when GDM is starting system freezes completly with
>> 2 blinking leds (CAPS LOCK and SCREEN LOCK); maybe I need new intel
>> drivers?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>> 2010/8/5 Adam Hill <sidepipeuk@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>>
>>> > > Hello everybody, I tried Adam's kernel and when I boot I get a Kernel
>>> > > Panic, anybody with same problem?
>>> >
>>> > yes, that kernel does not include the modules necessary to read the
>>> > intel raid.
>>>
>>> It has, because I'm using it now - quad raid 0 :). Like I said, you
>>> just
>>> need to update the initramfs as it says in the readme. I AM getting
>>> paranoid
>>> now though, so if someone can confirm that even after updating it still
>>> kernel
>>> panics, then I'll start from scratch and try it again, and update as
>>> necessary.
>>>
>>> Adam.
>>>
>>>
>>> > cheers
>>> > tobi
>>>
>
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