sony-vaio-z-series team mailing list archive

[Adam Hill <sidepipeuk@xxxxxxxxx>]

> 1) What are the large remaining known issues?  I've read a lot of material
> now, including following this list lately, and I get the impression that
> it's graphics cards and raid booting.

	I have to admit that I haven't even tried the WWAN card or the webcam, 
but I believe that they both work. The RAID controller works too, but you HAVE 
t use grub2.

	The issue is with the graphics, though there are workarounds. If you boot 
an old kernel first then you can use the NVidia card without problems. The 
Intel card seems to work ( for me at least ) when booting a KUbuntu live CD, 
but then doesn't work if you boot using Grub2. I've managed to get it running 
on my machine with a custom kernel, with i7 and 1920x1080 panel, so if you 
have those then it can be made to work and you can use either video card.

> 2) Can someone explain the default raid setup?  I think it is Raid 0 which
> allows multiple hard disks to appear as a single unit?  Mine is the 128GB
> model which I think means two 64GB disks.  And this is a problem for grub
> 2? Is that the only incompatibility?

	Mine had 4x64Gb drives in RAID0, but other models have 2x128Gb also in 
RAID0. Unless you get rid of the RAID set-up, you HAVE to use grub2.

> 3) What is the definitive howto document?  I apologize but it is not 100%
> clear to me from the launchpad group information what the starting point is
> to installation on the Z.  I assume simply booting from vanilla Lucid is
> not really the starting point.

	There isn't really one at the moment for the VPC-Z, and my kernel 
solution is only a hack! However, if you have the same processor and panel as 
me then you should be able to boot the KUbuntu lucid live DVD out of the box 
and get the system installed, and then get my kernel on it to have a working 
system. There are a couple of others on here with different processors/panels 
trying to get it working without success ( yet. )

Adam.


> 
> Thanks,
> Justin
> 
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