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[Aleix Solà <aleixsr@xxxxxxxxx>]

You need 'nomodeset text' options in grub and then install old kernel (for
rebooting and getting SPEED led on) and install NVIDIA drivers you can
download form www.nvidia.com


2010/8/6 Martin <nitram@xxxxxxxxx>

>  I managed to intall Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit.
> What I did:
> 1) As soon as the install CD starts loading I press F3 (possibly all F1 -
> F6 works), which forces the normal boot menu to display.
> 2) I press F6 to edit the boot options and manualle remove "quiet splash"
> 3) I add "--xforcevesa nomodeset i915.modeset=0" to the boot options
> 4) It's possible the to either boot the live system or install.
>
> My remaining issuse now is, that after the install the same parameters
> doesn't work for booting into anything usefull. I allways end up with a
> black screen.
> I will now try some different boot options like vga=xxx to see if that
> could at least give a useable shell booted.
>
> *I should perhaps also mention that currently I used the Intel raid setup
> utility which shows before BIOS load to actually disable raid and just have
> two seperate
> disks. *
>
> -Martin
>
> Den 05-08-2010 21:59, Adam Hill skrev:
>
>    I would like to help testing/programming. I have a new Vaio
> VPCZ12M9E. It has the smaller display at 1600x900 and a sligtly
> different CPU compared to the
> VPCZ12Z9E (http://www.sony.co.uk/product/vnp-z-series/vpcz12m9e-b).
>
> My first problem however is installing Ubuntu 10.04 - 64 bit. Since the
> screen goes blank
> even before I get some sort of menu, how can I install the system.
>
>
>  	Actually on mine the Intel graphics chip worked fine when booting the
> 10.04 live CD, though I was using Kubuntu. The boot menu etc. is a litttle
> different on Kubuntu vs Ubuntu, so you could try that. Alternatively, you
> could try installing in text mode uding the alternate install CD. If you want
> to still use the fake RAID and dual boot with Windows then that would be the
> way to go anyway ( or try the DVD. )
>
> 	If all of that fails, you may be able to boot using an older version (
> maybe 8.10 ) and select speed mode, and reboot as soon as you can once the
> kernel starts to load. You'll then need to swap the CDs and make sure that the
> 10.04 disk boots after the BIOS screen. The old kernel causes the BIOS to go
> in to static switching mode and should boot with only the NVidia chip enabled
> ( you could try stamina instead, but if the above methods don't work then
> there may be some more fundamental compatibility issue with the intel chip in
> your version. )
>
> 	Once you have the system installed then you may have issues using the
> Intel card. I'm guessing that yours is still an Arrandale processor ( i.e.
> built in graphics on the processor ) and so in theory my kernel should work
> with it, though Aleix can't get it to work on the 1600x900 screen.
>
> 	Interestingly though, if I set my grub loader to 1600x900 then it still
> works ( and appears to set the right mode ) so it is a little bit strange - I
> am beginning to wonder if it might be the difference between Ubuntu and
> Kubuntu that is causing that too - so it is certainly worth trying with a
> Kubuntu disk.
>
> 	Its so annoying that such an excellent laptop is such a pain to get Linux
> running on at the mo :(. I'm sure as time goes on, solutions will be found as
> they were with the VGN-Zs.
>
> Adam
>
>
>
>  I tries intalling 9.10 -32 bit, which is possible using "safe graphics
> mode" from the boot menu. But since that menu never even appears I don't
> know how to proceeed. I am normally using Suse as my Linux distribution,
> which installs without problems (11.3 - 32bit at least) but still only
> working with vesa drivers.
>
> So later on if I can get it working on Ubuntu I would like to try and
> make it work also on Suse 11.3.
> But for now my first challange is getting it to install Ubuntu 10.04 -
> 64 bit, so any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> -Martin Lütken
> C++ documentation: http://www.doxys.org
>
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