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1600x900 panel works fine with patched 2.6.34 kernel.
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----- Message d'origine -----
> Hi Paolo,
> 
> > I'm running CentOS 5.5 (yeah, I know this is a Ubuntu list, but
> there's
> > so much knowledge and expertise about Linux on VAIO Z series laptops
> > here that I hope you will want to help me anyway, if you can)
> 
> I wasn't aware that this was a Ubuntu specific list really! As far as
> I'm 
> concerned all are welcome :).
> 
> > on a
> > 2.6.35.1 kernel and Sony VAIO laptop np7 module patched as suggested
> by
> > Adam. 
> 
> There is a lot of fragmented info around ( probably because there is,
> as 
> yet, no ideal solution ) and so there may be better answers ( or at
> least 
> workarounds ) out there. However, the state of the Arrandale/Ironlake
> drivers 
> in Linux is currently such that there really isn't an easy way that I
> know of 
> to get the Intel card up and running on a 2.6.35 kernel other than if
> you 
> happen to have a 1920x1080 panel and then I still don't know if this is 
> applicable to anything other than the i7. ( I've got rid of the need for
> the 
> printing of the dots by the way! )
> 
> If you do fall in to that category though, and if others haven't got
> any 
> other solutions, then my kernel should work for you. If so, I can just
> tar up 
> the kernel and put it up so that you should be able to get it
> installed... I 
> don't know about CentOS these days so I don't know what boot loader is
> used, 
> but Grub 2 is necessary because the driver in the kernel obviously fails
> to 
> initialise something, and so Grub2 is needed to get the console in to 
> 1920x1080 before the kernel is loaded... unless there is an equivalent
> of the 
> "gfxpayload=keep" setting in Grub2.
> 
> If this works for you then my own Z12 is running just fine with my
> kernel 
> and Intel card - even though it is still a bit of a bodge, everything
> seems 
> happy... KDE effects even work since 4.5.
> 
> Unfortunately if you don't have the HD panel, then at the minute I'm
> not 
> sure of a solution. I am constantly trying to prod Jesse at Intel and
> feed him 
> as much info as possible so that in future this driver works with the
> VPC-Z, 
> but although there is progress being made, it is slow. As soon as there
> is a 
> proper fix, I will build the appropriate kernel so that people can use
> it 
> ahead of incorporation in to the main line kernels, but I currently have
> no 
> idea of time frames etc.
> 
> Adam.
> 
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