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[Nacho <nacho.mg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

On 14/09/10 21:06, K. Posern wrote:
> Hi Laurent / everybody,
>
> Could you / anyone else for whom grub1 works
> (/ideally/ someone with a Sony VPCZ12 notebook and 1080 panel)
>
> send me your / their menu.lst config from grub-1?




Here`s my information (menu.lst + fstab + dmraid -r), Intel support 
working on a raid-0 with kernel 2.6.35-rc6-vaioz, but intel driver 
replaced with this one [1] (thanks a lot Adam ;))

Note: parameter acpi_backlight=vendor is to have brightness keys working 
with the intel card.

[1] http://www.voip-x.co.uk/files/adam/test/i915.ko


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# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#            grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

default         0
timeout		3
hiddenmenu


title		Normal Boot
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/vmlinuz root=/dev/mapper/isw_bfiiidabeg_Volume01 ro quiet 
splash i8042.reset i8042.nomux i8042.nopnp i8042.noloop 
acpi_backlight=vendor
initrd		/initrd.img

title		Video & Kernel Safe
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/vmlinuz.old root=/dev/mapper/isw_bfiiidabeg_Volume01 ro 
nomodeset i915.modeset=0 i8042.reset i8042.nomux i8042.nopnp 
i8042.noloop text
initrd		/initrd.img.old

title		Experimental
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/vmlinuz.experimental root=/dev/mapper/isw_bfiiidabeg_Volume01 
ro nomodeset i915.modeset=0 text
initrd		/initrd.img.experimental

--------

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/mapper/isw_bfiiidabeg_Volume01 /               ext4 
errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/mapper/isw_bfiiidabeg_Volume03 /home           ext4    defaults 
    0       2
/dev/mapper/isw_bfiiidabeg_Volume02 none            swap    sw 
    0       0

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# dmraid -r
/dev/sdb: isw, "isw_bfiiidabeg", GROUP, ok, 125045422 sectors, data@ 0
/dev/sda: isw, "isw_bfiiidabeg", GROUP, ok, 125045422 sectors, data@ 0

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> ...
>
> Because I am working with grub2 guys to figure out why grub2 does not
> work and grub1 works - and I don't succeed yet to install grub1
> (probably because I don't use the dmraid -f imsm, but mdadm for my intel
> bios-support sw-raid (aka fakeraid;)).
>
> That would be great.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Knuth
>
> --
>
>
> On 13/09/10 17:46, Laurent CARON wrote:
> > Ok,
> >
> > 2.6.35.4 with grub 1 makes the intel chip work.
> >
> >
> > On 13/09/2010 22:27, Laurent CARON wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm running grub2 for now, that's why I'm experiencing hog&  black
> > > screen (under 2.6.36-rc3).
> > >
> > > Will tru to revert to grub 1.
> > >
> > > On 13/09/2010 22:14, Michael Zugelder wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > with the BIOS Patch (VGA Switching set to static) and booting from grub
> > > > instead of grub2, 2.6.32, 2.6.33, 2.6.34 and 2.6.35 all work fine here.
> > > > Just 2.6.36 (and using grub2) is causing problems.
> > > >
> > > > Michael
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 22:04 +0200, Laurent CARON wrote:
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there a cumulative patch of the required patchs ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > On 13/09/2010 19:05, K. Posern wrote:
> > > > > > There is currently a bug in the intel 915 drm kernel code that
> > > > > > prevents
> > > > > > things from working smoothly on recent kernels. Several non-official
> > > > > > patches are out there. Intel is working on it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29141
> > > > > >
> > > > > > At the moment the tickets assigned intel developer is waiting for his
> > > > > > own Sony VAIO Z series notebook with dual graphics :)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Knuth.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 12/09/10 18:41, Laurent CARON wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'm trying to setup my Z12 under debian SID.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The nvidia card works so far (though no brightness control).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The intel chip just gives either black screen or screen with 4 green
> > > > > > > lines and nothing more.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Did one of you manage to use the intel chip on this machine with a
> > > > > > > recent kernel ?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Laurent
> >
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