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[Artur Avila <artur.avila@xxxxxxxxx>]

>        Hmm, I didn't think that there was much need for my kernel now since most
> people have managed to find workarounds that work for them... and this is the
> first I've heaard of the 1600x1200 panel working with it at all!
>

It does work quite well (in particular there is no problem with
sleep/resume).  This is with Kubuntu 10.4.1 and grub1.

>>  Powertop indicated 20+W consumption, and the main issue
>> was that CONFIG_NO_HZ was not set.  I compiled Adam's kernel (vanilla
>> 2.6.35-rc6+vaioz patch) with this option
>
>        I get around 14W normally, and to be honest I use it on AC power most of
> the time so that was good enough. However, since it was no real effort, I've
> replaced the kernel in my directory with one that has NO_HZ configured, and
> also has the i915.ko from the test directory ( which I've now removed to avoid
> confusion. ) I hope that it works for you!

Thanks a lot, I am running it right now.  I don't know why my power
draw is so high to start with, but booting the new kernel does reduce
it.
Artur