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[Matteo Carminati <carminati.matteo@xxxxxxxxx>]

@Rutger: no, unfortunately I have the 1600*900 display!

@Adam: I'll so look forward to the new kernel version by Jesse. Where
can I find your bug report to keep me updated on it?
One other question: does the 2.6.34 version of the kernel with your
patch work also for 1600*900 display? I could try this way while I'm
waiting for the new kernel version!

Thank you again!
Regards,

Matteo


2010/10/5 Adam Hill <sidepipeuk@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
>        Jesse from Intel updated my bug report earlier to indicate that he was
> making progress and would hopefully have a test kernel at some point tomorrow.
> This is good news, because this should be a "proper" fix for the Intel card
> not relying on secret handshakes and touuching your toes depending on how the
> machine is configured to boot and what panel you have.
>
>        It's too early to say yet whether his updated code will work for
> everyone, but those who are still having issues may as well wait a short while
> to find out, rather continuing to bash their heads against walls in
> frustration! Unfortunately, a new kernel will still need to be installed ( and
> if I get time I'll create some .debs ) but it should at least mean that the
> next versions of the major distros should hopefully work out of the box.
>
> Adam.
>
>
> On Tuesday 05 October 2010 05:40:32 Matteo Carminati wrote:
>> Dear Rutger, dear all,
>>
>> I spent all the day trying to make (at least one of) the graphic cards
>> working properly, but I failed: I still have random colors, even if X
>> seems to work correctly =(
>>
>> - I updated the system to the last version of all the packages: no
>> problems with it, but it was useless;
>> - I tried to boot with the grub.cfg file posted by K.Posern
>> (https://lists.launchpad.net/sony-vaio-z-series/msg01588.html), but I
>> think it works only for a non-RAID configuration and I do not know how
>> to modify it for my system (add "set gfxpayload=text" seems not to be
>> enough);
>> - Last I tried to install grub1, but again I had some problems and I
>> had to get back to grub2.
>>
>> I'm wondering why I'm having these problems if Ubuntu 10.10 + grub2
>> works without particoular problems to other users.
>> Do I have to install any particoular package? In which position must
>> be the graphic switch? Should I boot windows before linux?
>>
>> I hope someone can help me, I'm quite sad about this situation: having
>> a great computer and cannot exploit all its features is really bad.
>> Thank you all again for the support!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Matteo
>>
>> 2010/10/4 Rutger Hendriks <rutgerhendriks@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> > Nice to hear!
>> >
>> > I use no patches, just the linux16 and initrd16 in grub.cfg. I do not
>> > know why it gives you the wrong colours. I have installed all Ubuntu
>> > updates, maybe that helps for you too? Does X work ok for you?
>> >
>> > 2010/10/4 Matteo Carminati <carminati.matteo@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> > > Thank you Rutger!
>> > > Following your suggestions I managed to shrink the win7 partition and
>> > > install Ubuntu 10.10, maintaining the original RAID configuration.
>> > > Moreover I hadn't problems installing grub in a small /boot partition!
>> > > Before editing the grub.cfg file I had only a black screen, now Ubuntu
>> > > can boot, but the colours on the screen are completely wrong, as they
>> > > appeared booting from the liveCD without nomodeset option.
>> > > What have you done in order to have one of the two graphic cards
>> > > working? Is there any kernel patch to apply, as it was for the 34
>> > > kernel version? Thank you again!
>> > > Best regards,
>> > > Matteo
>> > >
>> > > 2010/10/2 Rutger Hendriks <rutgerhendriks@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > >
>> > >> Hi Matteo,
>> > >>
>> > >> I've seen other people talking about changing the raid config, because
>> > >> installation failed otherwise, but I did not have that problem. So my
>> > >> raid config is still as was originally (4 * 64 in raid0).
>> > >>
>> > >> In short I did this to install Ubuntu 10.10 64bit beta:
>> > >> - Boot from the Ubuntu 10.10 beta 64bit DVD. This was rather hard
>> > >> because the graphics do not get initialised properly, I think what did
>> > >> the trick was booting to windows first and then booting to the DVD,
>> > >> but it's been a while ago I tried.
>> > >> - Resize the Windows disk. I tried resizing from Windows, but that
>> > >> only allowed me to shrink it by around 100Gb or so. From Linux I could
>> > >> resize to it any value. After resizing you have to boot Windows again
>> > >> to let it scan / fix the ntfs. Then again boot the DVD.
>> > >> - Now I could install Ubuntu 10.10 beta 64bit without problems. The
>> > >> four 64Gb ssd's were named /dev/sda to /dev/sdd. Don't use these
>> > >> directly because they are used in the raid array. Instead use
>> > >> /dev/mapper/xxxx_Volumexxx. Simply add an extended partition to
>> > >> /dev/mapper/xxx_Volume0 and add your Linux partitions in there. These
>> > >> will be named e.g. /dev/mapper/xxx_Volume05, 06 and 07.
>> > >> - I installed grub to /dev/mapper/xxx_Volume0. I think I did that
>> > >> manually because the installer gave an error.
>> > >> - I edited /boot/grub/grub.cfg to change linux to linux16 and initrd
>> > >> to initrd16, and I have added these kernel options: i8042.nopnp
>> > >> acpi_backlight=vendor. I don't need the 'nomodeset' kernel option with
>> > >> the change to linux16 and initrd16. Now I can use the intel graphics
>> > >> correctly, except that brightness does not work yet.
>> > >>
>> > >> I hope this helps anyone installing Linux while keeping Windows 7 up
>> > >> and running.
>> > >>
>> > >> With kind regards,
>> > >>
>> > >> Rutger Hendriks
>> > >>
>> > >> 2010/10/2 Matteo Carminati <carminati.matteo@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> > >> > Thank you all for the answers!
>> > >> > I tried with the beta of ubuntu 10.10, as suggested by Michael, but
>> > >> > I was
>> > >> > not able to force vesa drivers to have a graphical interface nor to
>> > >> > use the
>> > >> > alternate edition to perform a text installation (since the mirror
>> > >> > could not
>> > >> > recognize the maverick release). Am I doing something wrong? Any
>> > >> > other suggestion?
>> > >> > Otherwise, I'll get rid of the and try to install both the OSs,
>> > >> > hoping it
>> > >> > could work.
>> > >> > Best,
>> > >> > Matteo
>> > >> > 2010/9/30 Michael Schramm <michael.schramm@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > >> >
>> > >> >> Hi
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Have you tried to use the beta of ubuntu 10.10?
>> > >> >> That worked for a friend of mine.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Br michael
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Am 30.09.2010 19:26 schrieb "Matteo Carminati"
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> <carminati.matteo@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> > >> >> > Hi all,
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > This is my first mail in this mailing-list and I hope I could be
>> > >> >> > helpful
>> > >> >> > in
>> > >> >> > the future, even if I'm not a linux expert, but now I need some
>> > >> >> > help. I bought a VPCZ1290X (4GB RAM - 2x128 GB SSD - 1600x900
>> > >> >> > screen), a pair
>> > >> >> > of
>> > >> >> > weeks ago and I now want to have linux on it.
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > I'd like to have both win and a linux distribution on it, but I
>> > >> >> > did not
>> > >> >> > found a way to install linux without deleting the original win7
>> > >> >> > installation, due to the RAID 0 configuration of the two SSDs
>> > >> >> > that cannot be
>> > >> >> > recognized by all the linux installers I tryed.
>> > >> >> > What I want to do is to disable the RAID 0 configuration in the
>> > >> >> > bios, but I
>> > >> >> > suppose in this way the win7 installation will be corrupted. Is
>> > >> >> > this correct?
>> > >> >> > Is there another way to install both linux and win, preserving
>> > >> >> > the original
>> > >> >> > win7 installation?
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > Thank you all for the answers!
>> > >> >> > Regards,
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > Matteo
>> > >> >
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