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[Adam Hill <sidepipeuk@xxxxxxxxx>]

> @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?

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29141

> 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!

	I don't believe that it does, no. There is one person on here with the 
1600x900 panel using it, but why his works I don't know, because a few others 
have tried without success :(.

Adam.

 
> 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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