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[Adam Hill <sidepipeuk@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Sadly, I can't manage to get it work with the intel/stamina mode. After
> booting (first the old kernel, then the new one), the system freeze before
> X start, with a fix hite cursor "_" in the left top corner. The system is
> not totally frozen, as I press the power button, system in shuting down
> normaly (with the normal ubuntu splash). This occurs, even with today last
> kernel.

	You shouldn't need to boot the old kernel first to use the Intel card. 
Just boot with the switch in stamina mode. Also, make sure that any xorg.conf 
file you use for the NVidia card is moved out of the way - you shouldn't need 
an xorg.conf file at all to use the Intel card ( at least this is true with 
karmic, not tried maverick yet.

> Also, although I use no external monitor, I have the issue with Xinerama
> that make X crash if I launch a Qt app (about:blank). I don't understand
> really why. I try many option in my Xorg.conf to try to disable Xinerama,
> but that change nothing. I use Maverick and the Nvidia driver release
> yesterday (the problem is the same with older driver). Does anybody else
> have the same issue?

	I can't really help with this since I haven't seen it, sorry :(.

Adam.


> Cheers,
> 
> Jérôme
> 
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Adam Hill <sidepipeuk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > That is very interesting:
> > > > Trackpad fix ( no i8042 boot options any more )
> > > 
> > > I read about this a while ago (in some forum), but never came across
> > > any real patch.
> > > Could you point me to this patch?
> > 
> > http://marc.info/?l=linux-acpi&m=127570466420246&w=2
> > 
> >        Apparently it went in to acpi-test a couple of weeks ago. Thanks
> >        to
> > 
> > Adam
> > Williamson at the Fedora Project for pointing me at that one!
> > 
> > > > My version of Norbert's sony-laptop np7 module.
> > > 
> > > All the differences are in this patch:
> > > "sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np7-v3.patch"?
> > > 
> >         Yep.
> > > > 
> > > > My ACPI fix for the NVidia hda-intel sound chip when NVidia is
> > > > disabled
> > > 
> > > ?
> > > This is completely new to me. But our Sony does not have a NVidia
> > > hda-intel sound chip, doesn't it? For me alsamixer talks about "Chip:
> > > Realtek ALC889".
> > > And/Or: Could you also be so kind to point me to this (isolated) patch?
> > > 
> >         The hda-intel module is the one responsible - it actually covers
> >         a
> > 
> > number
> > of different manufacturers of Intel HD Audio compatible hardware. The
> > NVidia
> > card in the VPC-Z uses one to generate audio on the HDMI port. The
> > problem is
> > that because when the NVidia related hardware is disabled it still
> > appears on
> > the bus, the driver still finds the HDMI audio chip on a probe. The PCI
> > code
> > which changes the power state of the chip realises that it hasn't woken
> > up from D3 power state but does not return an error, so the kernel
> > module has no
> > idea that it is turned off. My patch simply causes the kernel pci code to
> > return an error if the power state doesn't change. I've put the patch in
> > my files directory.
> > 
> > Adam.
> > 
> > > Thanks!
> > > 
> > > Knuth
> > > 
> > > ---
> > > 
> > > On 10/14/2010 02:36 AM, Adam Hill wrote:
> > > > Hi All,
> > > > 
> > > >     I've created for myself a kernel for the vaio Z which is based on
> > 
> > the
> > 
> > > > VERY EARLY Ubuntu Natty kernel. This has all of the fixes that I know
> > 
> > of,
> > 
> > > > namely:
> > > > 
> > > > i915 driver fixes for black screen on boot.
> > > > Hopefully a resume fix, though I'm not sure which changes were needed
> > 
> > for
> > 
> > > > this and can't test it myself.
> > > > Trackpad fix ( no i8042 boot options any more )
> > > > My version of Norbert's sony-laptop np7 module.
> > > > My ACPI fix for the NVidia hda-intel sound chip when NVidia is
> > > > disabled
> > > > 
> > > >     I have to stress that i HAVE NOT TESTED THIS KERNEL FOR MORE THAN
> > > >     A
> > 
> > FEW
> > 
> > > > HOURS WITH WIRED NETWORK and also that Natty is SIX MONTHS away and
> > > > so this kernel is very much an early version which MAY CONTAIN
> > > > SERIOUS BUGS, could CORRUPT YOUR DISK, and power use might be bad. I
> > > > really can't stress enough that it is at your own risk!
> > > > 
> > > >     However, for Ubuntu users it will contain all of the normal
> > > >     modules
> > 
> > and
> > 
> > > > patches which would be associated with that OS, and so it *may* work
> > > > better for some people. I've been using it myself for a while and it
> > > > "seems to work", and I figured that since I'd gone to the trouble of
> > > > creating it I may as well make it available in case anyone else wants
> > 
> > to
> > 
> > > > try! As usual itsat http://www.voip-x.co.uk/files/adam and there are
> > > > three .deb files associated with this one, version 2.6.36-0-vaioz.
> > > > 
> > > > Adam.
> > > > 
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