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[Aleix Solà <aleixsr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi it is now working!
- Adam's kernel 2.6.36.0
- Installed sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np7
- Grub load options: "i8042.reset i8042.nomux i8042.nopnp i8042.noloop
acpi_osi=\"!Windows 2006\" acpi_backlight=vendor"

Thank you every body!

*Aleix Solà.*



2010/10/25 r1k0 <erick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> List, Jérôme,
>
> Thanks Jérôme for the quick reply.
>
> I'd like to make sure I understood you correctly.
> by
>  ( no 3d acceleration sadly)
>
> Do you mean for intel or nvidia or both?
>
> Because in this case, Sébastien has 3d acceleration on intel and you say
> that Adam's solution might get 3d acceleration for nvidia which would mean
> that some people have 3d on intel and some other people have it on nvidia
> which is really good indeed (means in a near future one could hope to have
> both or nvidia).
>
> Did I understand you correctly or am I overinterpreting?
>
> Thanks for the input,
>
> Regards,
>
> erick
>
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Jérôme @ Diniho <jerome@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> erick, Sebastien,
>>
>> look at Adam solution here :
>> https://lists.launchpad.net/sony-vaio-z-series/msg01400.html
>>
>> It's work well for the Nvidia, and with Intel too ( no 3d acceleration
>> sadly). I hvae a Z12, so I think that it will work with the Z13 too
>>
>> Jérôme
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 7:21 PM, r1k0 <erick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> List, Sébastien,
>>>
>>> Thank you for the feedback.
>>>
>>> Facing issues with the nvidia GPUs is actually what I was fearing the
>>> most. I guess Sony will never provide any bios update to let the user
>>> disable the intel card.
>>>
>>> If only I could use the nvidia GPU would still make my day (I don't
>>> really care about the Intel card, as I bought the device for everything but
>>> that optimus crap).
>>>
>>> Luckily, I bought the device 2 days ago, so I still have 10 days to
>>> fiddle around otherwise I'm just going to bring it back and get a 2KE
>>> ticket. Sadly, all other devices are not really attractive compared to the
>>> vpcz13. I guess I'll wait until a vpcz13 alike goes out *without* the
>>> dualGPU-optimus-crap-of-the-year.
>>> I'll just erase the bootloader and bring it back passing my self for
>>> someone who don't know anything in computers: that's the best I get my
>>> "revenge" against sony for this locked-down device.
>>>
>>> If I find anything worth (which I really doubt) I drop a mail here.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> erick
>>>
>>> ps: out of curiosty, I could even open up the laptop and just "push the
>>> right button" to make the intel hardware not recognized anymore but I'm sure
>>> it's not that simple.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Sébastien Roy <roys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2010-10-25 03:08, r1k0 wrote:
>>>> > Hi List,
>>>> >
>>>> > I recently took possession of a vaio vpcz13m9e and I was wondering if
>>>> I
>>>> > could hope succeeding in having the nvidia/intel GPUs to work using
>>>> the
>>>> > feedback from this ML because I see people have vpcz11 and 12 mostly
>>>> and
>>>> > googling around shows very few (if not none) linux users having this
>>>> > device (vpcz13).
>>>> > I use Gentoo and I got the system up and running using vesa so far.
>>>>
>>>> I own a VPCZ1390S (canadian model).
>>>>
>>>> It seems impossible to solve the gpu switching problem. First, the
>>>> firmware (version R3030C3 in my case) can't be patched to make the
>>>> "advancde menu" appear. The EFI booting trick (see
>>>>
>>>> http://feature-enable.blogspot.com/2009/07/enable-vt-on-insydeh2o-based-sony-vaio.html
>>>> ) does not work at all.
>>>>
>>>> As far as the other trick (acpi_osi="!Windows 2006"), it does not seem
>>>> to work at all either. It seems the VPCZ13* are not intended to run
>>>> vista, so the bios probably does not care about "vista frienfly" gpu
>>>> switching.
>>>>
>>>> Basically, I am out of options now for gpu switching.
>>>>
>>>> For a basic install, all is well (at least better than vesa):
>>>> - Use the 10.10 installer
>>>> - on the first reboot, modify the grub lines so that
>>>>        - linux -> linux16
>>>>        - initrd -> inird16
>>>>        - quiet splash -> i8042.reset i8024.nomux i8024.noloop
>>>> i8042.nopnp
>>>> - after first boot, update the /etc/default/grub and
>>>> /etc/grub.d/10_linux (and then update-grub) to make the previous grub
>>>> changes permanent.
>>>> - Install the latest sony-laptop-zseries from
>>>> http://www.logic.at/people/preining/software/
>>>>
>>>> Intel graphics work fine, including 3D acceleration. If only I could
>>>> switch off the nvidia card to save power. I did not succeed there.
>>>>
>>>> If anyone manage to get access to the nvidia card on these machines, I'm
>>>> very interested... :-)
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Sebastien
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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