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[Henry <henryykt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I've the same machine. I've found 2 workarounds.

First one is to patch the bios to put video into static mode:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/sony/473226-insyde-hacking-new-vaio-z-advanced-menu-bios.html

<http://forum.notebookreview.com/sony/473226-insyde-hacking-new-vaio-z-advanced-menu-bios.html>The
second one is to first boot into 2.6.28 kernel to init video. See
http://www.voip-x.co.uk/files/adam/IMPORTANT_README.

Henry

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Jacky Ng <jackyng722@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Pls help, any comments?
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jacky Ng <jackyng722@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 9:31 PM
> Subject: Help! - screen issue...
> To: sony-vaio-z-series@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> Hi Guys,
>
> I have been experiencing a weird problem with my new Vaio Z as
> attached when I boot up Ubuntu 10.10.
>
> Spec:
> Sony VPCZ135GG
> Intel Core i5-580M
> 4G memory
> NVIDIA 330M Graphics (switchable graphics)  1600 * 900 resolution
> Bios Version: R3030C3
>
> Actually, this has happened during installation also, but when
> "Install Ubuntu on hard disk" and include the "nomodeset" option with
> 'vga=318' then the installation screen is fine.  But when I boot into
> the installed Ubuntu, it still shows that screen.
>
> I've tried adding boot options:
>
> i8042.nopnp i8042.reset i8042.nomux i8042.noloop (for the touch pad to
> work)
> vga=318
> nomodeset (this just makes it boot into shell)
>
> when I boot into Ubuntu, it just doesn't work...
>
> Does anyone else have this problem?  Any suggestions on how to make it
> normal?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Jak
>
>
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