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[Holger Schwenk <Holger.Schwenk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I am using Linux on a Vaio VGN-SZXWN since more than three years and I
really like this machine. Everything works fine (using Fedora Core 12).

I just got a new Vaio, a VPC-Z13 which has i7 M640 CPU, 1920x1080
display and SSD disks. Unfortunately, I've quite some trouble installing
Linux on it. I'm used to Fedora and KDE, and I tried FC14. This comes
with an 2.6.35.6-45 kernel and grub 0.97.

It only installs when I use the vesa X11 driver (version 2.3.0-1) and I
end up with an ugly 1280x1024 resolution. The Fedora release notes quote
that this is related to missing eDP support in this kernel. There are
quite some messages on various lists about this issue, but I've trouble
to filter out a clear solution (if there is one :-(
There seems to be a specific solution for Ubuntu
(http://www.voip-x.co.uk/files/adam/IMPORTANT_README), but if possible
I'd like to keep Fedora, simply because I'm used to it ;-)

Can you please recommend a version of the kernel, grub, X11 that will
work with a 1920x1080 resolution (I don't care about the Nvidia
Graphics) ?

By the way, an update of all the packages resulted in a X11 freeze after
reboot. Right now, I don't know whether this happens because of newer
drivers or a different X11 configuration (not vesa anymore). I would
need to go again though a complete reinstall, but I could of course do
this if it is useful ;-)

Upgrading the kernel alone seems to be OK (2.6.35.10-74), removing
"nomodeset" from the kernel params results in a freeze ...

Thanks a lot for your help !

Holger
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