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[Adam Huffman <bloch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 09:51:40AM +0000, David Aveiro wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm using rc5 and I can do suspend with no problems. Even the screen
> going blank after resume and the brightness adjustment which were
> not working in previous releases now work. My only problem while
> using intel is no sound.
> 
> I did apply the infamous patch to the BIOS so I can do static
> switching and only one card is active at any time. I suppose that
> may be one reason I can suspend/resume ok and you cannot...
> 

Yes, I think that's probably right.  I'm running the 2.6.37-rc kernels
with a normal BIOS and have been unable to suspend for a while now.
I've reported this to the pm-utils maintainer:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=665343


Adam

> 
> On 01/07/2011 09:40 AM, Holger Schwenk wrote:
> >
> >Hello David,
> >
> >thanks a lot for your fast answer !
> >
> >I took the kernel-2.7.37-0.rc3.git2.1.fc15.x86_14 and it does work
> >! I now can use the full resolution of 1920x1080. However, I had
> >to remove "nomodeset" in the kernel params.
> >
> >Do you rather recommend one of the other 2.7.37 kernels ? In fact,
> >in the current version, suspend to RAM and disk does not work, nor
> >the audio.
> >Looking at the threads, it seems to be "normal" that audio does
> >not work, but other people seem to have suspend working.
> >This would be very useful for me since I usually never boot me laptop ;-)
> >
> >Also, both graphic cards are on (using lspci) and I get 23.8W
> >power consumption ! Is there a way to "switch off" the Nvidia card
> >?
> >
> >Holger
> >
> >On 01/06/2011 12:26 AM, David Aveiro wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I am also a Fedora fan and I'm using two kernels:
> >>
> >>*Nvidia* - (noveau driver) - most recent Fedora kernel from updates
> >>*Intel* - most recent fedora 15 kernel release candidate,
> >>available here: http://kyle.fedorapeople.org/kernel/
> >>
> >>Check my message from 11/18/2010 on the archives with some hints
> >>for configuration/install and solving resume/suspend problem.
> >>
> >>I just updated to the rc5 kernel but I still have the problem of
> >>not having sound available...
> >>
> >>I tried running
> >>
> >>alsamixer -c0
> >>
> >>And I get the following output:
> >>
> >>
> >>?????????????????????????????? AlsaMixer v1.0.23
> >>??????????????????????????????
> >>? Card: HDA Intel                                     F1:  Help
> >>?
> >>? Chip: Realtek ALC889                                F2:
> >>System information ?
> >>? View: F3: Playback  F4: Capture  F5: All            F6:
> >>Select sound card  ?
> >>? Item:                                               Esc: Exit
> >>?
> >>?
> >>?
> >>?                This sound device does not have any controls.
> >>
> >>
> >>Which is strange, the card seems to be detected but cannot be
> >>used. In Gnome Sound properties no hardware is present.
> >>
> >>Any hints?
> >>
> >>Kind regards,
> >>David
> >>
> >>On 01/05/2011 09:19 PM, Holger Schwenk wrote:
> >>>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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