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[Brett Howard <brett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you run with the intel card, brightness on min, wifi switch off and
bring up power top how much power are you consuming after a settling
time of not using the computer....

~Brett

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 2:05 AM, Martin L <nitram@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I actually got the impression that my Vaio Z12 series is so new that the
> acpi stuff would not work unless I actally hacked the BIOS.
> My params are:
> defoptions=i8042.reset i8042.nomux i8042.nopnp i8042.noloop
> acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" acpi_backlight=vendor quiet splash
>
> But my system seems to work just the same if I remove all of them.
> What parameters would you suggets ?
>
> Thanks Martin
>
>
> Den 23-03-2011 21:51, Justin Karneges skrev:
>>
>> If your BIOS is not hacked, then you must use the acpi_osi kernel param
>> with
>> your current install, right?  If not, then I'm not sure what to suggest.
>>  I
>> just figured that anyone with a working install on Z12 would be using the
>> param.
>>
>> On Wednesday 23 March 2011 13:35:05 Martin L wrote:
>>>
>>> Are you BIOS hacked, cause mine is not. Are you sayin that I just need
>>> to set the right kernel parameters in order for the scrren not ogo blank
>>> after boot ?
>>>
>>> -Martin
>>>
>>> Den 23-03-2011 18:30, Justin Karneges skrev:
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday 23 March 2011 10:13:12 Martin L wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> What Vaio are you using?
>>>>> I tried Natty alpha3 vi a Z12(1600x1280 screen). Not much luck. I don't
>>>>> see anything at boot (screen remains blank), so I can't boot into the
>>>>> live system. I might be able to install the same way i did with 10.10
>>>>> but I don't want to ruin my mostly working system.
>>>>
>>>> I recently tested alpha3 and I had the same problem, but only with
>>>> nvidia
>>>> (I had speed switch set, and static switching via acpi_osi kernel param,
>>>> so booting directly from my working system to alpha3 live CD meant I was
>>>> still using static-switched nvidia).  Rebooting into the live CD again
>>>> (such that acpi_osi was not in effect from previous boot) got me a
>>>> working system with presumably Intel.  I haven't had a chance to play
>>>> further.
>>>>
>>>> I'm pretty sure nvidia worked with alpha2 so there may have been a
>>>> regression. hmmm
>>>>
>>>> Justin
>>>>
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