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[Lyle Gordon <lgordon@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Sony Vaio Z Listserv,

I have a sony Vaio VGN-Z590 with the nvidia 9300M GS.

I just installed Ubuntu natty 11.04 and I tried to follow the same method
(janitor script with ubuntu-x PPA for the latest drivers) I used to get
everything working in maverick 10.10 but it's not working now.

The kernel command windows 2006 appears to have no effect at all. The
speed/stamina light also seems to behave differently only lighting later
during boot and only the stamina light. If I boot in stamina it seems to
work but lspci seems to indicate the nvidia card is still running although
nvidia-settings reports it isn't.

Booting in speed mode either hangs or ends up in stamina mode.

I've used the latest nvidia drives from the ubuntu-x PPA. I've also tried to
get the latest kernel from the kernel PPA but this didn't appear to solve
anything.

I tried to build and install the latest sony-laptop 0.9np8pre1 but I don't
really know if that has had an effect.

Does anyone have any idea how to get things working again?

Thanks very much,
Lyle

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Lyle Gordon
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On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Peter Kis <md2z34@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've just installed 11.04 and the situation is the same. I had a perfectly
> working system with 10.10, but now intel integrated VGA card works only.
> Maybe this is not important, but I observed that the STAMINA/SPEED
> LED behaves differently than earlier. Earlier the STAMINA or the SPEED LED
> depending on the switch position was illuminated during the whole booting
> procedure, but now the green LED turns on just before the kdm starts.
>
> Some system parameters:
> Model: VGN-Z21XN
> Bios: R2169M3
> The Raphael's janitor script runs without errors.
> The sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np7 module is compiled correctly. The kernel
> version: 2.6.38-8-generic
>
> Regards
>
> Peter
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 17:16, Silverrocker <silverrocker@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> same on archlinux with the same kernel version
>>
>>
>> greets
>>
>> Silverrocker
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Mario Di Raimondo <
>> mario.diraimondo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Norbert,
>>> I've almost the same compiling error using 0.9np8pre1 on the official
>>> Ubuntu Natty kernel (2.6.38-8).  Actually I have a patched BIOS so I'm
>>> stick on the Intel card of my Z21MN/B. Everything work on Ubuntu Natty
>>> (microphone included) except for the brightness and eject keys. I've
>>> never used the nvidia card...
>>>
>>> DKMS make.log for sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np8pre1 for kernel
>>> 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64)
>>> ven 29 apr 2011, 15.55.50, CEST
>>> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/build
>>> SUBDIRS=/var/lib/dkms/sony-laptop-zseries/0.9np8pre1/build modules
>>> make[1]: ingresso nella directory
>>> "/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic"
>>>  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/sony-laptop-zseries/0.9np8pre1/build/sony-laptop.o
>>> /var/lib/dkms/sony-laptop-zseries/0.9np8pre1/build/sony-laptop.c: In
>>> function ‘sony_nc_add’:
>>> /var/lib/dkms/sony-laptop-zseries/0.9np8pre1/build/sony-laptop.c:1651:8:
>>> error: ‘struct backlight_properties’ has no member named ‘type’
>>> /var/lib/dkms/sony-laptop-zseries/0.9np8pre1/build/sony-laptop.c:1651:16:
>>> error: ‘BACKLIGHT_PLATFORM’ undeclared (first use in this function)
>>> /var/lib/dkms/sony-laptop-zseries/0.9np8pre1/build/sony-laptop.c:1651:16:
>>> note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each
>>> function it appears in
>>> make[2]: ***
>>> [/var/lib/dkms/sony-laptop-zseries/0.9np8pre1/build/sony-laptop.o]
>>> Errore 1
>>> make[1]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/sony-laptop-zseries/0.9np8pre1/build]
>>> Errore 2
>>> make[1]: uscita dalla directory "/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic"
>>> make: *** [default] Errore 2
>>>
>>> Mario
>>>
>>> 2011/3/26 chalten job <chalten07@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>> > Hello Norbert,
>>> > I am running a debian squeeze 64 bit with a vanilla 2.6.38 kernel..
>>> > I have your patch and it does not work ..
>>> > Here is the log :
>>> > make -C /lib/modules/2.6.38/build
>>> > SUBDIRS=/usr/src/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np8pre1 modules
>>> > make[1]: entrant dans le répertoire « /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38 »
>>> >   CC [M]  /usr/src/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np8pre1/sony-laptop.o
>>> > /usr/src/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np8pre1/sony-laptop.c: In function
>>> > ‘sony_nc_add’:
>>> > /usr/src/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np8pre1/sony-laptop.c:1651: error:
>>> ‘struct
>>> > backlight_properties’ has no member named ‘type’
>>> > /usr/src/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np8pre1/sony-laptop.c:1651: error:
>>> > ‘BACKLIGHT_PLATFORM’ undeclared (first use in this function)
>>> > /usr/src/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np8pre1/sony-laptop.c:1651: error:
>>> (Each
>>> > undeclared identifier is reported only once
>>> > /usr/src/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np8pre1/sony-laptop.c:1651: error: for
>>> each
>>> > function it appears in.)
>>> > make[2]: *** [/usr/src/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np8pre1/sony-laptop.o]
>>> Erreur
>>> > 1
>>> > make[1]: *** [_module_/usr/src/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np8pre1] Erreur 2
>>> > make[1]: quittant le répertoire « /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38 »
>>> > make: *** [default] Erreur 2
>>> > best regards
>>> > laurent
>>> > 2011/3/25 Norbert Preining <preining@xxxxxxxx>
>>> >>
>>> >> Dear all, esp Adam,
>>> >>
>>> >> I have build a new pre release of sony-laptop-zseries, version
>>> 0.9np8pre1,
>>> >> which adapts to the current git kernel, so 2.6.39-rc series, and
>>> >> incorporates changes by Adam to support newer laptops.
>>> >>
>>> >> I would be happy if people could test and report success or error.
>>> >> I am not sure if it will work on 2.6.38 or less, but owuld like to
>>> hear
>>> >> answers to this, too.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> http://www.logic.at/people/preining/software/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np8pre1.tar.gz
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks
>>> >>
>>> >> Norbert
>>> >>
>>> >>
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