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[Rutger Hendriks <rutgerhendriks@xxxxxxxxx>]

You could try to use
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi="
That should fix the LED so it's on at bootup. At least it doess so on
my VPCZ12C5E.

Regards,
Rutger

2011/5/5 pnc <pnclvo@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi,
> I installed (new install, not an upgrade) kubuntu 11.04 (kernel
> 2.6.38-8-generic) on my old sony vaio VGN-Z21VN_X (windows downgraded
> to XP, bios R2140M3).
> Then I installed sony-laptop-zseries0.9np7 using the
> sony-VGN-Zseries-janitor script.
> I also added the line
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=\\\"!Windows 2006\\\""
> to  /etc/default/grub
>
> I didn't get any error message.
>
> However the module is not working correctly: lspci shows both the
> video cards and the LED light that turns on is always the stamina one.
> Another strange thing is that the LED turns on NOT at the beginning of
> the boot.
> I observe only one card and the correct LED turned on only after a
> windows boot. In this case the LED turns on  at the beginning of the
> boot.
>
> I had a previous installation with kubuntu 10.10 and both graphic card
> worked great...
>
> What can I do to understand what's wrong ?
>
> Thanks,
> pier
>
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