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[pnc <pnclvo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rutger,
thanks so much!!!
Your suggestion solved all my issues.

Regards,
pier


On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Rutger Hendriks
<rutgerhendriks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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