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[Travis Reeder <travis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I must be missing some library or something, when I run make I get:

make -C /lib/modules/2.6.38-10-generic/build
SUBDIRS=/home/treeder/Downloads/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np8pre3 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-10-generic'
  CC [M]
 /home/treeder/Downloads/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np8pre3/sony-laptop.o
/home/treeder/Downloads/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np8pre3/sony-laptop.c: In
function ‘sony_nc_backlight_setup’:
/home/treeder/Downloads/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np8pre3/sony-laptop.c:4081:7:
error: ‘struct backlight_properties’ has no member named ‘type’
/home/treeder/Downloads/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np8pre3/sony-laptop.c:4081:15:
error: ‘BACKLIGHT_PLATFORM’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/treeder/Downloads/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np8pre3/sony-laptop.c:4081:15:
note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it
appears in
/home/treeder/Downloads/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np8pre3/sony-laptop.c: At top
level:
/home/treeder/Downloads/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np8pre3/sony-laptop.c:4890:10:
error: ‘SONYPI_EVENT_IGNORE’ undeclared here (not in a function)
make[2]: ***
[/home/treeder/Downloads/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np8pre3/sony-laptop.o] Error
1
make[1]: ***
[_module_/home/treeder/Downloads/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np8pre3] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-10-generic'
make: *** [default] Error 2

Any ideas?

On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Carlchristian Eckert
<Carli-Eckert@xxxxxx>wrote:

> On 14.08.2011 15:07, Boris Dolgov wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 04:14, Carlchristian Eckert <Carli-Eckert@xxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >> To open the machine, I used some maintenance manual that I found online.
> >> It was really a big help to have this guide when opening the device
> >> (some hidden dents inside the case where explained in a helpful way...),
> >> good to have some of these guides at hand when it comes to the point of
> >> opening a laptop!
> > Can you send this manual to me or to the whole sony-vaio-z-series
> > maillist? I was unable to find it, and I think it will be useful for
> > everybody.
> >
>
>
> I think this link
>
> http://forum.notebookreview.com/sony/342581-good-news-i-have-got-hold-official-vaio-z-repair-manual.html
> might be helpful. not directly from me, just found it on google.
>
> also
>
> http://rdaemons.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-to-clean-heatsink-and-renew-thermal.html
> is a quite nice walkthrough (didn't go as far as removing the CPU fan
> completely. Just removing the Keyboard, HDD, and RAM was enough to get
> rid of most of the dust)
>
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