Hi everybody,
I am new to this mailing list and I am not a Linux expert so please
bear with me. I think I am having issues getting the sony-
laptop(0.9np8pre3) module working on my Sony VPCZ1.
1) I'm running Fedora 14 with two kernels, the default kernel
(2.6.35.13-92.fc14.x86_64) and 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
2) I can successfully run the Nvidia card with either kernel and the
Nvidia binary driver. I cannot run the Intel card on the default kernel
(blank screen when X starts), but it runs fine on the 2.6.40 kernel
(that's why I installed 2.6.40, besides 0.9np8pre3 won't run on 2.6.35).
3) I have updated the BIOS to allow static switching (it is set to
static mode).
4) Running the Nvidia card (switch set to Speed) on 2.6.35 shows a
single VGA card running (lspci | grep -i vga) and consuming around 17.4
watts idle. On the 2.6.40 kernel it displays 0Wh (Anyone know how to fix
this?).
5) Running the Intel card (switch set to Stamina) on 2.6.40 shows both
VGA cards running (this is the main issue). The 2.6.40 kernel displays
0Wh, but I can tell its consuming more than 17.4 watts by manually
calculating it.
I would like to run with the Intel card only, so the battery lasts
longer (should idle at around 11 watts I believe).
I think I have installed the sony-laptop module correctly, what I did
was download the 0.9np8pre3 module and as regular user I ran "sudo make
install". Is that all there is to it?
Running $modinfo sony-laptop shows the proper version "0.9np8pre3" (see
below). Does that mean the module is installed and running?
How do I know the module is actually running? How do I configure the
module parameters for keyboard backlight etc? I would like to have the
keyboard backlight working, and disable bluetooth.
Is there a way to disable the Nvidia card manually?
Should the BIOS be set to dynamic switching for the module to work?
Here is my info when running 2.6.40, BIOS set to static switching,
Stamina mode:
Laptop Model:
VPC-1290x
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OS/Kernel:
Fedora 14
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$ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Aug 16
04:10:59 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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Install module:
$ sudo make install
mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64/updates/
cp sony-laptop.ko /lib/modules/2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64/updates/
#cp nvidia_bl.ko /lib/modules/2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64/updates/
depmod -a
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lspci | grep -i vga
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT
330M] (rev a2)
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Module info:
$modinfo sony-laptop
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64/updates/sony-
laptop.ko
version: 0.9np8pre3
license: GPL
description: Sony laptop extras driver (SPIC and SNC ACPI device)
author: Stelian Pop, Mattia Dongili
srcversion: 21EDB2749518F48870F9250
alias: acpi*:SNY6001:*
alias: acpi*:SNY5001:*
depends: rfkill
vermagic: 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64 SMP mod_unload
parm: debug:set this to 1 (and RTFM) if you want to help the
development of this driver (int)
parm: no_spic:set this if you don't want to enable the SPIC
device (int)
parm: compat:set this if you want to enable backward
compatibility mode (int)
parm: mask:set this to the mask of event you want to enable
(see doc) (ulong)
parm: camera:set this to 1 to enable Motion Eye camera
controls (only use it if you have a C1VE or C1VN model) (int)
parm: minor:minor number of the misc device for the SPIC
compatibility code, default is -1 (automatic) (int)
parm: kbd_backlight:set this to 0 to disable keyboard
backlight, 1 to enable it (default: 0) (int)
parm: kbd_backlight_timeout:set this to 0 to set the default
10 seconds timeout, 1 for 30 seconds, 2 for 60 seconds and 3 to disable
timeout (default: 0) (int)
parm: force_shock_notifications:set this to 1 to force the
generation of shock protection events, even though the notebook do not
support head unloading for the installed drive drive (int)
parm: speed_stamina:Set this to 1 to enable SPEED mode on
module load (EXPERIMENTAL) (int)
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$ ls -ltrR /sys/devices/platform/sony-laptop/
/sys/devices/platform/sony-laptop/:
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Aug 29 12:11 uevent
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug 29 12:11 subsystem ->
../../../bus/platform
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug 29 12:11 driver ->
../../../bus/platform/drivers/sony-laptop
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Aug 29 12:21 modalias
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Aug 29 12:21 power
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Aug 29 12:21 kbd_backlight_timeout
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Aug 29 12:21 kbd_backlight
/sys/devices/platform/sony-laptop/power:
total 0
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Aug 29 12:21 runtime_suspended_time
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Aug 29 12:21 runtime_status
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Aug 29 12:21 runtime_active_time
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Aug 29 12:21 runtime_active_kids
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Aug 29 12:21 autosuspend_delay_ms
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Aug 29 12:21 async
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Aug 29 12:21 runtime_usage
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Aug 29 12:21 runtime_enabled
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Aug 29 12:21 control
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$ sudo cat /boot/grub/grub.conf
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this
file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/md127p3
# initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img
#boot=/dev/md127
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.35.13-92.fc14.x86_64)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.35.13-92.fc14.x86_64 ro
root=UUID=68dc6448-0de5-45f1-a41e-4419ff9b80c8
rd_MD_UUID=d067cb17:1eed8b3f:6d6a83a1:6746d53b
rd_MD_UUID=00634b4d:a8321be1:59c780b6:a5fc3bbb rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM
rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYTABLE=us
acpi_osi="" pciehp.pciehp_force=1
initrd /initramfs-2.6.35.13-92.fc14.x86_64.img
title Fedora (2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64 ro
root=UUID=68dc6448-0de5-45f1-a41e-4419ff9b80c8
rd_MD_UUID=d067cb17:1eed8b3f:6d6a83a1:6746d53b
rd_MD_UUID=00634b4d:a8321be1:59c780b6:a5fc3bbb rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM
rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYTABLE=us
acpi_osi="" xhci.enable=1 pciehp.pciehp_force=1 xhci.enable=1
xhci_hcd.enable=1
initrd /initramfs-2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.img
title Fedora (2.6.38.8-36.royer.fc14.x86_64)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.38.8-36.royer.fc14.x86_64 ro
root=UUID=68dc6448-0de5-45f1-a41e-4419ff9b80c8
rd_MD_UUID=d067cb17:1eed8b3f:6d6a83a1:6746d53b
rd_MD_UUID=00634b4d:a8321be1:59c780b6:a5fc3bbb rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM
rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYTABLE=us
acpi_osi="" pciehp.pciehp_force=1
initrd /initramfs-2.6.38.8-36.royer.fc14.x86_64.img
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Power reading (idle):
while true; do devkit-power -d | grep "energy:";sleep 60;done
energy: 49.06 Wh
energy: 48.72 Wh
energy: 48.4 Wh
energy: 48.1 Wh
energy: 47.7 Wh
energy: 47.35 Wh
energy: 47.07 Wh
energy: 46.69 Wh
energy: 46.32 Wh
energy: 45.96 Wh
energy: 45.58 Wh
energy: 45.16 Wh
energy: 44.81 Wh
energy: 44.41 Wh
energy: 43.92 Wh
comes out to 20.5 Wh
Any help is greatly appreciated.
thanks,
Leo
