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[Norbert Preining <preining@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rob,

On Fr, 16 Sep 2011, Rob Mukai wrote:
> What works:

That are the easy ones ...

> Stuff that is broken or needs a LOT of help:

That are the hard ones everyone knows.

> -Power consumption is really high even with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nomodeset
> i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 pcie_aspm=force i915.i915_enable_fbc=1
> i915.lvds_downclock=1" in /etc/default/grub

Recently someone posted a fix for ivybridge or so here on the list,
it fas some  blablabla disable for i915.

> -Brightness control using fn+F5 and fn+F6 - indicator changes but actual
> screen brightness does not. Tried adding acpi_brightness=vendor to kernel
> line and it just made the indicator go away.

with the intel card running?

> -Ctl+Alt+F2 etc. Does NOT work. Just brings up a blank black screen. The
> term is there though. If I type my login info and do a echo "test" >
> test.txt , it creates the file. Just can't see anything.

again, with intel card running?

> -Fingerprint reader - Fingerprint-GUI doesn't detect the reader. I believe
> it just needs a new device added to the detection as ID 08ff:168f AuthenTec,
> Inc. is the same as 08ff:1660 and 08ff:1680.

No, probably only the permissions are not set properly for the usb sys fs
so you cannot read it.

> -Suspend and Hybernate don't work. Actually goes into suspension, just comes
> back with black screen. Not sure if this is related to encrypted /home. I
> tried unencrypting swap but didn't help.

that is irrelevant. probably another ivybridge or so problem.

> -WWAN - Huawei Gobi 3000 not detected by Network-Manager. lsusb says: ID
> 12d1:14f1 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

I faintly remember you have to get a special driver for the gobi module,
but since in my  sony there is HSO I am not sure.

> -External Display not picking up. Doesn't look like the Radeon driver is
> loading either.

radeon.

I guess most of  your problems go away when you switch to intel.

Best wishes

Norbert
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