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[Rob Mukai <dothedog2010@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Oops, forgot to reply to all ;-)
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> From: Rob Mukai <dothedog2010@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 7:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [Sony-vaio-z-series] Linux on VPC-Z21
> To: Norbert Preining <preining@xxxxxxxx>
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> Norbert, Thanks for the quick reply.
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> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 4:05 AM, Norbert Preining <preining@xxxxxxxx>wrote:
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>> 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.
>>
>> I'll dig around and see if I can find that.
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>>  > -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?
>>
>
> Yes that is with the intel card running. The radeon is in the external
> media dock.
>
>>
>> > -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?
>>
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> Yes, I saw somewhere that it may be trying to pipe it through the external
> card. I will try that but it should work with just the 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.
>>
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> Could you tell me which file to look for so I can change the perrmissions?
> I think actually that the card id is too new. looking at the Authentec site
> it says that my card (id:  08ff:168f) is the same as 08ff:1680 and 1660
>
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> http://support.authentec.com/KnowledgeBase/KBview/tabid/843/ArticleId/299/Identifying-your-Fingerprint-Sensor-Model.aspx
>
> Where fingerprint-gui site says they only support the 08ff:1600 here:
> https://launchpad.net/~fingerprint/+archive/fingerprint-gui
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> Maybe I need to put in a bug report? Or have you gotten it working?
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>>
>> > -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.
>>
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> Ok, So I can re-encrypt everything and I should be able to get it working?
>
>>
>> > -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.
>>
>
> Unfortunately, none of this works WITH the intel card. Also, one other
> thing, I am running the latest MESA stack (compiled). Here is the output
> from glxinfo:
>
> $ glxinfo | grep version
> server glx version string: 1.4
> client glx version string: 1.4
> GLX version: 1.4
> OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel
> OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20
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> Any other help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Rob
>
> P.S. Where are you in Japan? I lived there for many years.
>
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Norbert
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>> Norbert Preining            preining@{jaist.ac.jp, logic.at, debian.org}
>> JAIST, Japan                                 TeX Live & Debian Developer
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