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[Rob Mukai <dothedog2010@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nicklas, Thanks for the answers. I will compile 3.1 with the patches and let
you know how it works.

DoTheDog

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 4:18 AM, Nicklas Overgaard <nicklas@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>  Answers below...
>
>
> On 2011-09-19 02:53, Rob Mukai wrote:
>
> Nicklas, Thank you for the quick response. I do have a couple of questions.
>
> 1. So we are using the same mesa. Would you suggest we move back to 7.11?
> Also, when you had an external monitor working, were you using hdmi, or vga
> and I assume that you were using the connectors on the laptop itself and not
> the media dock?
>
> I'm back on the stable Q3 release from intel, mesa 7.11.
> I'm using HDMI and it's the internal card that's in use.
>
>  2. So you compiled a 3.1 kernel using the patches in the link and in
> menuconfig you put
>
> CONFIG_SONY_LAPTOP=y ? And that made it so that the fn keys worked including brightness?
>
>  Yes, my config has CONFIG_SONY_LAPTOP=m and the patch is a huge one, with
> lots of ACPI stuff for sony laptops. I'm not sure what it does exactly, but
> it seems to work :)
>
>
> 3. So you didin't have suspend/resume working until you changed to the patched 3.1?
>
>  That's right, 3.1 fixed something.
>
> 4. At what point did you not need to add "nomodeset" to the grub line. With
> the new kernel?
>
> 3.1 did the trick
>
> 5. What settings are you using for laptop-mode-tools?
>
> Erhm, the default settings shipped with the arch package, not sure what
> they are. But you can download the package and untar it:
> http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/laptop-mode-tools/download  to
> have a look at the configs :)
>
>  6. So when you come out of suspension, without an external monitor it
> comes back to a black screen, but if you hit ctrl+alt+F2 a TTY shows up on
> the Laptop monitor? or the external  monitor attached it resumes to display
> on the external and black on the laptop?
>
>  With external monitor suspend / resume "just works".
> With the screen on the laptop, it works, but when i resume it's all black
> and I have to switch to tty and halt while being "blind"
>
> In any event it appears that the patched 3.1 kernel fixes a bunch of stuff.
> I guess I will try to compile it for ubuntu.
>
> Again, thanks for your help on this!
>
> DoTheDog
>
>  You should definately go for 3.1 :)
>
> Regards,
>
> Nicklas
>
>
>  On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Nicklas Overgaard <nicklas@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>>  Welcome :)
>>
>> I was running with mesa from GIT, so it's probably 7.12-dev yes. Before
>> the update, I was able to use external and onscreen monitor without any
>> issues. After updating, my external monitor would go black or red or
>> something when logging into gnome. A suspend resume fixed the issue...
>>
>> Kernel 3.0 was not working out very well, so after Norbert pointed out
>> that 3.1 has a lot of sandybridge fixes, I updated, which has resolved a lot
>> of issues. I'm on arch linux, and my kernel 3.1 is based off this 3.0 build:
>> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=51456 which applies various
>> pacthes to the vanilla kernel from kernel.org to bring better sony
>> support.
>>
>> I dont have the extra sony-laptop module, but i'm pretty sure that the
>> patches i'm applying incudes some of the stuff from that module...
>>
>> All my FN keys are working, mute, sound up/down, brightness up/down etc.
>> After installing laptop-mode-tools I have around 6 hours of battery life
>> when i'm just writing reports, coding and browsing the internet.
>>
>> I haven't tried the WWAN module yet, nor the fingerprint reader. And also,
>> I can't get the external video card working, it complains about not being
>> able to find the BIOS. So we'll have to wait for an DRM update, as this is
>> the module complaining. Maybe we should file a bug report somewhere?
>>
>> In regard to suspend resume, it works in kernel 3.1, but only with an
>> external monitor attached. When exiting suspension without, my screen is
>> black, but I can switch to a TTY, log in and turn off the computer.
>>
>> So yes, my TTY's are working as well, with KMS so they are in native
>> resolution.
>>
>> My grub boot line has the following extra parameters: "pcie_aspm=force
>> i915.i915_enable_rc6=1" which definately has given me extra battery time.
>>
>> I hope I answered everything :)
>>
>> /Nicklas
>>
>>
>> On 2011-09-19 00:22, Rob Mukai wrote:
>>
>> Nicklas, Hi, new to this list, but can you confirm a couple of things for
>> me? Before you updated mesa (I am assuming to 7.12-dev) the external monitor
>> worked? I never tested it before updating the mesa stack so I have never
>> been able to use an external monitor. Also, did the new kernel fix any of
>> the other issues, e.g. suspend/resume, power consumption, birghtness
>> control, tty (ctr+alt+fX)?
>>
>>  DoTheDog
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 6:39 AM, Nicklas Overgaard <nicklas@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm running with kernel 3.1 RC6 and the issue with going out of sleep is
>>> still present. I did however experiment with upgrading my mesa stack, but it
>>> actually got worse - when I log into gnome with an external monitor on, it
>>> goes blank instead of showing my desktop....
>>>
>>> So i'm very curios to find out if the issue lies in the kernel or in the
>>> mesa stack somewhere.
>>>
>>> /Nicklas
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2011-09-17 20:50, Eva Brucherseifer wrote:
>>>
>>>> short update:
>>>> updated to kernel 3.0.1, it didn't solve the screen blank issue
>>>>
>>>> Eva
>>>>
>>>> On Di September 6 2011 10:00:00 Eva Brucherseifer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> my current conclusion is to update the kernel first. According to
>>>>> various
>>>>> people on this list, the Z has the new Intel Sandybridge. This is at
>>>>> least
>>>>> causing the X issues. For example Niklas is using Tumbleweed Suse
>>>>> instead
>>>>> of the normal Suse, so he also has a kernel 3.0.1. I'll give it a try
>>>>> and
>>>>> let you know what it fixes.
>>>>>
>>>>> As for the xserver-org-input-synaptics patches, I spend all weekend
>>>>> with
>>>>> this one. All important parts of these patches are already included
>>>>> into
>>>>> suse. I don't know the status without them, but I have multitouch
>>>>> keyboard
>>>>> working. Tab + Move works correctly to Drag&Drop. Only the hardware
>>>>> buttons don't work correctly. The patches make a new setting
>>>>> "TouchPadArea" available which is set to 20%, but somehow it doesn't
>>>>> work.
>>>>> I change the also newly introduced setting AreaBottomEdge, but it only
>>>>> helped a little bit. However, click (hw-button, keeping it pressed) +
>>>>> drag
>>>>> does not work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually I read the patches and the sources, I don't think that
>>>>> Button-Press+Move works for anybody. If so, please let us know. I've
>>>>> read
>>>>> suse, ubuntu and those patches mentioned in the blog article. Archlinux
>>>>> has a different patch. Nicklas has Archlinux and he reported to use the
>>>>> normal tap workaround.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Eva
>>>>>
>>>>> Am Montag 05 September 2011, 23:12:51 schrieben Sie:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> I'm using debian sid and I have the same problems as you, ie:
>>>>>> - i915.modeset=0
>>>>>> - suspend problem
>>>>>> - no sound and no mic
>>>>>> - trackpad issue
>>>>>> - cannot change brightness
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I did not test but I gathered some useful informations :
>>>>>> To make sound and mic working you have to build or install at least
>>>>>> alsa 1.0.24 and maybe for the mic you have to apply a patch.
>>>>>> To make the clickpad working you have to apply some patches to
>>>>>> xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://bigbrovar.aoizora.org/index.php/2011/05/24/better-clickpad-support
>>>>>> -for-ubuntu-11-04/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Damien R.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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