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[Rob Mukai <dothedog2010@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nicklas, So I think I got the WWAN card working. Unfortunately, It doesn't
want to work with Network Manager, but... Installed the Gobi drivers as per
this site:
 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1796527

Get source from here: https://www.codeaurora.org/patches/quic/gobi/Gobi3000/

make and install the serial and net drivers. i think I am only using the
serial drivers. Make the changes to include the correct device ids. E.g. for
the GobiSerial.c
cd GobiSerial
nano GobiSerial.c
Ctrl + W USB_DEV
change to this:

   { USB_DEVICE( 0x12d1, 0x14f1 ) },   // Gobi 3000 QDL device
   { USB_DEVICE( 0x12d1, 0x14f1 ) },   // Gobi 3000 Composite Device

make
sudo make install

Do the same for the GobiNet. I never actaully got the GobiNet to load. but
anyway....

Install wvdial and gnome-ppp, In /etc/wvdial.conf this is what I put for
AT&T in the US.

[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1, "IP", "WAP.CINGULAR"
Modem Type = USB Modem
Baud = 460800
New PPPD = yes
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
ISDN = 0
Phone = *99#
Password = CINGULAR1
Username = WAP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
stupid mode = 1

In gnome-ppp put the above in settings. I run it in a terminal like this:
gksudo gnome-ppp

Takes a minute to get dns addresses etc. but it should work. If you get a
waiting for input or something like that, you may need to edit the
/root/.wvdial.conf and make sure that stupid mode is off.

DoTheDog

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Nicklas Overgaard <nicklas@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>  You're welcome.
>
> Based on your remaining issues, I would say that "we are stuck with the
> same problems"...
>
> I have no idea though, on how to proceed. I would really love to report the
> DRM / Radeon bios bug somewhere, but where exactly?
>
> /Nicklas
>
>
> On 2011-09-21 00:47, Rob Mukai wrote:
>
> Norbert and Nicklas, Thank you for your help and input. I have compiled a
> new kernel, 3.1.0-rc6 with the vaio patch, and I disabled sparse_irq while I
> was at it. No other patches. And now I have brightness control, power
> consumption is much better, ctro+alt+f2 works, suspension works with an
> external monitor attached (wierd), Hibernate does not work. It just logs me
> out and blanks the screen. If I move the mouse a login screen comes on.
>
>  Still troubling, WWAN doesn't work, fingerprint reader doesn't work
> although it may just be a detection thing that I will look into. I can't
> seem to get the media dock external video card working either.
>
>  One final thing that is really wierd is that when I am on battery and I
> leave the usb mouse alone for a minute, it requires a click to get it to
> move, without it the cursor doesn't respond and the laser light is off. I
> think it might be a laptop-mode setting. i will have to look into that as
> well.
>
>  But thanks again for the help! This is a HUGE improvement.
>
>  DoTheDog
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 1:44 AM, Norbert Preining <preining@xxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> On Mo, 19 Sep 2011, Nicklas Overgaard wrote:
>> > 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...
>>
>>  The patches in this kernel are also included in my sony-laptop
>> module (vaio-full-3.0-rc.patch), so yes, that is the samee.
>>
>> THe only difference is that in the module I maintain there is also
>> the option to turn off the nvidia card if you have one and running
>> intel.
>>
>> > I haven't tried the WWAN module yet, nor the fingerprint reader. And
>>
>>  Both of these are independent from the sony module, as they are
>> either its own driver (hso or so), or USB module (fingerprint)
>>
>> > 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
>>
>>  That also explains why you don't need the specific module as
>> you don't have a built-in additional GPU, so no power saving
>> necessary.
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Norbert
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>> JAIST, Japan                                 TeX Live & Debian Developer
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