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[Rob Mukai <dothedog2010@xxxxxxxxx>]

Damien,
The patch is this one:
http://www.absence.it/vaio-acpi/source/patches/?C=M;O=Dvaio-full-3.0-rc.patch
it patches cleanly. I believe this is what makes all the buttons (fn+FX)
work. Disabling the Sparse IRQ was from this post:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11146178&postcount=49
kernel is from here:  https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tarball/master
kernel 3.1.0-rc6

I finally got the WWAN working. I documented it, it should show up on the
archive.

THanks for the tip on the laptop-mode. I will give it a shot when i get back
to my desk.

DoTheDog

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 1:04 AM, Damien R <damienrg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 21 September 2011 00:47, Rob Mukai <dothedog2010@xxxxxxxxx> 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.
>
>
> Hum, I thought that all vaio patches are already integrated in the kernel,
> could you tell me which one you applied and can you explain why you have
> disabled sparse_irq ?
>
>  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.
>>
>
> I think you have to install some drivers by hand. For WWAN it is a Huawei
> EM680 but after a quick search I did not find drivers.
>
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> Yes it is, on battery laptop-mode enable usb auto-suspend.
>
> Regards,
> Damien R.
>