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[Rob Mukai <dothedog2010@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, so I reinstalled mesa 7.12 with a new git pull, removed the fglrx ati
driver, and now my desktop turned into Unity with compiz stuff. glxinfo says
I have direct rendering and everything.

DoTheDog


On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Rob Mukai <dothedog2010@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Quick note, the laptop-mode worked on the mouse. I just added usbhid to
> AUTOSUSPEND_USBTYPE_BLACKLIST in
> /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/usb-autosuspend.conf
>
> DoTheDog
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Rob Mukai <dothedog2010@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>>
>>
>>
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