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Re: Problems with kernel 3.1 and vaio Z21 (2011)

 

On 21 September 2011 21:36, Rob Mukai <dothedog2010@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ok, here is my info:
> VPC-z2190X, i5-2540, 6GB ram, 128GB SSD dm-raid 0, PMD, 1600x900 screen,
> Linux: Ubuntu Natty 11.04 with custom compiled 3.1.0-rc6 x86-64 (no
> sparse_irq, vaio patch), gnome 2.32.1
>
> Ethernet timeout: no (although before I moved to rc6 I had compiled the
> r8168 driver from realtek. I can't compile it for some reason on rc6 but it
> does appear that the r8169 driver works ok.)
>

Do you have a dhcp or static IP address ?


> Rendering problem: haven't noticed...
> Random crash: sometimes. but not really noticeable.
>

Is flash installed or not ?


> I do have the mtrr errors:
>
> $ dmesg | grep -i mtrr
> [    0.000000] MTRR default type: uncachable
> [    0.000000] MTRR fixed ranges enabled:
> [    0.000000] MTRR variable ranges enabled:
> [    2.603613] mtrr: no more MTRRs available
> [    2.603618] [drm] MTRR allocation failed.  Graphics performance may
> suffer.
>
>
> $ sudo cat /proc/mttr
> cat: /proc/mttr: No such file or directory
>

Ah sorry, I misspelled the command, it is:
cat /proc/mtrr


> And 3d graphics are not that great. Extreme Tux Racer I get like 2 FPS.
> Actually now I can't even get glxinfo to show... I wonder what I did...
>

Try with default drm and mesa packages if you have compiled your own (maybe
you can install packages from 11.10).

Regards,
Damien R.

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