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[Maarten Abbink <maarten@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks again.
Unfortunately the weekend is over, so I don't really have the time for this
right now.
I'll get to it sometime next weekend. Otherwise I'll just be waiting out
kernel 3.6 (probably not much longer than a month from now)

If I get anywhere at all with this, I'll be posting it to the list.
--
Maarten Abbink



On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Rob Mukai <rob.mukai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Maarten, Yeah the patches you want are in the bugs "Attachements"
> Section called "Upstream 1/2" and "Upstream 2/2"
>
> follow the insturctions here:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1850544
>
> But download the 3.5.3 kernel source from kernel.org instead. also,
> the only patches you need are the two listed above. you don't need the
> network patches or the sony patches.
>
> Everything else should be th same, although I don't think you need
> grub-customizer, or the clickpad stuff anymore. Oh and the Gobi stuff
> "should" work with th qcserial module so you shouldn't have to compile
> GobiSerial etc.
>
> Give it a shot. Although I don't give any warrantees, if you brick
> your machine, blah blah blah.
>
> Rob
>
> On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 5:14 AM, Maarten Abbink <maarten@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Rob,
> >
> > Thanks a lot for the info!
> >
> > But I've got a couple more questions, if you don't mind.
> > I just upgraded to kernel 3.5.3-030503-generic, following this guide :
> >
> http://www.howopensource.com/2012/07/how-to-install-linux-kernel-3-5-quantal-in-ubuntu-12-04-11-10-11-04-10-10-and-10-04/
> >
> > When looking at bug 41265, comment 49 and 50 contain attachments, which I
> > think are the patches you are talking about earlier.
> > Now, the first of those 2 patches states "This is required for pure UEFI
> > systems. The vbios is stored in ACPI rather than at the legacy vga
> > location.", but I am running a MBR setup. Do these patches still apply to
> > me?
> >
> > And how do I go about installing such a patch? I could not really google
> > anything helpful.
> >
> > Thanks again for your help!
> > --
> > Maarten Abbink
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 12:48 AM, Rob Mukai <rob.mukai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> No the PMD graphics does not work with the 3.2 kernel in 12.04. You
> >> need to compile either the 3.5.3 with patches (see this post here:
> >> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41265, or 3.6.0-rc4
> >> straight. Go to the ubuntuforums post. I show you how to do it.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Maarten Abbink <maarten@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >> > I think my current ubuntu 12.04's kernel (3.2, right?) pretty much
> >> > supports
> >> > the pmd.
> >> > As I said, the lan, usb and optical drive all work. The only thing
> >> > missing
> >> > (so it seems) is the graphics driver.
> >> >
> >> > Does this not mean that the pmd is covered by ubuntu 12.04, or am I
> just
> >> > stupidly overlooking things?
> >> > --
> >> > Maarten Abbink
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Rob Mukai <rob.mukai@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Maarten,
> >> >> The PMD works out of the box in kernel 3.6.0-rc4. just go out to
> >> >> kernel.org download it and compile. I have instructions on how to
> >> >> compile a kernel for the vpc-z21 here:
> >> >> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1850544 . I wrote that for
> an
> >> >> older version, but if you download the 3.6 source and run the COMPILE
> >> >> script as directed (I don't think you need to patch anything). It
> >> >> should work. The only problem I have is I can't get the 3g modem to
> >> >> work with the 3.6 so I kept the 3.2 kernel just for that.
> >> >>
> >> >> Hope that helps.
> >> >>
> >> >> Rob
> >> >>
> >> >> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Maarten Abbink <maarten@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> > Hi everyone,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I am trying to do just that.
> >> >> > All I got now is a dual boot (win7 and ubuntu) on the working
> >> >> > fakeRAID 0
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I don't have any graphics drivers installed, so I'm only getting a
> >> >> > picture
> >> >> > on the built-in screen, which is not powered by any gpu.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I have the PMD (which contains an AMD Radeon HD 6700M Series
> >> >> > (Turks/Whistler???))
> >> >> > and of course the built-in Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics
> >> >> > Controller
> >> >> > (Intel HD Graphics 4000)
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Otherwise I'd say the PMD works fine; usb, lan, the optical drive
> all
> >> >> > work;
> >> >> > even before boot.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Miguel, have you been successful so far?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > To: "sony-vaio-z-series@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
> >> >> > <sony-vaio-z-series@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> >> > From: Miguel Veliz <miguelv06@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> >> > Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 17:53:50 -0400
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Any of you guys running Linux on the new Sony z1311???
> >> >> >> Miguel Veliz
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > Maarten
> >> >> >
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