Re: Sony Vaio VPC EE47FB Moved from Squeeze to Sid to get touchpad working

2011-06-12 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:49:17 -0300, Leonardo Ruoso wrote: > I installed Squeeze amd64 on a Sony Vaio VPC-EE47FB and got a non > working touchpad. Looks like this: Synaptics Touchpad Drivers Don't work on New Laptop http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=64721 > Before trying anything els

Re: Sony VAIO support, anyone have experience?

2008-04-04 Thread Brian Keck
On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:32:49 BST, Noah Slater wrote: >Hello, > >I am wanting to buy a new laptop primarily to move away from PowerPC so that >my machine is better supported by a default Debian installation. > >I really like the look of the VAIOs but wanted to know if anyone has any >feedback on ho

Re: Sony VAIO support, anyone have experience?

2008-04-03 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 01:48:52PM -0400, Curt Howland wrote: > > When I got my Sony PCG-GRT170 in 2003, which I writing this email on, > > linux-laptop.net was where I found what I needed to get the wifi card > > working. On Thursday 03 April 2008

Re: Sony VAIO support, anyone have experience?

2008-04-03 Thread Noah Slater
Have you had any other issues at all? On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 01:48:52PM -0400, Curt Howland wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 03 April 2008, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: > > Does http://www.linux-laptop.net/ help in any way?

Re: Sony VAIO support, anyone have experience?

2008-04-03 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 03 April 2008, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Does http://www.linux-laptop.net/ help in any way? When I got my Sony PCG-GRT170 in 2003, which I writing this email on, linux-laptop.net was where I found what

Re: Sony VAIO support, anyone have experience?

2008-04-03 Thread Micha
I'm guessing that this was intended for the least, redirecting. On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:54:02 +0530 L.V.Gandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have vaio FE series. I could install etch in addition to Vista. Of > course it needs tweaking. It is available in the net. > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 5:29 P

Re: Sony VAIO support, anyone have experience?

2008-04-03 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Noah Slater wrote: > Hello, > > I am wanting to buy a new laptop primarily to move away from PowerPC so > that my machine is better supported by a default Debian installation. > > I really like the look of the VAIOs but wanted to know if anyone has any > feedback on how well supported they are.

Re: Sony VAIO support, anyone have experience?

2008-04-03 Thread Micha
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 07:59:09 +1300 Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 03:32:49PM +0100, Noah Slater wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am wanting to buy a new laptop primarily to move away from PowerPC so > > that my machine is better supported by a default Debian instal

Re: Sony VAIO support, anyone have experience?

2008-04-02 Thread Kevin Mark
On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 03:32:49PM +0100, Noah Slater wrote: > Hello, > > I am wanting to buy a new laptop primarily to move away from PowerPC so that > my > machine is better supported by a default Debian installation. At present, Debian supports PowerPc. Have you check the BTS for possible issu

Re: Sony VAIO support, anyone have experience?

2008-04-02 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 03:32:49PM +0100, Noah Slater wrote: > Hello, > > I am wanting to buy a new laptop primarily to move away from PowerPC so that > my > machine is better supported by a default Debian installation. > > I really like the look of the VAIOs but wanted to know if anyone has any

Re: Sony VAIO support, anyone have experience?

2008-04-02 Thread Tom Rauchenwald
Noah Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > I am wanting to buy a new laptop primarily to move away from PowerPC so that > my > machine is better supported by a default Debian installation. > > I really like the look of the VAIOs but wanted to know if anyone has any > feedback on how wel

Re: Sony VAIO support, anyone have experience?

2008-04-02 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Begin forwarded message: Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 17:07:11 +0100 From: Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Sony VAIO support, anyone have experience? On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:32:49 +0100 Noah Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: &g

RE: Don't buy Sony (was: Re: sony vaio desktop)

2004-07-21 Thread Steven Jones
Sony (was: Re: sony vaio desktop) > I can hardly believe that this was by accident since everything they > do just shows so obviously what they aim at - ripping you off very > thoroughly. You'd think they'd have learned something from betamax by now. :) -- Michael McIntyr

Re: Don't buy Sony (was: Re: sony vaio desktop)

2004-07-21 Thread Silvan
> I can hardly believe that this was by accident since everything they > do just shows so obviously what they aim at - ripping you off very > thoroughly. You'd think they'd have learned something from betamax by now. :) -- Michael McIntyre Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux fanatic, and

Re: sony vaio desktop

2004-07-20 Thread Steve Vejcik
Thanks for the warnings to everyone who replied-and they were pretty universally warnings. FYI, I decided to steer clear and go for a small custom built machine put together with no os-taint but well documented (linux-compatible) devices. Steve On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 17:47, Micha Feigin wrote: > On

Re: Don't buy Sony (was: Re: sony vaio desktop)

2004-07-20 Thread Matthias Czapla
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 09:59:40AM +0200, Joerg Johannes wrote: > Am Di, den 20.07.2004 schrieb Matthias Czapla um 3:28: > > > Additionally I would suggest avoiding *any* product made by that > > company. They actively try to reduce compatibility and are great > > supporters of Digital-Restriction

Re: sony vaio desktop

2004-07-20 Thread John L Fjellstad
Steve Vejcik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Folks, > Would anyone have any experience with installing (and perhaps >using) Debian on a SONY Desktop? I'm eyeballing one of their >RS600 series machines but am worried about compatibility with >hardware, especially the "integrated eth

Re: Don't buy Sony (was: Re: sony vaio desktop)

2004-07-20 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Di, den 20.07.2004 schrieb Matthias Czapla um 3:28: > Additionally I would suggest avoiding *any* product made by that > company. They actively try to reduce compatibility and are great > supporters of Digital-Restrictions-Management junk (e.g. Notebooks > only work with their own expensive RAM

RE: Don't buy Sony (was: Re: sony vaio desktop)

2004-07-19 Thread Steven Jones
I would agree, Sony are not a nice company to deal with IMHO, and given so much choice of product out there easy to avoid. ;] Steven 8><= > > Avoid them if you care about customer support. Theirs is even worse > then not having any. Additionally I would suggest avoiding *any* product ma

Don't buy Sony (was: Re: sony vaio desktop)

2004-07-19 Thread Matthias Czapla
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 01:47:18AM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: > On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 07:01:14AM -0500, Steve Vejcik wrote: > > > > Folks, > > Would anyone have any experience with installing (and perhaps > >using) Debian on a SONY Desktop? I'm eyeballing one of their > >RS600 seri

Re: sony vaio desktop

2004-07-19 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 07:01:14AM -0500, Steve Vejcik wrote: > > Folks, > Would anyone have any experience with installing (and perhaps >using) Debian on a SONY Desktop? I'm eyeballing one of their >RS600 series machines but am worried about compatibility with >hardware, especia

RE: sony vaio desktop

2004-07-19 Thread frizzgrig
Steve Vejcik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Folks, >     Would anyone have any experience with installing (and perhaps >   using) Debian on a SONY Desktop?  I'm eyeballing one of their >   RS600 series machines but am worried about compatibility with >   hardware, especially the "integrated etherne

Re: sony vaio, model PCG-R505EL, can't recognize cdrom during install

2002-09-24 Thread Walter Tautz
On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Walter Tautz wrote: > > > On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, CK wrote: > > > I read: > > > I have tried booting various different kernels... > > > > try passing > > boot: linux ide2=0x180,0x386 > > > > > > to the kernel and it should be fine, > > > > h

Re: sony vaio, model PCG-R505EL, can't recognize cdrom during install

2002-09-24 Thread Walter Tautz
On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, CK wrote: > I read: > > I have tried booting various different kernels... > > try passing > boot: linux ide2=0x180,0x386 > > > to the kernel and it should be fine, > > http://lo-res.org/~x/vaio.txt might be of some help unfortunately the o

Re: sony vaio, model PCG-R505EL, can't recognize cdrom during install

2002-09-23 Thread CK
I read: > I have tried booting various different kernels... try passing boot: linux ide2=0x180,0x386 to the kernel and it should be fine, http://lo-res.org/~x/vaio.txt might be of some help regards, x -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]Postmodernism is german romanti

Re: sony vaio, model PCG-R505EL, can't recognize cdrom during install

2002-09-23 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:36:53 -0400 (EDT) Walter Tautz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > any one have some recommendations on how detect the > the cd drive? I can boot the cdrom but the debian install > does not see it offers install media > > I have tried booting various different kernels... This

Re: Sony vaio

2000-03-20 Thread stephan
Tim Ryder wrote: Does anyone have any info on getting the sony cd51 pcmcia cd player to work with debian it installs itself at ide2=0x180,0x386 I am using the sony vaio n505ve I myself am having a bit of trouble getting the CD-ROM to work on a 505VE. The problem I have is hdc lost interrupt (I i

Re: Sony vaio

2000-03-19 Thread Shao Zhang
Try the linux-laptop page: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ Tim Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anyone have any info on getting the sony cd51 pcmcia cd player to work > with debian > it installs itself at ide2=0x180,0x386 > I am using the sony vaio n505ve > > tim

Re: Sony Vaio

1999-06-07 Thread Jens K. Olsen
David Welton wrote: > Hi, looking for information on getting Debian going on a Sony Vaio. > Any information would be helpful. A friend managed to do it, but it > was rather tricky... I have a SONY VAIO PCG505G with Debian on it running like a dream. Installation wasn't too difficult. What kind o

Re: Sony Vaio

1999-05-28 Thread David Welton
On Thu, May 27, 1999 at 11:56:27PM -0400, Shaleh wrote: > > Hi, looking for information on getting Debian going on a Sony > > Vaio. Any information would be helpful. A friend managed to do > > it, but it was rather tricky... > a) debian-laptop > > b) I own a 505f, install was painless, what do

RE: Sony Vaio

1999-05-28 Thread Shaleh
On 28-May-99 David Welton wrote: > Hi, looking for information on getting Debian going on a Sony Vaio. > Any information would be helpful. A friend managed to do it, but it > was rather tricky... > a) debian-laptop b) I own a 505f, install was painless, what do you need? hints: use the tec

Re: sony vaio 505 cdrom linux install problems

1999-04-15 Thread Adam Klein
On Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 02:49:10PM -0400, Lindsay Morris wrote: > I'm trying to install from the debian GNU/Linux release 2.1 CDROM. > > The CDROM is the Sony PCGA-CD5, the vaio-branded PCMCIA CDROM. > > The Vaio boots from the CDROM with the Linux install CD in it, and > starts the installation