Re: BRIGHTNESS LEVEL FIXED ON SONY VAIO VPCEH38FN

2016-11-19 Thread Atish Pandey
Debian, and have recently installed Debian 8.6 Jessie GNOME 3.0 > on my sony vaio VPCEH38FN. It has a Nvidia Geforce 410 M graphics card. > The issue is that the screen brightness is set to maximum and it is not > changing by hotkeys Fn+F6/F5.The brightness indicator changes the value but > i

Re: BRIGHTNESS LEVEL FIXED ON SONY VAIO VPCEH38FN

2016-11-18 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 11/16/16, Atish Pandey wrote: > Hello everyone, > I am new to Debian, and have recently installed Debian 8.6 Jessie GNOME 3.0 > on my sony vaio VPCEH38FN. It has a Nvidia Geforce 410 M graphics card. > The issue is that the screen brightness is set to maximum and it is not &

Re: BRIGHTNESS LEVEL FIXED ON SONY VAIO VPCEH38FN

2016-11-18 Thread davidson
On Wed, 16 Nov 2016, Atish Pandey wrote: Hello everyone, I am new to Debian, and have recently installed Debian 8.6 Jessie GNOME 3.0 on my sony vaio VPCEH38FN. It has a Nvidia Geforce 410 M graphics card. The issue is that the screen brightness is set to maximum and it is not changing by

BRIGHTNESS LEVEL FIXED ON SONY VAIO VPCEH38FN

2016-11-16 Thread Atish Pandey
Hello everyone, I am new to Debian, and have recently installed Debian 8.6 Jessie GNOME 3.0 on my sony vaio VPCEH38FN. It has a Nvidia Geforce 410 M graphics card. The issue is that the screen brightness is set to maximum and it is not changing by hotkeys Fn+F6/F5.The brightness indicator

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 > Befo

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

2011-06-11 Thread Leonardo Ruoso
I installed Squeeze amd64 on a Sony Vaio VPC-EE47FB and got a non working touchpad. Before trying anything else I upgraded to sid and everything worked OOTB. I use sid anyway (just used a squeeze dvd to install the system), but I think new laptop owners are somewhat forced to do that to get it

Re: Squeeze/Sony Vaio VPCee23eb/Keyboard Layout

2011-01-25 Thread Leonardo Ruoso
ce is, believe or not, even better than with pre-installed but fully updated Windows 7 (which I kept in case I need any hardware support from Sony). The Sony Vaio Alps Touchpad was getting crazy (at least to my understanding) under Windows 7 after a while. This never happened yet under Debian Squeeze ru

Squeeze/Sony Vaio VPCee23eb/Keyboard Layout

2011-01-24 Thread Leonardo Ruoso
I'm trying Squeeze on a new Sony Vaio VPCee23eb. Touchpad only worked after adding the i8042.nopnp stuff to /etc/default/grub. But I never noticed before that there is no Sony Manufacturer at the Keyboard Layout Settings, at least at the Gnome Preferences Keyboard dialog. Also, I'd li

touchpad problem on Sony Vaio VGN-NR498E

2010-03-27 Thread Jan Hlodan
Hello, Debian Squeeze, notebook Sony Vaio VGN-NR498E $ uname -a Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 #1 SMP Sun Jan 10 06:32:16 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux Touchpad information: $ egrep -i 'synap|alps|etps' /proc/bus/input/devices N: Name="AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint" Tapping doesn't work

Sony VAIO P series

2009-02-17 Thread Brian Keck
Hello, Does anyone know if debian (or any linux) can be installed on the new Sony VAIO P series netbooks? Will they boot from a USB drive (they lack optical drives)? Thanks, Brian Keck -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: Setup problem with Old sony vaio PCG-Z505SX notebook

2008-10-03 Thread Andrew Reid
On Thursday 02 October 2008 23:32, J.H.Kim wrote: > Hi, everyone > I'm trying to install debian to old sony vaio PCG-Z505SX notebook which has > no bootable cd-rom drive. > So, I'm installing debian with USB floppy drive. > When I setup debian using installing disket

Setup problem with Old sony vaio PCG-Z505SX notebook

2008-10-02 Thread J . H . Kim
Hi, everyone I'm trying to install debian to old sony vaio PCG-Z505SX notebook which has no bootable cd-rom drive. So, I'm installing debian with USB floppy drive. When I setup debian using installing diskette, it displays following messages in setup

sony vaio pcg-c1 and debian

2008-10-01 Thread Sanapo Pietro
Good morning, I tried to found information about which version of Debian could be istalled on my sony vaio pcg-c1, cpu 266 Mz, ram 64Mb and 64 Mb video without any results. Could be so kind to let me known if there is a version of the Debian O.S. that works with the above mentioned computer

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

Sony VAIO support, anyone have experience?

2008-04-02 Thread Noah Slater
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. I don't want to be patching kernel

Re: Debian etch on SONY VAIO VGN-FE880E/H

2007-04-20 Thread stevo123
tions. Steve L.V.Gandhi wrote: > > I have searched google, tuxmobile, linux-laptop etc. I could n't find any > much useful info regarding installing etch as dual boot in SONY VAIO > VGN-FE880E/H. I will be thankful for any advice or pointers regarding > partioin shrinking reta

Re: Debian etch on SONY VAIO VGN-FE880E/H

2007-04-19 Thread L . V . Gandhi
On 4/18/07, stevo123 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Did you ever find out if this is possible? I'm in the exact same boat. L.V.Gandhi wrote: > > I have searched google, tuxmobile, linux-laptop etc. I could n't find any > much useful info regarding installing etch as dua

Re: Debian etch on SONY VAIO VGN-FE880E/H

2007-04-18 Thread stevo123
Did you ever find out if this is possible? I'm in the exact same boat. L.V.Gandhi wrote: > > I have searched google, tuxmobile, linux-laptop etc. I could n't find any > much useful info regarding installing etch as dual boot in SONY VAIO > VGN-FE880E/H. I will be than

no mic with snd_hda_intel in Sony vaio fe880

2007-04-06 Thread L . V . Gandhi
I have dual boot vista and etch in Sony vaio fe880. lspci shows as below. 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) Subsystem: Sony Corporation Unknown device 81ef Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 74

Re: Debian etch on SONY VAIO VGN-FE880E/H

2007-04-03 Thread Mihira Fernando
L.V.Gandhi wrote: > I have searched google, tuxmobile, linux-laptop etc. I could n't find any > much useful info regarding installing etch as dual boot in SONY VAIO > VGN-FE880E/H. I will be thankful for any advice or pointers regarding > partioin shrinking retaining all that so

Debian etch on SONY VAIO VGN-FE880E/H

2007-04-03 Thread L . V . Gandhi
I have searched google, tuxmobile, linux-laptop etc. I could n't find any much useful info regarding installing etch as dual boot in SONY VAIO VGN-FE880E/H. I will be thankful for any advice or pointers regarding partioin shrinking retaining all that sony gives intially including its re

Re: Opinions of Sony Vaio VGN-A417S for Debian

2005-09-06 Thread charlie
On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 19:28:20 +0100 Norton used the keyboard to craft this: >|> The 2.6.xx kernels work with the touchpad, but >|> certainly not allow it to tap, no matter what way I write the >|> XF86config-4 file. >| >|what do you mean? how do you "click" on it? I got a 1355LC, 15" scre

Re: question about sarge and Sony Vaio PCG V505 EX

2005-06-30 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Thank you for the tip! On 30.06.05 01:43, Simon wrote: Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: Hi all, I want to install sarge in a Sony Vaio PCG V505 EX laptop. I didn't find anything about it in the list. Besides, in the site http://www.linux-laptop.net/ there is only information about wood

Re: question about sarge and Sony Vaio PCG V505 EX

2005-06-30 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
On 30.06.05 01:31, Almut Behrens wrote: On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 03:06:54PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to install sarge in a Sony Vaio PCG V505 EX laptop. I didn't find > anything about it in the list. Besides, in the site > http://www.linux-lapto

Re: question about sarge and Sony Vaio PCG V505 EX

2005-06-29 Thread Simon
Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: Hi all, I want to install sarge in a Sony Vaio PCG V505 EX laptop. I didn't find anything about it in the list. Besides, in the site http://www.linux-laptop.net/ there is only information about woody and gentoo on a Vaio PCG V505 BX... Does anybody in this

Re: question about sarge and Sony Vaio PCG V505 EX

2005-06-29 Thread Almut Behrens
On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 03:06:54PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to install sarge in a Sony Vaio PCG V505 EX laptop. I didn't find > anything about it in the list. Besides, in the site > http://www.linux-laptop.net/ there is only information about wo

question about sarge and Sony Vaio PCG V505 EX

2005-06-29 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hi all, I want to install sarge in a Sony Vaio PCG V505 EX laptop. I didn't find anything about it in the list. Besides, in the site http://www.linux-laptop.net/ there is only information about woody and gentoo on a Vaio PCG V505 BX... Does anybody in this list have any experience

Sony Vaio Problems

2004-12-20 Thread Sergio Basurto Juarez
Hello All, Kernel: 2.6.8-1 Debian: Testing I have a couple of problems I hope someone can help me: First the hardware that I have: :00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Host Bridge (rev 02) :00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Memory I/O Control Registers (rev 02)

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
t; supporters of Digital-Restrictions-Management junk (e.g. Notebooks > > only work with their own expensive RAM modules; > > Not true. My Sony Vaio Notebook works with a standard Kingston RAM > module. It was less than 1/2 the price I would have paid for the > "genuine Sony"

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
wn expensive RAM modules; Not true. My Sony Vaio Notebook works with a standard Kingston RAM module. It was less than 1/2 the price I would have paid for the "genuine Sony" module. If you need RAM, go to www.kingston.com and search for your notebook's product number. But anyway: You&#

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
e, especially the "integrated ethernet" for which no >   other information can be found.  It'd be nice to know I can >   get internet connectivity before I start trying to fix other >   issues... >            Thanks, >             Steve Vejcik I am running SID on a Sony Vaio

debian unstable on a sony vaio

2004-07-19 Thread keir lawson
i have sucsessfully installed debian unstable (by installing sarge and then upgrading) on a sony vaio pcg-c1mwp laptop, however i need help getting a few final things to work: firstly in order to get the jogdial (a kind of scroll wheel built in to the laptop) working i need to be able to access

sony vaio desktop

2004-07-19 Thread Steve Vejcik
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 ethernet" for which no other information can be fou

debian on a sony vaio xmp laptop : no sound and no modem

2004-06-22 Thread Latévi Max LAWSON DAKU
Hello, I need help for configuring sound and modem on a sony laptop running debian (testing/unstable) with a 2.6.7 kernel built with the required alsa drivers, I hope. Here is the way I've proceeded. o Using lspci, the sound+modem card is identified as follows + Multimedia audio controll

Re: R: R: Sony VAIO PCG-V505CP

2004-02-14 Thread Micha Feigin
ers see it so there is a better chance to get an answer since someone else may know a better one then I do ;-). > -Messaggio originale- > Da: Micha Feigin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] conto di Micha Feigin > Inviato: sabato 14 febbraio 2004 23.59 > A: albatross > Cc: debi

Re: R: Sony VAIO PCG-V505CP

2004-02-14 Thread Micha Feigin
on that device. > albatross > > -Messaggio originale- > Da: Micha Feigin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] conto di Micha Feigin > Inviato: sabato 14 febbraio 2004 20.47 > A: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Oggetto: Re: Sony VAIO PCG-V505CP > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 10:59:46PM +0100,

can't get xfig middle mouse button to work on sony vaio

2002-12-04 Thread Walter Tautz
this is need to put the final point in when drawing pictures any thoughts? note that trying to emulate 3-buttons or not...made no difference... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

lspci -v AND scanpci -v output on Sony Vaio PCG-R505EL, Graphics card? Cdrom?

2002-09-24 Thread Walter Tautz
need to determine the graphics card, I was able to install via the network, it is using an etherpro100 compatible card. However I was hoping to findout what the graphics card is and how to configure X AND what the friggin cdrom is: - output - LONG -

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

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

2002-09-23 Thread Walter Tautz
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... I could try the network install. Anyone know what kind of ethernet it has? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Problem with X and the mouse, Sony VAIO PCG-8A6M, GRX316G

2002-09-02 Thread Bob Proulx
Mariano Kamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-02 21:37:16 +0200]: > when using the internal mouse on the am machine it sometimes works, > but most of the time it just moves a bit and when I am at the end of the > touchpad lift my finger and lower it at the begin of the touchpad the > cursor returns

Re: X hangs (ATI MOBILITY RADEON 7500 on Sony VAIO PCG-8A6M,GRX316G with X)

2002-09-02 Thread Mariano Kamp
On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 19:45, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 02 September 2002 12:28 pm, Mariano Kamp wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am not sure how to describe this problem properly. Basically my machine > > hangs every now and then. Sometim

Re: X hangs (ATI MOBILITY RADEON 7500 on Sony VAIO PCG-8A6M, GRX316G with X)

2002-09-02 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 02 September 2002 12:28 pm, Mariano Kamp wrote: > Hi, > > I am not sure how to describe this problem properly. Basically my machine > hangs every now and then. Sometimes it takes 20 minutes, sometimes five and > it is also sometimes runnin

Re: X hangs (ATI MOBILITY RADEON 7500 on Sony VAIO PCG-8A6M,GRX316G with X)

2002-09-02 Thread Mariano Kamp
I found out that the machine is still pingable after X hangs. Mariano On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 21:28, Mariano Kamp wrote: > Hi, > > I am not sure how to describe this problem properly. Basically my machine hangs >every now and then. Sometimes it takes 20 minutes, sometimes five and it is also

Problem with X and the mouse, Sony VAIO PCG-8A6M, GRX316G

2002-09-02 Thread Mariano Kamp
Hi, when using the internal mouse on the am machine it sometimes works, but most of the time it just moves a bit and when I am at the end of the touchpad lift my finger and lower it at the begin of the touchpad the cursor returns to the lower left corner?! Any idea about that? Mariano --

X hangs (ATI MOBILITY RADEON 7500 on Sony VAIO PCG-8A6M, GRX316Gwith X)

2002-09-02 Thread Mariano Kamp
Hi, I am not sure how to describe this problem properly. Basically my machine hangs every now and then. Sometimes it takes 20 minutes, sometimes five and it is also sometimes running for 60 minutes until it hangs. Hangs means, I cannot do anything anymore. At least CTRL+ALT+DEL/BS and CTRL+AL

X on Sony Vaio Pcg-fx201 Any ideas

2001-08-02 Thread Nicholas Butler
Apparently my new Laptops video card ( ATI Rage Mobile M2) Is supported using Mach64. However Debians (2.2R3) install routing seems to leave my Laptop with a hanging Black Screen. So does anyone else have any ideas as to what is causing the Laptop Screen to go a pure black, evidently I am ru

Sony Vaio All-In-Wonder FX series working in Debian?

2001-07-09 Thread Bart Szyszka
Hi. I was just wondering if anyone has gotten one of the Sony notebooks at: http://www.sonystyle.com/vaio/fx/ working in Debian. They're the Sony Vaio All-In-Wonder FX series. I'd like to get one of these, but am concerned that it's not listed at the Linux On Laptops site at: h

Re: xfree86 4.x, sony vaio c1xd, neomagic chip

2000-11-21 Thread Joey Hess
Here is a mostly working config file for the sony vaio picturebook. I say mostly because there is a display artifact I see when I start wmaker. Mark Volkevitch thinks it is a bug in the acceleration. -- see shy jo # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by Dexter, the

Re: xfree86 4.x, sony vaio c1xd, neomagic chip

2000-11-20 Thread Joey Hess
Anders Lennartsson wrote: > I have a Sony C1xD (really neat subnotebook) with a 1024x480 display. > After upgrading from Xfree86 3.3.6 to 4.0.1 I have had problems with the > display size > settings in XF86Config-4. Me too. > Even if I only have one Mode (1024x480) specified, the Neomagic chipse

xfree86 4.x, sony vaio c1xd, neomagic chip

2000-11-20 Thread Anders Lennartsson
I have a Sony C1xD (really neat subnotebook) with a 1024x480 display. After upgrading from Xfree86 3.3.6 to 4.0.1 I have had problems with the display size settings in XF86Config-4. Even if I only have one Mode (1024x480) specified, the Neomagic chipset reports that the screen is a 1024x768 and u

Re: To setup display for NeoMagic 256XL on Sony VAIO PCG-XG29

2000-11-07 Thread Mike Brownlow
jimmy sandhar wrote: > Hi all, > Does anybody know or have done this before, setting up display for Sony VAIO > PCG-XG29. Please let me know if so. > Thanks and Regards, > Uday I also have a PCG-XG29. All you should need to do is have the latest X from unstable installed and t

Re: To setup display for NeoMagic 256XL on Sony VAIO PCG-XG29

2000-11-07 Thread Francois Gouget
Hi, On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, jimmy sandhar wrote: > Hi all, > Does anybody know or have done this before, setting up display for Sony VAIO > PCG-XG29. Please let me know if so. You should have a look at the Linux Laptops site. There's documentation about the Sony XG28:

To setup display for NeoMagic 256XL on Sony VAIO PCG-XG29

2000-11-07 Thread jimmy sandhar
Hi all, Does anybody know or have done this before, setting up display for Sony VAIO PCG-XG29. Please let me know if so. Thanks and Regards, Uday _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

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

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

Sony vaio

2000-03-17 Thread Tim Ryder
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 ryder please cc me on this because i am not currently on the mailing list

Debian Linux on Sony Vaio PCG-XG / PCG-F309

2000-02-04 Thread Nico De Ranter
Howdy, did anybody ever try/succeed to install Linux on a Sony Vaio PCG-X9 or PCG-F309. It isn't in the list of Linux-able portables yet but perhaps somebody already tried? Nico "It has been said that there are only two

Debian 2.1 on a Sony Vaio Z505SX -- Success

1999-07-29 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
Hello Folks. I have succeeded in a functional installation of Debian 2.1 on a Vaio z505sx. I have also created a web page about it: http://sdss.ucsd.edu/~vaio I believe someone was asking about this model a few weeks ago. I got this done in the last week. Thanks. Syrus. -- -=-=-=-=-=

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 diffic

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,

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? hin

Sony Vaio

1999-05-28 Thread David Welton
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... Thanks, -- David N. Welton< Sors immanis - et inanis - rota tu volubilis, [EMAIL PROTECTED]> status

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

sony vaio 505 cdrom linux install problems

1999-04-15 Thread Lindsay Morris
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 - but when it gets to the "Install Base OS Kernal" step, it asks me where th

Sony VAIO Notebook

1998-01-20 Thread iquest
Hi, I'd like to know if there is any Debian/Linux support for Sony VAIO Notebook in term of special kernel/X11/modem/etc of anykind? Thanks! -- Timothy C. Phan Intelligence Quest Research, INC. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [