Hey people,
I while back I installed RedHat 8.0 on my Sony VAIO, and it automagickally detected my pcmcia CD-ROM with no problems at all. I was quite disappointed to find that FC1 failed to do so. When prompted to select a driver for it, none of the pcmcia drivers on the list worked.
We would seem to need a little regression in this release for laptops. Let me know if I can help.
Cheers, Mike
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Michael P. Soulier wrote: | Hey people, | | I while back I installed RedHat 8.0 on my Sony VAIO, and it | automagickally detected my pcmcia CD-ROM with no problems at all. I was | quite disappointed to find that FC1 failed to do so. When prompted to | select a driver for it, none of the pcmcia drivers on the list worked. | | We would seem to need a little regression in this release for | laptops. Let me know if I can help.
I had a simular issue with FC1 from RH9. Memory stick on my Sony PCG-V505BX was not recognized from install. I had to manually add it in my fstab. - -- Jonathan C. Sitte jcsitte@staticnull.org
LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 LABEL=/home /home ext3 defaults 1 2 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/memstick vfat noauto,owner,rw 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
Am Sam, den 08.11.2003 schrieb Michael P. Soulier um 02:10:
Hey people, I while back I installed RedHat 8.0 on my Sony VAIO, and itautomagickally detected my pcmcia CD-ROM with no problems at all. I was quite disappointed to find that FC1 failed to do so. When prompted to select a driver for it, none of the pcmcia drivers on the list worked.
i've a sony vaio z600lek (also with pccard-cdrom), and i was also pleasantly surprised that rh8 detected and installed from it flawlessly. sadly, rh9 didn't recognize it at installation, and i can't use/mount it under rh9/xd2 (as well as the usb-floppy-got rh9 going via hd-install). i had hoped that this would get fixed in rh10/fc1/2 (someone filed a bugreport), but obviously it didn't. i've seen that in the fc1-release-notes there's a passage about installation on vaio-notebooks:
"Some Sony VAIO® notebook systems may experience problems installing Fedora Core from CD-ROM. If this happens, restart the installation process and add the following option to the boot command line:
pci=off ide1=0x180,0x386
This option allows the installation to proceed normally; any devices not detected due to the use of this option will be configured the first time Fedora Core is booted."
does someone know if this works (i won't install fc1)?
On 08/11/03 Tim Kossack did say:
"Some Sony VAIO?? notebook systems may experience problems installing Fedora Core from CD-ROM. If this happens, restart the installation process and add the following option to the boot command line:
pci=off ide1=0x180,0x386
This option allows the installation to proceed normally; any devices not detected due to the use of this option will be configured the first time Fedora Core is booted."
I used ide2=0x180 to install Debian. I'm trying this now, and it seems to work. Fedora is installing now. I'll bring up any problems.
Thanks!
BTW, anyone know how to configure the LCD->VGA port switching? It seems to not be fully implemented in hardware.
Cheers, Mike
Am Sam, den 08.11.2003 schrieb Michael P. Soulier um 02:10:
Hey people, I while back I installed RedHat 8.0 on my Sony VAIO, and itautomagickally detected my pcmcia CD-ROM with no problems at all. I was quite disappointed to find that FC1 failed to do so. When prompted to select a driver for it, none of the pcmcia drivers on the list worked.
i've a sony vaio z600lek (also with pccard-cdrom), and i was also pleasantly surprised that rh8 detected and installed from it flawlessly. sadly, rh9 didn't recognize it at installation, and i can't use/mount it under rh9/xd2 (as well as the usb-floppy-got rh9 going via hd-install). i had hoped that this would get fixed in rh10/fc1/2 (someone filed a bugreport), but obviously it didn't. i've seen that in the fc1-release-notes there's a passage about installation on vaio-notebooks:
"Some Sony VAIO® notebook systems may experience problems installing Fedora Core from CD-ROM. If this happens, restart the installation process and add the following option to the boot command line:
pci=off ide1=0x180,0x386
This option allows the installation to proceed normally; any devices not detected due to the use of this option will be configured the first time Fedora Core is booted."
does someone know if this works (i won't install fc1)?
I installed FC1 on a Vaio. It was easy and works better than any distro that I have put on that machine.
The install went very smooth.
Works great on mine, except that the Fn key doesn't work. It was a *bitch* to make it work in XP as well. Never tried the internal modem. Probably useless.
On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 17:38, Jim Hays wrote:
I installed FC1 on a Vaio. It was easy and works better than any distro that I have put on that machine.
The install went very smooth.
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 05:04, Z wrote:
Works great on mine, except that the Fn key doesn't work. It was a *bitch* to make it work in XP as well.
Are you trying to use the hotkeys for adjusting the volume, brightness etc..? In Windows, VAIO laptops require some Sony software installed (somethng like Sony hotkey utils or similar) which install some drivers that allow these hotkey combinations to work. Correct me if I am wrong but unless there is a linux equivalent, I doubt you will get this to work.
HTH
M@
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 10:38:42PM +0000, Matheesha wrote:
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 05:04, Z wrote:
Works great on mine, except that the Fn key doesn't work. It was a *bitch* to make it work in XP as well.
Are you trying to use the hotkeys for adjusting the volume, brightness etc..? In Windows, VAIO laptops require some Sony software installed (somethng like Sony hotkey utils or similar) which install some drivers that allow these hotkey combinations to work. Correct me if I am wrong but unless there is a linux equivalent, I doubt you will get this to work.
That'll likely be the sonypi module. There are a bunch of tools that work with /dev/sonypi, I'm not sure which (if any) of these we ship, but freshmeat will no doubt have them listed.
Dave
Ie been playing with sonypi, no luck so far. The driver from sony (for Win2k/XP) was really hard to get going as well...
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 16:19, Dave Jones wrote:
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 10:38:42PM +0000, Matheesha wrote:
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 05:04, Z wrote:
Works great on mine, except that the Fn key doesn't work. It was a *bitch* to make it work in XP as well.
Are you trying to use the hotkeys for adjusting the volume, brightness etc..? In Windows, VAIO laptops require some Sony software installed (somethng like Sony hotkey utils or similar) which install some drivers that allow these hotkey combinations to work. Correct me if I am wrong but unless there is a linux equivalent, I doubt you will get this to work.
That'll likely be the sonypi module. There are a bunch of tools that work with /dev/sonypi, I'm not sure which (if any) of these we ship, but freshmeat will no doubt have them listed.
Dave-- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
On November 11, 2003 05:38 pm, Matheesha Matheesha m.weerasinghe@ntlworld.com wrote:
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 05:04, Z wrote:
Works great on mine, except that the Fn key doesn't work. It was a *bitch* to make it work in XP as well.
Are you trying to use the hotkeys for adjusting the volume, brightness etc..? In Windows, VAIO laptops require some Sony software installed (somethng like Sony hotkey utils or similar) which install some drivers that allow these hotkey combinations to work. Correct me if I am wrong but unless there is a linux equivalent, I doubt you will get this to
... if I may suggest: there is the "lineak" project (search on google or sourceforge) which is aimed at providing the enablement of the "Windows" and multimedia keys under linux.
HTH,
Elton ;-)
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 14:38, Matheesha wrote:
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 05:04, Z wrote:
Works great on mine, except that the Fn key doesn't work. It was a *bitch* to make it work in XP as well.
Are you trying to use the hotkeys for adjusting the volume, brightness etc..? In Windows, VAIO laptops require some Sony software installed (somethng like Sony hotkey utils or similar) which install some drivers that allow these hotkey combinations to work. Correct me if I am wrong but unless there is a linux equivalent, I doubt you will get this to work.
I have been using a modified sjog rpm that I can post if anyone is interested. It uses the SJog wheel to scroll, and when pressed, you can change the brightness, volume, etc.
Forrest
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Taylor, ForrestX wrote: | I have been using a modified sjog rpm that I can post if anyone is | interested. It uses the SJog wheel to scroll, and when pressed, you can | change the brightness, volume, etc.
One for VAIO laptops without the jog but using Fn keys would be nice too. I think if someone wrote a universal Redhat app for all laptops and their brightness etc would be super. - -- Jonathan C. Sitte jcsitte@staticnull.org Digital Arts & Computer Technology http://www.staticnull.org/jcsitte/ 917.414.2559 M-F 8AM-10PM
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Taylor, ForrestX wrote: | I have been using a modified sjog rpm that I can post if anyone is | interested. It uses the SJog wheel to scroll, and when pressed, you can | change the brightness, volume, etc.
Right now I am using spicctrl which I have the spec file for FC1. Just download the source and use this spec to build it for your boxen. Here is the link to the source and my spec file: http://spop.free.fr/sonypi/spicctrl-1.6.tar.bz2 - -- Jonathan C. Sitte jcsitte@staticnull.org Digital Arts & Computer Technology http://www.staticnull.org/jcsitte/ 917.414.2559 M-F 8AM-10PM
Public Key: http://www.staticnull.org/jcsitte/0x40E69A47-pubkey.asc
Name: spicctrl Summary: Sony Vaio SPIC Control Program Version: 1.6 Release: 3 License: GPL Group: Applications/System URL: http://popies.net/sonypi/ Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2 BuildRoot: %{_builddir}/%{name}-root
%description This utility allows one to query and set a variety of parameters on your Sony Vaio laptop computer, including:
* AC Power status * Battery status * Screen brightness * Bluetooth device power status
%prep %setup -q
%build make
%clean rm -fr %{buildroot}
%install rm -fr %{buildroot} mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/sbin install %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}/spicctrl %{buildroot}/usr/sbin
%post if [ ! -c /dev/sonypi ]; then rm -f /dev/sonypi mknod /dev/sonypi c 10 250 fi grep 'alias char-major-10-250 sonypi' /etc/modules.conf > /dev/null RETVAL=$? if [ $RETVAL -ne 0 ]; then echo 'alias char-major-10-250 sonypi' >> /etc/modules.conf echo 'options sonypi minor=250' >> /etc/modules.conf fi
%files %defattr(-,root,root) /usr/sbin/spicctrl %doc AUTHORS LICENSE CHANGES
%changelog * Sun Nov 16 2003 Jonathan C. Sitte jcsitte@staticnull.org - Spec file cleanup
* Sat Nov 15 2003 Jonathan C. Sitte jcsitte@staticnull.org - Initial spec file
I'll try it, thanks.
On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 17:27, Jonathan C. Sitte wrote:
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Taylor, ForrestX wrote: | I have been using a modified sjog rpm that I can post if anyone is | interested. It uses the SJog wheel to scroll, and when pressed, you can | change the brightness, volume, etc.
Right now I am using spicctrl which I have the spec file for FC1. Just download the source and use this spec to build it for your boxen. Here is the link to the source and my spec file: http://spop.free.fr/sonypi/spicctrl-1.6.tar.bz2
Jonathan C. Sitte jcsitte@staticnull.org Digital Arts & Computer Technology http://www.staticnull.org/jcsitte/ 917.414.2559 M-F 8AM-10PM
Public Key: http://www.staticnull.org/jcsitte/0x40E69A47-pubkey.asc
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Name: spicctrl Summary: Sony Vaio SPIC Control Program Version: 1.6 Release: 3 License: GPL Group: Applications/System URL: http://popies.net/sonypi/ Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2 BuildRoot: %{_builddir}/%{name}-root
%description This utility allows one to query and set a variety of parameters on your Sony Vaio laptop computer, including:
- AC Power status
- Battery status
- Screen brightness
- Bluetooth device power status
%prep %setup -q
%build make
%clean rm -fr %{buildroot}
%install rm -fr %{buildroot} mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/sbin install %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}/spicctrl %{buildroot}/usr/sbin
%post if [ ! -c /dev/sonypi ]; then rm -f /dev/sonypi mknod /dev/sonypi c 10 250 fi grep 'alias char-major-10-250 sonypi' /etc/modules.conf > /dev/null RETVAL=$? if [ $RETVAL -ne 0 ]; then echo 'alias char-major-10-250 sonypi' >> /etc/modules.conf echo 'options sonypi minor=250' >> /etc/modules.conf fi
%files %defattr(-,root,root) /usr/sbin/spicctrl %doc AUTHORS LICENSE CHANGES
%changelog
- Sun Nov 16 2003 Jonathan C. Sitte jcsitte@staticnull.org
- Spec file cleanup
- Sat Nov 15 2003 Jonathan C. Sitte jcsitte@staticnull.org
- Initial spec file
Works fantastically. Many thanks.
On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 17:27, Jonathan C. Sitte wrote:
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Taylor, ForrestX wrote: | I have been using a modified sjog rpm that I can post if anyone is | interested. It uses the SJog wheel to scroll, and when pressed, you can | change the brightness, volume, etc.
Right now I am using spicctrl which I have the spec file for FC1. Just download the source and use this spec to build it for your boxen. Here is the link to the source and my spec file: http://spop.free.fr/sonypi/spicctrl-1.6.tar.bz2
Jonathan C. Sitte jcsitte@staticnull.org Digital Arts & Computer Technology http://www.staticnull.org/jcsitte/ 917.414.2559 M-F 8AM-10PM
Public Key: http://www.staticnull.org/jcsitte/0x40E69A47-pubkey.asc
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Name: spicctrl Summary: Sony Vaio SPIC Control Program Version: 1.6 Release: 3 License: GPL Group: Applications/System URL: http://popies.net/sonypi/ Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2 BuildRoot: %{_builddir}/%{name}-root
%description This utility allows one to query and set a variety of parameters on your Sony Vaio laptop computer, including:
- AC Power status
- Battery status
- Screen brightness
- Bluetooth device power status
%prep %setup -q
%build make
%clean rm -fr %{buildroot}
%install rm -fr %{buildroot} mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/sbin install %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}/spicctrl %{buildroot}/usr/sbin
%post if [ ! -c /dev/sonypi ]; then rm -f /dev/sonypi mknod /dev/sonypi c 10 250 fi grep 'alias char-major-10-250 sonypi' /etc/modules.conf > /dev/null RETVAL=$? if [ $RETVAL -ne 0 ]; then echo 'alias char-major-10-250 sonypi' >> /etc/modules.conf echo 'options sonypi minor=250' >> /etc/modules.conf fi
%files %defattr(-,root,root) /usr/sbin/spicctrl %doc AUTHORS LICENSE CHANGES
%changelog
- Sun Nov 16 2003 Jonathan C. Sitte jcsitte@staticnull.org
- Spec file cleanup
- Sat Nov 15 2003 Jonathan C. Sitte jcsitte@staticnull.org
- Initial spec file
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