Comments on: Finally a brightness How To for Vaio FW Series http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/finally-a-brightness-how-to-for-vaio-fw-series/ Tips & Tricks related to Sony Vaio FW series laptops Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:42:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: s.illes http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/finally-a-brightness-how-to-for-vaio-fw-series/#comment-854 s.illes Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:06:03 +0000 http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-854 Hi, Does this work with the latest beta 9.1 (k)ubuntu? I don't wanna upgrade and end up burning out my eyes :) Hi, Does this work with the latest beta 9.1 (k)ubuntu?

I don’t wanna upgrade and end up burning out my eyes :)

]]> By: Alex http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/finally-a-brightness-how-to-for-vaio-fw-series/#comment-850 Alex Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:40:56 +0000 http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-850 Worked perfect on VAIO FW 390J. Thanks!!! Worked perfect on VAIO FW 390J.
Thanks!!!

]]> By: matt http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/finally-a-brightness-how-to-for-vaio-fw-series/#comment-789 matt Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:14:40 +0000 http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-789 Got this working on gentoo like a charm, sony-laptop patch still necessarry on 2.6.28 gentoo-sources. Thank you very much. Got this working on gentoo like a charm, sony-laptop patch still necessarry on 2.6.28 gentoo-sources. Thank you very much.

]]> By: egaistek http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/finally-a-brightness-how-to-for-vaio-fw-series/#comment-694 egaistek Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:40:09 +0000 http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-694 You better try this <a href="http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/quick-brightness-guide-for-jaunty/" title="Quick Brightness Guide" rel="nofollow">Quick Brightness Guide</a> You better try this Quick Brightness Guide

]]> By: Manuel http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/finally-a-brightness-how-to-for-vaio-fw-series/#comment-693 Manuel Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:06:58 +0000 http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-693 Hi. I have a FW31M and applying the patches as they appear at the beginning return an error, as the (buggy) _T_0 variables seem to appear somewhere else. Anyway, I applied the first and second patches without problems and then I manually corrected the _T_0 variables to be T_0. Compilead and recompiled, and the volume keys are working and nothing else (ethernet, wireless, bluetooth, CD, USB, etc.) seems to be broken, so I assume it is pretty safe. Where can / should I send the original and patched up DSDT for other to benefit from this? Cheers! Hi. I have a FW31M and applying the patches as they appear at the beginning return an error, as the (buggy) _T_0 variables seem to appear somewhere else. Anyway, I applied the first and second patches without problems and then I manually corrected the _T_0 variables to be T_0. Compilead and recompiled, and the volume keys are working and nothing else (ethernet, wireless, bluetooth, CD, USB, etc.) seems to be broken, so I assume it is pretty safe.

Where can / should I send the original and patched up DSDT for other to benefit from this?

Cheers!

]]> By: s.illes79 http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/finally-a-brightness-how-to-for-vaio-fw-series/#comment-661 s.illes79 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:54:51 +0000 http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-661 Hi, Thanks for this patch, it works great on my custom build vaio fw3. However I'm having kernel panics do to a buggy iwlagn wireless driver with the factory ubuntu driver. Do you have this patch to the latest kernel(2.6.30-rc7) from kernel.org ? I tried to apply it but it failed, the modules has too much changes. Thanks Hi,

Thanks for this patch, it works great on my custom build vaio fw3.

However I’m having kernel panics do to a buggy iwlagn wireless driver with the factory ubuntu driver.
Do you have this patch to the latest kernel(2.6.30-rc7) from kernel.org ? I tried to apply it but it failed, the modules has too much changes.

Thanks

]]> By: XPJ http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/finally-a-brightness-how-to-for-vaio-fw-series/#comment-659 XPJ Sun, 31 May 2009 18:46:03 +0000 http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-659 Ok, I succeeded in booting my Ubuntu, and I tried the 2nd guide... AND IT WORKS !!! Thank you so much, you're a god ! Ok, I succeeded in booting my Ubuntu, and I tried the 2nd guide…

AND IT WORKS !!! Thank you so much, you’re a god !

]]> By: egaistek http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/finally-a-brightness-how-to-for-vaio-fw-series/#comment-657 egaistek Sun, 31 May 2009 15:59:09 +0000 http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-657 This can't be just because of DSDT patching, if you did it correct. You can delete DSDT.aml (<code>sudo rm /etc/initramfs-tools/DSDT.aml</code>) file in recovery mode and then do <code>dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-`uname -r`</code> to clear DSDT modification from system. If system boots ok, you can try <a href="http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/quick-brightness-guide-for-jaunty/" title="Quick brightness guide" rel="nofollow">this guide</a>. If not, that means that you did something more than just DSDT patching. This can’t be just because of DSDT patching, if you did it correct. You can delete DSDT.aml (sudo rm /etc/initramfs-tools/DSDT.aml) file in recovery mode and then do dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-`uname -r` to clear DSDT modification from system.
If system boots ok, you can try this guide.
If not, that means that you did something more than just DSDT patching.

]]> By: XPJ http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/finally-a-brightness-how-to-for-vaio-fw-series/#comment-656 XPJ Sun, 31 May 2009 15:33:50 +0000 http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-656 Hi, thanks for this tip, but I have a big problem now... I have a VGN-FW31E with Ubuntu 9.04. I did your tutorial, patched dsdt-error-fw21.patch, dsdt-error.patch and dsdt-ati-fix-fw21.patch, compile DSDT.dsl and reboot, but now Ubuntu cannot restart any more, it freezes at "Starting up..." ! When I launch the recovery mode, I see : [...] [ 0.456420] ACPI: bus type pci registered [ 0.456522] PCI: MCFG configuration 0: base e0000000 segment 0 buses 0 - 255 [ 0.456574] PCI: MCFG area at e0000000 reserved in E820 [ 0.456623] PCI: Using MMCONFIG for extended config space [ 0.456672] PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access] [ 0.464494] ACPI : BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored ...and that's all. I start to panic : do I have to install Ubuntu again ? Hi, thanks for this tip, but I have a big problem now…

I have a VGN-FW31E with Ubuntu 9.04. I did your tutorial, patched dsdt-error-fw21.patch, dsdt-error.patch and dsdt-ati-fix-fw21.patch, compile DSDT.dsl and reboot, but now Ubuntu cannot restart any more, it freezes at “Starting up…” !
When I launch the recovery mode, I see :

[...]
[ 0.456420] ACPI: bus type pci registered
[ 0.456522] PCI: MCFG configuration 0: base e0000000 segment 0 buses 0 – 255
[ 0.456574] PCI: MCFG area at e0000000 reserved in E820
[ 0.456623] PCI: Using MMCONFIG for extended config space
[ 0.456672] PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access]
[ 0.464494] ACPI : BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored

…and that’s all.
I start to panic : do I have to install Ubuntu again ?

]]> By: Quick brightness guide for Jaunty « Ubuntu On Sony Vaio FW Series http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/finally-a-brightness-how-to-for-vaio-fw-series/#comment-645 Quick brightness guide for Jaunty « Ubuntu On Sony Vaio FW Series Wed, 27 May 2009 21:54:26 +0000 http://vaioubuntu.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-645 [...] a comment » This little guide is faster an easier version of previous brightness how to. Since Jaunty already have sony-laptop patch included, we need to patch our DSDT bios table only [...] [...] a comment » This little guide is faster an easier version of previous brightness how to. Since Jaunty already have sony-laptop patch included, we need to patch our DSDT bios table only [...]

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