Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala beta
I just want to inform you, if you have not tried it yet. Brightness control works out of the box. S1 key works, AV key does not. Headphones jack detection works. Built-in microphone does not. Web camera works in Skype.
Dmesg output when using AV key:
sony-laptop: Unknown event: 0x100 0xa1 sony-laptop: Unknown event: 0x100 0x21
I guess sony-laptop module is without our patch or just a new one. I’ll check sources when I have time.
Stay tuned.
Thanks egaistek!
Rui
October 3, 2009 at 19:25
How about our Pioneer DVD drives (that you need a CD in when you boot for it to work)?
.
October 4, 2009 at 10:16
Somebody should try it first. I have Matshita drive.
egaistek
October 4, 2009 at 13:24
Looks like the Pioneer DVD issue is still present. I have done an in-place upgrade to Karmic from Jaunty I still need to have a CD/DVD in the drive at boot to be able to use the drive un Ubuntu.
t-bon3
October 9, 2009 at 17:16
For ATI/fglrx you need to patch xorg-server-core to get rid of the various lag issues when composition is used.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8028774
It’s a few simple steps
Peppo
October 5, 2009 at 0:21
You can find information about the int mic issue.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/141445
Thanks for the blog
Edu
October 6, 2009 at 5:11
For the internal mic, I never tried, but anyone tried this?
http://unknown.dizzy.ro/wiki/Sony_Vaio_VGN-AR41E#Audio_output_to_headphones
dimfox
October 7, 2009 at 22:14
PIONEER DRIVE IS WORKING!
I fresh installed Karmic beta today (Oct 10) and it works! Boot time is greatly improved now!
Also, fglrx works a little better. Totem displays video in the correct size now. I would personally recommend getting beta.
x.v_
October 11, 2009 at 10:05
Built-in Mic works in Karmic. FW140AE.
Add in alsa-base.conf “options snd-hda-intel model=toshiba-s06″ and “alsa-mixer -Dhw” select “Int DMic” in Capture.
Neto
October 15, 2009 at 9:07
Do you mean ‘alsamixer -Dhw’? I don’t see where to change to ‘Int DMic’.
x.v_
October 17, 2009 at 3:30
My bad, got it working! You rock!
For everyone else:
>alsamixer -Dhw
>press F4
>Go to ‘Input So’ by pressing the right arrow key
>Press the up arrow key
>Press Esc
>???
>PROFIT
x.v_
October 17, 2009 at 3:34
Awesome, thanks! Confirmed on Vaio VGN-FW21M
Peppo
October 18, 2009 at 20:24
can you post a small howto to get the mic working please? didnt understand the posts above. for example i´ve no capture secture in my alsa-base.conf.
running karmic rc on a vaio fh41j, greets, sebastian#
sebastian
October 26, 2009 at 0:39
I also got the int mic working on my VGN-FW463J/B in Karmic by adding “options snd-hda-intel model=auto” to /etc/modprobe.d/options.config Now everything works except I still have to have a cdrom in while I boot.
Jeff
November 1, 2009 at 1:12
yes, finaly. thankx a lot. i waited a long time for this. confirmed on vaio VGN-FW41J
Sebastian
October 26, 2009 at 1:50
Fw290 …Perfect Thanks again
dwade
October 27, 2009 at 3:40
I also have the FW290 and I’m getting nothing from the internal mic.
added options snd-hda-intel model=toshiba-s06 to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
went into alsamixer -Dhw and adjusted the first Input So, hitting Up once which changes it from Mic to Front Mi setting.
I’ve tested settings for Mic 1 and plugged a mic into the port…works fine. Settings for Microphone 2, which I assume to be the internal mic…absolutely nothing. Assistance would be much appreciated!
Ira
November 6, 2009 at 17:54
Got it working with a little trial and error and a restart…thank you!
Ira
November 7, 2009 at 10:42
fz350fe… confirmed thx
markorn
October 31, 2009 at 10:52
hello Guys,
I upgraded today from 9.04 to 9.10 on my vaio-fw11l and xorg is not working.
Can you post an xorg.conf from your box, please? I need to compare with my old one that is not still working.
Thnaks
tag
October 31, 2009 at 19:25
Hi All,
9.10 fabulous, ALSA updated, HDMI now working
Had 9.4 running fine on a VGN-FZ31M model, with propriatary drivers nvidia 180 and HPLIP for printer, alsa config updated to get headphone jack working. no HDMI
Yesterday I upgraded to 9.10,
included new Nvidia driver 185 and updated Alsa,
sound settings show the HMDI digital output.
Dual monitor (my LCD TV screen) works fine, sound working fine.
I am ecstatic that the whole OS is now so comprehensive and working. My next challenge is to get the motion eye to work. Any advice ?
Best wishes,
Chrubuntu / Christophe on Ubuntu
chrubuntu
November 2, 2009 at 14:02
motioneye should work out of the box.
Sebastian
November 2, 2009 at 19:37
I have Vaio FW11S and built-in mic doesn’t work. I have tried the tricks above. Any ideas how to get it work?
Kanis
November 3, 2009 at 2:54
I got it working using Jeff’s method. Only difference was that I had to add the line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
Kanis
November 3, 2009 at 3:03
FW290 confirmed.
Edit
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
Add end line:
“options snd-hda-intel model=auto”
Terminal (by x.v_)
>alsamixer -Dhw
>press F4
>Go to ‘Input So’ by pressing the right arrow key
>Press the up arrow key
>Press Esc
PG
November 3, 2009 at 19:29
i have 3 ‘Input So’ in “alsamixer”, which one i should change?
rob
November 5, 2009 at 0:15
If anyone knows how to get standby working properly I would be very happy. It goes to standby but after I try to resume there’s nothing but a blank screen.
The model is VGN-FW11S.
Kanis
November 3, 2009 at 22:16
Hi,
Since you all seem to be very efficient with Ubuntu on the Sony, I have a VGN-FW160D and installed Ubuntu 64bits.
I can’t activate FGLRX, my touch pad for the mouse does not work. I am not familiar with Ubuntu, at least not enough to know where to start to correct the problem. Is there a book that will give me the information needed to be able to fix my problems ?
Thankyou
Joel
November 4, 2009 at 2:08
Try 32bit version on live-cd first.
egaistek
November 4, 2009 at 2:19
Is there a reason why I should limit myself to 32 bits ? Since I have 4Gb of RAM, I would like to be able to use it with a 64 bits OS.
Furthermore, Ubuntu Ibex, and Jaunty were both working all well with the 64 bits version.
Joel
November 4, 2009 at 2:39
You will have 4gb (actually 3 and 1 reserved for kernel) on 32bit version. There maybe problems with fglrx in 64bit version. Touchpad should work anyway. You can always try live-cd first to check compatibility. There was not any problems with touchpad in ubuntu since I first tried 7.* version. Try
lsusb -v | grep -i alpsorlsusbandcat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -i alpsand search for Alps in output. Do not forget to enable tapping in mouse preferences. If mouse movement not work, maybe you disabled it in xorg.conf. If you have “(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device “AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint” (type: TOUCHPAD)” line in /var/log/Xorg.*.log then touchpad should work.egaistek
November 4, 2009 at 3:01
Joel, I use Karmic 64 bit, too. I have fw11. I didnot have any problems. (except sound card). Did you try using ati’s (x86_64) 9.10 driver?
Savas Sen
November 4, 2009 at 7:45
Can you tell me how to try this x86_64 driver ?
Joel
November 4, 2009 at 10:00
You can download it through ati-amd’s website. https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-9-10-x86.x86_64.run
This is the link. Then you must first uninstall ex fglrx driver (if it exists). And then “sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer-9-10-x86.x86_64.run”
Reboot your system.I hope it helps
Savas
November 4, 2009 at 17:02
I finally got my LCD backlight to turn off (and not just black out the screen, exaggerating every brightness imbalance) by adding the following to my monitor section of xorg.conf
Option “PM” # power management
# first blank the screen, then turn off backlight 1 min later
Option “BlankTime” “11″ # doesn’t turn off backlight
# Option “StandbyTime” “10″ # doesn’t turn off backlight
Option “OffTime” “12″ # Turns off backlight
it will blank the screen after 10 min, and turn the backlight OFF after 11 min. Actually I had the same problem with 9.04.
I snagged it from here:
http://help.lockergnome.com/linux/Laptop-backlight-turning–ftopict282513.html
Helgi
November 5, 2009 at 3:47
I use Sony Vaio and running latest Ubuntu 9.10
I did the following.. right click on the sound icon on the task bar. select preference.
In the sound preference window, select Input tab. In the tab, you will find 3 input devices. Select 2, the built in microphone. Select amplification factor to be good enough.
Test:
Application -> Sound & Video -> Sound Recorder
Record and playback!
Hope it helps
san
November 10, 2009 at 19:45
I have a FW-290 with ATI 3650 graphics,
Using the fglrx restricted driver with desktop effects enabled I was still suffering from the lag in maximize / restore of large windows.
Anyone else suffering from this ‘bug’ can use a patched version of xserver as a workaround.
To use the updated server you need to add a new software source and update the system, full instructions here:
https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-weyland/+archive/xserver-nobackfill/
t-bon3
November 13, 2009 at 7:40