Hi, I’ve got this laptop and installed opensuse 11.1 and got everything working:
Bluetooth: ok
Wlan: ok
Brightness: ok
FN-keys: ok
card-reader: ok (except Sony memorycards)
…
To do so, follow these tips:
For bluetooth:
The adapter is found, but you cannot pair with devices?:
/etc/sysconfig/bluetooth =>
PAND_ENABLE="yes"
DUND_ENABLE="yes"
For sound:
Add this to /etc/modprobe.d/sound =>
options snd-hda-intel model=vaio enable=1 index=0 position_fix=1
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
For sending hostnames with networkmanager:
Add this to /etc/dhclient.conf =>
send hostname "yourhostname";
supersede domain-name "yourdomain";
And now for brightness (this is needed because with the nvidia drivers it isn’t possible for this card):
install nvclock from cvs (hit enter when asked for password) =>
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@nvclock.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/nvclock login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@nvclock.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/nvclock co -P nvclock
cd nvclock/
./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64
make
make install
create these files:
/etc/acpi/events/sony-brightness-up =>
# /etc/acpi/events/sony-brightness-up
event=sony/hotkey SNC 00000001 00000011
action=/etc/acpi/sonybright.sh up
/etc/acpi/events/sony-brightness-down =>
# /etc/acpi/events/sony-brightness-down
event=sony/hotkey SNC 00000001 00000010
action=/etc/acpi/sonybright.sh down
/etc/acpi/sonybright.sh =>
#!/bin/bash
if "x$1" = "xdown" ]; then
# xbacklight -steps 10 -dec 10 2>/tmp/sonybright.log
nvclock -S -10
elif "x$1" = "xup" ]; then
# xbacklight -steps 10 -inc 10 2>/tmp/sonybright.log
nvclock -S +10
else
echo >&2 Unknown argument $1
fi
Now do:
sudo chmod +x sony-brightness-up
sudo chmod +x sony-brightness-down
sudo chmod +x sonybright.sh
Dim backlight on Battery
Create the file /etc/udev/rules.d/80-smartdimmer.rules (thx to IntuitiveNipple)
Code:
# NVidia backlight control using nvclock
ACTION=="change", SUBSYSTEM=="power_supply", ATTR{type}=="Battery", ATTR{status}=="Discharging", RUN+="/usr/bin/nvclock -S 50"
ACTION=="change", SUBSYSTEM=="power_supply", ATTR{type}=="Battery", ATTR{status}=="Charging", RUN+="/usr/bin/nvclock -S 100"
Reload the UDEV rules and then try switching the charger off/on:
Code:
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
Now restart hal and acpid or reboot and that should enable your fn-keys with brightness.
The webcam (ricoh r5u870):
Install the uvcvideo module and search for r5u87x-loader-*.rpm on the buildservice.
After that you have to execute following line everytime you started your laptop (or the less lazy people create a startup script):
su
rmmod uvcvideo
loader
modprobe uvcvideo
There also seems to be a problem with the wlan-driver and this kernel (2.6.27)(causing a freeze of your system). The fix is to install the iwl4965 driver from factory.
These are the things I had to do to get everything up and running.
Blu-ray movies won’t play and you can’t use sony memorycards because of patents and drm stuff
Greetz,
Philip
