[plug] sony vaio

[Sol]

Cheers Ryan!!

sol


On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 01:49 pm, ryan at is.as.geeky.as wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 13:14, Sol wrote:
> > After waiting a month for delivery of a sony vaio pcg-fxa10 from sony
> > online (you've been warned - approach sony online with care) that was
> > supposed to take less than a week, I am fast approaching the moment of
> > truth when I liberate this poor machine from the clutches of the Evil
> > Lord Bill.
> >
> > Unfortunately there isn't any information on the internet about
> > installing Linux on this particular model, though there's info on a close
> > equivalent = pcg-fxa32. It all seems rather challenging for my small
> > brain so I thought I'd ask if there is anyone who has experience with
> > sony notebooks who might be able to offer any words of wisdom (ie:
> > gotchas) before I get going.
>
> Join this list, it will save your life:
> http://returntonature.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-sony
>
> My page about the GRX5P might have some clues for you:
> http://slowest.net/docs/reference/vaio/
>
> From what I can tell the CD, Modem and Video are similar and I got them
> working.  The problems you are likely to have are with the VIA chipsets
> and ACPI involving PCI IRQ problems.  Many people on the linux-sony list
> report absolutely nothing working until they have ACPI enabled in the
> kernel, on mine however, everything works with it on or off.
>
> Any specific things about it that my page doesn't make clear I should be
> able to elaborate on.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ryan