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    Linux on TXN25

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by JohanTheGhost, Aug 13, 2007.

  1. JohanTheGhost

    JohanTheGhost Newbie

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    For those who are interested... I've posted a page on my experiences with getting Linux up on a VGN-TXN25N. There are a few niggles, such as no brightness control, but overall it works great. Heck, it's way better than Vista... ;)

    Read more here: http://www.hermit.org/Linux/SonyTXN25.html
     
    JohanTheGhost, Aug 13, 2007
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  2. brewt

    brewt Notebook Guru

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    Some notes:
    - brightness control works if you have the sony-laptop module loaded (newer kernel needed - I think around 2.6.21+)
    - xorg resolution is fine if you use a new version of xorg (7.1+?)
    - STR/S3 works on my TX850 (similar hardware), as long as you pass in acpi_sleep=s3_bios option to the kernel on boot
     
    brewt, Aug 13, 2007
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    Thanks for the info! (Yes, I'm using an older distro -- waiting for OpenSUSE 10.3). Mind if I add your comments to my report?
     
    JohanTheGhost, Aug 13, 2007
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    brewt Notebook Guru

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    No problem.
     
    brewt, Aug 13, 2007
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