SonyVaioFS640W
Contact: Houseofmore
- Make: Sony
- Brand: Vaio
- Model: VGN-FS640/W
Website: http://esupport.sony.com/perl/model-news.pl?mdl=VGNFS640W
Review: http://www.onisland.ca/geek/linux/sonyvaio-fs640w
To my surprise, (almost) everything worked right out of the box. To be honest, I was almost disappointed, as installing Linux on a laptop has always been a great way for me to learn more about the OS. But, I'll take it when I can get it. Good work Ubuntu!
Current Issues
Typing 'reboot' in the console closes X, and hangs at the login. I guess don't do that -- use the gdm logout and reboot 
Hardware details
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in Hoary? |
in Breezy (current stable)? |
Installation works? |
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Yes |
Hardware Information |
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Screen & Monitors |
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Device |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Hoary? |
in Breezy (current stable)? |
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Screen |
Untested |
Yes* |
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Correct resolution? |
Untested |
Yes |
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Correct refresh rate? |
Untested |
Yes |
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3D Acceleration |
Untested |
Yes |
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External monitor works? |
Untested |
Untested |
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External monitor - mirrors |
Untested |
Untested |
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External monitor - extend desktop |
Untested |
Untested |
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Power Management |
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Battery detected? |
Untested |
Yes |
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Hibernates? |
Untested |
Yes |
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Sleep |
Untested |
Untested |
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Dim monitor on battery |
Untested |
Yes |
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Blank monitor on inactivity |
Untested |
Yes |
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Lid Close |
Untested |
Yes (hardware) |
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Cpu frequency scaling |
Untested |
Yes |
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Sound |
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Sound works? |
Untested |
Yes* |
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Correct volume? |
Untested |
Yes* |
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Headphone jack |
Untested |
Untested |
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Mic jack |
Untested |
Untested |
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Networking |
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Wired NIC |
Untested |
Yes |
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Wireless NIC |
Untested |
Yes |
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Modem |
Untested |
Untested |
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Touchpad & Mice |
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Touchpad |
Untested |
Yes |
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Touchpad - Doubletap = double click |
Untested |
Yes |
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Touchpad - Scroll down side |
Untested |
Yes* |
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External mouse - USB |
Untested |
Untested |
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Additional Hardware |
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CD/DVD drive |
Untested |
Yes |
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PCMCIA cards |
Untested |
Untested |
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Card reader(s) |
Untested |
No |
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Function and other keys |
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Fn key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Hoary? |
in Breezy (current stable)? |
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+ F2 |
Mute |
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Untested |
No |
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+ F3 |
Volume Down |
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Untested |
No |
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+ F4 |
Volumne Up |
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Untested |
No |
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+ F5 |
LCD Shade |
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Untested |
No |
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+ F6 |
LCD Brighten |
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Untested |
No |
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+ F7 |
Monitor Switch |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F12 |
Sleep |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ NumLk |
Scroll Lock |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ PrtSc |
Sys Rq |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ Insert |
Pause |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ Delete |
Break |
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Untested |
Untested |
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Notes
Sound
Sound was correctly configured from the start (HDA Intel), however the laptop speakers you may need to un-mute the "Front" speakers. If you use headphones or external speakers, also un-mute headphones, and use PCM as you master (select for gnome applet).
Touchpad
Touchpad worked fine, however scroll did not. Modified from this post you'll probably have to do this:
edit (with sodu):
- /etc/udev/alps.rules
add:
- BUS="serio", SYSFS{description}="i8042 Aux-3 Port", KERNEL="event?", SYMLINK="input/alps"
symlink:
- ln -s /etc/udev/alps.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/40_alps.rules
replace these in your xorg.conf under InputDevice (synaptics)!:
- Option "Protocol" "event" Option "Device" "/dev/input/alps"
REBOOT!
Not working
- I have been unable to get the card reader work at all, or even show up in any of the systems device profiles. - None of Special function keys work, dmesg shows this (related or not?)
[4294842.967000] sonypi command failed at drivers/char/sonypi.c : sonypi_call1 (line 647)....
- ACPI doesn't do everything it should (dim on unplug / shutdown or battery dead), though I may have broken some of it while muckin around.
LaptopTestingTeam/Old/SonyVaioFS640W (last edited 2010-02-24 14:44:52 by host58-172-dynamic)