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in Dapper (current stable)?

in Edgy (current development)?

Installation works?

Yes (from livecd)

Untested (upgraded to edgy)

Hardware Information

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Dapper (current stable)?

in Edgy (current development)?

Screen

Yes

Yes

Correct resolution?

No (1368x768, not 1366x768)

Same

Works if you change the resolution in preferences

Correct refresh rate?

Yes

Yes

3D Acceleration

No

No

External monitor works?

Yes

Yes

Have to edit xorg.conf (add Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT,LFP" and Option "Clone" "true" in device section)

External monitor - mirrors

Yes

Yes

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Untested

Power Management

Battery detected?

Yes

Yes

Hibernates?

Yes

Yes

Sleep

Yes

Yes

(once enabled in /etc/default/acpi-support)

Dim monitor on battery

Yes

Yes

Blank monitor on inactivity

Yes

Yes

Lid Close

Yes

Yes

Cpu frequency scaling

Yes

Yes

Sound

Sound works?

Yes

Yes

Correct volume?

Yes

Yes

Hardware volume switch

No

No

Mute seems to be hardware, it works. However volume doesn't, see hotkeys below.

Headphone jack

Yes

Yes

Mic jack

Untested

Untested

Networking

Wired NIC

Yes

Yes

Wireless NIC

Yes

Yes

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Firewire

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

Yes

Yes

Modem

Untested

Untested

Infrared

N/A

N/A

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Yes

Yes

Need to add the alps options into xorg.conf as described in README.alps and here

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - turned off while typing

No

No

External mouse - USB

Untested

Untested

External mouse - Serial

Untested

Untested

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

Untested

Untested

USB

Untested

Untested

Serial

Untested

Untested

Parallel

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - VGA

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - DVI

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

NIC

Untested

Untested

PS/2

Untested

Untested

Additional Hardware

Fingerprint reader

No

No

Same hardware found on thinkpads, but I can't get it working (UPEK website has Linux drivers, but says Sony Vaio platform is not supported: http://www.upek.com/support/customersupport/techsupport/topic.asp?ID_Topic=19)

CD/DVD drive

Yes

Yes

PCMCIA cards

Untested

Untested

Parallel Ports

N/A

N/A

Card reader(s)

No

No

This appears as a PCMCIA device under windows, but doesn't appear anywhere obvious (there is a '06:04.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments Unknown device 803b' in lspci, might be this?

Under Hardy (8.04) it reads SD cards ok (I have no memory stick to try), and it's listed in lsusb as "Standard Microsystems Corp. 9-in-2 Card Reader"

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Dapper (current stable)?

in Edgy (current development)?

+ F5

Decrease brightness

Yes

Yes

+ F6

Increase brightness

Yes

Yes

+ F7

Switch LCD/CRT

sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 00000012

No

No

+ F10

Zoom

sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 00000015

No

No

+ F12

Hibernate

Yes

Yes

+ ArrowUp

PgUp

Yes

Yes

+ ArrowDown

PgDn

Yes

Yes

+ ArrowRight

End

Yes

Yes

+ ArrowLeft

Home

Yes

Yes

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Dapper (current stable)?

in Edgy (current development)?

AV Mode

Yes

Yes

(can be mapped in gnome)

Play

Yes

Yes

(can be mapped in gnome)

Stop

Yes

Yes

(can be mapped in gnome)

Prev

Yes

Yes

(can be mapped in gnome)

Next

Yes

Yes

(can be mapped in gnome)

Eject

sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 0000001b

No

No

#55388

Volume Up

sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 00000020

No

No

Volume Down

sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 00000020

No

No

Volume up and down seem to have the same code..

Wireless/bluetooth on/off switch

Yes

Yes

Hardware controlled