SonyVaioVGN-G1
Contact: MathiasLaurin
- Make: Sony
- Model: Vaio type G (VGN-G1)
Website: http://www.jp.sonystyle.com/Business/Vaio/Product/G/index.html (Japanese only: beautiful and expensive ultramobile PC)
Current Issues
- The Ricoh SD card reader is not recognized (kernel 2.6.17-11-generic). This is a kernel/acpi issue and is being worked on.
- I need to reload ipw3945 if I boot with the wifi switch off and want to use it afterwards (1).
- Gnome cannot set the screen brightness (but the keyboard switches work) (2).
System Info
bios-version:R0061N5 system-manufacturer:Sony Corporation system-product-name:VGN-G1ABNS system-version:J0029DGK
Hardware details
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in Edgy (current stable)? |
in Feisty (current development)? |
Installation works? |
Yes (no CD drive: install from mini.iso + network) |
Untested |
Hardware Information |
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Screen & Monitors |
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Device |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Edgy (current stable)? |
in Feisty (current development)? |
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Screen |
Yes |
Untested |
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Correct resolution? |
Yes |
Untested |
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Correct refresh rate? |
Yes |
Untested |
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3D Acceleration |
Yes |
Untested |
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External monitor works? |
Yes |
Untested |
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External monitor - mirrors |
Yes |
Untested |
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External monitor - extend desktop |
Untested |
Untested |
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Power Management |
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Battery detected? |
Yes |
Untested |
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Hibernates? |
Yes (swsp1) |
Untested |
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Sleep |
Yes (swsp1) |
Untested |
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Dim monitor on battery |
No |
Untested |
#65028 |
Blank monitor on inactivity |
Yes |
Untested |
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Lid Close |
Yes |
Untested |
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Cpu frequency scaling |
Yes |
Untested |
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Sound |
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Sound works? |
Yes |
Untested |
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Correct volume? |
Yes |
Untested |
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Headphone jack |
Yes |
Untested |
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Mic jack |
Untested |
Untested |
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Networking |
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Wired NIC |
Yes |
Untested |
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Wireless NIC |
Yes(1) |
Untested |
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PCMCIA NIC |
Untested |
Untested |
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Firewire |
Untested |
Untested |
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Bluetooth |
Untested |
Untested |
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Modem |
Untested |
Untested |
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Touchpad & Mice |
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Touchpad |
Yes |
Untested |
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Touchpad - Doubletap = double click |
Yes |
Untested |
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Touchpad - Scroll down side |
Yes |
Untested |
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Touchpad - turned off while typing |
Untested |
Untested |
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External mouse - USB |
Untested |
Untested |
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External Monitor - VGA |
Untested |
Untested |
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Modem |
Untested |
Untested |
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NIC |
Untested |
Untested |
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Additional Hardware |
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Fingerprint reader |
Hardware option not taken |
Untested |
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CD/DVD drive |
Hardware option not taken |
Untested |
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PCMCIA cards |
Untested |
Untested |
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Parallel Ports |
Untested |
Untested |
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Card reader(s) |
No |
Untested |
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Function and other keys |
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Fn key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Edgy (current stable)? |
in Feisty (current development)? |
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+ F2 |
Mute |
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Yes |
Untested |
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+ F3 |
Volume - |
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Yes |
Untested |
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+ F4 |
Volume + |
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Yes |
Untested |
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+ F5 |
Light - |
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Yes |
Untested |
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+ F6 |
Light + |
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Yes |
Untested |
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+ F7 |
Ext. monitor |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F10 |
Zoom |
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No |
Untested |
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+ F12 |
Sleep |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ ArrowUp |
Pg Up |
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Yes |
Untested |
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Pg Down |
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Yes |
Untested |
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End |
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Yes |
Untested |
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Home |
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Yes |
Untested |
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+ Num Lk |
Scr Lk |
Untested |
Untested |
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+ Insert |
Pause |
Untested |
Untested |
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+ Delete |
Break |
Untested |
Untested |
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Notes
- (0) I have the English keyboard, this Vaio being released for Japan only as of today 2007-03-07, the default keyboard layout is Japanese.
- (1) Wireless
I installed ipw3945d by hand from http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/ipw3945d by copying it into /usr/local/sbin and wrote the followin startup script.
/var/log/acpid reports
[Wed Mar 7 18:19:44 2007] completed event "sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 0000003d" [Wed Mar 7 18:20:55 2007] received event "sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 0000003c" [Wed Mar 7 18:20:55 2007] notifying client 4176[106:110] [Wed Mar 7 18:20:55 2007] notifying client 4098[0:0]
when switching off (SPIC ... 3d) and on (SPIC ... 3c) the big wireless switch on the computer. Hence, if I find how ACPI is dealt with in Ubuntu, I will get the switch to (un)load the module and start/stop the daemon as needed.
/etc/init.d/my-ipw3945
# # Start or stop ipw3945 regulatory daemon. # # Written by Mathias Laurin adapted from wifi-radar by Ante Karamatic IPW_BIN="/usr/local/sbin/ipw3945d" IPW_MOD="ipw3945" . /lib/lsb/init-functions case "${1}" in ("start") log_begin_msg "Loading ipw3945 module..." modprobe "$IPW_MOD" log_begin_msg "Starting ipw3945 regulatory daemon..." "$IPW_BIN" --quiet >/dev/null 2>&1 & exit $? ;; ("stop") log_begin_msg "Stopping ipw3945 regulatory daemon..." "$IPW_BIN" --kill >/dev/null 2>&1 log_begin_msg "Unload ipw3945 module..." modprobe -r "$IPW_MOD" exit $? ;; ("restart") "${0}" stop "${0}" start ;; (*) log_success_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/my-ipw3945 {start|stop|restart}" >&2 exit 3 ;; esac
- and the hardware switch works for both wireless and bluetooth (the switch works, I have not tried BT).
- (2) Current screen brightness is shown at /proc/acpi/sony/brightness; there also exists a /proc/acpi/sony/brightness_default. Maximum/defaults value is 8 (and I like 6). However
%sudo echo -n 6 > /proc/acpi/sony/brightness zsh: permission denied: /proc/acpi/sony/brightness
even after a successful chmod to 644. If any relevant:
%cat /proc/acpi/video/GFX0/LCD/state state: <not supported> query: <not supported> % cat /proc/acpi/video/GFX0/LCD/brightness levels: 100 100 4 16 28 40 52 64 76 88 100 current: 0
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