SonyVaioVGN-SZ2HP-B

Current Issues

  • Webcam doesn't work (Bus 005 Device 003: ID 05ca:1830 Ricoh Co., Ltd).
  • The video display hotkey NO switch the external display on and off

System Info

bios-version:R0082N0
system-manufacturer:Sony Corporation
system-product-name:VGN-SZ2HP_B
system-version:J001R10U

Hardware details

in Edgy (current stable)?

in Feisty (current development)?

Installation works?

Yes (alternate CD tested)

Untested

Hardware Information

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Edgy (current stable)?

in Feisty (current development)?

Screen

Yes

Untested

Correct resolution?

Yes

Untested

Correct refresh rate?

Yes

Untested

3D Acceleration

Yes (with nvidia driver)

Untested

External monitor works?

Yes

Untested

External monitor - mirrors

No

Untested

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Untested

Power Management

Battery detected?

Yes

Untested

Hibernates?

Yes

Untested

Sleep

Yes

Untested

Dim monitor on battery

Untested

Untested

Blank monitor on inactivity

Yes

Untested

Lid Close

Untested

Untested

Cpu frequency scaling

Yes

Untested

Sound

Sound works?

Yes

Untested

Correct volume?

Yes

Untested

Hardware volume switch

n/a

Untested

Headphone jack

Yes

Untested

Mic jack

Yes

Untested

Networking

Wired NIC

Yes

Untested

Wireless NIC

Yes (after upgrade)

Untested

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Firewire

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

Yes

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

Infrared

n/a

Untested

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Yes

Untested

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Yes

Untested

Touchpad - Doubletap-Hold = drag

Yes (after update)

Untested

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Yes

Untested

Touchpad - turned off while typing

Untested

Untested

External mouse - USB

Yes

Untested

External mouse - Serial

n/a

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

n/a

Untested

CD/DVD drive

Yes

Untested

PCMCIA cards

Untested

Untested

Parallel Ports

n/a

Untested

Card reader(s)

Yes (SD Card tested)

Untested

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Edgy (current stable)?

in Feisty (current development)?

+ F1

sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 0000000c

No

Untested

+ F2

Mute

sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 0000000d

Yes

Untested

+ F3

Volume Down

sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 0000000e

Yes

Untested

+ F4

Volume Up

sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 0000000f

Yes

Untested

+ F5

Brightness Down

sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 00000010

Yes

Untested

+ F6

Brightness Up

sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 00000011

Yes

Untested

+ F7

External monitor switch

sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 00000012

No

Untested

+ F8

sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 00000013

No

Untested

+ F9

sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 00000014

No

Untested

+ F10

Magnifier with a plus

sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 00000015

No

Untested

+ F11

sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 00000016

No

Untested

+ F12

Hibernate

sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 00000017

Yes

Untested

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Edgy (current stable)?

in Feisty (current development)?

S1

?

sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 00000020

No

Untested

S2

?

sony/hotkey SPIC 00000001 00000020

No

Untested

Notes

This laptop has two Graphics Cards with a switch button: "stamina" for Intel Card and "speed" for nVidia Card. The only way that works right now in both Linux and Windows is to reboot the machine. Just when the BIOS is restarting, switch to the other Card.

I have two xorg.conf files with different driver section:

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.stamina

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Intel Corporation Mobile Integrated Graphics Controller"
        Driver          "i810"
        BusID           "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.speed

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"
        Driver          "nvidia"
        BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

and my rc.local script put the correct file at boot time, look like this:

#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.

if [ "`/usr/bin/lspci|grep -c nVidia`" = "1" ]; then
        cp -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf.speed /etc/X11/xorg.conf
else
        cp -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf.stamina /etc/X11/xorg.conf
fi

exit 0


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