SonyVGN-FE11H
* Contact: xavier.verne@free.fr ; samir.sand@smail.wir.fh-brs.de
- Make: Sony
- Brand: Vaio
- Model: VGN-FE11H
- S/N: N/A
Current Issues
* Issues with power Management
ACPI is broken ! No way to change brightness, it seems chipset is different from FS Series, where it works... Please update this page to provide a link to a solution if it exists, currently brightness is maximum and just sucks my battery at lightspeed. Or send me an email to xavier.verne@free.fr, I'll update it.
- A workaround for this problem consists in installing smartdimmer, a CLI utility, which enables to adjust brightness...Battery test without and with brightness corrected to do !
- Gnome power management doesn't give correct values : time remaining indicated is not reliable : it CHANGES all the time ! From one read to another it goes from 42mn to 2h 10, through 1h, all in 5mn and 2% battery later.
* Issues with Special Fn Keys
- Fn Key don't work, same issue as ACPI. /proc/acpi/sony could expose Fn Keys to capture events as with other VAIO
- S1 and S2 special don't work anymore. Previous Flight 5 mapping is lost : AFAIK, this looks like a regression
* Issues with sound
Microphone does not work. (see How to get microphone working)
Hardware details
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in Breezy? |
in Dapper |
Installation works? |
Untested |
Dapper Final install tested |
Hardware Information |
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Screen & Monitors |
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Device |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Breezy? |
in Dapper Final? |
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Screen |
Untested |
OK |
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Correct resolution? |
Untested |
OK |
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Correct refresh rate? |
Untested |
OK |
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3D Acceleration |
Untested |
OK with Nvidia Binary Drivers (see BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia ) |
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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 |
OK |
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Hibernates? |
Untested |
NO (doesn't wake up properly after hibernate) |
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Sleep |
Untested |
OK (with Nvidia Binary Drivers) |
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Dim monitor on battery |
Untested |
NO |
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Blank monitor on inactivity |
Untested |
NO (monitor gets black, but blacklight doesn't turn off) |
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Lid Close |
Untested |
NO (monitor gets black, but blacklight doesn't turn off) |
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Cpu frequency scaling |
Untested |
OK |
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Sound |
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Sound works? |
Untested |
OK |
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Correct volume? |
Untested |
OK |
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Hardware volume switch |
Untested |
OK |
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Headphone jack |
Untested |
OK |
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Mic jack |
Untested |
NO (see How to get microphone working) |
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Networking |
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Wired NIC |
Untested |
OK |
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Wireless NIC |
Untested |
OK |
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PCMCIA NIC |
Untested |
Untested |
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Firewire |
Untested |
Untested |
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Bluetooth |
N/A |
N/A |
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Modem |
Untested |
Untested |
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Infrared |
Untested |
Untested |
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Touchpad & Mice |
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Touchpad |
Untested |
OK |
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Touchpad - Doubletap = double click |
Untested |
OK |
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Touchpad - Scroll down side |
Untested |
OK |
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External mouse - USB |
Untested |
OK |
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External mouse - Serial |
Untested |
N/A |
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Docking Station/Port Replicator |
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AC through replicator |
Untested |
Untested |
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USB |
Untested |
Untested |
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Serial |
Untested |
Untested |
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Parallel |
Untested |
Untested |
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External Monitor - VGA |
Untested |
Untested |
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External Monitor - DVI |
Untested |
Untested |
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Modem |
Untested |
Untested |
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NIC |
Untested |
Untested |
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PS/2 |
Untested |
Untested |
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Additional Hardware |
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Fingerprint reader |
N/A |
N/A |
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CD/DVD drive |
Untested |
OK |
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PCMCIA cards |
Untested |
Untested |
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Parallel Ports |
Untested |
Untested |
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Card reader(s) |
Untested |
OK |
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Function and other keys |
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Fn key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Breezy? |
in Dapper (current development)? |
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+ Space |
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Untested |
NO |
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+ Esc |
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Untested |
NO |
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+ F1 |
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Untested |
NO |
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+ F2 |
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Untested |
NO |
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+ F3 |
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Untested |
NO |
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+ F4 |
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Untested |
NO |
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+ F5 |
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Untested |
NO |
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+ F6 |
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Untested |
NO |
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+ F7 |
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Untested |
NO |
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+ F8 |
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Untested |
NO |
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+ F9 |
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Untested |
NO |
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+ F10 |
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Untested |
NO |
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+ F11 |
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Untested |
NO |
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+ F12 |
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Untested |
NO |
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+ 1 |
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Untested |
NO |
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+ 2 |
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Untested |
NO |
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Other special keys |
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Key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Breezy? |
in Dapper (current development)? |
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S1 |
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Untested |
NO |
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S2 |
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Untested |
NO |
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Notes
How to get microphone working
- Make sure that you've installed the headers for your linux-kernel and the necessary compiler tools. Do this by installing the linux-headers and the build-essential package.
Download the newest alsa-drivers from http://www.alsa-project.org/ (I used alsa-driver v1.0.13rc3).
- Unpack the alsa-drivers.
- Open console and go into directory of the unpacked alsa-drivers.
- Configure, compile and install the driver:
./configure --with-cards=hda-intel make sudo make install
- Reboot your machine.
UPDATE : With Gutsy GIbbon, Microphone is working out of the box, from scratch. I've just recorded some analog output via the line-in microphone with audacity ! Just rocks.
SergioZanchetta/Old/SonyVGN-FE11H (last edited 2010-02-26 15:03:08 by host226-241-dynamic)