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[Roman Groger <xalbert76@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, I have Ubuntu 10.04 and installed the new kernel as suggested by 
this guy:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/19027/ubuntu-on-the-sony-vaio-vpcy-21s1e

KMS works like a charm - the resolution 1366x768.
Roman


William Roe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just tried Natty on the VPCY21S1E and found that with various 
> kernels, the KMS graphics for the Intel chip doesn't work.
> These are the kernels I tried:
> vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic
> vmlinuz-2.6.37-12-generic
> vmlinuz-2.6.38-997-generic
>
> I have everything working on an Arch Linux partition. The kernel is 
> the drm-intel-next kernel branch from here:
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/ickle/drm-intel.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/drm-intel-next
>
> The version of that kernel (from about 9th Dec) works with KMS and 
> native resolution etc.
>
> I'm not sure why the kernel that comes with natty doesn't work (it's 
> more recent so should have the changes from this branch merged in).
>
> Also, the wireless card is disabled in Ubuntu (it's fine in Arch).
> It is:
> 02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 
> Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
>
> Does anyone know a way to fix that?
>
> Thanks,
> Will
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