Vaio FX501 (Redhat 7.3)

French version - Translated with Google (sorry)

Kernel

The original kernel 2.4.18 from www.kernel.org  is patched with the acpi-patch 20020517 then recompiled with ACPI support, the filesystem ext3 and proscessor ' 686 '  (Athlon/Duron optimizations generate kernels panic).

You will find my configuration file to be placed in /usr/src/linux and to be renamed in .config if needed.


Ati Rage Mobility

For 3D acceleration see : http://dri.sourceforge.net

There is a Mach64 module developpement, download the source, unpack and lauch the script install.sh
It make the modules but a end there is a problem to load the mach64 module -> simply execute the depmod -a and reload the X server.... that all!

Via AC97 Modem

This modem works now, Thanks to Marc Boucher ! (2 june 2002 version)

Download from http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv/hsf/downloads.html

You can the changes on hsf driver here

Modem info from Kudzu :
class: MODEM
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: unknown
desc: "VIA Technologies|AC97 Modem Controller"
vendorId: 1106
deviceId: 3068
subVendorId: 104d
subDeviceId: 80f6
pciType: 1

Acpi Management


Acpi functions works correctly, it makes it possible to have certain function keys like the illumination of Lcd. The ventilator is started only at the top of 50°C and is cut below. The sleep functions seem implemented in the versions of kernels 2.5.x, to supervise in the future. The frequency of the proscessor seems to be managed see dmesg
All information concerning Acpi management is visible in/proc/acpi, there is however a problem bus if one reaches the files 'info' that blocks the keyboard and you are good for reboot. (the remainder of the system run correctly)

A simple solution to cure this problem consists in doing one mirroir tree structure for acpi in another directory that /proc, recopy the files ' info' and to put symbolic links for the other files.
You will find a script which makes it possible to automate the operation: acpi_vaio.sh (needs reboot at the end: -)

Visualization of load battery info


Now that is possible to reach the infos it is necessary to find an applet to visualize the state of battery load.... not simple!. The applet of Gnome supports only APM management and I did not find an applet supporting the format generated by the acpi-patch. I thus chose power-applet which after some modifications works correctly.

The modifications relate to the format of the Acpi format and the way to reach the new directory, by the same occasion it speaks French now. You will find the file modified source , it takes account of the new directory generated by my script (/acpi instead of /proc/acpi ) if you wish it, you can modify the path in the source file ' powerm.c '

Captures of screen (Gnome)

Some screenshots of power-applet.......

Fenêtre des propriétés


Batterie en charge






Sur batterie....

References


F5SOH - June 5, 2002