Last updated: 13/01/2007
General Hardware Specifications of [SONY VAIO VGN-FE21B]:
Hardware
Components
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Status
under Linux
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Notes
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Pentium T2300 @ 1.66 GHz |
Works | No special procedure required during installation. |
15.4" LCD | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
NVIDIA 7400 | Works | No special procedure required during
installation If you want xgl, compiz or beryl download and install NVIDIA drivers see procedure here and X11 configuration here VGA output and S-video output not tested |
1GB, RAM, 2DIMMs | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
80 GB SATA Hard Drive | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
Integrated 5-1 Memory Card Reader | Should Works | Not tested should work |
Integrated Bluetooth | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
Integrated PCMCIA | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
Integrated IEEE1384 | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
Internal V92 Modem | Should Work | Not tested
should work see http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/ |
DVD-RW Unit |
Works | No special procedure required during installation |
Internal Intel WIFI | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
Internal Intel Ethernet | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
Intel HDA SoundCard | Works | No special procedure required during installation for PLAYBACK If you want to CAPTURE with integrated microphone see instructions here |
This laptop is operating under Kernel version [Linux boucaron-laptop 2.6.17-10-generic #2 SMP]
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nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Mon Oct 16 22:13:07 PDT 2006 # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page. # (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following command: # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" 0 0 InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" EndSection Section "Files" # path to defoma fonts FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" EndSection Section "Module" Load "i2c" Load "bitmap" Load "ddc" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "int10" Load "type1" Load "vbe" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "fr" Option "XkbOptions" "lv3:ralt_switch" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad" Driver "synaptics" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # /dev/input/event # for USB Identifier "stylus" Driver "wacom" Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to Option "Type" "stylus" Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY EndSection Section "InputDevice" # /dev/input/event # for USB Identifier "eraser" Driver "wacom" Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to Option "Type" "eraser" Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY EndSection Section "InputDevice" # /dev/input/event # for USB Identifier "cursor" Driver "wacom" Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to Option "Type" "cursor" Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic Monitor" HorizSync 28.0 - 64.0 VertRefresh 43.0 - 60.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" #Driver "nv" Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Default Card" Driver "nvidia" # Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" Option "TripleBuffer" "True" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Default Card" Monitor "Generic Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 Option "RenderAccel" "true" Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1280x800" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1280x800" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x800" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1280x800" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x800" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x800" EndSubSection Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True" EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection |
options snd-hda-intel model=vaio position_fix=0 |
Plus other useful things I may have forgotten