Comments on: Ubuntu 10.04 on the Sony Vaio P http://vimalkumar.in/2010/08/16/ubuntu-10-04-on-the-sony-vaio-p/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:29:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Vimalkumar Velayudhan http://vimalkumar.in/2010/08/16/ubuntu-10-04-on-the-sony-vaio-p/#comment-20751 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:29:08 +0000 http://vimalkumar.in/?p=388#comment-20751 What is the error message?
Remember having troubles with usb drives not booting. I don’t have this laptop with me at the moment but can suggest the following.

Format the USB drive using gparted or other disk partitioner.
Use Startup disk creator in Ubuntu

sudo usb-creator-gtk

and write the ISO image to usb
Try booting.

]]> By: Dun Kirk http://vimalkumar.in/2010/08/16/ubuntu-10-04-on-the-sony-vaio-p/#comment-20746 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:35:09 +0000 http://vimalkumar.in/?p=388#comment-20746 I created the usb drive (tried 11.10, 10.10, 10.04). But i could not get the live system run. It always stopped at the command line phase.

]]> By: Vimalkumar Velayudhan http://vimalkumar.in/2010/08/16/ubuntu-10-04-on-the-sony-vaio-p/#comment-276 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 07:51:07 +0000 http://vimalkumar.in/?p=388#comment-276 Didn’t work as far as I can remember. My install is broken now!

]]> By: ANA http://vimalkumar.in/2010/08/16/ubuntu-10-04-on-the-sony-vaio-p/#comment-275 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 01:47:50 +0000 http://vimalkumar.in/?p=388#comment-275 PLEASE RESPOND DOES accelerometer display is?

]]> By: disco http://vimalkumar.in/2010/08/16/ubuntu-10-04-on-the-sony-vaio-p/#comment-271 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 04:45:28 +0000 http://vimalkumar.in/?p=388#comment-271 Hi,

I’ve had ubuntu running on my Vaio P for awhile (under 10.04 and now under 10.10). I had to dig around a lot to find all the settings, so I’m glad to see that you’ve compiled everything here in one place.

One thing I have not gotten working is double tap on the pointing stick. It works on the touchpad, but in Windows I’m able to double click by tapping the stick, while in Ubuntu I cannot. I’ve got all the grub lines as mentioned to get the devices working, but never the double tap.

Anyone have ideas for that?

Thanks!

]]> By: Mrn http://vimalkumar.in/2010/08/16/ubuntu-10-04-on-the-sony-vaio-p/#comment-226 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:09:24 +0000 http://vimalkumar.in/?p=388#comment-226 hi. I just installed Jolicloud on a Vaio VGN-P21Z.
Everything works fine except two things:
- The 3G Modem (WAN) does not show up under the wireless icon in righ top corner,
- Sleep: does not wake up.
Can somebody please comment on how did you get the 3G modem working under Ubuntu?
I must note that there is no other OS installed on the machine, so I can not just go to Win and activate the card, as proposed above….
Thanks in advance!

]]> By: 2010 in review « vimalkumar http://vimalkumar.in/2010/08/16/ubuntu-10-04-on-the-sony-vaio-p/#comment-212 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 09:38:25 +0000 http://vimalkumar.in/?p=388#comment-212 [...] Ubuntu 10.04 on the Sony Vaio P August 2010 20 comments 4 [...]

]]> By: Alex http://vimalkumar.in/2010/08/16/ubuntu-10-04-on-the-sony-vaio-p/#comment-144 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:18:38 +0000 http://vimalkumar.in/?p=388#comment-144 hi Holger

I had the exact same problem and solved it by compiling compat-wireless from source (you can download the source from http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/stable/, I chose 2.6.32.16). Se also a tutorial here (scroll down a bit): http://1kleinerbeitrag.blogspot.com/2010/06/ubuntu-910-on-sony-vaio-p-p11z-fully.html

]]> By: holger http://vimalkumar.in/2010/08/16/ubuntu-10-04-on-the-sony-vaio-p/#comment-143 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:35:20 +0000 http://vimalkumar.in/?p=388#comment-143 I tried to install ubuntu 9.10 on my VPCP11Z9E severel times, but the moment I try to connect the system via wifi to internet and download a file it makes a hard crash and freezes. The problem is the same under X and only terminal use.
lscpu shows 2 cpu but booting with the nosmp option made no change.
the problem didnt exist with ubuntu 10.4 but I wanted to use the better video support of 9.10.
I didnt find any report of the same problem searching the internet.. Has anyone a clue?

]]> By: Alex http://vimalkumar.in/2010/08/16/ubuntu-10-04-on-the-sony-vaio-p/#comment-141 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:34:14 +0000 http://vimalkumar.in/?p=388#comment-141 I have now switched to Ubuntu 9.10 which works a lot better when it comes to video and graphics.

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