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kismet010

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Registered: 2009-09-02

Posts: 137

(Solved) some laptop issues

hi,
i recently bought i new sony vario e serie laptop. i install arch x64 and i have some problems:

1.- Audio
alsamixer said to me that cannot open mixer. i run alsaconf but nothing happens. with hwdetect, i load all modules, it solved alsamixer, but i only hear a very low sound when i connect my headphones. Of course my user is in the audio group and all alsamixer bars are on top.

2.- Video [SOLVED] (with amdcccle)
catalyst-test with xorg1.8, i probed xf68-video-x but when i change to another terminal, black screen,,, so it runs well but brightness is at maximum, and xbacklight don't work.

here is some info:

~ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 02)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 05)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Redwood [Radeon HD 5600 Series]
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Redwood HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5600 Series]
02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
03:00.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e822
03:00.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e230
03:00.4 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e822
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device 4381 (rev 11)
3f:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
3f:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
3f:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
3f:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
3f:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
3f:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)

~ xbacklight 
100.000000
~ xbacklight -set 50%
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  155 (RANDR)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  13 (RRChangeOutputProperty)
  Value in failed request:  0x89
  Serial number of failed request:  16
  Current serial number in output stream:  17

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "aticonfig Layout"
    Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "dri2"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "drm"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
    Option        "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    Option        "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    Option        "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "ATI Radeon HD5650"
    Driver      "fglrx"
    VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
    BoardName   "Unknown Board"
    BusID       "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    Driver      "fglrx"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
    Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

No other problems, except camera and bluetooth but it is not important yet

thanks for listen to me.

Last edited by kismet010 (2010-06-10 10:56:06)

n0dix

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Registered: 2009-09-22

Posts: 956

Re: (Solved) some laptop issues

If you play (in console)

$ aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav

is still low?

Last edited by n0dix (2010-04-27 02:12:39)

kismet010

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Registered: 2009-09-02

Posts: 137

Re: (Solved) some laptop issues

yup.
very low and only with headphones

kismet010

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Registered: 2009-09-02

Posts: 137

Re: (Solved) some laptop issues

Solved.
Video- echo -n x > /proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/brightness
Audio- with new kernel