This tag is for questions where the computer(s) involved belong to the Sony VAIO brand.
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Problems installing usvision
I am trying to install usbvision from Sourceforge.net I am obviously doing something wrong
sudo apt-get install usbvision-0.9.6
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading ...
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iPod 4G iOs 6.1.3 Ubuntu 12.04 sync?
I already installed Ubuntu 12.04 dualboot on my brandnew Vaio Windows 8 and it doesn't boot any more to windows, so I have a vaio laptop with ubuntu, a thing I can accept but it is impossible to sync ...
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Mouse and Touchpad options
The Problem
The options for Mouse and Touchpad are combined on one page see image below
The pointer speed moves, but doesn't change anything and is not saved when I exit, also the two finger scroll ...
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mouse and touchpad has limited settings
I am trying to alter the speed of the pointer when I use a the touchpad.
$ xinput list
displays:
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST ...
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Where do I find a list of devices I'm trying to find my Sony Vaio VGN Wireless adapter
When I boot up to Ubuntu 13.04 (and in 12.04) for the first time in the morning, I have to insert a PCMCIA wireless card as Ubuntu does not recognise the internal wireless card. If I then reboot and ...
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Nearly a question: Sony Vaio + WebCam 12.04
The initial problem.
Errors on boot up pointing to USB2 the Sony Vaio webcam.
Errors after loading Ubuntu 12.04
No WebCam detected.
The fix found at https://bitbucket.org/ahixon/r5u87x
Enter the ...
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Unable to install Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Lubuntu 13.04 UEFI on Sony Vaio SVE17137!
Background/Hardware:
Sony Vaio SVE17137 CXB, pre-installed with Windows 8
Intel Core i7-3632QM
Mobile Intel® HM76 Express Chipset
AMD Radeon HD7650M
16 GB RAM
1 TB internal drive
Windows 8 wiped. ...
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How do I turn down GPU heat / usage on a Sony Vaio Z21?
I have a Sony Vaio Z21 (VPC2) and am experiencing some GPU heat/usage issues since kernel 3.2 up till 3.9.
I have installed laptop-mode-tools, configured powertop and added the following to grub:
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How do I get my Sony Cybershot W510 to connect?
I'm new to Ubuntu 12.04 (only installed it on Sunday), and enjoying what I have been learning, but having a bit of a problem!
I want to get my Sony Cybershot W510 to connect to the computer. I do ...
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Brightness control Fn keys vs Gnome extension
So I am running Ubuntu 12.10 on a Sony Vaio Laptop and have been sometimes having a strange "laggyness" in the brightness control with the standard Fn keys (Fn + F5 and Fn+ F6), which I guess is ...
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How to reduce brightness for sony vaio with 7650 HD
I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 on a Sony Vaio laptop. The brightness functions keys don't change the brightness. When I try to change the brightness I can see the levels going up and down in the ...
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Backlight control keys with nvidia driver work sometimes
I've got a Vaio S11 laptop with Nvidia 310M graphics running Ubuntu 13.04 with nvidia graphics driver (nvidia-310).
Backlight control started working since I created a .conf file in ...
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Netbook won't boot USB
My netbook only shows a blinking dash when booting from removable device. It's a Sony vaio netbook.
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Ubuntu won't shutdown using integrated GPU (Vaio VPCSB)
I have a Sony Vaio VPCSB1D7E (W7 + Ubuntu 12.04). It has hybrid graphics (AMD+Intel). I installed both the AMD Catalyst drivers and the Intel ones. So far, using both graphic cards works fine, but I ...
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Brightness Controls not working VAIO AMD Radeon
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 alongside with Windows 8 (UEFI). Brightness controls are not working, neither from keyboard shortcut nor Settings -> Brightness and Lock.
I also tried editing grub file, but ...
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I am having problem with Sony Vaio-sve151a11w GPU card 7650. Using dual boot with windows
I haven't got correct drivers for my 7650M HD Radeon graphics card.
Whenever I watch any movie in default media player of ubuntu or vlc it flickers badly. It flickers even more in full screen mode. ...
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How to use xbacklight with brightness keys in a VAIO
I have a Sony VAIO VPCCW15FL, with Ubuntu 12.04 installed.
Sadly, the brightness keys do not work out of the box, although the brightness meter reacts to the brightness up/down keypresses.
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Ubuntu 12.04.2 not booting on a Sony Vaio Laptop
I have a Sony Vaio E series laptop with UEFI due to which I was unable to install Ubutnu 12.04 on it, and installing the latest 12.10 was giving me brightness issues in which Fn key combination to ...
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Sony Vaio brightness [Radeon 7500M/7600M Series] in ubuntu 12.10
I need help. I bought a Sony Vaio with windows 7 preinstalled. :_(
Now I have a lot of problem to install ubuntu, but Yo fuí capaz de and installed ubuntu, but now I dont work the brightness.
With ...
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Battery charging/discharging state Ubuntu 12.04.2
My laptop show that i'm running on battery even when i'm connected to a power outlet. The charger is working fine. Double checked the charger on Windows and on another laptop of same model.
Looking ...
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No sound on Sony Vaio after update to Ubutu 12.04
After an update to Unbuntu 12.04, the sound is now off. With Rhythmbox, I can barely
hear the songs playing with the headphones connected, but nothing with the internal
speakers.
I have a Sony Vaio ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 grub error on sony vaio z
I am new Linux user and I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.04.2 amd64 on my sony vaio z. However, there is an error at the end of the installation process in which the boot loader was not located. ...
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Problems with Touchpad after updating Cairo
(still rough translation)
I have a Sony Vaio vgn-aw180fu with Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin. Everything was fine, until I opened a terminal to install cairo updates that the Update Center wouldn't ...
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Boot Problem on Sont Vaio Laptop with AMD Ati radeon graphics
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit version on my Sony Vaio laptop after deciding I didn't want windows 7 home premium anymore. I originally booted the set up program for Ubuntu by extracting the ...
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Sony Vaio E series wired network disconnection problem on Ubuntu 12.04
I have a Sony Vaio E-14115 with dual boot - Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04.
I have a weird problem with my wired connection. The connection gets frequently disconnected when I'm on battery power (no ...
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Unable to connect to external server(s) on port 22, but _only_ when plugged into power
This is a fairly bizarre issue for me! I've been having trouble connecting to a few servers via ssh. The problem was intermittent, and I was pulling my hair out trying to narrow down the cause. It ...
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I bought a new battery and Ubuntu 12.10 isn't recognizing it
I inherited my mom's old laptop and installed Ubuntu over top of Vista, so now it is purely Ubuntu.
Her old battery only lasted about 10 minutes, so it had to be plugged in all the time, which I ...
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Booting Ubuntu 12.04 from a USB fails on my VAIO
I have already set everything up in BIOS to look for the USB first. However, when it tries to use the USB, the VAIO symbol just keeps appearing and dissappearing. So far I have tried two different ...
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Am I using IDE or AHCI?
I recently installed an SSD in my laptop, but according to what I've read AHCI mode is preferable to IDE mode for SATA drives, something that is set in the computer's BIOS. However, I don't have any ...
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Ubuntu not working in vaio
I followed the as said for my vaio with radeon HD 7550M (Win 8 pre-installed). Now i am unable to access ubuntu any way. The only way i could access is through recovery menu and in terminal mode. I ...
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Ubuntu 12.04.1 live CD doesn't work on Sony Vaio E series HD 7650M, black screen
Ubuntu 12.04.1 amd64 live CD (or Ubuntu 12.04.1 amd64 LTS installed on HDD from alternate CD) doesn't start completely on Sony Vaio E series with AMD Radeon HD 7650M (2 GB).
I've tried nomodeset and ...
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Alternate Installing Ubuntu 12.04 on new Vaio svz (RAID0)
I am attempting to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit on my brand new Vaio SVZ laptop. I am using alternate installer, since the machine has a RAID0 SSD (fake raid?).
After activating ATA RAID, ...
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Can't get finger print reader working on Sony Vaio
I have a Sony Vaio vgn-sr13mn-B running Ubuntu 12.04. My problem is that I cant get my fingerprint scanner to work. Can anyone help.
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Brightness controls are not working in sony vaio with amd radeon hd 7650
I have a Sony Vaio SVE15116EN with AMD Radeon HD 7650 graphics card. I am currently using Ubuntu 12.10. My brightness controls are not working but sound controls are working fine. I have also tried ...
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Newly installed ubuntu feels slow
About two years ago I first tried Ubuntu (11.04) on my sony vaio fw11e and I remember that I was impressed by how smoothly everything just worked out of the box. For different reasons i reverted back ...
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Sony Vaio VPCCW - Brightness Changes automatically when using browser
Screen brightness changes automatically when I am using my browser. There is question about this matter but it is closed for being too specific . I think this is a general issue about Sony Vaio ...
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Touchscreen and digitizer not working on Sony Vaio Duo 11
I have a Sony VAIO Duo 11 (SVD112...) which features both multi-touch and stylus input. However, booting up Ubuntu 12.10 gives me
no stylus reaction
touch input works very strange: when I touch with ...
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Ubuntu does not detect my VAIO webcam
I've installed Ubuntu 12.10. I'm using a Sony VAIO VGN-FE52B laptop which I bought in Japan. Since I installed Ubuntu (and accidentally overwrote the VISTA recovery partition) I have not been able to ...
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My VAiO VGN-CS 118E Touch sensor not working?
Hello I just Installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my VAiO VGN-CS 118E and everything looks good and stable till now except the Touch sensor A/V Controls Not working and if i touched them the laptop freezes and ...
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Disable keyboard backlight on Sony Vaio SVE14 [duplicate]
I've read a lot about using the following file to deactivate the backlight but for me it just doesn't exist:
/sys/devices/platform/sony-laptop/kbd_backlight
The sony-laptop folder exists though.
Is ...
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Brightness Control Keys on Sony Vaio not working on 12.10
Hi everyone i'm having a problem that for what i have seen its very common with the latest version of ubuntu.
So I updated my graphics drivers on my laptop to the latest nvidia ones but now my ...
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Installing on a Vaio S
I have a new Vaio S 15" with Windows 8 pre-installed and UEFI. It had both Intel on-board graphics and nVidia discrete graphics. Installing Ubuntu has turned into a nightmare.
Installing from Live ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit boots live CD but can't install on Sony Vaio SVS1511
I need some help.
During install first steps ubuntu installer stops during HDD detection.(just before he asks about install side by side with win).
It is a 750gb seagate with UEFI system and win 7 64 ...
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Controlling Brightness in Sony Vaio SVE151A11W |Not Working|
Disclaimer First:
I have gone thorugh these following threads here and followed all of
their advice but none of them worked
Brightness Control Problem on Sony VAIO with NVIDIA GT-320M
unable to ...
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Bluetooth is not working in Ubuntu 12.10
I have a Sony Vaio VPCEH35EN and yesterday I installed Ubuntu 12.10. Bluetooth is not working, can anyone help me please?
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Sony Vaio VGN-CS118E touch sensor A/V doesn't work on ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I get media keys working on my keyboard?
I have been using ubuntu on my Vaio labtop for quit a while now, but I couldn't figure out how to get these touch ...
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Are Windows partitions gone?
I had Windows 7 on my laptop (factory setting), because of some performance issues, I decided to use recovery options to restore it to its factory condition but I don't know what has happened or what ...
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Failed to upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10
This error prevents the system from upgrading to a newer version of Ubuntu, what is causing it?
W: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/natty/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found
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Sony VAIO E Series - SVE15129CGB with ATI 7570 HD: Screen Brightness Adjustment
I have been running Ubuntu for a long time now! But since I installed it on my VAIO I just can't adjust the brightness. The Fn button does not work (although it does work for the volume adjustment), ...
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Bluethooth doesn't work on Ubuntu 12.10
I've Sony Vaio E Series laptop VPCEH3AEA, while I was installing Ubuntu 12.10, the bluetooth worked well.
After finishing the installation process, there was a problem that when I tried to activate ...
