Questions tagged [vaio]
This tag is for questions where the computer(s) involved belong to the Sony VAIO brand.
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Sony Vaio Fn Keys not working
I have installed xubuntu 14.04 on an old sony vaio (vgn fs35gp model) and none of the FN + F keys are functioning (volume ,brightness etc).
Xev doesnt give any outputs when Fn key is pressed. ...
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How do I turn off the backlight on my keyboard? (2011 sony vaio PCG-41217N laptop)
This question exists for some other sony vaio laptop models (without answer); I haven't yet seen an answer for the sony vaio PCG-41217N laptop.
The suggestion to execute xset led off doesn't disable ...
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What values can kbd_backlight files take? [duplicate]
I wish to turn off my keyboard backlight, and I have discovered the files kbd_backlight and kbd_backlight_timeout in /sys/devices/platform/sony-laptop. Both say '-1' when opened in gedit. What values ...
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USB 2.0 ports don't work on Sony VAIO S series laptop
I have a Sony VAIO S-series laptop running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. My USB 3.0 port works but my two USB 2.0 ports do not work.
I've read through this thread but could not find a solution to my problem. All ...
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Dual boot Ubuntu 16.04 + Windows 7 UEFI — GRUB menu doesn't appear
I have a Sony VAIO PC (specifically, model SVS1511T9ES), with original Windows 7 Pro installed. I tried to install Ubuntu 16.04 for dual-boot setup, but every time I reboot, I'm only getting Windows; ...
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Can I install Ubuntu 14.04 on Sony VAIO computers with UEFI?
I have a Sony VAIO SVF14213CLB laptop, with a Core i3 64-bit processor. This computer has UEFI security, and I want to install Ubuntu 14.04. I want to know if the hardware is compatible with Ubuntu.
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Installing and Only Using Radeon HD 6630M on VAIO VPC-CB15F
At the moment my Sony VAIO VPC-CB15F is using only my integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 graphics card with the "X.org X server - AMD/ATI display driver wrapper from xserver-xorg-video-ati" drivers, ...
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Touchpad Freezing on a Sony VAIO VPCF22S1E
I have a Sony VAIO VPCF22S1E. I just upgraded from 11.04 to 11.10 . While upgrading (on downloading packages step) I lost my internet connection and 2-3 minutes later it resumed. I continued to ...
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How do I permanently disable my touchscreen on Sony VAIO
I recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 on my Sony Vaio SVP1322X2EB.
It's working great only I noticed that the touchscreen (which is enabled by default) affects my battery life. I don't use it, so now I ...
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Do kernel downgrades to fix power regressions in newer kernels?
I am currently running Natty with kernel 2.6.38-8-generic on a VAIO laptop running ATI Mobile Radeon and a Core i5 CPU. I was wondering if it were possible to downgrade from kernel 2.6.38-8 to ...
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Overheating on VAIO SB36
I have Ubuntu 12.04 on my VAIO SB36 and it overheats and the fan speed is at max. How should I fix it?
System Specs:
Intel® Core™ i5-2430M CPU
Unknown graphic detects! (it's both intel and ATI 6470M)...
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Sony Vaio Pro Duo 13 SDIO Broadcom BCM43241 Not Recognized
For the solution skip to the very bottom of this post. Keeping all track changes for anyone else looking for this.
I've decided since the original post is no longer updated, I'm going to start a new ...
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Can only have either WiFi or Bluetooth active
Since upgrading to Ubuntu 13.10, (currently installed 14.04) activating bluetooth makes my wireless extremely slow (halt). I managed to fix the problem recently with the help of this topic:
Wifi slows ...
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How to turn backlight off | Sony vaio | Ubuntu Trusty
How to turn the keyboard back-light off for sony-vaio laptop.
I have tried most of the methods described on the forum but to no avail.
My laptop is sony-vaio SVE15117FNB.
And I am using Ubuntu 14.04....
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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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Why nvidiabl module is not working in precise?
I've just installed nvidiabl module from https://github.com/downloads/guillaumezin/nvidiabl/nvidiabl-dkms_0.74_all.deb and screen brightness still is not changing.
I have NVIDIA G210M, Precise amd64, ...
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Wireless network cannot be enabled for Sony VAIO E series [closed]
I cannot use the wireless network from my Sony VAIO E series laptop. My OS is Ubuntu 12.04.
Please help.
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Unable to access BIOS [closed]
I switched to Ubuntu a while back and over time entropy and inexperience lead to a bunch of redundant applications, a very messy directory tree and general slowness. I figured rather than upgrade to ...
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Monitor connected to HDMI port does not work
I have installed Ubuntu on my old Sony VAIO. Works fine and is quick enough but external monitor via HDMI port does not work. External monitor via VGA port works fine and I can even change the picture ...