ubuntu on vpcz1

[CaNuCk92]

Is Windows 7 stable out of the box? What about the various issues like wake-timers that turn on your computer for no reason, or services that defragment your SSD?

Yes windows 7 is very stable, havent had 1 problem so far, about 1.5 months since i got it and 5+ hours a day

you can turn those off easily in the Vaio Control Center

[tanukichu]

One problem for me - keyboard and touchpad won't work every few boots, I can't see any pattern to that or any problem in the logs. Anyone has the same issue?

Yes, i have the very same issue! with ubuntu 10.04 was much more frequent than 10.10. this is my kernel line
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nosplash nomodeset i8042.nopnp i8043.nopnp"

i wonder whether putting i8042.nopnp=1 is different than i8042.nopnp...

[Jasman]

try "i8042.reset i8042.nomux i8042.nopnp i8042.noloop"
(leave out the "=1"s)

That's all I'm adding, and 10.10's working fine, but I also boot with graphics static and the switch on speed.

Yes, i have the very same issue! with ubuntu 10.04 was much more frequent than 10.10. this is my kernel line
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nosplash nomodeset i8042.nopnp i8043.nopnp"

i wonder whether putting i8042.nopnp=1 is different than i8042.nopnp...

[Bommel87]

Running 11.04 now. Works flawless on Intel graphics. (with BIOS hack) I am still trying to get the ambient light sensor and the fingerprint reader working.

Rest is fine.

[EDIT]: Ok, set up the fingerprint reader with the tool Fingerprint GUI, see:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...=www.google.de

[ghrh]

Have you tried the function keys? And nvidia brightness control?

[Bommel87]

I am only using the Intel graphics. All function keys are working.

[shurcooL]

Stupid bios hack requirement. >,>

[heringcheng]

I want to run Ubuntu/Fedora natively as the host operating system and run the Windows 7 that comes with my Z as a guest OS in a virtual machine. Has anyone done that? The Recovery DVD does not work to boot the VM. How can I get a copy of Windows 7 without paying for it again?

[shurcooL]

Why is it I can't see page 20 of this thread? It sends me back to page 19...

Edit: Ok, now it's showing there are only 19 pages... It used to say 20 earlier.

[arth1]

I want to run Ubuntu/Fedora natively as the host operating system and run the Windows 7 that comes with my Z as a guest OS in a virtual machine. Has anyone done that? The Recovery DVD does not work to boot the VM. How can I get a copy of Windows 7 without paying for it again?

The version of Windows 7 that comes with the Z is an OEM version, and is only licensed to run directly on the VAIO hardware. Even if you used something like Ghost to convert an installed Windows partition to a VMware image, and ran that, or if you manually configured VMware Workstation to use a raw disk and boot the installed Windows image, Windows would detect the hardware change and demand re-activation, and a new key.
So in short, you need to pony up for a full Windows license.