Installing SuSE Linux 10.0 on VAIO PCG-FX776

Last updated: October 14, 2006

General Hardware Specifications of VAIO PCG-FX776:

Hardware Components	Status under Linux	Notes
Mobile Intel Pentium III 700 MHz	Works	No special procedure required during installation.
LCD 14,1" XGA TFT	Works	Select Generic LCD Display in Installer 1024x768@60MHz
Graphics 3D Intel 815 EM	Works	No special procedure required during installation
512MB, SDRAM, 2DIMMs	Works	No special procedure required during installation
60 GB Hard Drive	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Modular Floppy Drive	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Integrated Network Card	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Internal 56k Modem	Works??	Drivers available in linuxant
24X Max Variable CD-ROM Drive	Works	No special procedure required during installation
8X Max Variable DVD-ROM Drive	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Ni-Cadmium Battery	Works	No special procedure required during installation
snd-intel8x0 VAIO PCG-FX403	Works	No special procedure required if using Kernel 2.6.x.

This laptop is operating under Kernel version linux 2.6.13-15.12-default

Basic Installation of SuSE Linux 10.0:

Thanks to YaST is so easy to configure this laptop, specially if you want to use the synaptic mouse, and all the "sony" features that are included in this laptop in no more than 20 minutes after the installation.
You may obtain this distro here SuSE 10.0 OSS ftp
or you may obtain the latest version here
Installing
Just after the install you must adjust monitor using SaX2 to LCD generic 1024x768@60MHz

Unresolved issues

Computer halts suddenly because KPowersave detects overheating, at least it is not so much frequent, I do not know what is wrong.
KDE battery meter doesn't function correctly

Configuration Files

Here you are going to find technical information:

You'll get this technical information with lspci

linux #lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and Memory Controller Hub (rev 11)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82815 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 11)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BAM IDE U100 (rev 03)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 03)
00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Modem (rev 03)
01:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AA22 IEEE-1394 Controller (PHY/Link Integrated) (rev 02)
01:02.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 80)
01:02.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 80)
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller (rev 03)

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