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    Unhappy Re: Need Lots of Graphic Help Sony Vaio CW

    Quote Originally Posted by tgui View Post
    I have a similar sony cw laptop with the 330M GPU.

    You'll need to pull your EDID while in windows. EDID data describes the capability of your LCD screen. Problem with the current NVIDIA drivers is that they can't pull this data for some reason and consequently your LCD doesn't work.


    1) Pull EDID in Windows. Most say to use the softmccs program but frankly this doesn't work in Windows 7. Not an option. Use Phoenix EDID Designer 1.3. (attached)

    http://www.tucows.com/preview/329441


    2) Place EDID raw file in /etc/X11 . Name it something like sonyedid.bin

    3) Install nvidia drivers from restricted drivers list.

    4) Alter xorg.conf to include edid bin refrence as seen below.

    5) Note, this xorg file is now setup to enable your Nvidia drivers to detect external HDMI and CRT monitors.


    Code:
    Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Layout0"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Module"
        Load           "dbe"
        Load           "extmod"
        Load           "type1"
        Load           "freetype"
        Load           "glx"
    EndSection
    
    Section "ServerFlags"
        Option         "Xinerama" "0"
    EndSection
    
    Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier     "Mouse0"
        Driver         "mouse"
        Option         "Protocol" "auto"
        Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
        Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    EndSection
    
    Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier     "Keyboard0"
        Driver         "kbd"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Monitor"
        Identifier     "Monitor0"
        VendorName     "Unknown"
        ModelName      "Nvidia Default Flat Panel"
        HorizSync       29.0 - 47.0
        VertRefresh     0.0 - 61.0
        Option         "DPMS"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Device"
        Identifier     "Device0"
        Driver         "nvidia"
        VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
        BoardName      "GeForce GT 330M"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Screen"
        Identifier     "Screen0"
        Device         "Device0"
        Monitor        "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth    24
        Option         "TwinView" "0"
        Option         "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
        Option         "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-0,DFP-1,CRT"
        Option         "CustomEDID" "DFP-0:/etc/X11/sonyedid.bin"
        SubSection     "Display"
            Depth       24
        EndSubSection
    EndSection

    Ive attached my EDID bin for a sony vaio CW with 1600x900 graphics.

    -E-


    Last month I bought new Sony CW series same as with the configuration show in your thread above... yesterday i have downloaded the Ubuntu10.04 x64bit edit and created a CD from the ISO file... as instructed I have placed the CD in the drive and restarted the laptop to install Ubuntu.. but, after first screen (which has two icons at the bottom) the screen turned blank and nothing was displayed.. I don't know who to continue further.. Please could you help me..

    Thank you
    Manohar

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    Re: Need Lots of Graphic Help Sony Vaio CW

    I have the same problem, Ubuntu 10.04 just goes to black screen. Live CD or Install Ubuntu now both don't work at all.

    I should say also that the last Beta worked Live CD wise, and it even worked fine and dandy until I activated the proprietary NVIDIA drivers.

    I also have the the 1600 x 900 screen. I haven't tried all of the other video outputs, I know VGA out with the laptop open didn't work at all either. I was thinking about trying to close the laptop and try the HDMI out also.

    Any and all help would be tremendous. I was really looking forward to geeking out on some Linux and enjoying my very nice hardware. The model number if it matters: VPCCW27FX

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    Re: Need Lots of Graphic Help Sony Vaio CW

    I have the same problem, managed to install it using the alternate install cd, but the screen still goes black on boot. Right after nouveau puts up some messages that I can't read that fast. I think disabling nouveau might at least return it to the way that 9.10 used to work with the custom edid.

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    Re: Need Lots of Graphic Help Sony Vaio CW

    I finally got 10.04 working on my cw. To install it I hooked up my laptop to an external monitor using the vga port and everything showed up on the external monitor during the install. after the reboot everything still showed up on the external monitor (sony screen was still blank). I installed the nvidia drivers (this blacklists the nouveau stuff). Then I had to edit my xorg.conf file the same way that you do in 9.10 and after reboot the sony screen started working again.

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    Re: Need Lots of Graphic Help Sony Vaio CW

    in my VCCW26FG the phoenix extracted different type of file with .dat extension
    with some warning that this is not an up to date version of edid file
    look like below:

    EDID BYTES:
    0x 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
    ------------------------------------------------
    00 | 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 4D D9 FA 06 00 00 00 00
    10 | 2D 0C 01 03 90 1F 11 00 EA A8 E0 99 57 4B 92 25
    20 | 1C 50 54 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
    30 | 01 01 01 01 01 01 40 38 40 F6 63 84 13 30 52 52
    40 | 66 50 36 AE 10 00 00 18 00 00 00 FC 00 4E 76 69
    50 | 64 69 61 20 44 65 66 61 75 6C 00 00 00 FC 00 74
    60 | 20 46 6C 61 74 20 50 61 6E 65 6C 00 00 00 00 FD
    70 | 00 00 3D 1D 38 0B 00 00 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 48

    I try to rename it with .bin extension and put it under /etc/x11/ and reconfigure the xorg.conf after activate nvidia recommended driver

    After restarting the machine the screen blinking... look terrible and divided into 4 horizontal identical section

    Do you have solution for this kind of problem tgui?

    btw. The ubuntu installed on my system is lucid lynx amd64

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    Re: Need Lots of Graphic Help Sony Vaio CW

    Quote Originally Posted by Yap Siauw Soen Gie View Post
    in my VCCW26FG the phoenix extracted different type of file with .dat extension
    with some warning that this is not an up to date version of edid file
    look like below:

    EDID BYTES:
    0x 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
    ------------------------------------------------
    00 | 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 4D D9 FA 06 00 00 00 00
    10 | 2D 0C 01 03 90 1F 11 00 EA A8 E0 99 57 4B 92 25
    20 | 1C 50 54 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
    30 | 01 01 01 01 01 01 40 38 40 F6 63 84 13 30 52 52
    40 | 66 50 36 AE 10 00 00 18 00 00 00 FC 00 4E 76 69
    50 | 64 69 61 20 44 65 66 61 75 6C 00 00 00 FC 00 74
    60 | 20 46 6C 61 74 20 50 61 6E 65 6C 00 00 00 00 FD
    70 | 00 00 3D 1D 38 0B 00 00 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 48

    I try to rename it with .bin extension and put it under /etc/x11/ and reconfigure the xorg.conf after activate nvidia recommended driver

    After restarting the machine the screen blinking... look terrible and divided into 4 horizontal identical section

    Do you have solution for this kind of problem tgui?

    btw. The ubuntu installed on my system is lucid lynx amd64
    I had that graphical problem when I did not have my edid file installed in xorg. I attached my edid.bin file. Let me know if it works for you. I extracted it from my windows partition using softmccs or something like that, so if you don't trust my upload maybe try using that program. I don't have my xorg.conf file on hand but if this doesn't help maybe you can post urs,
    Attached Files Attached Files

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    Re: Need Lots of Graphic Help Sony Vaio CW

    thanks polishkid... unfortunately softmccs won't work on 64 bit system, that is why i use phoenix instead
    not yet try some edid created by other that i already downloaded included yours...
    just worry because of my ubuntu system also have 64 bit configuration either.

    but again thanks for your kindness

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    Re: Need Lots of Graphic Help Sony Vaio CW

    Quote Originally Posted by Yap Siauw Soen Gie View Post
    thanks polishkid... unfortunately softmccs won't work on 64 bit system, that is why i use phoenix instead
    not yet try some edid created by other that i already downloaded included yours...
    just worry because of my ubuntu system also have 64 bit configuration either.

    but again thanks for your kindness
    I used softmccs on a windows 7 professional x64 system. I'm not sure why people are saying that it doesnt work on x64 system but it worked for mine. I am running ubuntu 10.04 x64 as well with that edid file.

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    Re: Need Lots of Graphic Help Sony Vaio CW

    yeeehawwwwwww

    Finally I did it

    I open your EDID file with a hex editor (ghex), coincidentally I saw that your EDID exactly have the same sum number in hex as what phoenix already shown above 16x8 or 128 hex number.
    ... and then I edited them one by one to match what the phoenix program already extracted for me and save it as SNY06FA.bin

    - logout then login as root and put the copy of SNY06FA.bin to /etc/x11/
    - Go online to the internet....
    - get the nvidia driver from System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers
    - remove the nomodeset word from /etc/default/grub which has been suggested for me here
    - open /etc/x11/xorg.conf with gedit and replace the content as tgui's code above:

    Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "Layout0"
    Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    EndSection

    Section "Module"
    Load "dbe"
    Load "extmod"
    Load "type1"
    Load "freetype"
    Load "glx"
    EndSection

    Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "Xinerama" "0"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Mouse0"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "Protocol" "auto"
    Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Keyboard0"
    Driver "kbd"
    EndSection

    Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Monitor0"
    VendorName "Unknown"
    ModelName "Nvidia Default Flat Panel"
    HorizSync 29.0 - 47.0
    VertRefresh 0.0 - 61.0
    Option "DPMS"
    EndSection

    Section "Device"
    Identifier "Device0"
    Driver "nvidia"
    VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName "GeForce GT 330M"
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device "Device0"
    Monitor "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    Option "TwinView" "0"
    Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-0,DFP-1,CRT"
    Option "CustomEDID" "DFP-0:/etc/X11/SNY06FA.bin"
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 24
    EndSubSection
    EndSection
    - reboot... and voila... here i am with 1600 x 900 ; 59.94 hz resolution

    Thank you to all of you here

    btw. below I attach my edid file as your request polishkid
    Attached Files Attached Files
    Last edited by Yap Siauw Soen Gie; May 12th, 2010 at 04:23 PM.

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    Re: Need Lots of Graphic Help Sony Vaio CW

    Valew cara, funcionou perfeitamente.



    Obrigado.

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