HARDWARE Sony VGN-FS500

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[edit] General

This is a recollecton of my experience installing and running Gentoo on Sony's fabulous FS500.

Contact: lsimon at commoner dot com

[edit] Current Status

  • What isn't working... yet
    • Memory stick slot
    • Modem (not even tried!)

[edit] BIOS

You may reach the AMI-BIOS with F2. When hitting ESC you can choose between HD, DVD/CD-ROM, and a removable device to boot

[edit] Video

Relevant hardware:

  • Video card: Nvidia GeForce Go 6200
  • 15.4" WXGA TFT screen (native resolution 1280 x 800)

[edit] Console

For framebuffer support use the VESAFB-TNG driver. For instructions on installing FrameBuffer and BootSplash read:

File: grub.conf 
title  Gentoo Linux 2.6.12
root (hd0,1)
kernel /bzImage-2.6.12 root=/dev/hda4 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap,1280x800-16@60 splash=silent,theme:livecd-2005.0 quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1
initrd (hd0,1)/fbsplash-livecd-1024x768

[edit] Xorg

Xorg works fine. Some xorg.conf settings:

File: xorg.conf :: Touchpad 
 # Touchpad - Synaptics driver
Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Synaptics"
    Driver      "synaptics"
    Option      "Device"                "/dev/psaux"
    Option      "Protocol"              "auto-dev"
    Option      "LeftEdge"              "1700"
    Option      "RightEdge"             "5300"
    Option      "TopEdge"               "1700"
    Option      "BottomEdge"            "4200"
    Option      "FingerLow"             "25"
    Option      "Fingertop"             "30"
    Option      "MaxTapTime"            "180"
    Option      "MAxTapMove"            "220"
    Option      "VertScrollDelta"       "100"
    Option      "MinSpeed"              "0.06"
    Option      "MaxSpeed"              "0.12"
    Option      "AceelFactor"           "0.0010"
    Option      "SHMConfig"             "on"
    Option      "RTCornerButton"        "2"
EndSection
File: xorg.conf :: Video 
Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "nvidia"
        VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
        #VideoRam       128000 - I'd love to know what to really put here!
        BoardName   "GeForce Go 6200"
        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
File: xorg.conf :: LCD 
Some of these options are key to getting the widescreen to work, well that and the nvidia driver!
Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "Monitor Model"
        Option           "dpms"
        HorizSync    31.5-90
        Option  "Ignore EDID" "1"
        Modeline "1280x800"  83.46  1280 1344 1480 1680  800 801 804 828  -HSync +
Vsync

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