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Model	SUSE Linux version	Hardware Support							Remark:
Model	SUSE Linux version	Video	Sound	Ethernet	Wireless	Bluetooth	Power Management	Other	Remark:
PCG-GRZ614G	10.2 Final	ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 (3D and Doublehead)	(midi: timidity)	100/10 MB		wlan:; firewire	sony_acpi	USB scanned and working, sonypi driver loaded
PCG-K35	10.0 Beta3	OK, Braille Screen	, still trying to resolve	100/MB FD			Suspend to RAM	USB scanned and working. Logitech media mouse working, sonypi driver loaded
PCG-U3	10.0 Beta1	3D	(turn up PhoneOut to hear something)	(installation via PXE, too)			Suspend to RAM: ; Suspend to Disk: remove ohci-hcd from initrd (/etc/sysconfig/kernel), otherwise USB will not work after resume	sonypi driver loaded automatically, jog dial works
VGN-A517M	10.2 Final	ATI Mobility Radeon X600		100/10 MB		wlan:; firewire	sony_acpi	USB scanned and working, sonypi driver loaded
VGN-B99GP	10.2 Final	Using default Intel binary 3D (it's just as crap as in windows, though)	, BUT you have to goto KMix, switches and DISABLE external amplifier to work (or GNOME equiv)	, Default drivers	, device found and configurable; UNTESTED		Suspend to disk Intel Speed-Step Suspend to RAM	Memory Stick PRO Firewire (detected) Modem (no dial-up to test; drivers installed) KDE 1400x1050 resolution Touchpad 100%	Function keys for brightness/sound work *Brightness* has some bugs (can only adjust one level, sticks to near-max). KEYBOARD ERRORS, not all keys will map right. Results expandable to most B-series VAIO's.
VGN-BX194	10.2	(3D ok)	(great on jacklab)				sony_acpi ok	Haven't try EmpKernel for Biotmetry [1]	Memory Stick, Biometric and Webcam
VGN-C140F	10.2 Final	Using included Intel driver (3D Works out of the box)					Not probed	USB Touchpad Memory Stick Port 56K modem
VGN-C25G	11.0 Final 64-bit	Using default or Nvidia proprietary driver					Suspend 2 RAM Suspend 2 Disk Screen brightness	MemoryStick ExpressCard/Card reader Fn keys (mute/volume only) Touchpad Modem	Touchpad needs manual configuration, great notes here.
VGN-FE670G	10.2 Final	Using included Intel driver	(increase "PCM" volume in Kmix to hear sounds)				Suspend to Disk Suspend to RAM (might need to use same settings as VGN-FS115Z below) Auto screen brightness via KPowersave	USB Touchpad Memory Stick Fn keys 56K modem S1 & S2 buttons	1280x800 is available at 46Hz but it looks great, hardware mute and volume buttons work, XGL transparency works out of the box
VGN-FE880E/H	10.2 Final 64-bit	Fine with the standard drivers	Sound volume is low to begin with using ALSA	Works fine with the default drivers	works after loading the updated 3945 driver and firmware		Suspend to Disk Suspend to RAM	USB memory sticks USB exernal disk drives Modem - not checked but probably OK Touchpad Logitech USB Mouse Memeory sticks (none to test) Build in camera built in mic	Function buttons for volume and mute work OK. Screen resolution of 1280x800 looks good. Haven't tried mapping the Fn keys or loading the sonypi driver This should work with the FE890N/H model as well.
VGN-FJ290	10.2 Final
VGN-FS115Z	10.1 Final	2D (see remark) 3D (using Nvidia proprietary driver)	(in KMix, select "Front" as master channel)				Suspend to Disk (out of the box) Suspend to RAM (set SUSPEND2RAM_FORCE to "yes" and SUSPEND2RAM_ACPI_SLEEP to "2" in /etc/powersave/sleep) Screen brightness (tested via KPowersave)	USB Touchpad Memory Stick Fn keys 56K modem	Manually set LCD 1280x800@60Hz (YAST > Hardware > Graphic Card and Monitor)
VGN-FS215E	10.3 Final	Using Intel 915 GM driver with 3D					KPowerSave Suspend to RAM not out of box anyway suspend to disk screen brightness	X auto set up works correctly (1200x800) touchpad no setup for Fn keys or S1, S2. WiFi switch hotplugs OK	upgrade from 10.2 was problem for X due to new file locations. Max volume set by volume settings in Windoze
VGN-FS215M	10.0 Final	Using Nvidia proprietary driver					Suspend to Disk; screen brightness works	The X resolution has to be set manually (1200x800, non-standard); touchpad works perfectly
VGN-FS25GP	10.2 Final	Using default or Nvidia proprietary driver					Suspend does not work out of the box Screen brightness (tested via KPowersave) USB	The X resolution has to be set manually (1200x800, non-standard); touchpad works perfectly
VGN-FS315S	10.1 Final	Using Nvidia proprietary driver					Suspend to Disk and Suspend to RAM; Screen brightness works(powersave -k and -K)	Manually setting LCD 1280x800@60Hz works fine; touchpad works	Haven't got the FN keys working yet (needs sonyacpi)
VGN-FS415M	10.0 Final	Ok with default driver but no 3D available and other usefull video options. For these you have to download and use Nvidia proprietary driver	Front Sound works with FN keys too			To use bluetooth modems (like cell modems) you have to manually bind rfcomm device	Suspend to Disk and Suspend to RAM; Screen brightness works either with powersave -k and -K and with FN keys (in order to use FN keys you have to compile the following packages: fsfn, xosd, patched sony_acpi)	Manually setting LCD 1280x800@60Hz works fine; touchpad works; soft modem works (you have to install hsfmodem)	with hsfmodem, suspend to disk doesn't work
VGN-FS415M	10.1 Final	Ok with default driver but no 3D available and other usefull video options. For these you have to download and use Nvidia proprietary driver	Front Sound works with FN keys too			To use bluetooth modems (like cell modems) you have to manually bind rfcomm device	Suspend to Disk and Suspend to RAM; Screen brightness works either with powersave -k and -K and with FN keys (in order to use FN keys you have to compile the following packages: fsfn, xosd, patched sony_acpi)	Manually setting LCD 1280x800@60Hz works fine; touchpad works; soft modem works (you have to install hsfmodem)	with hsfmodem, suspend to disk doesn't work
VGN-FS415S	10.1 Final	Using Nvidia proprietary driver					Suspend to Disk and Suspend to RAM; work with nvidia driver 1.0-8762 Screen brightness FN keys (sony_acpi & fsfn)	Manually setting LCD 1280x800@60Hz works fine; touchpad works	Sony Memorystick Reader
VGN-FS630W	10.2 Final	Using drivers supplied by openSUSE; 3D works with Intel 910				Flawless with Encore USB Dongle	Suspend to Disk; Suspend to RAM	Manually setting LCD 1280x800@60Hz; touchpad works (see remark)	Sony Memorystick Reader; Modem; touchpad too sensitive;
VGN-FW11*	11.1	ATI Mobility Radeon HD3470 Using radeonhd driver without 3D acceleration	Need to put "options snd-hda-intel model=sony-assamd" in /etc/modprobe.d/sound				Suspend to RAM Suspend to Disk Screen brightness	Firewire Webcam Modem Card reader ExpressCard	Touchpad needs manual configuration
VGN-FZ21*	11.1	NVIDIA 8400M GT Using Nvidia proprietary driver	Need to put "options snd-hda-intel model=vaio enable=1 index=0 position_fix=1" in /etc/modprobe.d/sound				Suspend to RAM Suspend to Disk Screen brightness	Firewire Webcam Modem Card reader	more info here
VGN-S270P	9.2 10.0 10.2 10.3 11.0 11.1	Display @1280x800. 3D working by default since 11.0, using open source Radeon driver, but only truly usable for some apps (e.g. GoogleEarth) since 11.1				No built-in Bluetooth, but a USB dongle works fine	Suspend to Disk (only after unloading Linuxant HSF modem driver using 'hsfstop' command) Suspend to RAM Screen brightness and function key controllers improved from 9.2 thru 10.3, but got progressively worse since 11.0 to being non-existent or non-configurable now - haven't found an adequate workaround; spicctrl no longer seems to work	Memory Stick slot finally works in 11.1 under KDE4. Just stick it in and Device Notifier pops up. Yay. 56k modem (using paid-for Linuxant driver; free 14k version available; under openSUSE 11.0 (not 11.1) it requires additional ALSA driver) Firewire (not tested) PCMCIA (not tested)	Managed to reconfigure touchpad to have full scroll and double-click functionality; see this post.
VGN-S360	10.2	Using ATI's driver	(set kmixer to control PCM)				Suspend to RAM	Touchpad Function Keys Screen Brightness Memory Stick Reader Firewire Modem	Must turn off console framebuffer to get suspend to disk working, model is not on the suspend whitelist. By default, touchpad sensitivity was off the charts. Results expandable to VGN-S360P and most probably VGN-S270 and similar.
VGN-S560P	10.0 Final	Using Nvidia proprietary driver					Suspend to Disk; Screen brightness does not work - sonypi loads and brightness values change, but lcd does not change brightness	The X resolution has to be set manually (1680x1050 with LCD monitor); touchpad works perfectly	Fn-Keys don't work...looking for keyboard watcher daemon
VGN-S5HP	10.2 Final	Using OpenSuse suplied driver					Suspend to Disk; Screen brightness does not work - sonypi loads and brightness values change, but lcd does not change brightness	Sound control needs to be forced on PCM	Does not auto power off after the "halt"
VGN-T1XP	10.0	(using Intel binary driver; 3D untested)					Suspend to RAM: (needs Kernel parameter acpi_sleep=s3_bios,s3_mode); Suspend to Disk:	Hard disc will remain shut down for about 90s after wake from RAM due to IRQ restart problem. During that time system will hang but will then resume fine.
VGN-T2XP	10.1	(using Intel binary driver; 3D untested)					sony_acpi driver works for controlling backlight		Excellent notes here
VGN-TZ31WN	11.0 Final	Using included intel driver (2D/3D/1366x768)		100/10 MB			(Set S2RAM_OPTS="-f", as laptop is not whitelisted yet)	Motion Eye Webcam FN keys (update hal-info from git) WWAN (just needs to be powered on, check sony_laptop module) Fingerprint Reader (libfprint git works though) USB/Firewire
VGN-NR350FE	11.1								It was installed from openSUSE DVD. Video seems to work unproperly at the installation part, but this fixes after the installation is done. Video fails with CD edition.