[swamilfy]

Hi..I jus bought a sony vaio laptop.I am gonna install RHEL 5.Can someone help me out with linux drivers fotr each piece of hardware..

I need drivers for these:
Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility
ATI Radeon X2300 Video driver
Realtek High Definition Audio CODEC
HDAUDIO SoftV92 Data Fax Modem with SmartCP
Touch Chip Fingerprint Coprocessor
TexasInstuments PCIXX12 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
Memory Sticker Icon
Synaptics PS/2 Port Pointing Device
Realtek rtl8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Intel ProSet/Wireless
Toshiba Bluetooth Stack
Camera Driver
SonyNC
Sony Image Filter


Help me out soon..Thank u

[ronan_saini]

hey buddy i m having the same model but i hane not been able to install Linux on this model.........some ppl say arch is not supported.......hv u successfully installed linux on vaio cr........ if u r able to do so pls lemme know..........

[swamilfy]

HI dude..i ve been running linux on it for more than two months.I am using RHEL 5..i ve d basic drivers for vaio CR36 but i don ve drivers 4 webcam n fingerprint.. linux works well..

[ronan_saini]

thanx buddy but pls chk out the listed configuration of my laptop is it the same as urs...........
i just purchased vaio CR36 with 2.1 ghz penryn processor n 2 gb ram n 200 gb toshiba hard drive with vista home premium installed on it........but i m not able to install Ubuntu frm live cd......and not even fedora or any other linux distribution........sm ppl say there s sth wrong with arch.....can this b the reason......... pls help me out.........\

and also lemme know pls if u hv installed red hat linux with vista.........
i m also having trouble dual bootin linux with vista.........
i also have the recovery partition..........can this be the reason ............
pls tell me if u dual booted with vista

[swamilfy]

Yep.similar configuration..my processor is 2.1ghz t8100 intel.Anyway i am nt usin vista anymore.its not worth it.u better downgrade 2 Xp n try..i installed RHEL 5.