Sony Vaio VGN-AR21S

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[edit] Introduction

This is the HOWTO that explain my experience to configure and run a Gentoo under a Sony's Vaio VGN-AR21S.

[edit] Hardware

The basic components of this laptop are:

  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 2GHz
  • Monitor: 17" WUXGA (1920x1200)
  • Ram: 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM PC2-4200
  • Disk: 200 GB ( 2x100GB RAID)
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT ( 265 MB)
  • Other:


Code: lspci 
  00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
  00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
  00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
  00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
  00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
  00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
  00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
  00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
  00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
  00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
  00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02)
  00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
  00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
  00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GHM (ICH7-M DH) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
  00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
  00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801GHM (ICH7-M DH) Serial ATA Storage Controller RAID (rev 02)
  00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
  01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0399 (rev a1)
  06:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
  0a:03.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
  0a:03.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
  0a:03.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
  0a:04.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7133/SAA7135 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev d1)
  0a:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation PRO/100 VE Network Connection (rev 02)


Code: lsusb 
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 05ca:1834 Ricoh Co., Ltd
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 0609:0322 SMK Manufacturing, Inc.
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 0451:2036 Texas Instruments, Inc. TUSB2036 Hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c01b
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000


[edit] Motion eye webcam

The motion eye web cam is a Ricoh usb.

Code: lsusb 
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 05ca:1834 Ricoh Co., Ltd

I used the r5u870 driver [1]. the steps to install are easy:

  1. download the source: svn co http://svn.mediati.org/svn/r5u870/tags/STABLE_CURRENT r5u870
  2. compile and install: make && make install
  3. load the module: modprobe r5u870


Also you can try with this ebuild:

Code: ebuild 
# Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Header: $

ESVN_REPO_URI="http://svn.mediati.org/svn/r5u870/trunk"

inherit subversion linux-mod

DESCRIPTION="Driver for webcams based on the Ricoh r5u870 chip"
HOMEPAGE="http://wiki.mediati.org/R5u870"
SRC_URI=""

LICENSE="GPL-2"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
IUSE=""

MODULE_NAMES="r5u870(media/video:)"
CONFIG_CHECK="VIDEO_V4L1 VIDEO_V4L2 VIDEO_V4L1_COMPAT FW_LOADER
	VIDEO_VIVI V4L_USB_DRIVERS VIDEO_BUF"
MODULESD_R5U870_DOCS="README"
BUILD_TARGETS="all"

src_install () {
	linux-mod_src_install
	insinto /$(get_libdir)/firmware
	doins *.fw
}
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