Sony Vaio VPCEB39FJ

Hardware configuration

 * Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 460 @ 2.53GHz
 * 4GB（2GB×2）RAM
 * 120GB SSD SATA (changed from HDD 500GB 5400rpm)
 * Intel HD Graphics
 * 15.5" display with 1366×768 resolution
 * LAN 10/100/1000BASE-T
 * Atheros Wireless Network Adapter IEEE802.11b/g/n
 * Bluetooth
 * USB2.0×3,eSATA/USB×1,eSATA×1,D-sub15pin,HDMI×1,mini-jack×1
 * Express Card slot x 1
 * SD card slotx1,Sony card slotx1
 * Size（W×D×H）329×228.5×27.6～31.5mm
 * Weight 2.7kg

Printout of lspci -nn:

Printout of lspci -kk:

Printout of lsusb (no external devices connected):

Printout of lsmod (builtin devices, no external devices connected):

Graphics card. Problem with 100% brightness after reboot
How to install graphics driver described (see, Gen5) in

Laptop does not remember brightness, after rebooting it sets brightness to 100%

Workaround

 * Install acpid and xbacklight


 * Create and copy scripts which save and restore actual brigthness

After backlight.sh and backlight created it needs to apply it with

This script need to be added to startup, for example /bin/sh /home/user/Scripts/brightness.sh, run it as user

VAIO key (Vendor key)
It needs to remap VAIO key to make it works with XFCE (probably Gnome, KDE) to bind it in order to start script or application with VAIO key. VAIO key has keycode 360. X does not support keycodes are greater than 255.

Create /etc/udev/hwdb.d/61-keyboard-local.hwdb

Apply it with

and rebooting PC. This method described in

Bluetooth
How to configure bluetooth described in

SD-Card
It found that sometimes sd-card with non locked switch recognized as read-only after it inserted

Workaround

 * Install hdparm. Use console commands to remove read-only attribute before mounting sd-card partition.


 * Example, this script remounts sd-card as read-write. You need to correct mount_options and xuser (user name) to adapt the script for your needs. It needs to run script after sd-card mounted. udisks-glue can be used to start this script automatically.

Laptop sound on TV with HDMI cable
Emerge media-sound/pavucontrol utility if laptop has sound output problem with HDMI cable, it helps to configure sound trough HDMI cable.

Kernel configuration
Example of kernel configuration: 

To build own kernel configuration it is helpful to get output with console: lspci -nn (lsusb) and lspci -k. You can use any bootable linux Live CD for that. There is [vendor id:device id] (for example, see lspci -nn above, 00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller [8086:3b64]) and kernel driver (for example, see lspci -kk above, Kernel driver in use: mei_me ) information. It is easy to find which kernel modules need to be set with [vendor id:device id] and kernel driver. Use search in Internet or kernel documentation.