Can anyone help me with these technical issues on Opensuse linux?

Question

Basically I am have four issues in which I cannot find any help on other online forums and even on the forums on the opensuse website.

Issue one: my audio is not working
issue two: I can increase the resolution past 800 by 600, I have a HD screen on my laptop
issue three: my laptop touchpad doesn't work
issue four: My wifi is not working

I am using a Sony Vaio F series laptop

I've tried updating, connected to the internet via ethernet, and that doesn't seem to be working. Can anyone possibly help me?

BTW I am new to linux

Answer 1

have a look here: http://en.opensuse.org/HCL:Sony_laptops#VGN-F_xxxx



only the last two lines of the VGN-F section are w/ openSUSE 11.1, thus little chance that your (newer?) lappy is among them;

(openSUSE 11.1 has been superseded by 11.2 over a year ago, thus obviously not the most recent experience.)

this link may contain useful infos: http://forums.opensuse.org/hardware/laptop/403273-sony-vaio-fz21m-everything-now-working.html#post1917158

the post is (over) two yrs old but chances are tips will still work.



advice:

- as the previous answer mentioned, giving your complete model, possibly w/ the Sony P/N may help giving you more (accurate) answer.

- i take this as granted, but using the most recent version (now 11.3) usually helps (w/ recent lappies but also improves "automatic" config during install for older models).

download it from here if you don't have it yet: http://software.opensuse.org

Answer 2

What bad luck, usually people only have one of these problems.



You're probably going to be more specific, which model number in the F-series is it, and did you modify any of the hardware on it?



Issue one, what program does the audio not work on, and where have you done that didn't solve the problem. (Volume settings, used tried internal and external programs, installed programs for sound...)



2. Have you tried the standard setting manager for it? Have you installed a proprietary driver? What chipset is the GPU?



3. This one is harder, it may be an issue of not autodetecting correctly (and thus needing to load a module manually) or there may be some sort of setting in the BIOS that changes the type of interface the touch pad uses.



4. Again, what chip set is it? Where is it not working? Does it not have a driver loaded or does it not connect to your network with the driver and wireless manager you are using?



the programs ifconfig, iwconfig, and lshw, run from the terminal should help you know what specific hardware you have, and the status of your network.



A tip for getting good answers is to ask good questions. A good question will deal with only one or two topics, states the problem clearly (include hardware, software, and any specific errors) and gives evidence of some initial research or troubleshooting. (to let people know you can be an active part of the solution, and to stop people from suggesting a solution that you already tried unsuccessfully. It also helps educate anyone searching the forum afterwards as to solutions available for similar problems)

Answer 3

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