Sony VAIO FR130

Installing Ubuntu 7.04 on Sony VAIO laptop was ever more challenging than on the Mini PC. First, just like on the Mini PC, the partitioner failed to create SWAP partition. This time I did not even try to install it again. Instead I installed Ubuntu 6.10 and decided to upgrade it to Ubuntu 7.04. Installation of version 6.10 went very smoothly. The OS required 188 updates, which I downloaded and installed. Upgrade to 7.04 also went fast. After rebooting the laptop, I received a message the Nvidia graphics card needs new drivers. I downloaded and installed all required drivers, but after rebooting the machine I could not get Ubuntu to work - our guess was that new settings on the Nvidia card were too high for that particular laptop and Ubuntu could not display its GUI interface. I tried to modify the registry on my own - by changing the screen resolution etc., but it did not help. The only solution was to start over again: install Ubuntu 6.10 -> update it -> upgrade it to 7.04 -> ignore driver upgrades. I followed the above, and the laptop works just fine, in fact I am writing this post on it.