From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 25 20:13:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EDE016A4CE for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 20:13:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from ozlabs.org (ozlabs.org [203.10.76.45]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E677343D1D for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 20:13:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from blackwater.lemis.com (blackwater.lemis.com [192.109.197.80]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06D812BD32 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 15:13:29 +1100 (EST) Received: by blackwater.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 22FD65120C; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 14:43:27 +1030 (CST) Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 14:43:27 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: "M. Warner Losh" Message-ID: <20031226041327.GY38246@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20031225.203937.50275884.imp@bsdimp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="95n2dZZDVPvlnkUw" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031225.203937.50275884.imp@bsdimp.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Least supported laptop for FreeBSD under $1k X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 04:13:32 -0000 --95n2dZZDVPvlnkUw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday, 25 December 2003 at 20:39:37 -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: > So what's the least supported by FreeBSD modern laptop under $1k? I'm > looking for one that has bad interrupt routing, resource conflict > issues or pccard/cardbus problems. I'm not counting 'sound doesn't > work' or 'modem doens't work' as least supported for these purposes. I don't know about "least supported", but I had a lot of trouble with my Dell Inspiron 5100. The biggest outstanding issue is that the BIOS doesn't get completely mapped: there's a 16 kB hole in the middle of the video BIOS which causes the X server to crash. I've also had a lot of trouble with USB, though I haven't tried it lately. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --95n2dZZDVPvlnkUw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/67VnIubykFB6QiMRAjIjAJ9h7/zHwk/3GXnlHPt04uUX/bvBdQCdE4EW 48KUDsnERLTYV575JV5hru8= =xbwq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --95n2dZZDVPvlnkUw--