From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 10 10:44:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA28961 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 10 Jan 1998 10:44:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from emu.sourcee.com (emu.sourcee.com [199.201.159.173]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA28893 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 1998 10:43:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nrice@emu.sourcee.com) Received: (from nrice@localhost) by emu.sourcee.com (8.8.8/8.8.3) id NAA10396; Sat, 10 Jan 1998 13:43:52 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19980110134352.51776@emu.sourcee.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 13:43:52 -0500 From: Norman C Rice To: Brett Glass Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ThinkPad 760E install failing miserably References: <3.0.5.32.19980110010230.00999ae0@mail.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980110010230.00999ae0@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Sat, Jan 10, 1998 at 01:02:30AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, Jan 10, 1998 at 01:02:30AM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > I'm trying to install either FreeBSD 2.2-RELENG or FreeBSD-current on an IBM ThinkPad 760E, and am failing miserably. The MWave modem doesn't work; there's no XFree86 driver for the 1024x768 LCD (the chip, a Trident Cyber 9386, isn't listed); suspend/resume and hibernation seem to be completely unusable. (What's the point of having a laptop if you have to reboot every time you want to use it?) Has anyone successfully conquered these problems? You might want to post this on the `mobile' list. Have you tried the PAO stuff? http://www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO/ They have a `Laptop Survey' and FAQ that you may find interesting. -- Regards, Norman C. Rice, Jr.