From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 11 18:27:46 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org 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 6C3B916A4DA; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:27:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E78A43D64; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:27:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k6BIRjsi082810; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:27:45 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <44B3EDA6.8050608@centtech.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:27:50 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060612) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Anish Mistry References: <20060711.104708.1159134898.imp@bsdimp.com> <200607111338.01412.mistry.7@osu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200607111338.01412.mistry.7@osu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1591/Mon Jul 10 14:41:02 2006 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Daniel Eischen , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell laptops X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:27:46 -0000 On 07/11/06 12:37, Anish Mistry wrote: > On Tuesday 11 July 2006 13:10, Daniel Eischen wrote: >> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, M. Warner Losh wrote: >>> Greetings, >>> >>> What are the current problems, if any, on current Dell laptops >>> have with FreeBSD? >> Yeah, thanks for asking! My Inspiron E1405 came with an Intel >> 3945 A/B/G mini-PCI wireless that isn't supported (OpenBSD has >> a seemingly actively maintained wpi driver for this card, and >> I have an experimental FreeBSD driver from damien that I haven't >> yet been able to get to work). I've ordered an Atheros-based >> mini-PCI in the meantime, and can lend out the 3945 to anyone >> willing to work on it. >> >> Also, the Fn (the blue key) can't be used to suspend, control >> volume, switch CRT/LCD, etc, and most importantly enable the >> radio on the wireless card (Fn + F2). Even if the wpi driver >> works, it's worthless if I can't enable the radio. > It might simply need an acpi function keys driver for your system. > Would you post an "acpidump -dt" from your system? > I have a bunch of info on the D820 posted here: http://www.googlebit.com/freebsd/200607110621/ Is any of that useful to you? Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------