Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 06:47:33 -0700 From: Rob <europax@home.com> To: Josh Elsasser <josh@slack.nu> Cc: "freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Sony Vaio PCG-FX290 Message-ID: <3B5C2AF5.82034302@home.com> References: <20010723010752.C16684-100000@jade.elsasser.org>
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Thanks Josh. I will try and get 4.3 stable into this laptop. BTW, I was wrong in the error message. It says: "cant' map memory" for fxp. Rob. Josh Elsasser wrote: > > I have a very similar laptop, an FX220, that I've recently installed > FreeBSD on. > > I was having some trouble with the ethernet with 4.3-RELEASE, but updating > to the latest 4.3-STABLE sources and rebuilding solved that. Apparently > the fxp driver was updated sometime after 4.3-RELEASE. > > As for XFree86, that's something I haven't gotten working yet, at least in > FreeBSD. I also have linux on the vaio, and XFree86 4.1 works just fine. > When I try to start X in FreeBSD, the display just goes blank and I have > to ssh in and kill -9 the X server. I suspect that earlier versions of > XFree86 4 will work, but I haven't tried yet. > > On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Rob wrote: > > > Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 20:12:02 -0700 > > From: Rob <europax@home.com> > > To: "freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> > > Subject: Sony Vaio PCG-FX290 > > > > Hi all, > > > > I am the unexcited owner of a new FX290. I installed 4.2 release, and > > found that I can't get networking going. > > It has an EtherExpress Pro100 VE. The kernal recognizes the card, but I > > see in dmesg "cant access shared memory" for the fxp listing. I will > > try to get the DMESG on floppy and transfer it over to Windoze if > > needed. > > > > I am also wondering about video. Do the latest XFree 4.0 support the > > intel 815 video? > > > > In worst case, I guess I can make this a linux laptop. Thanks, Rob > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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