From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 11 22:02:33 2004 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 EEE9916A4CE for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:02:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ank-pki.ru (mercury.ank-pki.ru [213.170.76.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8261443D45 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:02:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from toxa@cterra.ru) Received: (qmail 16947 invoked by uid 0); 12 Nov 2004 01:02:29 +0300 Received: from toxa@cterra.ru by mercury.ank-pki.ru by uid 0 with qmail-scanner-1.22 (spamassassin: 3.0.1. Clear:RC:0(62.89.204.62):SA:0(?/?):. Processed in 11.661017 secs); 11 Nov 2004 22:02:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (toxa@62.89.204.62) by ank.nwudc.ru with SMTP; 12 Nov 2004 01:02:17 +0300 Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:56:51 +0300 From: Toxa To: mobile@freebsd.org X-Comment-To: "Anton Karpov" Message-ID: <20041111215651.GA83126@laptoxa.toxa.lan> Mail-Followup-To: mobile@freebsd.org References: <200411111737.iABHbpFp014244@bunrab.catwhisker.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200411111737.iABHbpFp014244@bunrab.catwhisker.org> User-Agent: Outluck Express 1.5.6i for MS-DOS 6.22-SMP X-Mailer: See User-Agent above :) X-Operating-System: MS-DOS 6.22-CURRENT on Sony VAIO laptop X-PGP-Public-Key: http://toxahost.org/gpg/pubkey.asc X-Useless-Header: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on mercury.ank-pki.ru X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=7.0 tests=NORMAL_HTTP_TO_IP autolearn=failed version=3.0.1 Subject: Re: Suitability of Sony VAIO laptop for FreeBSD? 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: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:02:34 -0000 On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 09:37:51AM -0800, David Wolfskill wrote: > Any warnings as far as running FreeBSD 4.x or 5.x (or 6) on such a > beast? > Thanks! I have sony vaio pcg-v505bx. In very recent current, usb seems dead, but I think it's a temporary failure. Generally, everything works ok except suspend to RAM - due to the lacks of acpi_video support, my laptop resumes well but lid display becomes dead, and all I can do is to ssh on laptop remotely and reboot it. If suspend is not critical for you, VAIO is suitable laptop for freebsd, IMHO. At least pcg-v505 series :) You can see my current dmesg: http://62.89.204.61/vaio_dmesg.txt -- Anton A. Karpov PGP key: http://www.toxahost.ru/pgp/pubkey.asc =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= "Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot." Rusty Russell. =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=