Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 08:54:33 -0600 (MDT) From: Steve Jorgensen <steve@khoral.com> To: gsutter@pobox.com (Gregory Sutter) Cc: mike@seidata.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Laptops Message-ID: <199808141454.IAA16645@zen.alb.khoral.com> In-Reply-To: <19980814033123.E8967@notabene.zer0.org> from "Gregory Sutter" at Aug 14, 98 03:31:23 am
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Gregory Sutter wrote >> On Fri, Aug 14, 1998 at 03:02:35AM -0400, Mike wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > Just curious about individuals' experiences with FreeBSD's compatibility >> > with laptops. I've heard a lot of good things, and have successfully >> > installed it on an HP 5000 series myself. I'm wanting to purchase a low- >> > to mid-range system (doncha just love budgets ;) that will work well with >> > FreeBSD, and would appreciate any suggestions. >> >> 1. Don't get an HP laptop. The mouse devices supposedly don't work at >> all with FreeBSD, so a plug-in serial mouse must be used. I don't know >> if an HP 5000 is a laptop, but if it is, did the mouse work? >> >> 2. Check carefully the video chipset, to see if XFree86 supports it. >> You can find out at www.xfree86.org. >> >> That's all I know... somebody who owns a laptop might be able to better >> help you. Good luck! We have a couple Micron transport xke's at work that work just fine with Freebsd. Don't know about the new Micron's though. Steve -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Steven Jorgensen steve@khoral.com steve@haunt.com ------------------------------+---------------------------- Khoral Research Inc. | PHONE: (505) 837-6500 6200 Uptown Blvd, Suite 200 | FAX: (505) 881-3842 Albuquerque, NM 87110 | URL: http://www.khoral.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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