From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Aug 14 07:55:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA06933 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 07:55:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from charon.khoral.com (charon.khoral.com [207.199.90.97]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id HAA06927 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 07:55:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from steve@khoral.com) Received: from zen.alb.khoral.com by charon.khoral.com via smtpd (for hub.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.18]) with SMTP; 14 Aug 1998 14:54:44 UT Received: from khoral.com Fri, 14 Aug 1998 08:54:33 -0600 (MDT) From: Steve Jorgensen Message-Id: <199808141454.IAA16645@zen.alb.khoral.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Laptops To: gsutter@pobox.com (Gregory Sutter) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 08:54:33 -0600 (MDT) Cc: mike@seidata.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19980814033123.E8967@notabene.zer0.org> from "Gregory Sutter" at Aug 14, 98 03:31:23 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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