Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 14:48:05 +0200 From: Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Samsung X20-XVM 1600-V Message-ID: <42CD2485.3010703@ultra-secure.de> In-Reply-To: <200507071157.j67BvInp068222@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200507071157.j67BvInp068222@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Oliver Fromme wrote: >Hi, > >I'm currently considering to buy the following notebook: >Samsung X20-XVM 1600-V (Centrino, Pentium-M 730, 1 Gbyte >DDR2 RAM, 80 Gbyte HDD, 1400 x 1050 intel 915 graphics, >10/100 LAN, b/g WLAN, DVD+/-R/W/RAM, USB2, IEEE1394 and >all the standard stuff; no legacy ports (serial, parallel), >though.) At 1199 Euros this seems to be very reasonably >priced. > >Does anyone have any FreeBSD-related experience with that >notebook (or similar ones)? I've looked at the infos at >http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/ and searched >the mailing lists but didn't find any information about >the Samsung X20 series. > >I'll have the opportunity to (shortly) test the notebook >and boot a FreeBSD 5.4 DVD and a PCBSD CD-ROM. However, >that might not be sufficient. For example, some investi- >gations revealed that it might be necessary to use the >tool from http://people.tecnik93.com/~acpi_perf/ to enable >the native resolution of the display under X, but I have >no idea whether it will work. Also, I won't have enough >time to fully test ACPI, suspend, audio, WLAN etc. > > > I couldn't yet get 1400x1050 to work on my FSC Lifebook E8010 (i855GM). I used i855ctl, but it only works (=has a positive effect) with SuSE 9.2. Suspend doesn't work either (S3,S4 - it didn't work with SuSE 9.2, either, but I still have to test SuSE 9.3 and NetBSD). I addition, SuSE's ridiculous long boot-up time make the lack of ACPI-S3,S4 even more annoying. Does OpenBSD have no ACPI-support at all by default? I even tried Solaris10 on it ;-) WLAN is usually not a problem. Sound should do, too, via snd_ich.ko. >I'm aware that the built-in 56k/V.92 modem won't work, >neither the TV-out, but I don't need those. Also, I don't >need 3D graphics acceleration. If the graphics works at >1400 x 1050 in 2D VESA mode, that's enough for me. > > > I'd really love to get FreeBSD working on my E8010, too - it would be such a nice combination. >I'd appreciate any advice on this machine. Any comments >are welcome, either "works great, buy it!" or "there are >problems, don't buy it". :-) > > Currently, IBMs seem to be "best supported" by the FreeBSD dev-community, if my observations are correct. As an alternative, you could also look into HPs NX70xx or 6xxx-series (and buy additional warranty). As for the Samsung - well, they're consumer-level notebooks and you'll get consumer-level support only (if at all). You could do worse, though, and buy a Sony or Apple without AppleCare ;-) Rainer
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