Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:29:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell laptops Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0607121427020.1474@sea.ntplx.net> In-Reply-To: <17589.15937.473805.148588@canoe.dclg.ca> References: <20060711.104708.1159134898.imp@bsdimp.com> <Pine.GSO.4.64.0607111252150.24473@sea.ntplx.net> <17589.15937.473805.148588@canoe.dclg.ca>
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On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, David Gilbert wrote: >>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> writes: > > Daniel> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, M. Warner Losh wrote: >>> Greetings, >>> >>> What are the current problems, if any, on current Dell laptops have >>> with FreeBSD? > > Daniel> Yeah, thanks for asking! My Inspiron E1405 came with an Intel > Daniel> 3945 A/B/G mini-PCI wireless that isn't supported (OpenBSD has > Daniel> a seemingly actively maintained wpi driver for this card, and > Daniel> I have an experimental FreeBSD driver from damien that I > Daniel> haven't yet been able to get to work). I've ordered an > Daniel> Atheros-based mini-PCI in the meantime, and can lend out the > Daniel> 3945 to anyone willing to work on it. > > Daniel> Also, the Fn (the blue key) can't be used to suspend, control > Daniel> volume, switch CRT/LCD, etc, and most importantly enable the > Daniel> radio on the wireless card (Fn + F2). Even if the wpi driver > Daniel> works, it's worthless if I can't enable the radio. > > My XPS-170 came with a 2915 a/b/g, and the iwi driver works fine. The > function key switch also works --- but it's operation is somewhat > acpi-related, I believe. The screen switching function stopped > working for me with the latest update to the nvidia driver (try it on > the console --- if it works there, it's the nvidia driver). I didn't make the mistake of getting a system with an nvidia chip ;-) It's an Intel 945 of some sort and I don't have X set up on it yet, so it's strictly console right now. -- DE
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