From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 12 18:29:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: mobile@freebsd.org 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 3D3FA16A4FC for ; Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:29:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deischen@freebsd.org) Received: from mail.ntplx.net (mail.ntplx.net [204.213.176.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C923343D45 for ; Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:29:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from deischen@freebsd.org) Received: from sea.ntplx.net (sea.ntplx.net [204.213.176.11]) by mail.ntplx.net (8.13.7/8.13.7/NETPLEX) with ESMTP id k6CIT1pN027155; Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:29:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:29:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Eischen X-X-Sender: eischen@sea.ntplx.net To: David Gilbert In-Reply-To: <17589.15937.473805.148588@canoe.dclg.ca> Message-ID: References: <20060711.104708.1159134898.imp@bsdimp.com> <17589.15937.473805.148588@canoe.dclg.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS and Clam AntiVirus (mail.ntplx.net) Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell laptops X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Daniel Eischen List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:29:06 -0000 On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, David Gilbert wrote: >>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Eischen 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