From nobody Fri Jan 17 18:51:55 2025 X-Original-To: freebsd-current@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4YZTNX3gPMz5lK67 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:51:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Received: from www.zefox.net (www.zefox.net [50.1.20.27]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "pelorus.zefox.org", Issuer "pelorus.zefox.org" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4YZTNX0lc0z3mvq for ; Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:51:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from www.zefox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.zefox.net (8.18.1/8.18.1) with ESMTPS id 50HIpt0v087461 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:51:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Received: (from fbsd@localhost) by www.zefox.net (8.18.1/8.18.1/Submit) id 50HIptIV087460; Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:51:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fbsd) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:51:55 -0800 From: bob prohaska To: Thor Ablestar Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on a Lenovo T400s, GUI suggestions needed Message-ID: References: <75dede5e-8dab-4c95-8eaa-53a2d6000d39@irk.ru> List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <75dede5e-8dab-4c95-8eaa-53a2d6000d39@irk.ru> X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4YZTNX0lc0z3mvq X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7065, ipnet:50.1.16.0/20, country:US] On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 02:29:59AM +0800, Thor Ablestar wrote: > Hello! > > I have a park of Lenovos X61 Tablet and T61. They are predecessors of T400s. > I use XFCE4. > > You need 8 GB RAM for comfortable operation. Internet mentions that it's > possible. 4GB is too small. > That may be an important detail, this machine has only 4GB. It can be upgraded to 8, but I want to test it a little more first. In the meantime problems with the wifi and hard disk have emerged, so those have to be tested first. > According to my experience the GUI problems usually lie in video driver and > not the window manager, so the tuning process begins with vesa driver. It > works slowly, sometimes it gives low resolution but it at least somehow > works almost always. > > Also you should expect some (or lot of) troubles from KMS driver that is > required by T400s Intel GMA video driver. I have wasted some $1000 on > similar problems with Radeon. For Geforce I needed drivers version 370. > > Hope it helps. > > And BTW. According to my experience FreeBSD does not react to power button. > No idea why. Thanks to everyone for the guidance! bob prohaska