From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 18 20:24:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E405E16A50D for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:24:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from richard@unixguru.nl) Received: from mx1.unixguru.nl (mx1.unixguru.nl [84.16.238.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA3E643D82 for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:24:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from richard@unixguru.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.unixguru.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C668E4294 for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:23:53 +0100 (CET) Received: from mx1.unixguru.nl ([84.16.238.226]) by localhost (vs8616 [84.16.238.226]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 11853-06 for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:23:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.unixguru.nl (mail.unixguru.nl [212.120.110.227]) by mx1.unixguru.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0010B45F3 for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:33:22 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (sun.unixguru.nl [192.168.10.7]) by mail.unixguru.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEB4256470 for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:32:31 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:33:23 +0100 From: Richard Arends To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20061118183322.GM12210@sun.unixguru.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at unixguru.nl Subject: Lenovo IBM Thinkpad T60 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:24:24 -0000 Hello, Two months ago i mailed this list with a question about the T60 and the wireless card that's included. After the answers i got here and some further investigation on my side, i ordered the T60. A few days ago, finaly, it was deliverd, so now i can show the first results :) First of all, i am not using the standard built in Intel wireless card, but an Atheros that can be ordered via IBM. The shop was kind enough to build it in for me, so no hassle at that part. I installed 6.2 (beta3) and CURRENT, both installed without a problem from CD. Everything seems to work except sound and the em interface. In CURRENT sound (snd_hda) works, so i think somebody needs to MFC that driver. (why was it removed from stable?) X works (perfect) at 1400x1050 with framebuffering. I did not look (yet) at an ATI drivers, since FB is all i need :) Pro: - Robust look and feel - Quality! - Nice keyboard - Keyboard light (i love it :) ) - Mousepointer between the keys (my former laptop was a toshiba) Con: - Fan speed. It hasn't dropped below 2500 rpm - Battery time (now running 30 minutes on battery and i have a remaining cappacity of 72%. I suspect the fan as a battery drainer. Loading acpi_ibm.ko enables a nice set of knobs that can be read or set with sysctl. So, my first impression, if the cons are fixed, this is a perfect laptop when running FreeBSD. If you're preferred OS is written by Microsoft it will probably work without any hassle, but i did not try that. -- Regards, Richard.