From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 17 13:57:01 2005 Return-Path: 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 CC92416A4CF for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:57:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.insoftosra.it (host-34-67.noicomnet.it [81.92.34.67]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A672043D45 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:56:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from davide@sito.it) Received: (qmail 21293 invoked by uid 507); 17 Feb 2005 13:58:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO davide) (81.92.34.66) by 0 with SMTP; 17 Feb 2005 13:58:38 -0000 Message-ID: <010801c514f8$88e151c0$6601a8c0@insoft.it> From: "Davide Lemma" To: "Neil Short" , References: <20050217044320.48700.qmail@web30709.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:56:52 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Subject: Re: All your laptops are belong to Windows. X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Davide Lemma List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:57:01 -0000 anyway big steps were made :) I remember 1st installation on a laptop... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Short" To: Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 5:43 AM Subject: Re: All your laptops are belong to Windows. > There is a LOT of work being done by FreeBSD users on > this hardware. The problem is with the nVidia chipset > on the HP and Compaq laptops that use it. For reasons > that would take too much time to explain, all the work > is being done and discussed in the freebsd-amd64 > mailing list. You ought to try looking through the > archives in that mailing list and if you feel > adventurous, try implementing some of the patches > right now. I suspect that FreeBSD will install > smoothly on that architecture in the near future. > > The guys hacking out the patches have very little good > to say about these computers but they are nevertheless > giving it a lot of attention. > > I'm happy about that since my patience caused me to > run out of time to return mine to HP. I am eager to > see what results from all the patching. > > ===== > If history always begins this morning, the world holds > exciting surprises around every corner (241). > --Ann Coulter. Treason. > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. > http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >