From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 26 17:05:00 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 2609016A4CE for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:05:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mailbox4.ucsd.edu (mailbox4.ucsd.edu [132.239.1.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB5E343D3F for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:04:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from david@aogsquid.ucsd.edu) Received: from smtp.ucsd.edu (smtp-a.ucsd.edu [132.239.1.49]) by mailbox4.ucsd.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0QH4wfB089878 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:04:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.231.10] (aogsquid.ucsd.edu [132.239.152.182]) by smtp.ucsd.edu (8.12.10/8.9.3) with ESMTP id j0QH4wTg008401 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:04:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <41F7CDBC.2040400@aogsquid.ucsd.edu> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:05:00 -0800 From: David Horwitt User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041008 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MailScanner: PASSED (v1.2.8 82348 j0QH4wfB089878 mailbox4.ucsd.edu) Subject: Re: Sony laptop issues... X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:05:00 -0000 Digital Brain wrote: > Hello, > > I have recently installed FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE on my Sony laptop (and > would not like to go back to Linux). Most of the things are working, > including ACPI (mostly), pcmcia cards, usb ports. However, there were > some issues -- > > 1. Sound (Intel Integrated Sound, using "pcm" driver) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ... skipping > > Q: How can I get this to work? It does work in Linux, only thing is, I > had to mute the "External Amplifier" to hear anything (using alsamixer). > Maybe some kind of "hint" > to append in /boot/device.hints? See the comments on the FreeBSD Laptop Compatibility list (http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/index.pl); I had the same problem on my Vaio TR3 which were aided by the postings for the TR2 and TR5 which pointed me to a patch. Maybe the same patch works for you, and/or your Sony is listed there. > > > 2. Intel 2200BG integrated WIFI > ------------------------------------------------- > > I know there is a native ipw driver for *BSD, and also ndiswrapper, but > I didn't try either yet. > > Q: Which one do you recommend / gets most of the features to work OK > (i.e. AP scanning)? > I use ndiswrapper; my experience with the iwi driver was that it wasn't _quite_ ready for prime time yet. It was close when I tried it (a few revisions have been released since then). Ndiswrapper has been flawless for me. > > 3. Display (preferred 1280x800 resolution) > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Since I have an ATI Mobility graphics card, from the time I boot FreeBSD > until I start X, Don't know anything about this; I have i810. Advice is to visit compatibility list. > > 4. HP psc 1300 printer (USB Printer) > -------------------------------------------------------- > I know nothing about this printer nor CUPS. David Horwitt