Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 14:31:59 +0200 (CEST) From: Josef El-Rayes <j.el-rayes@daemon.li> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/55955: [patch] articles/laptop: add useful ressources Message-ID: <200308251231.h7PCVxqn000798@daemon.li> Resent-Message-ID: <200308251230.h7PCUD0w037520@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 55955
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [patch] articles/laptop: add useful ressources
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: update
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Aug 25 05:30:12 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Josef El-Rayes
>Release: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD daemon.li 4.8-STABLE FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE #8: Tue Jul 22 18:16:23 CEST 2003 root@daemon.li:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CUSTOM i386
>Description:
doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/article.sgml:
1) added link to freebsd-mobile mailinglist which is
an important ressource for freebsd on laptops
2) added link to xfree86 driver status page to give
a good ressource for checking available support of video
cards.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- article.sgml.diff begins here ---
--- article.sgml.orig Mon Aug 25 13:53:00 2003
+++ article.sgml Mon Aug 25 14:27:39 2003
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
<ulink url="http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/">The &os;
Laptop Compatibility List</ulink>.</para>
+ <para>For communications with other &os; laptop users, check out
+ the <ulink url="http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile">;
+ freebsd-mobile mailing list</ulink>.</para>
+
<sect1>
<title>XFree86</title>
@@ -55,8 +59,9 @@
supported, but a generic SVGA configuration should work.</para>
<para>Check your laptop documentation for which card you have,
- and check in the <application>XFree86</application> documentation (or setup program)
- to see whether it is specifically supported. If it is not, use
+ and check in the <application>XFree86</application> documentation or the
+ <ulink url="http://www.xfree86.org/current/Status.html">Driver Status for XFree86[tm] 4.3.0</ulink>
+ website, to see whether it is specifically supported. If it is not, use
a generic device (do not go for a name which just looks
similar). In <application>XFree86</application> version 4, you can try your luck
with the command <userinput>XFree86 -configure</userinput>
--- article.sgml.diff ends here ---
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