From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 9 21:46:56 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 697E31065673 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 21:46:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 257128FC14 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 21:46:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-3.01 (built Jul 12 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0JXH00148DP2JA80@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:46:14 +0100 (CET) Received: from kg-work.kg4.no ([80.202.173.59]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-3.01 (built Jul 12 2007; 32bit)) with SMTP id <0JXH00JWEDOTHF60@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:46:14 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:46:02 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-id: <20080309214602.5c65bb02.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.8 (GTK+ 2.12.8; i386-portbld-freebsd6.3) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Subject: Acer Aspire 5672 laptop and FreeBSD 7.0 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: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:46:56 -0000 Hello, This is just a short update for the archives. I just "upgraded" the FreeBSD installation on my Acer Aspire 5672[1] laptop today, by installing FreeBSD 7.0-release / i386 on a partition. Previously the machine had a 6.3-prerelease installed, which wsn't usable as I had to disable acpi to get network connectivity. The hard, cold facts: I still have to disable acpi (by using hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" in /boot/loader.conf) in order to get the network interfaces (wpi and bge) working. If I boot with acpi enabled, the drivers don't attach. Sadly, using this laptop without acpi isn't possible, as both thermal control and cpu speed control also does not work with acpi disabled. More info and dmesg output etc on the web page[1]. References: 1) http://tingox.googlepages.com/aceraspireas5672andfreebsd -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen