Date: 30 Jan 2003 22:43:33 -0500 From: stark <stark@jeamland.ca> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Fun and excitement with CURRENT Message-ID: <1043984613.604.38.camel@stinkpad.jeamland.ca>
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OK, I've got just 1.5 bugs left, then I'll be all CURRENT-ed :) (I'm using a brand new laptop. Much different than getting BSD working on my desktops and servers :) Things that work : - Making the third mouse button work on an IBM T30 (trackpoint & touchpad model) you have to disable the touchpad in the BIOS. - Making CURRENT compile on 4.7 involves NOT using cvsupit to do your cvsup-ing. or using it and editing it to use src-all so you actually get the whole thing. - When compiling a kernel, don't be a smartass and assume you can make your 4.7 KERNCONF file work in 5.0. start over with a 5.0 GENERIC and modify it. You'll feel MUCH less stupid later. - X on a Radeon mobility 7500 is PERFECT. VERY VERY HAPPY! :) - don't use apm and acpi at the same time. UNFORTUNATELY, that last one has a solution : - DON'T USE ACPI. It really causes a problem. If I turn acpi on (in kernel or as a module same result) it will die a horrible, horrible death. I'll get more info (as in, the text it says when it crashes or the text it says when it boots or whatever) after a couple of reboots, but i was so happy it worked without acpi i'm typing this now. debug later :) - Sound is really really weird. pcm doesn't work with the i810 onboard (it works, but sound is all static-y to the point of inaudibility, and the OSS drivers seem to have a problem. I think the oss drivers don't seem to work without ACPI. or at least not so far. It worked once, just not since :) so there ya go, 1.5 bugs. The ACPI took me quite a while to work around because every time it booted with it it crashed the system before I could do anything productive. REALLY ANNOYING :) (Is there a way to tell the kernel not to AUTOLOAD ACPI on boot? That would be SUPER :) Anyways, I'll keep the machine going and hopefully come up with some ACPI patches in the next few days that cause my laptop not to die a horrible death :) (If you have any such patches let me know! :) Thanks for the 5.0! Dana Lacoste Ottawa, Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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