From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jan 30 19:43:51 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7265537B401 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 19:43:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from marblecomputing.com (jeamland.ca [66.11.170.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7294443F85 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 19:43:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stark@jeamland.ca) Received: (qmail 42647 invoked by uid 7770); 31 Jan 2003 03:41:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.11.12.33?) (10.11.12.33) by 10.11.12.201 with SMTP; 31 Jan 2003 03:41:14 -0000 Subject: Fun and excitement with CURRENT From: stark To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 30 Jan 2003 22:43:33 -0500 Message-Id: <1043984613.604.38.camel@stinkpad.jeamland.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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