Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:11:14 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Anders Andersson <anders@sanyusan.se> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org, Florent Parent <Florent.Parent@viagenie.qc.ca> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on IBM Thinkpad T21,A21? Message-ID: <XFMail.001016111114.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20001016174856.B28342@enterprise.sanyusan.se>
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On 16-Oct-00 Anders Andersson wrote: > on Mån, Okt 16, 2000 at 10:40:42am -0400, Florent Parent wrote: >> >> Can anyone send me their experiences (success, failures) on using FreeBSD >> on the recent IBM Thinkpad models T21 and A21 (A21m,A21p) ? We are looking >> to purchase new laptops and FreeBSD support is an important feature. > > Well, I got a ThinkPad A20p. > >> I'm looking for things such as display (XFree86 server), pcmcia, network, >> APM, sound, modem. Sound and modem have been quite problematic (read: >> non-functional) on my current Compaq 1598 and I hope to get those working >> on my future laptop. > > I just got this laptop, so I havent had much time to play with it (since > I am here at BSDcon), but so far I run FreeBSD 4.1.1-STABLE and it alls > works _except_ X and sound :-) > > It seems I need XFree86 from CVS, but that doesnt compile... Well I > guess I will soon find the time to dig in to it. See my message a week or so ago that outlined what to do to use the XFree86-4-server port along with a cvsup'ed /usr/xsrc to compile an X server from CVS using the port. Also, what sound chip do you have? The support for the ESS Maestro chips was just backported to -stable after 4.1.1. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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