Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 09:08:08 -0500 (EST) From: "Eric I. Arnoth" <earnoth@UDel.Edu> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: compatibility list Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903080855530.514-100000@lapdog.duch.udel.edu> In-Reply-To: <19990309002553.A95453@clear.co.nz>
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On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Joe Abley wrote: > On Sun, Mar 07, 1999 at 08:25:52PM -0800, David Kulp wrote: > > I was thinking of setting up a simple web page listing success or > > failure with FreeBSD on different laptops. I know there's the PAO > > list, but the last time I checked it hadn't been updated lately, and > > I'm also interested in running FBSD without PAO -- which typically > > isn't needed. > > > > I know my biggest concern 1 1/2 yrs ago when buying my last laptop was > > whether I could get FBSD running, if I could use PCMCIA ethernet cards > > on a cardbus machine, etc. > > > > Am I duplicating effort here? Good idea? Bad? > > Good :) I would agree. I just got a new laptop three weeks ago, and had to spend considerable time researching to make sure I didn't make the same mistake as when I bought my previous laptop, a Compaq (ick!). I wish a more up-to-date site like you want to make had been available when I needed to make my choice. What I ended up doing was looking at the old PAO list and saying, "Hm, there's a lot of Toshibas listed here, that *should* be okay". I also harassed this list (as many of you may recall) with excellent responses for which I am very thankful. In fact, here's your first entry: Toshiba Satellite 4010CDS User: Eric I. Arnoth Email: earnoth@udel.edu Version FreeBSD installed: 3.1 Release Date installed: February 12, 1999 Problems encountered: none (God bless Toshiba :) Notes: Split hard-drive to retain pre-installed Windows98 (not by choice, who said MS wasn't a monopoly?) using FIPS. Install completed within 30 minutes via 10BaseT line, installed all 150+ ports used in previous system over the course of 3 hours. XFree86 needed to be configured via xsetup, after some tinkering, the proper 800x600 display was set. Kernel was reconfigured to support sound, apm, pccards and additional swap space. Wmmixer doesn't seem to work right (config issues?), and the CD will not open while empty when wmcdplay is running, but the drive has a button to over-ride software locks. Hot plugging *seems* to work, but there appear to be some issues at present when X is running. Waiting for IR support. (Toshiba released the specs! :) Battery life is excellent. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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