From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 13 01:36:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9399616A4DE; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:36:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mistry.7@osu.edu) Received: from mail.united-ware.com (am-productions.biz [69.61.164.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED2C943D49; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:36:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mistry.7@osu.edu) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (am-productions.biz [69.61.164.22]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.united-ware.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6D1h6IS063954 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:43:13 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mistry.7@osu.edu) From: Anish Mistry To: Daniel Eischen Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:36:39 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <20060711.104708.1159134898.imp@bsdimp.com> <200607111338.01412.mistry.7@osu.edu> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2273770.ah4prTgvHB"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200607122136.54293.mistry.7@osu.edu> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.5 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_50, MYFREEBSD2,MYFREEBSD3 autolearn=failed version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on mail.united-ware.com X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.2/1594/Wed Jul 12 11:04:34 2006 on mail.united-ware.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell laptops 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: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:36:21 -0000 --nextPart2273770.ah4prTgvHB Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 11 July 2006 23:54, Daniel Eischen wrote: > On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, Anish Mistry wrote: > > On Tuesday 11 July 2006 13:10, Daniel Eischen wrote: > >> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, M. Warner Losh wrote: > >>> Greetings, > >>> > >>> What are the current problems, if any, on current Dell laptops > >>> have with FreeBSD? > >> > >> Yeah, thanks for asking! My Inspiron E1405 came with an Intel > >> 3945 A/B/G mini-PCI wireless that isn't supported (OpenBSD has > >> a seemingly actively maintained wpi driver for this card, and > >> I have an experimental FreeBSD driver from damien that I haven't > >> yet been able to get to work). I've ordered an Atheros-based > >> mini-PCI in the meantime, and can lend out the 3945 to anyone > >> willing to work on it. > >> > >> Also, the Fn (the blue key) can't be used to suspend, control > >> volume, switch CRT/LCD, etc, and most importantly enable the > >> radio on the wireless card (Fn + F2). Even if the wpi driver > >> works, it's worthless if I can't enable the radio. > > > > It might simply need an acpi function keys driver for your > > system. Would you post an "acpidump -dt" from your system? > > Here it is: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~deischen/e1405.acpi.dump > > I don't know how to decipher it nor what to do with it. There doesn't seem to be a function key device. This probably means=20 that pressing the keys just generate keyboard scan codes. Does acpi_video work for you? It looks like it should work. =2D-=20 Anish Mistry --nextPart2273770.ah4prTgvHB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBEtaO2xqA5ziudZT0RAkNQAKDdzOQXo/53EbtPy3KhogfKtJQZ4gCfTIE+ CzaMuCfx1XabKWlVIKH8CYw= =humi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2273770.ah4prTgvHB--