From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Nov 22 17:58:38 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49C93C50789 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 17:58:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from duane@nofroth.com) Received: from mail-it0-x22b.google.com (mail-it0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1A79C1049 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 17:58:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from duane@nofroth.com) Received: by mail-it0-x22b.google.com with SMTP id j191so18328537ita.1 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 09:58:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=nofroth.com; s=google; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=M5cXStC2qR3EVb+h062Ph0py8JSb6KrowKalMXXveas=; b=bZ+roj2fKHtpGTQDX1osbAi/jbS5yu7UqFpEswkrkzKCN8jOzVCozl65IkOK8nZDHq /rNsxMBwmKi8yEFJ0dZYhK+xp4IbgPjwvOtLbKZftWrwOov6YND04xlqWkupu+ulF4B9 I0ntguBhO0yhRfI9RSRRKBrzfot6IeQAevCCA= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=M5cXStC2qR3EVb+h062Ph0py8JSb6KrowKalMXXveas=; b=hZU+JgMWjg7D6kPy+L8Nl8zDxO5j1e/2BdZxEePIpsl96WyCL5lP0coq1/JpPoWm+J 2ZUZugb3HHuPonmkWm0BzoefczLVPfAILR+rzf7Hi78bhY8sPo4bmG6LWCk03dT1DSKA Elu3vXY1Y1ckAq1FEpWmHngTpkINL7MDh1hIRcCNwMi3GnZ1CNrobojQ9a1NI1Nu185g 6i+Ca8Yu/1I+PJDN/irsa6tKC7VxMIhTNSSRNGcD3kdi2rQEwtNkuUK61T+nOPcqjHiV rYa8yEJ8k2eTxqMqIeD+c7kaO8X5HFShX0cyWuuATUyuTXjacGIYwzmZi+oiTKtImkJH kwQg== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC01KsQRkP2ntCFWc41Aa/aeMfDn9UaihlGdOcgbg1EQWK70SXpeI8wZ+gqh3OsukXcTKZkKG5KaLDGM9pQ== X-Received: by 10.36.2.146 with SMTP id 140mr3402305itu.63.1479837517094; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 09:58:37 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.107.183.12 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 09:58:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.107.183.12 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 09:58:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Duane Whitty Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 13:58:36 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron N5010 To: doug@safeport.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 17:58:38 -0000 On Nov 22, 2016 12:50 PM, "doug" wrote: > > On Tue, 22 Nov 2016, Duane Whitty wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Anybody here running FreeBSD on one of these notebooks? >> >> Best Regards, >> Duane >> _______________________________________________ > > I assume you have gooled. There are a number of hits. If you are having a specific problem, e.g., xorg picks the wrong driver, or wireless you will get better results defining the issue in some detail. You might also look in on freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org. > > Lastly, if it wireless, I gave up on that and got an airport express. With that or a like device you are in business. a bit inconvenient but it works. Hi Doug, Thanks. I did Google but didn't get any good hits. I don't own one of these. I'm looking at buying something. Thanks for the heads-up on the WiFi and for the link. Best Regards, Duane