From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu May 20 0:12:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CA1014FFF for ; Thu, 20 May 1999 00:12:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA64791; Thu, 20 May 1999 01:11:25 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id BAA04332; Thu, 20 May 1999 01:11:23 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199905200711.BAA04332@harmony.village.org> To: Christopher Masto Subject: Re: Sony VAIO 505TS Cc: Evan Tsoukalas , freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 20 May 1999 00:08:32 EDT." <19990520000832.A27034@netmonger.net> References: <19990520000832.A27034@netmonger.net> <19990519130507.A7848@falcon.sourcee.com> Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 01:11:23 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <19990520000832.A27034@netmonger.net> Christopher Masto writes: : Now I would really like to get the IrDA working, at least in SIR mode. : It is detected by sio, but doesn't seem to transmit or receive. I : think it might just need to be powered up somehow. I was able to use the IR port on my libretto w/o any special hacks. However, to talk to most IrDA machines, you need the IrDA stack, which FreeBSD doesn't have. : > I realize that the internal modem is probably a winmodem, and I also : : On the 505TX at least, I was pleasantly suprised to find that the : internal modem actually works. It doesn't appear to be a winmodem; : I was able to get 44k connects with plain old "cu" and "ppp". On the 505TS it is not a win modem either. I'm able to dial out on it from my FreeBSD side. : > I wonder if loading FreeBSD off the pccard cdrom is possible. : : About that I have no idea. I didn't bother with the cdrom.. just : plugged in a 3C589 and did a network install. No. One cannot presently load any laptop of cdrom. However, if it is an ATA cdrom, that will change soonish. : Other than the usual headaches of switching back and forth, I don't : see why it would be a problem. I don't know, since I did not accept : the Windows license. All that's on my machine is FreeBSD. It isn't a pain to me to switch back and forth. I still need windows to run Quickbooks, damnit. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message