Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 11:21:16 -0400 (EDT) From: "David C. Snyder" <dsnyder@web.turner.com> To: Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com> Cc: <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: recommended notebook for FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0110061107430.459-100000@dcs-vaio.turner.com> In-Reply-To: <25755.1000903178@thrush.ravenbrook.com>
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Hello Nick, On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Nick Barnes wrote: > I am going to be doing some travelling on business, and need a > notebook for light use. Can freebsd-mobile members recommend a > machine from the current ranges of the major manufacturers? > > My desktop machine runs 4.3-RELENG with X, and I would like the same > on the notebook. I need Ethernet, a modem, and a good screen, but I > don't need a CD drive, a floppy drive (except maybe to install FreeBSD > in the first place), or high performance. I'm using a Sony VAIO PCG-Z505JS (Model PCG-5201) (1024x768x24) with FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE (I will probably upgrade to 4.4-RELEASE this weekend). The only odd thing that I've had to do is dislable USB support in the Kernel and enable Plug-and-Play O/S in the BIOS in order to get my PCMCIA slot to work well. Also, I don't have the on-board soft modem working. Everything else works very well. I was using XFree86 3.x, but it was not accellerated for the NeoMagic chipset, so I purchased a commercial X server from Xi Graphics, Inc. (http://www.xig.com/). The Xi Graphics X server works great as long as I don't suspend the notebook. When I come back from suspend mode, the screen is covered with speckels. Most of the time, I can clear that up by running xrefresh, but sometimes the system is locked hard when it comes back from suspend mode with the Xi Graphics X server. Didn't have this problem with XFree86. Not a big deal for me though as I seldom use suspend. I'm using a Cisco Aironet 350 wireless ethernet card. That works great as well. I got a lot of use out of it at the O'Reilly Open Source conference in San Diego. :-) If you can still by this model, it should work well for you. Sony has some new models out now that may also work well. Please let me know what you end up with. David C. Snyder CNN - Internet Technologies Desk: 404 827 1679 Nextel ID: 46 Cell: 770 616 0080 Pager: david_snyder@imcingular.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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