From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Apr 16 17:20: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from vulcan.rsasecurity.com (vulcan.rsasecurity.com [204.167.114.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1C6F937B404 for ; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:19:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sdtihq24.securitydynamics.com by vulcan.rsasecurity.com via smtpd (for hub.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.18]) with SMTP; 17 Apr 2002 00:18:48 UT Received: from ebola.securitydynamics.com (ebola.securid.com [192.80.211.4]) by sdtihq24.securid.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA16597 for ; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 20:18:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from spirit.dynas.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ebola.securitydynamics.com (8.10.2+Sun/8.9.1) with SMTP id g3H0K0Y19906 for ; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 20:20:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 11717 invoked from network); 17 Apr 2002 00:19:54 -0000 Received: from explorer.rsa.com (HELO mikko.rsa.com) (10.81.217.59) by spirit.se.eu.rsa.net with SMTP; 17 Apr 2002 00:19:54 -0000 Received: (from mikko@localhost) by mikko.rsa.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g3H0Jqk10396; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:19:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mikko) Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:19:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Mikko Tyolajarvi Message-Id: <200204170019.g3H0Jqk10396@mikko.rsa.com> To: jes@nl.demon.net Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Orig-To: Jim Segrave Subject: Re: Thinking about a Dell Latitude C400 Newsgroups: local.freebsd.mobile References: <20020416134659.F12219@jes.noc.nl.demon.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In local.freebsd.mobile you write: >I'm considering buying a Dell Latitude C400 to run FreeBSD (with the >occasional perhaps boot of Windows - but see Q 7) Have a look at (found via www.linux-laptop.net) and see how it works with Linux. There is some information on the actual hardware as well. >Can anyone answer the following: >1) Will the onboard Ethernet NIC work with FreeBSD 4.5? >2) Will the onboard WinModem work with the linmodem drivers? >3) Will it run XFree86 4? See link above. Looks like there might be problems with X. $.02, /Mikko -- Mikko Työläjärvi_______________________________________mikko@rsasecurity.com RSA Security To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message