From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 1 08:19:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7E65106564A for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:19:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.188]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C12F8FC0C for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:19:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id h3so492223nfh.33 for ; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:19:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:to:cc :in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version :x-mailer; bh=fsRg9+vqRXSAuQc62KKnL4Ns6JCWrbHtOzExNtBUq1E=; b=FwMTGI53o1EVhWm+t2o/HrsJYn2gsVPwzzVbd8663TxV+rVwr8OFwtQqwUT0l3a4Df +49xj+Oz0eTSnR2ZCDpke3lusFi/7AFO8udvFOuKg5WWVJj/zkrciTI2DQWch3g3ontv HKtSEecErUnZqSwzGJ6QWzevydu3s8Cq3YDWU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date :message-id:mime-version:x-mailer; b=pJhh6c2YSvV1StI0tfKOtMQ6TNEGrVC6mPeKmLjoHdl6jqzJniRQJF0H68z0Lvu0bD 1eN2ukAj83dOVqWjHCdNkqBJCxGLUvbU6aCu8pnlUMyg9Cua9UC/8VrTddvvDndEICRx TMEgwUJaAU6FqtGDpoCm+eB8M2CjxFB2EyTfc= Received: by 10.210.127.13 with SMTP id z13mr8622795ebc.106.1217578792067; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:19:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?127.0.0.1? ( [217.206.187.80]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t12sm2120105gvd.10.2008.08.01.01.19.50 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:19:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Evans To: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" In-Reply-To: References: <1216910072.2251.8.camel@jill.exit.com> <86y73j341e.fsf@ds4.des.no> <86bq0ftjf6.fsf@ds4.des.no> <8C2BF4B9-14CD-40EA-B22E-DBB7060BFE46@bnc.net> <1217505964.78925.12.camel@localhost> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-wNODDrESJ36Wk0MKLW+A" Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:19:47 +0100 Message-Id: <1217578788.78925.17.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop suggestions? 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: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:19:53 -0000 --=-wNODDrESJ36Wk0MKLW+A Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 20:26 -0300, Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Tom Evans wro= te: > > > > On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 21:45 -0300, Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote: > >> Please define "comfortable". I've been running FreeBSD 7.0 pretty > >> comfortably on my HP nx6320 for several months now. I never attempted > >> to use neither Bluetooth nor the fingerprint reader, so I don't miss > >> them. The only real drawback I've found was that the memory card > >> reader does not work. I also ran 8.0-CURRENT on a HP 6910p because 7.0 > >> did not support the WI-FI card. >=20 > > Another happy BSD user on HP - nc6320 this time though. intel(4x) > > graphics, wpi(4) wifi, bge(4) networking, fwochi(4) firewire, serial > > port, plenty of USB ports. Even the fingerprint scanner works > > (security/libfprint). > > I don't use bluetooth or the card reader, so cannot comment on them. > > > > The one down side of my HP laptop is the HP BIOS refuses to start up > > with a different wifi card installed - I'd quite like to use an ath(4) > > based card.. >=20 > Do you have an up-to-date BIOS? I had some problems booting from USB > that I could solve using the latest BIOS version. >=20 Yes, latest BIOS. If you search through the BIOS file, it is fairly easy to find the list of 'approved' HP vendor/device ids that it will allow to be put in the mini pci-e slot and still boot up (there are only 4 distinct device ids defined in the BIOS). I've considered just manually editing it to replace one of the device ids with my replacement card, but I fear I would probably brick the laptop! Tom --=-wNODDrESJ36Wk0MKLW+A Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkiSxyAACgkQlcRvFfyds/cnDwCeOSoX0KWOIKipVNIgqYINriCT HbEAoJYnrEzsPmHb78T/mlgUV++AZDOj =/RIO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-wNODDrESJ36Wk0MKLW+A--