Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:28:21 -0700 From: Edwin Culp <eculp@EnContacto.Net> To: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: RE: I bought an HP N5470. Message-ID: <993763701.3b3ba175bb0ac@Mail.SavvyWorld.Net> In-Reply-To: <DE0BBA556B46D511BB5F0000D11ABE9228CC71@btcexc01.btc.adaptec.com> References: <DE0BBA556B46D511BB5F0000D11ABE9228CC71@btcexc01.btc.adaptec.com>
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Quoting "Long, Scott" <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com>:
| Yes, the Accton 2242 is a dc device, so if it doesn't work as such then
| there might be other issues. Is it detected by the dc driver? Does it
| give
| a reasonable MAC address?
Scott,
It is detected but no MAC. I think that there is an issue with interrupts.
It seems to want to assign everything to irq 11 :-( I've got some sorting
out to do with that and the two keyboards but it shouldn't be too difficult.
I hope:-) Thanks to you, I now know that the accton 2242 works.
ed
| The only problem that I've had with it is that
| it
| won't autodetect 10baseT/UTP full-duplex, but other that that it works
| great. The sound is most likely an ESS Allegro-1, so load the snd_maestro3
| driver module (it can't be compiled in right now and is not part of
| snd_driver.ko). The 'Polk Audio System' most likely refers to the
| speakers,
| just like on most of the other HP laptops. Don't know about the touch pad,
| mine works fine with moused.
|
| Scott
|
| > -----Original Message-----
| > From: Edwin Culp [mailto:eculp@encontacto.net]
| > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 10:55 AM
| > To: mobile@freebsd.org
| > Subject: I bought an HP N5470.
| >
| >
| > The HP N5470 Laptop seems to have most everything at a fairly
| > reasonable price.
| > Athlon 4 1GHz, 256MB, 20GB, DVD-CDRW, 3Com mini-PCI
| > NIC/Modem, 15" XGA TFT,
| > Polk Audio Snd. for 2,099.
| >
| > The good news:
| > I have installed current and have already burned a current
| > release with the
| > DVD-CDRW with mkisofs and burncd. Speed - I won't even try
| > to compare the
| > AthlonIV processor to my old laptop K-6-2 300Mhz:-)
| >
| > The challenges/opportunities:
| >
| > The <Accton EN2242 MiniPCI 10/100BaseTX> doesn't want to work
| > and my old DLink
| > 660 saved the day. Should the miniPCI/modem work? Does
| > anyone have experience
| > with it? It shows up as dc0 but somewhere I saw that it
| > thinks it is a
| > 3com90X but doesn't seem to like the xl driver either.
| >
| > I also have a problem with the scratch pad. I am getting
| > atkbd0 and the mouse
| > recognized as I am used to seeing then I get an atkbd1 and
| > kbd1 being recognized
| > that I think may be why my mouse doesn't work. I seem to
| > remember a post
| > about that and searched the archives and didn't come up with
| > anything.:-(
| >
| > Haven't started sound or xfree86 yet (trident CBXP?). pcm0 isn't even
| > recognized. Anyone had experience with polk audio?
| >
| > If anyone has any information/suggestions/success stories for
| > the Accton
| > EN2242, the trident CBXP, the polk audio system or even the
| > keyboard being
| > recognized as twice. It would be appreciated.
| >
| > thanks,
| >
| > ed
| >
| >
| > --------------------------------------------------------------
| > ---------
| > The illiterate of the 21st century will not be
| > those who cannot read and write,
| > but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.
| > --Alvin Toffler
| >
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