From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 17 21:52:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B933A16A420 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:52:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from xnooby@gmail.com) Received: from nproxy.gmail.com (nproxy.gmail.com [64.233.182.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57DD243D64 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:52:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from xnooby@gmail.com) Received: by nproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id a4so349703nfc for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:52:14 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=kVZz0+Qfjn52U9qF8gudatAA0o8/JPkGtzciDHGiku9KyXI+JUAoT4rMeOJiCki+jHWIAF2Gv3nKPsl+vxuQj1rWGE+r/7k1J7WWdejqSgS3AEvyCcHZxiIANPbViyzV3FTbwZZadXij1SfrYu7tsGDtKqkx587kesHZm6TQgm4= Received: by 10.49.2.4 with SMTP id e4mr556385nfi; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:52:13 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.48.211.7 with HTTP; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:52:13 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:52:13 -0500 From: "Xn Nooby" To: Micah In-Reply-To: <43F63491.5020707@ywave.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <43F63491.5020707@ywave.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: small freebsd laptop suggestions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:52:22 -0000 I forget exactly what I tried a few months ago, I thought I tried everythin= g everyone said. The hints you mentioned look different, so maybe I better try them. Maybe the hints came from another thread, after I had given up. If my existing laptop can be made to run FreeBSD without having to attach a= n external USB keyboard, I will be very happy. thanks! On 2/17/06, Micah wrote: > > Xn Nooby wrote: > > I would like to get a small laptop dedicated to (desktop) FreeBSD 6.x, > > ideally one that could run Win2000 inside QEMU and has an nVidia chip s= o > I > > can do OpenGL stuff. Any suggestions? It doesnt have to be superfast= , > > though I would prolly want to drop a 100GB 2.5" drive in it later. > > > > 2 years ago I foolishly bought a HP Pavillion, and I have to use an > external > > keyboard with it for FreebSD (or else it wont boot). The HP laptop is > now a > > dedicated Windows machine (and I'd return it if I could). > > > > Is anyone using a laptop that they are happy with? Maybe a refurbished > > Thinkpad? (though I prefer to buy lapotops new, in case they are > duds). I > > dont particularly trust the online lists of "laptops that work with > > FreeBSD", since my other laptop is on one of them. > > > > I plan to carry the laptop around a lot, so I'm looking for something a > > little smaller than average. My HP Pavillion is about 7lbs, which is > too > > big. Maybe a small Thinkpad, if they still make them? > > No specific suggestion, just curious if you tried your pavillion with > the settings that were recommended on this list a couple of months back? > Search for Pavillion laptop in the questions list. > > Quick recap: interrupt the kernel loading process, then > set hint.sio.0.disabled=3D1 > set hint.sio.1.disabled=3D1 > set hint.atkbd.0.flags=3D0x9 > boot > > Works on my Presario (I know, not a Pavillion, but it's worth a try). > Use the FreeBSD install disk to test it. > > As for specific laptops, find one you like, search Google to see if > anyone has gotten it to work with FreeBSD, repeat until you find one > that works. freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org might be a good place to ask > too. The archives of that list usually has several recommendations. > > HTH, > Micah >