Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 13:43:02 -0700 From: K Anderson <freebsduser@attbi.com> To: Fabio Miranda Hamburger <fabmirha@ns.isi.ulatina.ac.cr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree86 on laptop Dell inspiron 2650 Message-ID: <3EBD6456.8000802@attbi.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0305101155570.19495-100000@ns.isi.ulatina.ac.cr>
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Fabio Miranda Hamburger wrote: > Hi. > I love unix and freebsd and I would like to install it on my laptop but I > would like to know if it is waste of time install freebsd on a laptop. > I know how stable and flexible is freebsd on servers but I dont know if i > am wasting m time trying to set up X on a system that is not prepared for > that. > Is practical to instgall freebsd on a laptop? or it is better to choose XP > or linux ? > Where ca n i get howtos for freebsd on laptop? > > --- > Fabio Andres Miranda > Ingenieria de sistemas informaticos > Universidad Latina - Costa Rica > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I recently did a diskless setup using the Dell 2650. That is, having my server do most of the work such as the scheme of diskless setups. The kernel ran wonderfully, you'll have to compile a kernel just for the 2650 being sure to turn off the EISA option or the kernal hangs. Once the diskless setup was done and its kernel created the 2650 ran like a charm and it even ran X like a champ. As far as how-tos, just follow the same process to install it on a regular system. To get the sound going you'll have to enable the PCM device/option as mentioned in the multimedia section of the manual. I didn't try to set up the modem as it wasn't a requirement of mine. Nor did I tweak X enough so that when you exited it the screen would return to normal. It was scrambled so I would have to reboot to correct the problem. Anyway have at it and best of luck.
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