Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 23:35:21 +0100 From: James O'Gorman <james@netinertia.co.uk> To: Michael Collette <Michael.Collette@TestEquity.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another 6.1R on a ThinkPad X60s Message-ID: <4463BC29.7030301@netinertia.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4463A8BD.1080905@TestEquity.com>
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Hi Michael, Michael Collette wrote: > First off, many thanks to James for getting a thread started on the > X60s. I'm not subscribed to the list which makes staying in the thread > a bit challenging. Sorry about that. > > Anyhow, thought I might have a few tid bits to add about what all is > working and what isn't. I'm also very interested in providing for any > kind of testing of patches that folks a good bit smarter than myself may > provide. > > First off, I tried Ubuntu on here already. It's not really doing much > more than what FreeBSD is able to do. Ubuntu doesn't recognize the > wireless cards, isn't able to sleep or hibernate, but it does have sound > working. I didn't mess with graphics acceleration as that really > doesn't interest me for this box all that much. I tried both Ubuntu and Fedora Core 5 earlier today, just to compare, and the sound *just about* works in Fedora. The post-install configuration thingy attempts to setup the sound card, and if you select the digital option, you get a faint, but audible noise from the speakers. > On FreeBSD sound is inop, as has already been stated. Why on earth > would a little laptop like this need hi-def audio is beyond me. Probably going to be the future! High-def TV, high-def audio..... > [snip] > As for the wireless card, it would appear that the if_ath.ko module > works. At least I get a proper entry in the ifconfig listing. I was > unable to test actually connecting to a wireless network as of yet. > Didn't have one handy. Would be interested in hearing if this works for > anyone else. No such luck here, I'm afraid. When I kldload if_ath, I get the "ath_hal: 0.9.16.16...." message on the console, but nothing new in ifconfig. I think I saw somewhere that some versions of the X60s do use an Atheros chip, but mostly it's Intel 3945ABG (certainly in Europe). > I attempted to get the Sierra Wireless CDMA modem playing. Added model > and vendor entries into both umodem.c and usbdevs. No luck, still > doesn't see that bugger as a ucom device. I did this for a PC5740 > PCMCIA card and got it working, but it kernel panics when removing it. Don't have one of these on my model (being UK-based). > When starting up /etc/rc.d/bluetooth I get back "ERROR: Unsupported > device:". I thought that was informative. Same here. > I'm guessing the bluetooth device in question is the Broadcom > (0x0a5c) BCM2045B (0x2110) which comes up attached to ugen0. I > haven't made any source code tweaks to usbdevs for this one as I'm > pretty bluetooth ignorant. Got a Palm Treo to test on it if I can get > the service up and going. > > On the plus side, a number of things are working properly. X, > fluxbox, kde, and firefox are installed on here and working decently. > The ethernet is working properly at 1G. The dual core processor > looks to be working solid. > > Mostly, the ACPI and sound support are the major show stoppers here > for me. Next up would be getting that CDMA card playing properly. > As gravy on the top, it'd be pretty cool to get the finger print > reader playing, which I'll be messing with over the weekend. Yeah, I'm not so bothered about the sound (although it would be nice!), but suspend/hibernate are obviously important. Jameshelp
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