Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 17:11:55 +0100 From: "M. Hueck" <freebsd@mhueck.demon.nl> To: <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: How do Dell-Notebooks work with FreeBSD (video/audio/wlan)? Message-ID: <20041128161357.DF0B543D46@mx1.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <86is7qot95.fsf@ewido.net>
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... > Has anyone any experience with them? > Is all of the build-in hardware supported? What about accelerated video? I'm using an Inspiron 8200 with a nvidia card and the nvidia driver works fine. > There is some choice about different displays, and some of them have > very very high resolutions like 1600x1200 on a 15"-screen. Is such a > display usable under X? I'm using a 1600x1200 15" screen right now with X and its definitely usable, not too small at all, and _VERY_ sharp. > And another very important question: ... > Especially I would like to know whether Dell-Notebooks have > an line-in, since I'm not certain from the descriptions on the web-site. My 8200 has a line-in and a mic-in. > Also: is the audio-output very noisy or can I use the line in for any > recordings? (I don't need very high quality, but I'd like to record > Myself playing guitar and use that as background-music for > improvisations). Audio quality is decent, but not great. ... > I'm not entirely sure, but I think that the wlan hardware kinda works, > even if I have to use ndisulator, right? Is there any hope that I don't > have use it one day? I have had the 54 mbit mini-pci card working under linux with ndiswrapper. I'd say the same should be possible in FreeBSD, but I yet have to try to get it to work. M. Hueck
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