From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Mar 8 7:21:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mail19a.dulles19-verio.com (mail19a.dulles19-verio.com [161.58.134.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D824737B400 for ; Fri, 8 Mar 2002 07:21:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from 198.104.176.109 (198.104.176.109) by mail19a.dulles19-verio.com (RS ver 1.0.60s) with SMTP id 037038773; Fri, 8 Mar 2002 10:20:14 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3C88D62B.273EEE3C@pythonemproject.com> Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 07:18:03 -0800 From: Rob X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ElephantChild , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Opinions requested: FreeBSD-stable and Sony Vaio FXA series References: <3C88D5D2.A718A09F@pythonemproject.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Loop-Detect: 1 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Oh, and I forgot, no APM, need ACPI. Rob. Rob wrote: > > Hi, > > I have what was the top-of-the-line FX-290 (1GHz P3, 30G HD, 15" > screen). It is dual boot Win2K and FBSD. My only FBSD complaint is > that I can only get VESA sized console, and then with special kernel > params. But other than that sound works very well. I haven't tried the > CD burner yet, but it is recognized by the OS. I use the built in > ethernet, and printing is no problem either. > > My main complaint with this unit was that Sony bypassed Win2k and went > right to Windows XP support. So it took months to get all of the Win2k > drivers and utilities. Also, I use it for Python programming and found > that Win2K runs Python 50% or more faster than FreeBSD :( > > Rob. > > ElephantChild wrote: > > > > I searched the -questions, -hardware, and -mobile archives and saw many > > mentions of Vaios, some of them discouraging, most encouraging, but none > > that mention that model specifically. (there's a semblance of specs at > > http://www.sonystyle.com/vaio/fxaseries/specs.shtml.) > > > > I plan to use that one as a dual-boot 'doze+FreeBSD-stable machne, and I'd > > like to hear about any stories, good or bad, that you may have about it or > > its components. I saw that the graphics chipset seems to work under XF86 > > (on other Vaio models), and I suspect that the internal modem is a *spit* > > winmodem and thus won't work, but it says nothing about the CPU and MB/bus > > chipset. I also saw caveats about (lack of) ACPI support in -stable, and > > about PCI interrupt vs. polling configuration traps, and about incomplete > > support for the sorta-kinda fxp ethernet interface that other Vaios use > > (and which may not be what this one uses - specs don't say.) OTOH, I saw > > lots of (apparently successful) suggestions for daling w/ some of those on > > other models. > > > > I'm prepared, if necessary, to show up at a dealer w/ FreeBSD boot CD in > > hand and see what dmesg and the partition editor say, and or to ask > > salescritters, but I thought I'd ask here first, as the answers will > > probably be more helpful. Horror stories, pointers, clue stick > > applications, or suggestions to ask on -questions or -hardware gratefully > > accepted. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > > -- > The Numeric Python EM Project > > www.pythonemproject.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message -- The Numeric Python EM Project www.pythonemproject.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message