From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 4 01:23:42 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A970616A41F for ; Sun, 4 Dec 2005 01:23:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [216.201.118.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2F2443D5E for ; Sun, 4 Dec 2005 01:23:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBD516169; Sat, 3 Dec 2005 19:23:40 -0600 (CST) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 59553-06; Sat, 3 Dec 2005 19:23:38 -0600 (CST) Received: by makeworld.com (Postfix, from userid 1008) id 83AD0614A; Sat, 3 Dec 2005 19:23:38 -0600 (CST) Received: from [216.201.118.138] (racerx.makeworld.com [216.201.118.138]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1512F60C6; Sat, 3 Dec 2005 19:23:38 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <4392451A.7040700@makeworld.com> Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 19:23:38 -0600 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051122) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Astrodog References: <43913E86.3080409@verizon.net> <20051203225031.4f776e5d.lists@yazzy.org> <2fd864e0512031642u5c09128cr32af37f4b3cf9a07@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2fd864e0512031642u5c09128cr32af37f4b3cf9a07@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.3.3 (20050822) at makeworld.com - FreeBSD:The Power To Serve Cc: Marcin Jessa , wrangled , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Will FreeBSD *EVER* support Hp Pavillion laptops? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: RacerX@makeworld.com List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 01:23:42 -0000 Astrodog wrote: > On 12/3/05, Marcin Jessa wrote: > >>On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 01:43:18 -0500 >>wrangled wrote: >> >> >>>Every year I try the latest version of FreeBSD to see if it works on >>>my HP Pavillion 5445, and each year it hangs as soon as the intaller >>>gets to acpi.ko. >> >>Did you try unloading ACPI when you boot the install cd ? >> >>>Yes, I've tried everything. No, it still doesn't work. >> >>How much of everything did you try ? >> >> >>>It's my only machine that cannot run FreeBSD. >>>It just seems odd since the machine is fairly mainstream. >>> >>>I am mostly just curious at this point. In a word - proprietary Anyone that knows HP/Compaq knows that they "tweak" ordinary hardware by adding something to the firmware and that makes it proprietary. Do yourself a favor - If you want to run FBSD on a lappy, DON'T use an HP. -- Best regards, Chris First rule of intelligent tinkering: Save all the parts