From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 24 10:20:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 150F5106564A for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:20:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com (ti-out-0910.google.com [209.85.142.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C5E18FC1D for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:20:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id j2so601285tid.3 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:20:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=6SiMOth4aP3KuThohrU7Q+xbNUpZzi/J4gFqF72x9XU=; b=Kzyul0r9i1BeuXm4xISY3TcqGTdKW8ekZf80IOmDoi46l0AjjI1lmFQSkLq8a5iCJimsROMTttLovn5VCML5duxUJMDwdcre3/t36nzNEVRhppHjoiHiZnWdk5vN6WaxJc/10E4SRHyFo5DP/J2AdtkfvVfTo6+Xt8TqhnYPi60= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=EJU/k2WCgavI5Cyi+L6YHW/zd+M5aK6pCulS3/MXm7/WkG12kGIrADTdauTCRXDk3flYOBGdT2GjQ2ahmJLwOaHe5LitY9ZZ+jIKcg4yGOHplXdC56e0D7wUawJSRz6Mtixyzuiq0E8RDK4DVYmZ9EndUuoTbY5NBQPw+P0urtg= Received: by 10.110.70.5 with SMTP id s5mr1092959tia.6.1206354045507; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:20:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.110.3.13 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:20:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5635aa0d0803240320l773f8692k3a581b09c765d732@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:20:45 +0700 From: "Outback Dingo" To: "Matthias Apitz" In-Reply-To: <20080324090707.GA5568@rebelion.Sisis.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <486D09FD-3808-4627-A90D-1E343B76122E@bsdhost.net> <20080324090707.GA5568@rebelion.Sisis.de> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:28:28 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Joe Demeny , Fred C , Derek Ragona , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Ted Mittelstaedt Subject: Re: Laptop advice X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:20:47 -0000 Id go an ASUS low end or Lenovo, I actually have never had an issue with FreeBSD on an ASUS, except for built in web cam support, dells are nice but ive experienced issues with three of them under BSD so ive been avoiding them. I do have an ASUS W5A and a IBM Z60M Lenovo Thinkpad, both run linux and BSD fine. On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Matthias Apitz wrote: > El d=EDa Monday, March 24, 2008 a las 12:29:16AM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt > escribi=F3: > > > Unfortunately, it is quite common for laptop vendors to write specs > > that use different names than industry standard for the components, > > so it is difficult to figure this out in advance. > > > > What you want to do is get yourself a FreeBSD boot CD then go > > visit a computer vendor that has display models. Do not order a > > laptop online. Visit a brick and mortar vendor, and try booting > > fbsd on each of the display models. > > A good way is also to let it boot a Knoppix boot CD / DVD which is able > to detect nearly all hardware used to assemble the laptop. Then take the > /var/log/messages output of this and check it against the FreeBSD > hardware notes. > > matthias (running FreeBSD 7.0-R on laptop :-)) > -- > Matthias Apitz > Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH > Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany > t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 > e - w http://www.oclc.org/ > http://www.UnixArea.de/ > b http://gurucubano.blogspot.com/ > Don't top-post, read RFC1855 http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is it such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet and in e-mail? > _______________________________________________ > 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" >