From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 1 12:33:33 2003 Return-Path: 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 EDF3716A4CE for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 12:33:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from megs19.100mwh.com (megs19.100mwh.com [209.151.94.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2C5243FCB for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 12:33:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rseals@vdsi.net) Received: from [204.193.75.20] (helo=[10.200.10.14]) by megs19.100mwh.com with asmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AQujT-0007Qa-St for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Mon, 01 Dec 2003 13:33:24 -0700 From: Ray Seals To: FreeBSD Mobile Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1070310801.93320.26.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 14:33:22 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - megs19.100mwh.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - vdsi.net Subject: Emachines M3512 and FreeBSD Status X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: rseals@vdsi.net List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 20:33:34 -0000 I purchased an emachines M3512 laptop about 3 weeks ago. I'm currently running 5.2-Beta on the machine to get the internal NIC to work with the touch pad. It was a good deal. It listed for $1249.99 before the $200 in rebates. It's an AMD Athlon XP-M 2400+ 1.8Ghz processor. 512MB ram 60 Gig drive ATI Mobility Radeon 15.4" Widescreen The machine works except for the following items: - Built In Wireless (Broadcom and there are no drivers for it not even for the Linux guys they have to use the windows drivers to get theirs to work). - Built in Modem (it's not a Lucent chipset) - DVD/CD-RW works for everything but playing music CD's. I cannot get sound out of this machine playing a regular music CD. Works in in XP but not in FreeBSD. Sound works with XMMS playing MP3 files. I haven't tried to burn a CD yet either. - Display only runs in 1024x768. It can do 1280x800. Haven't had a chance to play with this yet. I read on XFree86 where they have drivers for these cards. Any help or ideas on the CD Music thing would be helpful. Ray