From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 11 23:41:49 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D66E1065670 for ; Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:41:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from april.london.02.net (april.london.02.net [87.194.255.143]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B6478FC12 for ; Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:41:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from [192.168.1.75] (93.97.24.219) by april.london.02.net (8.5.016.1) id 4967C92C0114E282; Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:30:19 +0000 Message-ID: <49B8498B.9080402@onetel.com> Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:30:19 +0000 From: Chris Whitehouse User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090113) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Saifi Khan References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is there a laptop ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:41:49 -0000 Saifi Khan wrote: > Hi all: > > i've looked at tuxmobil, bsdgroup.de etc and i don't want to use > ndiswrapper, or broadcom or additional PCMCIA card at all. > > Is there a laptop model (available in market) that experienced > members would like to recommend wherein > . the WiFi 802.11 a/g (PCI based) > . Ethernet port > . and ACPI > work absolutely fine with FreeBSD 7.x ? > > > thanks > Saifi. > _______________________________________________ > 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" > HP nc6320 (google RH383ET) - most things work, including wifi and ethernet, except for the following: - gives a repeated message like acpi_tz0 absurd value ignoring - dmesg shows dvd drive errors on each boot and later hald-addon-storage will start using 100%cpu till it is killed (I think they are connected but haven't really investigated) - with FreeBSD (latest PCBSD) cpu fan comes on more than it did with windows and battery doesn't last as long - haven't tested suspend/resume or internal modem. - don't think the finger print reader or the card reader are recognised. - build quality is probably not as good as the IBM's Sorry not to give exact messages, I'm at a different machine but I can give you dmesg etc later if required. Chris PS don't buy from laptopsdirect.co.uk unless you want to get spammed from them and various associated online shops.