From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 5 16:15:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13C5D16A4DD for ; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 16:15:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesfrancistoy@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.187]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BEE943D46 for ; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 16:15:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jamesfrancistoy@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id g2so796806nfe for ; Sat, 05 Aug 2006 09:15:33 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=ndapsPgaGiFm4exEN7RaClnjrGg8Bffv5sSGp/lWeLA5qmlCnll+/smgV5wgDnC+y/vOWKqI3IUhfp7BGfJuwdxhLjSu8NNbnJxWisoDbYQ31iM444wXeDCK6YKh4EXii/fdnx639dnQeprxLNi6Ddc+xuBV8sJQVVK29aztxH8= Received: by 10.78.157.8 with SMTP id f8mr1936587hue; Sat, 05 Aug 2006 09:15:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.50.18 with HTTP; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 09:15:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <9f8af95f0608050915u86e414au1c8d7a6da5cb0ce9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 12:15:32 -0400 From: "james toy" To: "FreeBSD Current" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Macbook -- freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 16:15:35 -0000 Hello, i have been using freebsd since i was around 10 -- i really love the OS and prefer it to everything else as i grew up on it -- i am writing concerning how robust the support is for the new macbook -- i was helping to develop ppc freebsd and know some of the new issues with the macintosh hardware -- now with the new northbridge a lot of the hardware has been rearranged in terms of controllers -- i was curious about the acpi concern -- as well as the fact 5 separate usb devices register for keyboards -- i assume that this is the bluetooth device searching for and making a device for a non existent component -- the mouse too does not work -- when clicked it simply drags to the bottom right -- perhaps at the loader prompt hint.pcib.1.skipslot=26 or some such to avoid the bluetooth -- any comments or questions are welcomed i'm just curious and want to get some more talk about these new machines -- the are very well engineered and have all the right components to run a really nice freebsd system -- ___ -jt