From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 8 17:43:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E3DE16A47E for ; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:43:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jvd@delinocci.com) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.152]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74CD543D64 for ; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:43:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jvd@delinocci.com) Received: from x (c-24-16-99-67.hsd1.wa.comcast.net[24.16.99.67]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with SMTP id <20061108174310m12000gk3se>; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:43:10 +0000 From: "JVD" To: Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 09:43:19 -0800 Message-ID: <000501c7035d$60edfd80$22c9f880$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AccDXWCa+vgOSmCWRGu64it2tsjqEA== Content-Language: en-us Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Dell E521 Threads X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:43:20 -0000 Sorry if some of these questions have already been answered, but I have been digging around and can't find any actual answers. I have tried to run FreeBSD 6.2 for amd64 and 6.2 for i386 on a Dell E521 with no real luck. Currently, I am running 6.2 for i386 and just got done with a cvsup and a build/installworld with no changes. The list of issues appears to be the same that others have already posted about but was looking for some direction on where to look for answers. Since I installed i386 many issues have been resolved, but the following still remain: 1. System panics if any USB device is plugged in during boot - I know there is a bug open on this but I have not seen any progress or potential fixes 2. The DVD-ROM is not recognized 3. The sound card is not recognized 4. After getting the box to boot and plugging in the mouse, my window manager is slow and unresponsive. You can't see the input into aterm/xterm unless the mouse is moving while you type and I have to click the mouse 3-4 times before anything happens when using menus, trying to get focus, etc. I know not all of these belong on the same mailing list, and I have tried to find answers from the existing threads on these topics, but have not seen any threads that have potential solutions. If someone has fixed these issues on their own or could provide me direction as to where to look / what threads to watch for resolution I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance -jvd