From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 10 20:53:16 2009 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 8993E10656C7 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:53:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C71F48FC13 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:53:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Lh8wo-0002zC-Rj; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:53:10 +0000 Received: from melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id n2AKr9XW027204; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:53:10 GMT Received: by melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B685CFCA4DB; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:53:04 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:53:04 +0000 From: Frank Shute To: Saifi Khan Message-ID: <20090310205304.GA84417@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Saifi Khan , FreeBSD Questions , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <49B60754.4080301@sophia.ac.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE-p2 i386 X-Organisation: 'http://www.shute.org.uk/' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.1.7 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:53:10 +0000 (GMT) Cc: FreeBSD Questions , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is there a laptop ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:53:17 -0000 On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:31:41AM +0000, Saifi Khan wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Mar 2009, Takashi Inoue wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > 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 ? > > > > If you want to use ACPI suspend/resume, > > you need to kill one of two core in Core2Duo. > > If you want the both, choose Linux insted. > > > > Cheers, > > T. I. > > > > Are you saying that ACPI implementation in FreeBSD is buggy ? > > Do you have any suggestions about laptops to make (assuming ACPI > is disabled) ? > You can still use ACPI, it's just that suspend/resume might not work. If you use ACPI then you can run powerd(8) which will prolong battery life. I bought a Dell XPS1330 on which everything seems to work on 7.1-R; even the fingerprint reader can be made to work (can't remember the port to use). I don't use powerd as I usually have the laptop plugged in. BTW, I've got an old Thinkpad and I much prefer the Trackpoint to the Dell's Touchpad, YMMV. So my advice is to look at the Thinkpads. A lot of BSD users use them & their hardware is well supported by FreeBSD, I believe. > > thanks > Saifi. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html