From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 26 08:31:56 2011 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 DE108106566C for ; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:31:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from ms16-1.1blu.de (ms16-1.1blu.de [89.202.0.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 755898FC15 for ; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:31:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [88.217.25.211] (helo=localhost.my.domain) by ms16-1.1blu.de with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qakko-0002Qp-9d; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:31:43 +0200 Received: from localhost.my.domain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.my.domain (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p5Q8VfID002485; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:31:41 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: (from guru@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.14.4/8.14.3/Submit) id p5Q8VeVg002484; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:31:40 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.my.domain: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:31:35 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: Ian Smith Message-ID: <20110626083135.GA2432@tinyCurrent> References: <20110625182502.GF29050@albert.catwhisker.org> <20110625191708.GA1182@tiny> <20110626165210.P72504@sola.nimnet.asn.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20110626165210.P72504@sola.nimnet.asn.au> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT (i386) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Con-Id: 51246 X-Originating-IP: 88.217.25.211 Cc: Bastian Rieck , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop recommendations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:31:57 -0000 El día Sunday, June 26, 2011 a las 05:36:27PM +1000, Ian Smith escribió: > On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:17:08 +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: > > > > I run a bunch of laptops/netbooks, all with some older 8-CURRENT or now > > 9-CURRENT (head): > > > > Acer Aspire One D250 > > Fujitsu Siemens Amilo M1437G > > Asus EeePC 900 > > Dell M4400 > > How well does suspend/resume work on these? An absolute must for me. I don't use suspend/resume, can't say anything about; > > the best way, if youd dealer allows it, would be to boot the laptop in > > question with a recent Knoppix DVD to see in detail what is in the box > > and then check the FreeBSD man(4) pages if it is supported; > > The PC-BSD 8.2 memstick might be a good option for that sort of testing. > Unlike the FreeBSD memsticks it's a full DVD-sized image on a proper MBR > slice, so you can write eg a verbose dmesg.boot and sysctl -a to another > slice for later evaluation on an 8GB+ stick, from the fixit boot. Knoppix (a Linux derivate) works better to detect hardware; ofc you can put it as well on an USB key; > I suppose that's not a problem as long as it then behaves ok on battery. > I've never much fancied Dells but with the demise of 'proper' IBM/Lenovo > laptops, I'm trying to keep an open mind to others. How's that Fujitsu? It's outdated (from 2006) but works very well; matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.unixarea.de/