From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 7 19:01:00 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 114A51065680 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2012 19:01:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vrachil@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CFDD8FC22 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2012 19:00:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbds12 with SMTP id ds12so5733947wgb.31 for ; Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:00:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-tagtoolbar-keys:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=yOcD3pxpX9OOgHVj54dynfRvZLyRK4CYPyro6aAsWAk=; b=tAu/bnl85jlg1zJ23Ry6N0DXfNf3hoTkTxTPvV5Thwp4AjWVkiCri2nOe4eN6hYaw8 rFG+iHnAzdxIQYxEL/BMxxnLWZiSUXwFMC/lFI8DysQWywIB+R1pbFATaabV5mFVN6Th 8ynKCsDRqt17lhwBvVXp18w+Bjf93VIPjg0SmGXYjT8auNEwf9pqVAkAhkjExSMnJ8vx pYSEN1bN63czSN29jyL4wsK1/NFr52N/+K/yliTDrXYkxwwkYFdlS4zOJINfrVy06fru pGvuvDmfQtDjL1Vw75yf5+WH5i/ZJK7zeoSUGxcAZZqrkFfX9xVMaqkjZUVX6Uw6eZXI JWxA== Received: by 10.216.135.69 with SMTP id t47mr1466955wei.85.1331144960789; Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:29:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from i5.limgad.homeunix.net (130.43.36.118.dsl.dyn.forthnet.gr. [130.43.36.118]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h19sm37589817wiw.9.2012.03.07.10.29.19 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:29:19 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4F57A8FC.8090106@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:29:16 +0200 From: Vrachnis Ilias-Dimitrios User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20120227 Thunderbird/10.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <4E836C06.9070405@gmail.com> <4E8374A7.90105@gmail.com> <4E9BDF13.4040006@gmail.com> <4F38211D.4070305@mehnert.org> <4F40A2D4.6000000@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-TagToolbar-Keys: D20120307202916682 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: x220 notes 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: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:01:00 -0000 On 03/07/2012 01:25, Любомир Григоров wrote: > I will be buying a X220 soon and have some questions: > > 1. Which wireless has better support? > > ThinkPad 11b/g/n Wireless (Realtek RTL8192SE / RTL8188CE) > Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000 > > 2. I've read bad reviews about webcam having poor quality on GNU/Linux, so > I would assume it will be the same on FreeBSD with webcamd and not worth > the $30? (which also frees up space for 3x3 antenna) > > 3. Any disadvantages in usage for turning off the UEFI? > > 4. How far is the AMD64 kernel suspend/resume? What do you mean by video > doesn't resume? > > 5. I'll be getting the IPS screen and want to make sure all the brightness > issues won't f it up. Is there yet a working way to control brightness > without interrupting the fan? Hi Любомир, i'll be answering the 1,2 questions from my experience with the X220: I bought my X220 with the Realtek wireless and the webcam. I tried running -CURRENT a couple of months ago, (just after the bump to 10-CURRENT) but the wifi was a no-go, so yeah, I'd suggest getting the intel adapter too. As for the camera, I've been running Arch linux, and the performance (resolution, refresh rate) have been fine, as far as I know at least. I've used it for some skype conferencing and it worked fine. No flickering, no issues at all. Without knowing about the webcamd compatibility of the specific model, I am happy about choosing the camera instead of the antenna, as I never have any problems connecting to my access point, even when I am far away with 4-5 walls in between. As for the rest, I can't comment on, as I did not install freebsd at all, and as such I did not test the other parts. The wireless was a big issue for me you see. just my 0.02$ -vid