From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 3 15:17:25 2010 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 BC4FB1065680 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 15:17:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aaron.lewis1989@gmail.com) Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BB078FC2A for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 15:17:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 25so255893eya.9 for ; Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:17:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0jRz9EyIQG8clI+Hl+GXdclHrL3H6VKbmmgBYn0FBEU=; b=q2ezRVrjsqdSKt1SFBsdQGsNUEqEF3u7jRLl6qWp8JRkP6+qoPKvrBPox/n9Sc6iQV zglvyE0fr1cex/eW6NCrxFInTcD8QEZqDedRA6po7JSyyhEnRJElVwOTw8hBHz48WPfL dZ+B7dit9YW3EXlAdJuD1XPJ50dYUFd4F3Y3s= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=LlOySECnG4duNDa0m7i9UnXuO4LC/cvh05buiVeDH/JvFTv7oAJNYalyoc7CUUIRp+ GXD+XViYRfqUCyu04tIzJVK6tsp0qq+Z+JpjDF+nX1NCAOfX8Ws7RWTwYn6gWhmTEJst x9PTUgmymRyHBa5OyDYMFpRCJbAjq5XyKoWhg= Received: by 10.213.42.70 with SMTP id r6mr5611143ebe.4.1267629439135; Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:17:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.0.101? ([123.233.108.98]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm16345709eyg.24.2010.03.03.07.17.16 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:17:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B8E7D83.7050004@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:17:23 +0800 From: Aaron Lewis User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090608) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Programmer In Training References: <4B8EDF8C.2050301@gmail.com> <4B8E709E.1080202@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> In-Reply-To: <4B8E709E.1080202@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suitable laptop for FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:17:25 -0000 Programmer In Training wrote: > On 03/03/10 16:15, Aaron Lewis wrote: > > >> Here's some suggestions , don't choose ATI video cards. ( No UNIX >> Drivers .. ) >> >> Well , i'm on ThinkPad R400 , ATI Mobile HD 3400 and an integrated Video >> Card , >> FBSD doesn't boot when i switched to ATI Video card. >> > > Is this only true of more recent ATI devices, or is this only affecting > laptops with ATI cards? I only ask because I'm running an ATI card for > my desktop with no problems. If this is true for more recent ATI cards > only, this puts a crimp in my plans for my "super"-computer. > > Yeah , it's too new, the open-source driver will not support it. Well , that's because my Thinkpad has two video card , one ATI , one Intel integrated card. The Default OS is Vista , it supports switch between these two without changing BIOS settings. But i kick windows off my laptop , i'm using Linux with ATI card someway ;-) So in my BIOS , i disabled intel integrated video card , only use ATI. Then FBSD hangs after boot menu , can't load kernel ;- ( Strongly recommand you try out NVIDIA , at least it has FreeBSD and Solaris drivers ATI has a bad support for Linux/UNIX .. -- Best Regards, Aaron Lewis - PGP: 0xA476D2E9 irc: A4r0n on freenode