Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 22:19:36 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Ted Stein <tstein@seas.upenn.edu> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD on Dell Inspiron 5000 Message-ID: <XFMail.010128221936.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20010128123015.A25016@blue.seas.upenn.edu>
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On 28-Jan-01 Ted Stein wrote:
> Hi,
> I was wondering if anyone has (or knows of anyone who has) had success
> installing and running FreeBSD on a Dell Inspiron 5000. I'll include some of
> the specs for informative purposes: PIII-750MHz, 128mb RAM, ATI Rage
> Mobility-P, ESS Maestro-2e sound, 3com FEM656T (10/100+56k) PC card. I tried
> installing Linux (*gasp*) only because the machines I administer are Linux -
> but now I've once again given up on Linux and am going back to BSD. Any help
> on this matter would be appreciated. Please reply directly back to me, since
> at the moment I am not subscribed to the list.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Ted Stein
> tstein@seas.upenn.edu
Is this a 5000e? That is what I have, and it runs current and X 4.0.2 just
fine (in 1600x1200 no less):
FreeBSD laptop.baldwin.cx 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #299: Fri Jan 26
18:13:47 PST 2001 john@laptop.baldwin.cx:/usr/src/sys/compile/LAPTOP i386
Note that apm won't work due to its buggy APM BIOS, though ACPI kind of works
in -current. pccard works fine, but cardbus in -current doesn't work at the
moment. The sound card works fine, and in -current you can even use the volume
buttons to control the sound.
FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #299: Fri Jan 26 18:13:47 PST 2001
john@laptop.baldwin.cx:/usr/src/sys/compile/LAPTOP
...
CPU: Pentium III/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron (696.97-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x683 Stepping = 3
Features=0x383f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PA
T,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE>
real memory = 134152192 (131008K bytes)
avail memory = 125644800 (122700K bytes)
...
VESA: v2.0, 16384k memory, flags:0x1, mode table:0xc03a8f62 (1000022)
VESA: ATI MOBILE M3
Using $PIR table, 7 entries at 0xc00fdf50
acpi0: <DELL I 5000 > on motherboard
...
pcic-pci0: <TI PCI-1225 PCI-CardBus Bridge> at device 4.0 on pci0
pcic-pci0: TI12XX PCI Config Reg: [ring enable][speaker enable][pwr save][FUNC p
ci int + CSC serial isa irq]
pcic-pci1: <TI PCI-1225 PCI-CardBus Bridge> at device 4.1 on pci0
pcic-pci1: TI12XX PCI Config Reg: [ring enable][speaker enable][pwr save][FUNC p
ci int + CSC serial isa irq]
...
pcm0: <ESS Technology Maestro-2E> port 0x1400-0x14ff irq 5 at device 8.0 on pci0
...
pcic0: <VLSI 82C146> at port 0x3e0 iomem 0xd0000 irq 10 on isa0
pcic0: management irq 10
pccard0: <PC Card bus -- kludge version> on pcic0
pccard1: <PC Card bus -- kludge version> on pcic0
...
Your 3com card is probably cardbus, so it probably won't work atm, but I'm not
sure.
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