From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 3 15:37:13 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 F3CC5106564A for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 15:37:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from web@umich.edu) Received: from tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.93.161]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD9458FC18 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 15:37:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: FROM itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu (itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu [141.213.135.249]) By tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4B8E8226.F289E.18904 ; Authuser web; 3 Mar 2010 10:37:10 EST Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 10:36:52 -0500 From: William Bulley To: Warren Block Message-ID: <20100303153652.GE43700@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> Mail-Followup-To: Warren Block , Aaron Lewis , Andreas Davour , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: Aaron Lewis , Andreas Davour , 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 15:37:13 -0000 According to Warren Block on Wed, 03/03/10 at 10:30: > > Umm... that's incorrect. Maybe you mean ATI doesn't supply closed > drivers for FreeBSD (although they do have Linux drivers, I think). > > xorg's open xf86-video-ati driver supports ATI video cards, including > the Radeon Mobility cards in two notebooks I've tested. > > >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. > > Are you saying the R400 has both integrated and discrete video cards? > Lenovo's web site doesn't seem very oriented to telling potential > customers details about their newer computers. I think yes. At least in my case. I have a T500 and it came with both integrated Intel video plus an additional ATI mini-card. I don't recall if there was an Nvidia video choice. Regards, web... -- William Bulley Email: web@umich.edu 72 characters width template ----------------------------------------->|