From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 16 01:43:39 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD47037B401 for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 01:43:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.econolodgetulsa.com (mail.econolodgetulsa.com [198.78.66.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58A8843F85 for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 01:43:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from user@mail.econolodgetulsa.com) Received: from mail (mail [198.78.66.163])h4G8hieq061480 for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 01:43:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from user@mail.econolodgetulsa.com) Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 01:43:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Josh Brooks To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030515120913.I5537-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: dell inspiron 8500, vga console mode, bluetooth, etc. X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 08:43:40 -0000 Hello, I am considering purchasing a Dell Inspiron 8500 - the new wide aspect 15.4" screen model. I have three questions - two specific to this laptop, and one general question: 1. Some previous dell laptops with ati rage cards have been unable to run in VGA console mode - or the resolution choices have been severely limited. Will I run into any limitations with the " NVIDIAGeForceTM4 4200 Go with 64 MB DDR " that comes with this system ? I would really like to be able to do vga console in all sorts of modes/resolutions. 2. Any reports/comments/knowledge on the TrueMobile miniPCI 802.11b/g card ? 3. (general question) - from time to time I run across a terminal or computer where the key response is fast instead of slow. What I mean is, in FreeBSD (or any other OS for that matter) if you put the cursor at the front of a line and just hold down right-arrow, the cursor will move character by character over to the right. but, most of the time it does so slowly - maybe 1/3 second per movement ... but once in a while i get to a system or terminal that does it much much faster - movig up and down, left and right with the arrows ... and key repeat ... it is much much faster. So the question is, what determines this key response speed, and how can i set any laptop I am using to the faster speed ? thanks!