From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 25 23:43:50 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org 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 91CD916A47C; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:43:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ambrisko@ambrisko.com) Received: from mail.ambrisko.com (mail.ambrisko.com [64.174.51.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07CEE44817; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:43:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ambrisko@ambrisko.com) Received: from server2.ambrisko.com (HELO www.ambrisko.com) ([192.168.1.2]) by mail.ambrisko.com with ESMTP; 25 Oct 2006 16:40:39 -0700 Received: from ambrisko.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.ambrisko.com (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k9PNhnwe079796; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:43:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ambrisko@ambrisko.com) Received: (from ambrisko@localhost) by ambrisko.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id k9PNhn1m079795; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:43:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ambrisko) From: Doug Ambrisko Message-Id: <200610252343.k9PNhn1m079795@ambrisko.com> In-Reply-To: To: Daniel Eischen Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:43:49 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL94b (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Doug Barton , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Experience with Dell Latitude D620? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:43:50 -0000 Daniel Eischen writes: | On Wed, 25 Oct 2006, Doug Barton wrote: | | > After a long (and sometimes ugly) ordeal with a few other manufacturers, I | > finally decided on a Dell Latitude D620, which is sitting here next to me. It | > has the new Core 2 Duo, and lots of other exciting bells and whistles. :) The | > only negative so far is the 3945 wireless, but I have an atheros pccard to | > use in the meantime. | > | > I'm wondering what experiences people have with this, gotchas for FreeBSD, | > etc. I am planning to dual boot windows and -current. I am particularly | > interested in being able to suspend/resume in freebsd, so if anyone has got | > that working, please share the secrets. Also, has anyone with a core 2 duo | > tried running the 64 bit freebsd? | | I have a similar Dell, you can search the mobile archives for | some of my postings. I have a very alpha 3945 driver by Damien | before he left the project that gets me by, and the sound just | started working with the HDA stuff committed to current recently. | Graphics works without AGP in the kernel, but with AGP, the | 945 video driver in recent Xorg doesn't work. You also have to | use 915resolution to set the video mode. | | Also, I didn't think the Core 2 Duo was 64-bit capable. Is | it? The _2_ version is supposed to be 64-bit. I waiting to get such a laptop from work with a 19.2x12 screen. I will be using it in 64bit mode and compiling for both 32bit and 64bit stuff. Since the other 64bit variants work Celeron etc. I would expect the mobile version to just work. Doug A.