From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Jul 30 14:12: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.san.rr.com (smtp1.san.rr.com [24.25.195.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED89737B401 for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 14:11:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ralph@dt0b2n73.san.rr.com) Received: from dt0b2n73.san.rr.com (dt096n72.san.rr.com [24.94.9.114]) by smtp1.san.rr.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f6ULCv928403; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 14:12:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from ralph@localhost) by dt0b2n73.san.rr.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f6ULBs266097; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 14:11:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ralph@webcom.com) From: "Ralph N. Smith" Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 14:11:54 -0700 To: Josh Elsasser Cc: Rob , "freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Sony Vaio PCG-FX290 Message-ID: <20010730141154.A66060@ralph.smithton.com> References: <3B5B9602.EB72FA42@home.com> <20010723010752.C16684-100000@jade.elsasser.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010723010752.C16684-100000@jade.elsasser.org>; from josh@slack.nu on Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 01:18:57AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 01:18:57AM -0400, Josh Elsasser wrote: > I have a very similar laptop, an FX220, that I've recently installed > FreeBSD on. > > I was having some trouble with the ethernet with 4.3-RELEASE, but updating > to the latest 4.3-STABLE sources and rebuilding solved that. Apparently > the fxp driver was updated sometime after 4.3-RELEASE. > > As for XFree86, that's something I haven't gotten working yet, at least in > FreeBSD. I also have linux on the vaio, and XFree86 4.1 works just fine. > When I try to start X in FreeBSD, the display just goes blank and I have > to ssh in and kill -9 the X server. I suspect that earlier versions of > XFree86 4 will work, but I haven't tried yet. I have the FX220 and had the same problem. When I get home this evening (California) I will send the fix to the XF86Config file to get X working. Ralph -- Ralph N. Smith ralph@webcom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message