Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 15:19:02 -0600 From: dmmcf@uiuc.edu (D. Michael McFarland) To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Experiences with HP, Compaq? Message-ID: <87fzfbi661.fsf@lomond.aae.uiuc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20031223203627.GA3303@online.fr> (Rahul Siddharthan's message of "Tue, 23 Dec 2003 15:36:27 -0500") References: <20031223203627.GA3303@online.fr>
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Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> writes: > I've been using linux on an HP ze5385us, which looks like a similar > machine to your HP except it has a Pentium-IV, everything works fine. > I just installed FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT on it, it mostly works but here > are the caveats: > > 1. With FreeBSD 5.2-RC1 and ACPI enabled, the touchpad (psm0) is not > detected. (This is what kept me from using FreeBSD on it for a > long time.) However, this is fixed by a recent commit by Nate, so > upgrading to 5.2-CURRENT should work. The more I read, the more it appears I'd better plan to run -CURRRENT for a while. Oh well, I always wanted an excuse.... > 3. The builtin wireless (wi0, prism2.5/intersil chipset) is detected > fine under FreeBSD, I haven't tried using it yet. It works fine > under linux. This would be nice, but I have a Cisco card I can fall back on. > 7. The ATI Mobility (listed as a 4x AGP, detected by XFree86 as IGP > 340M) works fine with the vesa driver, but you don't get the X > Video extension then. > [...] > I'm hopeful XFree86 4.4.0 will fix this I can wait, as long as X works in some mode in the mean time. > Because of the touchpad issue I've been using linux on it, but at > present, enough of the laptop works under FreeBSD that I can use it > regularly I believe, and hopefully remaining issues will get fixed > soon. I ran Linux for several years, then switched to FreeBSD and was generally happier. Was forced back to Linux so I could run VMware and thus Windows, but keeping up with Linux can be a chore, and non-Windows license management around here becomes ever more challenging. I'd like to dedicate one machine to Windows and the proprietary apps I have to use, and return to FreeBSD on the other(s). But maybe portable hardware is just too, er, diverse for this to be a reasonable course. Many thanks to those who've replied, on the list and otherwise. Michaelhelp
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