Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:08:35 +0000 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: is there a laptop ? Message-ID: <b79ecaef0903180508o4709a98ay1a06885081d68978@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b79ecaef0903180508s72f311c5xdd9948a2f61ced7a@mail.gmail.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0903100612580.9131@localhost> <49b94250.0c11660a.248d.ffffa80e@mx.google.com> <Pine.LNX.4.64.0903122304190.12024@localhost> <3a142e750903121053j7f1c4b08tbcd31f8a6d78fd52@mail.gmail.com> <1237368919.4549.36.camel@slate1> <3a142e750903180317t71bd142cyc8c76a707a943041@mail.gmail.com> <b79ecaef0903180508s72f311c5xdd9948a2f61ced7a@mail.gmail.com>
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2009/3/18 Paul B. Mahol <onemda@gmail.com>: > On 3/18/09, Gary Dunn <knowtree@aloha.com> wrote: >> On Thu, 2009-03-12 at 18:53 +0100, Paul B. Mahol wrote: >>> On 3/13/09, Saifi Khan <saifi.khan@twincling.org> wrote: >>> > On Thu, 12 Mar 2009, Maciej Suszko wrote: >>> > >>> >> Saifi Khan <saifi.khan@twincling.org> wrote: >>> >> > Hi all: >>> >> > >>> >> > i've looked at tuxmobil, bsdgroup.de etc and i don't want to use >>> >> > ndiswrapper, or broadcom or additional PCMCIA card at all. >>> >> > >>> >> > Is there a laptop model (available in market) that experienced >>> >> > members would like to recommend wherein >>> >> > =A0. the WiFi 802.11 a/g (PCI based) >>> >> > =A0. Ethernet port >>> >> > =A0. and ACPI >>> >> > work absolutely fine with FreeBSD 7.x ? >>> >> >>> >> I use RELENG_7_1 and RELENG_7 on HP Compaq nx7300. I haven't tried t= he >>> >> suspend/resume, firewire port and I suppose the modem is not >>> >> going to work. Everything else is working fine for me. >>> >> -- >>> >> regards, Maciej Suszko. >>> >> >>> > >>> > What is the wireless chipset of your machine ? >>> >>> On mine nx7300 it is broadcom one and works fine via ndis. >>> Suspend/resume works fine if second core is disabled and vesa is >>> loaded in kernel >>> (either via kldload or via custom kernel) >>> Firewire and bluetooth are supported and should work without problems. >>> Ethernet works via if_bfe; carbus, drm, sound works fine ... >>> In short everything is supported on UP kernel except winmodem. >>> >>> There are some bugs in BIOS asl which I fixed adding: >>> >>> acpi_dsdt_load=3D"YES" >>> acpi_dsdt_name=3D"/boot/acpi.aml" >>> >>> in /boot/loader.conf >>> >>> /boot/acpi.aml is modified version of ASL which address "temperature >>> is absurd, ignored" >>> type of messages. >>> >>> >>> 8.0 CURRENT i386. >>> >> >> Lots of interesting stuff in this thread. I am running 7.1 and Gnome >> 2.22 on a Fujitsu T1010. (More at http://wiki.openslate.net) My >> experience seems typical, most things work. Issues: >> >> =A0 =A0 o Suspend/Resume does not work >> >> =A0 =A0 o With powerd configured CPU speed happily throttles up and down >> automatically, greatly extending battery life >> >> =A0 =A0 o X mouse pointer is usually a square of random noise pixels -- >> looks weird but works fine > > Enable soft cursor in /etc/X11/xorg.conf: > Option "SWcursor" =A0 =A0 =A0"1" > inside Device Section. > > You didn't said what video driver. > >> >> =A0 =A0 o Built-in WiFi does not work; I use an old Orinoco Gold PC-card= , wi >> driver works fine > > it may work with ndisulator(ndisgen(8)) > >> >> =A0 =A0 o Some thumb drives mount fine, some do not, some mount but do n= ot >> unmount. They all work fine in Vista :-( >> >> =A0 =A0 o Cannot mount a Sony PCM-D50 digital audio recorder, which work= s >> fine in Vista :-( >> >> =A0 =A0 o The Linux-Wacom driver (http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/) do= es >> not see the built-in digitizer >> >> Apparently HEAD =3D=3D 8.0 CURRENT; I may move up to that to see what is >> better. However, running CURRENT is not for the faint of heart. >> >> Questions: >> >> 1. Has the SMP issue with ACPI been fixed in HEAD? > > Not for me, but UP still works. > >> 2. How does one disable the second CPU? > > "set kern.smp.disabled=3D1" from loader prompt or "kern.smp.disabled=3D1"= line > in /boot/loader.conf > >> >> 3. ACPI includes commands that be configured to run going into and >> coming out of suspend. Can these be used to turn the second CPU off and >> on? >> >> -- >> Gary Dunn, Honolulu >> osp@aloha.com >> http://openslate.net/ >> http://e9erust.blogspot.com/ >> Sent from Slate001 >> >> > > > -- > Paul > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > As far as the WLAN support goes, you can always replace the cards. Searching on eBay or old laptops is often a good bet. Ralink and Atheros are your best bets as aforementioned; Free drivers! Oh, I'll agree with everyone saying IBM laptops are the best; but they sold the Thinkpad line to Lenovo, who as I've mostly found have kept up the standards. They are excellent buys. Good luck... Chris
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