From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 18 12:08:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 832C5106572F for ; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:08:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F076B8FC1B for ; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:08:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b11so3777nfh.33 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:08:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=bsrKyh1+SB0orom+I0q8Kd+ifW3BqFl1zdr9T8xkGyw=; b=U6q0Q0CoCIkvbsUZO4Q29b+8gR3+A7S48KmUYKP2BK5q+8fqH8tWJFiRL52QeTOD5l z9X2ktonHkT/xoQTZTvLd8Ak66ghKYwpyMvtkWrh0iso91K+nz+Xpw+MJVqZ7XDvScUj oR5wzbz9WgnVldYHkH/HNUOzqI0/mbFQiOqCw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Yb+IdSPaCEJ43OqgWseH4/WOJ+WRJGF8Le8gKYxglPTYnS/8mSwGkwzCkbyhtp9cEg HhEMvJGGDLw9YfLtFMyR/mkCHjyMooMI0/ETgsmjxPJBmy5Ggda9Iy7imCQ7BG2jOk1g WDo9INy4nG2cS1vYFDY3fdOjJAfYcaGikeMX4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.210.76.19 with SMTP id y19mr5375310eba.71.1237378115255; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:08:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <49b94250.0c11660a.248d.ffffa80e@mx.google.com> <3a142e750903121053j7f1c4b08tbcd31f8a6d78fd52@mail.gmail.com> <1237368919.4549.36.camel@slate1> <3a142e750903180317t71bd142cyc8c76a707a943041@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:08:35 +0000 Message-ID: From: Chris Rees To: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: is there a laptop ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:08:49 -0000 2009/3/18 Paul B. Mahol : > On 3/18/09, Gary Dunn wrote: >> On Thu, 2009-03-12 at 18:53 +0100, Paul B. Mahol wrote: >>> On 3/13/09, Saifi Khan wrote: >>> > On Thu, 12 Mar 2009, Maciej Suszko wrote: >>> > >>> >> Saifi Khan 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