Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 00:05:34 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Michael Robinson <robinson@netrinsics.com> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.org, david@catwhisker.org Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 5000e vs. Chembook 3015A vs. Compal N38W2 (N30 Message-ID: <XFMail.010222000534.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200102220449.f1M4nFT01137@netrinsics.com>
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On 22-Feb-01 Michael Robinson wrote: > David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> writes: >>So 1600x1200 isn't a requirement, but it would be nice, > > It's very nice. Not only does the 1600x1200 screen on the 5000e have a > lot of pixels (equivalant to four 800x600 SVGA screens side-by-side), it's > sharp and bright. It absolutely humiliates the screen on my IBM 770X. > >>Finally, the other issue is the mouse buttons. I confess I'm annoyed >>about only 2 buttons being present -- I'm not really coordinated enough >>to be able to handle "chording" (especially in conjunction with the >>CONTROL key, for example). > > The two buttons are adjacent, and sprung such that if you press at the > junction of the two, both go down at the same time. You can "chord" with > one finger with just slightly more care than you would use for pressing a > third mouse button. I really don't miss the third button on the 770X. > >>Finally, are there any other "gotchas" that I (or anyone else who has >>already perused the -mobile archives on the Inspirons & the like back to >>last November or so) might want to know about? > > APM doesn't work. ACPI doesn't work. Everyone is waiting for Dell to > release a BIOS that fixes the latter problem. Until then, you can suspend > your computer, but the kernel doesn't know about it. So, for example, your > system clock doesn't get updated when you resume, the sound drivers don't > get reinitialized, etc., etc. Err, ACPI sort of works. You have to tell ACPI to ignore the Super IO controller via this: debug.acpi.avoid="_SB_.PCI0.PX40.SIO_" However, suspend/resume doesn't really work. :( Most of the rest of ACPI works though. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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