Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 23:29:51 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fr=E9d=E9ric_Hardy?= <fc.h@wanadoo.fr> To: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.1Release on Compaq Presario Laptop. Message-ID: <40E1DF4F.7080902@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <200406291627.52112.algould@datawok.com> References: <40E1DBBA.4030807@wanadoo.fr> <200406291627.52112.algould@datawok.com>
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Andrew L. Gould wrote: >On Tuesday 29 June 2004 04:14 pm, Frédéric Hardy wrote: > > >>Hi, >> I have just installed FreeBSD 4.10 - Release on my laptop Compaq >>Presario 2132. Everything's working fine, but I have a couple of >>doubts. >>1. My console does'nt cover the entire screen of my laptop. It only >>appears in a middle rectangular area of the screen. How do I fix this >>to cover the entire screen??? Some people directed my to run the >>'diagnostics check' in my BIOS. But my BIOS does not have diagnostic >>checks. Is there another way? >> >> > >Another poster gave me this advice: try Fn-F7 (Function-F7). It worked >nicely for my Dell Inspiron 8100. > > Thanks for your response. Using Fn-F7 at boot ? >>2. Whenever I boot into ACPI enabled mode, I can't configure my mouse >>to work? Whats the reason for this? How can I work this, i.e. the >>ACPI and the mouse together? >> >> > >I used to have FreeBSD 4.9 on a Compaq Presario 910US. I had to disable >ACPI for anything to work. > > > >>Thanks, >>Nikhil. >> >> > >Best of luck, > >Andrew Gould > > >
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