Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 16:19:00 -0400 From: Charles Quarri <randy@hackerz.org> To: Oddbjorn Steffensen <oddbjorn@oddbjorn.bdc.no> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on ThinkPad 600 Message-ID: <19981001161900.15155@hackerz.org> In-Reply-To: <199810010850.KAA24211@oddbjorn.bdc.no>; from Oddbjorn Steffensen on Thu, Oct 01, 1998 at 10:50:12AM %2B0200 References: <199810010850.KAA24211@oddbjorn.bdc.no>
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Quoting Oddbjorn Steffensen (oddbjorn@oddbjorn.bdc.no): > Hi there, > > I'm considering buying a ThinkPad 600 to run FreeBSD on, and search > freebsd-mobile for experiences with the machine. The only thread I > found was the one regarding your memory problems in July. Were you > able to solve this, and if so -- do you find the 600 to be a suitable > platform for FreeBSD ? I really like the ThinkPad 600, and I find quite suitable. The solution for the memory problem is this, remove the SIMM, recompile the kernel with the appropriate "MAXMEM=xxx" option (don't forget the quotes). This should be set to the number that you see on the opening screen when you boot up the machine when you have the SIMM installed. After you install the kernel, shutdown the machine, install the SIMM, and reboot, and you will have all the memory. I can't get a few things to work, such as the WaveModem (I have seen a lot of "this is completely hopeless" messages on this topic), and the built-in sound card (I have to be able to play my mp3 and get sound in enlightenment). I still only have PAO-2.2.6 installed on it, so that may be some of my problem. A last note, the laptop does use the NeoMagic chip set. I ended up spending the money for AccerleratedX (I have used it before, and it is fairly nice), but this going to change with the next release of Xfree86. > Do the APM work from within FreeBSD? Actually, I have played around with this a little, but I really haven't got it to work right. I don't think I have played around with it enough to say it doesn't work, and it may be fixed in 2.2.7. C. Quarri To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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