Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 20:56:51 -0700 From: Andy Sparrow <spadger@best.com> To: uid0@catastrophe.net Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OmniBook XE3 Message-ID: <20011016035651.B855C3E9D@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Message from <uid0@catastrophe.net> of "Thu, 11 Oct 2001 13:20:48 CDT." <Pine.BSF.4.33L2.0110111318090.20207-100000@ictus.catastrophe.net>
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--==_Exmh_2039284106P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > I was wondering if anyone had any success installing FreeBSD on an > HP OmniBook XE3. I've one in my posession and would like to run > FreeBSD. > > I've been able to install the whole thing via the network, but running > things like XFree86 are a bit questionable, APM eludes me, etc.. > > Any ideas are appreciated. X11: What chip id does it probe during boot? HP are shipping ATI Radeon Mobility LY's (aka the M6) chips in the 6100, which currently need to run a development version of XFree to get support for (or you could try forcing the 'ChipId' in XFree86.config'). XFree86 CVS from a week ago, (~v4.1.99.1) had support, but there were slight issues with the panel recognition code, which should be committed soon - until then a 3 line patch to force 1400x1050 works fine for me. APM: What problems are you seeing? You need to enable 'apm' in the kernel config, build/install the new kernel and enable 'apmd' (e.g. 'apmd_enable=YES' in '/etc/rc.conf'). There may be issues when suspending ATI cards in graphics mode (from text mode works fine, some patches to address this can be found in: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=28026, but I guess these aren't much liked). To suspend (hibernate) to the disk partition (which works fine on the Omnibook 5xxx & 6xxx machines I've tried), you'll need an appropriate partition. Make it the first partition, use a whole number of cylinders to get the desired size (remember you'll need to save the video RAM and all the system memory), partition type 160 hex. Or just set it up from the Product Recover CD. Sound: Maestro3 sound needs to be kldloaded into the kernel, you can pre-load this with 'snd_maestro3_load=YES' in '/boot/loader.conf' - however, this has never survived a suspend/resume for me, although it will survive a standby/resume (does this work for *anyone*, BTW?) Disk: What controller Id does it probe? HP are shipping a new controller in the 6100 which seems to work as a 'Generic' controller - until you attempt to resume it from a suspend. Frobbing the code to treat it as an ICH2 Mobile ATA controller works for me: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=31149 HTH. AS --==_Exmh_2039284106P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQE7y7ADPHh895bDXeQRAsAPAJ9GxZdKT8nHgbyJXgEQiFxMpPUr5gCfSo0o kh5Fnzn7mxRIkFCXzYndAQ0= =d7hb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_2039284106P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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