Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:43:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> To: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> Cc: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Experience with Dell Latitude D620? Message-ID: <200610252343.k9PNhn1m079795@ambrisko.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0610251439280.26072@sea.ntplx.net>
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Daniel Eischen writes: | On Wed, 25 Oct 2006, Doug Barton wrote: | | > After a long (and sometimes ugly) ordeal with a few other manufacturers, I | > finally decided on a Dell Latitude D620, which is sitting here next to me. It | > has the new Core 2 Duo, and lots of other exciting bells and whistles. :) The | > only negative so far is the 3945 wireless, but I have an atheros pccard to | > use in the meantime. | > | > I'm wondering what experiences people have with this, gotchas for FreeBSD, | > etc. I am planning to dual boot windows and -current. I am particularly | > interested in being able to suspend/resume in freebsd, so if anyone has got | > that working, please share the secrets. Also, has anyone with a core 2 duo | > tried running the 64 bit freebsd? | | I have a similar Dell, you can search the mobile archives for | some of my postings. I have a very alpha 3945 driver by Damien | before he left the project that gets me by, and the sound just | started working with the HDA stuff committed to current recently. | Graphics works without AGP in the kernel, but with AGP, the | 945 video driver in recent Xorg doesn't work. You also have to | use 915resolution to set the video mode. | | Also, I didn't think the Core 2 Duo was 64-bit capable. Is | it? The _2_ version is supposed to be 64-bit. I waiting to get such a laptop from work with a 19.2x12 screen. I will be using it in 64bit mode and compiling for both 32bit and 64bit stuff. Since the other 64bit variants work Celeron etc. I would expect the mobile version to just work. Doug A.
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