Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 20:26:17 +0100 From: Chris Howells <howells@kde.org> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, James O'Gorman <james@netinertia.co.uk> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1 on the ThinkPad X60s Message-ID: <4460ECD9.7030505@kde.org> In-Reply-To: <4460E83A.8050301@netinertia.co.uk> References: <4460E83A.8050301@netinertia.co.uk>
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James O'Gorman wrote: > Does the wireless work under Linux then? I was thinking about trying the > Ubuntu live CD to see. There are drivers for Linux yes, from ipw3945.sf.net. However they have only fairly recently been released so are not part of any released version of Ubuntu yet (though they are part of the most recent Dapper Drake beta) >>> * Dual-core CPU >> Does CPU speed scaling work with both cores? > > How do you check that? (This is my first non-Mac laptop...) Load the cpufreq.ko module, either at the loader prompt, or by adding cpufreq_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf (and then rebooting) Then when the kernel boots you should see a message stating whether the CPU has been recognised: powernow0: <Cool`n'Quiet K8> on cpu0 ... is the line from my AMD Sempron server. If it is I guess you can try enabling powerd, something like powerd_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf Followed by /etc/rc.d/powerd start Then the CPU frequency should be automatically reduced when the load is low to reduce heat and power consumption. Then something like this should give you an idea if it's working: [chris@sauron ~]$ sysctl -a dev.cpu | grep freq dev.cpu.0.freq: 1800 dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 1800/59000 1000/21700 (hopefully you'd see an entry for the second core also) > I've just got GNOME installed and I can't get esd to run at all, so I'm > guessing not. I've tried kldloading every sound module there is! Unless > it needs one that isn't built by default... I'd probably expect it to use the snd_ich.ko driver. > Definitely ;-) I've been flipping between Windows and FreeBSD and the > wireless is fine in XP. Fair enough. Worth checking :) > I'll try and have a play with it later, but for now, the light under the > screen is off for both wireless and Bluetooth... OK. I am pleased that the wifi and Bluetooth light both work under Linux, I hope the same with FreeBSD :)
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