=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/www/Attic/i386-laptop.html,v retrieving revision 1.39 retrieving revision 1.40 diff -u -r1.39 -r1.40 --- www/Attic/i386-laptop.html 2000/12/15 09:32:05 1.39 +++ www/Attic/i386-laptop.html 2001/01/04 05:30:15 1.40 @@ -246,14 +246,20 @@ 4.0.1 with the patches found here (you can also find binaries of the driver for OpenBSD 2.8 at the - same location). These patches have supposedly been folded into - XFree86 4.0.2. You need to have a kernel with "option + same location). You need to have a kernel with "option INSECURE" and set the securelevel to -1 in /etc/rc.securelevel (so the X server can open /dev/mem and mmap() the BIOS). In this configuration, it can do 1400x1050 at 16bpp (at 32bpp I see a lot of flickering -- this may be fixed in subsequent versions of the driver, so keep trying).

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UPDATE: The above-mentioned patches have been included in + XFree86 4.0.2, and work out of the box. You don't need a + kernel with the option INSECURE set, just set the + machdep.allowaperture sysctl variable to 2, typically in + /etc/sysctl.conf, if you have an OpenBSD 2.8 (or later) built + from sources updated after December 15th 2000.

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Note that some models only do 1024x768. Those that do 1400x1050, can also do 1600x1200 using a virtual screen (wherein the whole display shifts as you go "off-screen"); I @@ -267,6 +273,13 @@

An XF86Config file for XFree 4.0 can be found here.

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One annoying thing is when you take out one of the UltraBay + 2000 devices; the system starts beeping. The only way to make it + stop is to suspend and then plug in a device in the UltraBay (not + necessarily the same one). Note that hot-swap of UltraBay 2000 + devices is not currently supported in OpenBSD (as of 2.8), thus + it's only safe to hot-swap batteries.

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Contact Angelos Keromytis.

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-$OpenBSD: i386-laptop.html,v 1.39 2000/12/15 09:32:05 angelos Exp $ +$OpenBSD: i386-laptop.html,v 1.40 2001/01/04 05:30:15 angelos Exp $