-This is a list of laptops known to be working with OpenBSD 2.9 +
This is a list of laptops known to be working with OpenBSD. -
-If your laptop isn't listed below that doesn't mean that it won't work, +
If your laptop isn't listed below doesn't mean that it won't work, and you will most likely find a similar model that is listed below. Starting with OpenBSD 2.6, almost all laptops worked very well, with only minimal issues remaining. Later OpenBSD releases perform even better. -
-Of those that have problems.. + +
Of those that have problems,
-APM problem reports should be sent to our APM developers, +
APM problem reports should be sent to our APM developers, Michael Shalayeff and Tobias Weingartner. @@ -52,67 +50,45 @@
- XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).
- Sounds works.
- Lucent modem does not work.
- Contact Kevin Lo. -
APM support works fully (under console and X)
PCMCIA Card support (ne0) works fine
Internal Intel Ethernet Express Pro 10/100 works
XFree86 with ATI Rage Mobility AGP works (1024x768, 16bpp)
Sound and winmodem do not work.
Contact Matthias Schmidt <xhr@gmx.net> -
-
+
- Sound (ESS ES1989) works, while the winmodem does not. -
- The rest (PCMCIA, Infrared, USB) is untested. -
- Contact Jan-Uwe Finck. -
Sound (ESS ES1989) works, while the winmodem does not. +
The rest (PCMCIA, Infrared, USB) is untested. +
Contact Jan-Uwe Finck. +
-
- CardBus works.
- Internal 10/100 Ethernet (for those models that have it). - Works beautifully with the fxp(4) driver.
+ Works beautifully with the + fxp(4) driver.
No sound support as of now. People are supposedly working on this.
- + No internal modem support as of now. (It's a winmodem.) There is a binary only driver for Linux. There is also the linmodem project that is @@ -122,12 +98,9 @@ here.
Contact Nathan Binkert. -
Suspend (to ram or disk) does not work under X (X server does not @@ -148,93 +121,62 @@ controller detection.
Contact Dan Carlsson. -
- + Integrated xl(4) works fine. Integrated auich(4) works fine.
USB works fine with my mouse. Both PCMCIA slots work.
- + The Modem does not work.
- + Contact Robert Nagy -
-
- Sound works.
- XFree86 v3 works in 1024x768x24bpp. XF4 looks better in 16bpp.
- Both PCMCIA slots work.
- USB is detected, but untested. It does not appear to work after a suspend.
- An XF4 config file can be found here.
- Contact Paul Wang. -
- An XF4 config file can be found +
An XF4 config file can be found here and one for XFree86 R3 here. -
- Contact Ian Darwin. -
Contact Ian Darwin. +
- Everything on the machine works.
- An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be - found here. -
- + found here.
Contact Michael Shalayeff. -
- Sound works when the BIOS is told to activate SB emulation mode. - Everything else on the machine works.
- Contact Tom Knienieder. -
Sound works fine.
@@ -244,34 +186,22 @@
and
XF86Config.
Contact Alexander Schmid. -
- Serial port doesn't work.
- Some tweaks needed for small memory kernel (4Mb).
- X 'works' (thrashes like crazy).
- Contact David Leonard. -
- Contact Todd Fries. -
As of OpenBSD 2.8, almost everything works fine.
This laptop does not really have a BIOS; most of the device @@ -319,11 +249,9 @@ here.
Contact Angelos Keromytis. -
On my model, most things work fine with OpenBSD 3.1 and later.
+On my model, most things work fine with OpenBSD 3.1 and later.
Beware that IBM does ship variations of the basic model, though.
The usual setup as other Thinkpad models is required if one wishes to keep Windows around. As usual, multibooting Windows NT works. I - have kept the restore partition around for now, and I recommend + have kept the restore partition around for now, and I recommend burning the recovery partition to CD, as a backup.
-The video card (ATI Radeon Mobility) needs to be told explicitly - to run in 1600x1200 (which is just a two line addition to XF86Config). - Sometimes, X doesn't start correctly, and needs to be killed and +
The video card (ATI Radeon Mobility) needs to be told explicitly + to run in 1600x1200 (which is just a two line addition to XF86Config). + Sometimes, X doesn't start correctly, and needs to be killed and restarted. - The XVideo extension works, so DVDs can be run full-screen with ogle. + The XVideo extension works, so DVDs can be run full-screen with ogle. In -current, mplayer can display most other kinds of video as well.
-Sound works. The integrated Ethernet card works. - The integrated Prism WiFi works. Suspend works. - The special keys (sound volume, light intensity...) are handled +
Sound works. The integrated Ethernet card works. + The integrated Prism WiFi works. Suspend works. + The special keys (sound volume, light intensity...) are handled by the hardware and work under OpenBSD as well. The CD Burner works.
-IDE dma is not recognized in 3.1, as the chipset is a new revision - of the Intel 82801. This was fixed right after I got the laptop. +
IDE dma is not recognized in 3.1, as the chipset is a new revision + of the Intel 82801. This was fixed right after I got the laptop. I haven't even tried to get the modem or the infrared working.
Contact Marc Espie. -As of OpenBSD 2.8, everything works fine.
-Here is the fdisk output; the easiest way of getting there is to resize the Windows partition (I use PartitionMagic) and move it to the end of the disk, then create an OpenBSD partition (and ignore the partition resizing fdisk does -- just go ahead and create all the filesystems you need with disklabel).
-
Starting Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
0: 1C 1023 1 1 - 1023 239 63 [ 42003423 - 20502657] <Unknown ID>
-*1: A6 0 1 1 - 1021 239 63 [ 63 - 15452577] OpenBSD
- 2: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
- 3: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
+*1: A6 0 1 1 - 1021 239 63 [ 63 - 15452577] OpenBSD
+ 2: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
+ 3: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
-
To get it to see the serial and infrared ports (both as com* devices), you need to play with the IRQ assignments in the BIOS; just set them to the default values as found in the @@ -398,7 +319,7 @@
Sound (CS4614) works fine. To avoid system freeze when using CardBus and audio simultaneously, you *may* need to set at least - two IRQs for use by PCI devices, in the BIOS; I use 9 and 11. It + two IRQs for use by PCI devices, in the BIOS; I use 9 and 11. It is also necessary to turn off PCI Power Management in the BIOS Power configuration (that's the only menu that scrolls, so make sure you go to the bottom of the page :-)
@@ -407,7 +328,7 @@ get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with sources from mid-January, or later). You will need this line - in your kernel configuration file for APM to work at all: + in your kernel configuration file for APM to work at all:option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0 @@ -415,8 +336,8 @@Although the video card is supposed to work with XFree86 3.3.6pl8, I've only managed to get it to work with XFree86 - 4.0.1 with the patches found here (you + 4.0.1 with the patches found + here (you can also find binaries of the driver for OpenBSD 2.8 at the same location). You need to have a kernel with "option INSECURE" and set the securelevel to -1 in /etc/rc.securelevel @@ -457,34 +378,23 @@ it's only safe to hot-swap batteries.
Contact Angelos Keromytis.
-
- Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.
- MWave modem/sound does not work.
- APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.
- Contact Todd Fries. -
See http://www.snafu.org/t20/ for out-of-date info on this laptop.
-Contact Marco S Hyman.
-Problem with some boot floppies: must boot with -c and disable ahc or the machine hangs booting. This has not been a problem with bootable CDs or the GENERIC kernel.
@@ -504,12 +414,9 @@ for more info.Contact Marco S Hyman.
-Everything works fine except APM and the built-in SD card reader.
@@ -526,38 +433,25 @@ here.Contact Joerg Zinke.
-- Everything on the machine works.
- Contact Michael Shalayeff. -
- Sound works, using OSS.
- Contact Dan Carlsson. -
- + APM: "zzz" suspend works, as does the keyboard - suspend. "halt -p" and "apm -S" + suspend. "halt -p" and "apm -S" don't. (but I've yet to look for phdisk utilities below - will be investigating shortly.)
@@ -565,12 +459,9 @@ the card I'm using (3Com 3c589).
Contact Bob Beck. -
@@ -599,33 +490,22 @@ memory stick.
An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be - found here. -
+ found here.
Contact Theo de Raadt. -
- OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. - Installation is cumbersome, though. - The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD. -
-- Installation by USB floppy: +
OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is + cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD. +
Installation by USB floppy: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004) - can be brought to boot if one disables the - following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt): + can be brought to boot if one disables the + following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
- disable pcibios disable fxp disable pcic -After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus and no network. This means that the laptop has @@ -636,53 +516,30 @@ boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware (no softmodem, no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial). Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install - works without modification. -
+ works without modification.
Contact Matthias Bauer. -
-Contact Niels Provos. -
- - Ships with a PCMCIA modem card (COM One MCC220 Platinum Card), which works.
- + Ships with a PCMCIA modem card (COM One MCC220 Platinum Card), + which works.
Sound works (8 bit only).
- APM behaviour similar to the VAIO z505r, except that hibernation has not been tested.
- USB does not work.
- An XF86Config file can be found here.
- Contact Markus Friedl. -
OpenBSD 2.9 works but had some problems with disklabel/fdisk, similar to those reported for Thinkpad T21.
Requires sysctl machdep.apmhalt=1 in order to power off. -
apm -z only puts the system into light sleep (this may be fixable with phdisk); apm -s does nothing. -
XFree86 4.0 using the S3 savage driver works fine at 1024x768. 1200x1024 should be possible but I haven't tried it. My XF86Config for XFree86 4.0 may be found here. -
Sound and USB work nicely. - -
All three cardbus slots are configured when docked (two when undocked). - Sometimes locks up when removing my cheap NE card. - +
All three cardbus slots are configured when docked (two when + undocked). Sometimes locks up when removing my cheap NE card.
The internal WinModem is not supported, nor is there yet any support for Firewire or the "Jog Dialer". -
Contact Ian Darwin. -
OpenBSD 3.3 works but there are some quirks.
- Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia - slot. The best way to do this is to do a network install. - To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt, - enter boot -c. When you see the UKC - prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card, - and then type exit. The kernel will then probe the network - card and you should be able to do a normal network install. + Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia + slot. The best way to do this is to do a network install. + To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt, + enter boot -c. When you see the UKC + prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card, + and then type exit. The kernel will then probe the network + card and you should be able to do a normal network install. You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect your network card. @@ -796,12 +638,12 @@ XFree86 4.X and XFree86 3.3.X.
- Note that the chips driver was broken in XFree86 4.1 (it - is fixed in XFree86 4.2) and hence the XFree86 that ships - with OpenBSD 3.0 does not work on the libretto. I have - compiled the old XFree86 4.01 chips driver (which does work) - for XFree86 4.1. Just grab + Note that the chips driver was broken in XFree86 4.1 (it + is fixed in XFree86 4.2) and hence the XFree86 that ships + with OpenBSD 3.0 does not work on the libretto. I have + compiled the old XFree86 4.01 chips driver (which does work) + for XFree86 4.1. Just grab + chips_drv.o and copy it to
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/chips_drv.o @@ -809,11 +651,9 @@ That will make XFree86 4.1 work on the 50CT and 70CT.Contact Todd Miller. -
@@ -822,11 +662,9 @@ XFree86 3.3.X.
Contact Todd Miller. -
Audio is not supported.
APM works ("zzz"), as does "halt -p". @@ -837,111 +675,76 @@ XFree86 4.2 and higher works. There is a sample XF86Config file. However, the keyboard repeat rate is a little too fast. -
- The mixed sb(4) and wss(4) sound hardware can cause some grief. Newer versions of the flash BIOS are worse, since they are less flexible about what interrupts they allow.
- Contact Theo de Raadt. -
All stuff tested are working fine (Graphics, Sound, PCMCIA, APM, ethernet). -
- Infrared and 56K modem are untested. -
- There's a bug with certain toshiba laptops and XFree/X.org. Ratio is +
Infrared and 56K modem are untested. +
There's a bug with certain toshiba laptops and XFree/X.org. Ratio is too quick, and some chars are repeated. To avoid that, disable X's kbd handling, and load a modmap with xmodmap. A sample Xorg config file can be found here. -
- Contact Alexandre Anriot. -
Contact Alexandre Anriot. +
- Trusty old model. Keep windows around, in at least a minimal - incarnation, as the BIOS setup is done in software, through a +
Trusty old model. Keep windows around, in at least a minimal
+ incarnation, as the BIOS setup is done in software, through a
TSETUP program.
X works fine in 800x600, 16 bits.
-The sound chip can be handled as a windows sound system clone (wss). - This entails disabling the soundblaster clone recognition. - The BIOS setup must also be set to separate channels for playing +
X works fine in 800x600, 16 bits.
+The sound chip can be handled as a windows sound system clone (wss). + This entails disabling the soundblaster clone recognition. + The BIOS setup must also be set to separate channels for playing and recording. I haven't tried recording.
-- PCMCIA cards work. Cardbus models work as well, provided the BIOS +
PCMCIA cards work. Cardbus models work as well, provided the BIOS is set to cardbus mode, and not auto-detection. -
Contact Marc Espie. -- Sound works by default with the GENERIC kernel, but with the speakers is not really worth it. X runs nicely as well.
- Contact Eric Jackson. -
- XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).
- Sound works (21739 Hz, half duplex stereo).
- - - Contact David Leonard. -
- +
XFree86 works beautifully.
- Sound works, after some IRQ tinkering in the BIOS.
- USB works; at least, I plugged a digital camera in, and the ugen(4) driver detected and configured it.
- - The built-in modem does not work since it requires software only available in Windows; that is, it does not implement a true RS232 communication port.
- - The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment on PCMCIA attach/detach.
- + The built-in modem does not work since it requires software only + available in Windows; that is, it does not implement a true RS232 + communication port.
+ The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment + on PCMCIA attach/detach.
Contact Aaron Campbell. -
-www@openbsd.org
-