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1.78 jufi 17: <h2><font color="#e00000">i386 Laptop Status</font></h2>
18: <hr>
1.1 deraadt 19:
1.92 nick 20: <p> This is a list of laptops known to be working with OpenBSD.
1.1 deraadt 21:
1.92 nick 22: <p> If your laptop isn't listed below doesn't mean that it won't work,
1.95 nick 23: and you will most likely find a similar model that is listed below.
24: Most laptops work very well, however some will still have minor issues.
1.92 nick 25:
26: <p> Of those that have problems,
1.1 deraadt 27: <ul>
1.5 deraadt 28: <li>Some exhibit problems with APM support. Note that <strong>apm -S</strong>
1.95 nick 29: fails to suspend some laptops.
1.38 deraadt 30: <li>Some lack sound support
1.84 mickey 31: <li>A few have subtle bugs with their PCMCIA and CardBus support
1.92 nick 32: <li>XFree86/X.org does not support some displays properly. Sometimes
1.94 nick 33: switching between both of them helps.
1.95 nick 34: <li>Some other built-in device doesn't work.
1.1 deraadt 35: <li>Some have problems with pcmcia card eject interrupts.
1.95 nick 36: <li>Almost all modern laptops with on-board modems have "winmodems",
37: which are not currently and are unlikely to ever be supported.
1.101 ! nick 38: Use a PCCard modem if you need a one that works. You can
1.95 nick 39: assume any modem on the machines below does NOT work unless
40: indicated.
1.101 ! nick 41: <li>IBM Thinkpads (and perhaps other notebooks, too) with Phoenix-style
! 42: BIOSes offer a so-called "hibernation mode", where memory is
! 43: written to disk. You can use this feature with OpenBSD.
! 44: Generate the partition for hibernation using the
! 45: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> utility from the
! 46: ports collection.
! 47: <li>IBM Thinkpads with mini-PCI slots can be forced to work with
! 48: other cards than those supplied by the manufacturer by using
! 49: the <tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility from ports.
1.1 deraadt 50: </ul>
51:
52: <p>
53: If you have your laptop working (or not working) and it isn't listed below,
1.45 chris 54: please mail <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a> so that it
1.1 deraadt 55: can be listed. Please supply as much information as possible.
56:
57: <p>
58: <table border=1>
59: <tr>
60: <th>Laptop</th>
61: <th>Notes</th>
1.92 nick 62: </tr><tr><td>
1.94 nick 63: Acer Aspire 1360
1.92 nick 64: </td><td>
1.97 nick 65: <p><ul>
66: <li>It comes with AMD Sempron 2800+. Running OpenBSD 3.7.
1.99 nick 67: <li>Everything works fine (mini-PCI slot, VIA S3 Unichrome PRO, VIA
1.94 nick 68: RhineII-2).
1.97 nick 69: </ul>
70: Contact <a href="mailto:maxim@unixconn.com">Maxim
1.94 nick 71: Bourmistrov</a>.
1.97 nick 72: <p align="left">
73: <font size=2>
74: <a href="http://www.unixconn.com/aa1360-dmesg">dmesg</a>
75: ¦
76: <a href="http://www.unixconn.com/aa1360-xorg">xorg.conf</a>
77: </font>
1.94 nick 78: </td></tr><tr><td>
79: Acer TravelMate 345
80: </td><td>
1.97 nick 81: <p><ul>
82: <li>As of OpenBSD 2.7-CURRENT, APM works.
83: <li>XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).
84: <li>Sounds works.
85: </ul>
1.78 jufi 86: Contact <a href="mailto:kevlo@openbsd.org">Kevin Lo</a>.
1.92 nick 87: </td></tr><tr><td>
88: Acer Travelmate 524TEV Laptop
89: </td><td>
1.97 nick 90: <p><ul>
91: <li>APM support works fully (under console and X)
92: <li>PCMCIA Card support (ne0) works fine
93: <li>Internal Intel Ethernet Express Pro 10/100 works
94: <li>XFree86 with ATI Rage Mobility AGP works (1024x768, 16bpp)
95: <li>Sound does not work.
96: </ul>
97: Contact Matthias Schmidt <xhr@gmx.net>
1.92 nick 98: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.94 nick 99: Dell Inspiron 4100
1.92 nick 100: </td><td>
1.97 nick 101: <p><ul>
102: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
103: <li>apmd(8) is fully functional.
104: <li>Integrated xl(4) works fine.
105: <li>Integrated auich(4) works fine.
106: <li>USB works fine with my mouse.
107: <li>Both PCMCIA slots work.
108: <li>The Modem does not work.
109: </ul>
1.96 nick 110: Contact <a href="mailto:robert@openbsd.org">Robert Nagy</a>.
1.92 nick 111: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.97 nick 112: Dell Latitude CPt
1.92 nick 113: </td><td>
1.97 nick 114: <p><ul>
115: <li>apm -z and -S work.
116: <li>Sound works.
117: <li>XFree86 v3 works in 1024x768x24bpp. XF4 looks better in 16bpp.
118: <li>Both PCMCIA slots work.
119: <li>USB is detected, but untested.
120: <li>It does not appear to work after a suspend.
121: </ul>
1.78 jufi 122: Contact <a href="mailto:op21@squish.org">Paul Wang</a>.
1.97 nick 123: <p align="left">
124: <font size=2>
125: <a href="xf86configs/latitudecpt">XF86Config</a>
126: </font>
1.92 nick 127: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 128: Fujitsu Lifebook C325
1.92 nick 129: </td><td>
1.97 nick 130: <p><ul>
131: <li>APM works fully.
132: <li>Sound works when the BIOS is told to activate SB emulation mode.
133: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
134: </ul>
1.78 jufi 135: Contact <a href="mailto:tom@knienieder.com">Tom Knienieder</a>.
1.92 nick 136: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.90 nick 137: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
1.92 nick 138: </td><td>
1.97 nick 139: <p><ul>
140: <li>APM is not working with 3.6 (boot with boot -c and then disable apm).
141: <li>Sound works fine.
142: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
143: </ul>
144: Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
145: <p align="left">
146: <font size=2>
1.90 nick 147: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.97 nick 148: ¦
149: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
150: </font>
1.92 nick 151: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 152: IBM Thinkpad 701C
1.92 nick 153: </td><td>
1.97 nick 154: <p><ul>
155: <li>All features including hibernation and APM work.
156: </ul>
1.78 jufi 157: Contact <a href="mailto:todd@openbsd.org">Todd Fries</a>.
1.92 nick 158: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 159: IBM Thinkpad 770Z
1.92 nick 160: </td><td>
1.97 nick 161: <p><ul>
162: <li>As of OpenBSD 2.8, almost everything works fine.
163: <li>This laptop does not really have a BIOS; most of the device
1.48 jufi 164: settings, like IRQ assignments etc. have to be done through
1.97 nick 165: Windows.
166: <li>You can get the serial and infrared ports to be recognized
1.39 angelos 167: as com* devices by playing with the IRQ assignments in
1.97 nick 168: Windows. Likewise for the parallel port (it's lpt2).
169: <li>You will need this line in your kernel configuration file for
170: APM to work at all:
1.39 angelos 171:
172: <pre>
1.94 nick 173: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
1.39 angelos 174: </pre>
175:
1.97 nick 176: <li>Hibernation (save to disk) works fine as long as you have a
1.94 nick 177: Windows partition with enough disk space (a bit more than the
178: system memory). Suspend/resume/powerdown all work fine;
179: however, doing hibernation while in X Window System (tested in
180: XFree86 3.3.6) causes framebuffer corruption and it seems that
181: the only way to recover is to exit and restart the X server;
182: switching virtual terminals doesn't fix it. It has been
183: suggested that switching between different resolutions might
184: fix it. XFree86 4.0 fixes that problem, but last I checked did
185: not have accelerated support for the driver. The best
1.97 nick 186: work-around is to switch to text mode before hibernating.
1.39 angelos 187:
1.97 nick 188: <li>If you enable the external monitor (Fn+F7), XFree86 3.3.6
1.39 angelos 189: goes into some weird rainbow pattern and eventually freezes
190: the system (unless you switch to text mode or otherwise kill
191: the server within a few seconds); if you switch to text mode,
192: you have to kill the X server (switching back to graphics mode
193: will cause a crash). Enabling the external monitor while in
194: video mode causes no side effects; you can then start X or
1.97 nick 195: switch to it if it's already running.
1.39 angelos 196:
1.97 nick 197: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=clcs&sektion=4">clcs(4)</a>
1.96 nick 198: driver is somewhat flakey, so you're best off disabling it.
199: It doesn't really matter though since the soundblaster
200: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sb&sektion=4&arch=i386">sb(4)</a>)
201: will attach and work fine. You may have to play with IRQ assignments
1.97 nick 202: to get that to work.
203: </ul>
1.78 jufi 204: Contact <a href="mailto:angelos@openbsd.org">Angelos Keromytis</a>.
1.97 nick 205: <p align="left">
206: <font size=2>
207: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpad770z">XF86Config</a>
208: </font>
1.92 nick 209: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.43 angelos 210: IBM Thinkpad A21p
1.92 nick 211: </td><td>
1.97 nick 212: <p><ul>
213: <li>See the entry for the T21. Everything is the same except for
214: the video card, which is an ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF.
215: <li>OpenBSD 2.8 works great with XFree86 4.0.2. You only have to
1.94 nick 216: enter the correct frequency ranges in the Monitor section
1.97 nick 217: of XF86Config.
218: </ul>
219: <p align="left">
220: <font size=2>
221: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpada21p">XF86Config</a>
222: </font>
1.92 nick 223: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.76 espie 224: IBM Thinkpad A30p
1.92 nick 225: </td><td>
1.97 nick 226: <p><ul>
227: <li>On my model, most things work fine with OpenBSD 3.1 and later.
228: <li>Beware that IBM does ship variations of the basic model, though.
229: <li>The usual setup as other Thinkpad models is required if one wishes
1.76 espie 230: to keep Windows around. As usual, multibooting Windows NT works. I
1.92 nick 231: have kept the restore partition around for now, and I recommend
1.97 nick 232: burning the recovery partition to CD, as a backup.
233: <li>The video card (ATI Radeon Mobility) needs to be told explicitly
1.92 nick 234: to run in 1600x1200 (which is just a two line addition to XF86Config).
235: Sometimes, X doesn't start correctly, and needs to be killed and
1.76 espie 236: restarted.
1.97 nick 237: <li>The XVideo extension works, so DVDs can be run full-screen with ogle.
238: In -current, mplayer can display most other kinds of video as well.
239: <li>Sound works. The integrated Ethernet card works.
1.96 nick 240: The integrated Prism WiFi works.
1.97 nick 241: <li>Suspend works.
1.92 nick 242: The special keys (sound volume, light intensity...) are handled
1.76 espie 243: by the hardware and work under OpenBSD as well.
1.97 nick 244: The CD Burner works.
245: <li>IDE dma is not recognized in 3.1, as the chipset is a new revision
1.92 nick 246: of the Intel 82801. This was fixed right after I got the laptop.
1.97 nick 247: I haven't even tried to get the modem or the infrared working.
248: </ul>
1.76 espie 249: Contact <a href="mailto:espie@openbsd.org">Marc Espie</a>.
1.92 nick 250: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.39 angelos 251: IBM Thinkpad T21
1.92 nick 252: </td><td>
1.97 nick 253: <p><ul>
254: <li>As of OpenBSD 2.8, everything works fine.
255: <li>Here is the fdisk output; the easiest way of getting there is
1.94 nick 256: to resize the Windows partition (I use PartitionMagic) and move
257: it to the end of the disk, then create an OpenBSD partition
258: (and ignore the partition resizing fdisk does -- just go ahead
1.97 nick 259: and create all the filesystems you need with disklabel).
260:
1.39 angelos 261: <pre>
1.94 nick 262: Starting Ending
1.39 angelos 263: #: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
264: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.50 horacio 265: 0: 1C 1023 1 1 - 1023 239 63 [ 42003423 - 20502657] <Unknown ID>
1.92 nick 266: *1: A6 0 1 1 - 1021 239 63 [ 63 - 15452577] OpenBSD
267: 2: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
268: 3: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
1.39 angelos 269: </pre>
1.97 nick 270:
271: <li>To get it to see the serial and infrared ports (both as com*
1.39 angelos 272: devices), you need to play with the IRQ assignments in the
273: BIOS; just set them to the default values as found in the
274: GENERIC config file. Likewise for the parallel port (OpenBSD
275: can see lpt2). You may have to play with the Windows
1.97 nick 276: assignments for this as well.
1.39 angelos 277:
1.97 nick 278: <li>There's at least two miniPCI cards available at this point:
1.44 angelos 279: one is an (unsupported) WinModem, and the other is a combo
280: ethernet/modem card. The ethernet works just fine (detected
281: as an fxp/inphy card); the modem looks like it's a real one,
1.97 nick 282: but it's not yet supported.
1.39 angelos 283:
1.97 nick 284: <li>Sound (CS4614) works fine. To avoid system freeze when using
1.84 mickey 285: CardBus and audio simultaneously, you *may* need to set at least
1.92 nick 286: two IRQs for use by PCI devices, in the BIOS; I use 9 and 11. It
1.44 angelos 287: is also necessary to turn off PCI Power Management in the BIOS
288: Power configuration (that's the only menu that scrolls, so make
1.97 nick 289: sure you go to the bottom of the page :-)
1.39 angelos 290:
1.97 nick 291: <li>APM works except for hibernation (requires OS support). To
1.41 angelos 292: get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable
293: machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with
294: sources from mid-January, or later). You will need this line
1.97 nick 295: in your kernel configuration file for APM to work at all:
1.39 angelos 296:
297: <pre>
1.94 nick 298: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
1.39 angelos 299: </pre>
300:
1.97 nick 301: <li>Although the video card is supposed to work with XFree86
1.39 angelos 302: 3.3.6pl8, I've only managed to get it to work with XFree86
1.94 nick 303: 4.0.1 with
304: <a href="http://www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html">patches</a>
305: (you can also find binaries of the driver for OpenBSD 2.8 at the
1.40 angelos 306: same location). You need to have a kernel with "option
1.39 angelos 307: INSECURE" and set the securelevel to -1 in /etc/rc.securelevel
308: (so the X server can open /dev/mem and mmap() the BIOS). In
1.46 angelos 309: this configuration, it can do 1400x1050 at 16bpp (version 1.1.13
1.97 nick 310: of the savage driver works fine at 24bpp as well).
1.39 angelos 311:
1.97 nick 312: <li><b>UPDATE:</b> The above-mentioned patches have been
1.41 angelos 313: included in XFree86 4.0.2, and work out of the box. You don'
314: need a kernel with the option INSECURE set, just set the
1.40 angelos 315: machdep.allowaperture sysctl variable to 2, typically in
316: /etc/sysctl.conf, if you have an OpenBSD 2.8 (or later) built
1.97 nick 317: from sources updated after December 15th 2000.
1.40 angelos 318:
1.97 nick 319: <li>Note that some models only do 1024x768. Those that do
1.39 angelos 320: 1400x1050, can also do 1600x1200 using a virtual screen
321: (wherein the whole display shifts as you go "off-screen"); I
1.97 nick 322: have not tested whether that works (it does in Windows).
1.39 angelos 323:
1.97 nick 324: <li>If you close the lid of the laptop, the system suspends;
1.39 angelos 325: under XFree86 4.0, resuming works fine with respect to the
326: display (XFree86 3.3.6 might not be able to cope with this --
1.97 nick 327: it couldn't on the ThinkPad 770Z).
1.49 angelos 328:
1.97 nick 329: <li>One annoying thing is when you take out one of the UltraBay
1.40 angelos 330: 2000 devices; the system starts beeping. The only way to make it
331: stop is to suspend and then plug in a device in the UltraBay (not
332: necessarily the same one). Note that hot-swap of UltraBay 2000
333: devices is not currently supported in OpenBSD (as of 2.8), thus
1.97 nick 334: it's only safe to hot-swap batteries.
335: </ul>
336: Contact <a href="mailto:angelos@openbsd.org">Angelos Keromytis</a>.
337: <p align="left">
338: <font size=2>
339: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt2">XF86Config</a>
340: ¦
341: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21-2">XF86Config with 3D Rage Mobility</a>
342: </font>
1.92 nick 343: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 344: IBM Thinkpad 760
1.92 nick 345: </td><td>
1.97 nick 346: <p><ul>
347: <li>As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.
348: <li>Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.
349: <li>MWave modem/sound does not work.
350: <li>APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.
351: </ul>
1.78 jufi 352: Contact <a href="mailto:todd@openbsd.org">Todd Fries</a>.
1.92 nick 353: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.94 nick 354: IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.
1.92 nick 355: </td><td>
1.97 nick 356: <p><ul>
1.101 ! nick 357: <li>Works fine with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 358: <li>If using a boot floppy the system may hang when probing ahc.
1.94 nick 359: Workaround: boot with -c and disable ahc.
360: A GENERIC kernel does not have this issue.
1.101 ! nick 361: <li>Serial ports must be enabled in BIOS.
! 362: <li>"ctrl:nocaps" in X puts the control key in a proper location
! 363: <li>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK
! 364: <li>Hibernation not tested, but should work with
! 365: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> from the ports collection.
1.97 nick 366: <li>The audio chipset is supported (auich).
1.72 marc 367:
1.97 nick 368: <li>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">http://www.snafu.org/t23/</a>
1.94 nick 369: for more info.
1.97 nick 370: </ul>
371: Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.
372: <p align="left">
373: <font size=2>
1.101 ! nick 374: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
! 375: ¦
! 376: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.97 nick 377: </font>
1.92 nick 378: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.94 nick 379: IBM Thinkpad X31
380: </td><td>
1.97 nick 381: <p><ul>
382: <li>Nearly all Hardware is supported, except FireWire and WinModem.
383: <li>APM is well supported. Suspend mode (apm -s/zzz) works without
1.94 nick 384: problems. Hibernation (suspend to disk) works also fine but
385: requires a small MS-DOS partition with a hibernation file at the
386: beginning of the harddisk. You can create this file with tphdisk
1.97 nick 387: from ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk).
388:
389: <li>The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via
390: xmodmap.
391: <li>Example:
1.94 nick 392:
393: <pre>
1.96 nick 394: xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down"
395: xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"
1.94 nick 396: </pre>
397:
1.97 nick 398: <li>The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G)
1.98 nick 399: works with the
400: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
401: driver. But you need to download the unfree firmware first to get
402: it working. For more details read
403: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4#FILES">ipw(4)</a>.
404:
405: <li>I'm planning to replace this card with a
406: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
407: or an
408: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>.
1.94 nick 409: For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
410: I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
411: <i>special</i> IBM wireless cards to be installed. The bios can
1.97 nick 412: be patched with the tpwireless program
413: (/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless, <b>use on your own risk!</b>).
1.94 nick 414:
1.97 nick 415: <li>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
416: as well.
1.94 nick 417:
1.97 nick 418: <li>Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the cpu speed
419: via sysctl (<tt>sysctl hw.setperf</tt>).
1.94 nick 420:
1.98 nick 421: <li>The on-board
422: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
423: and
424: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.99 nick 425: are working without problems.
1.94 nick 426:
1.97 nick 427: <li>The keys for mute, volume up and volume down are working fine.
1.94 nick 428: No special software is required. If you'd like to get the big
429: "Access IBM" button to work and have a nice on-screen display, you
430: can install tpb from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb) This works just
431: fine and you have nice on-screen messages when you change volume and
1.97 nick 432: brightness settings or enable/disable the ThinkLight.
433: </ul>
434: Contact <a href="mailto:b.ahlers@ba-net.org">Bernd Ahlers</a>.
435: <p align="left">
436: <font size=2>
437: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/dmesg">dmesg</a>
438: ¦
439: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
440: </font>
1.94 nick 441: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.91 nick 442: JVC MP-XP 7250DE
1.92 nick 443: </td><td>
1.97 nick 444: <p><ul>
445: <li>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
446: SD card reader.
1.91 nick 447:
1.97 nick 448: <li>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
1.91 nick 449: USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
1.97 nick 450: boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.
1.91 nick 451:
1.97 nick 452: <li>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
453: is supported, too.
1.91 nick 454:
1.97 nick 455: <li>X (XF4) works fine. More infos (dmesg and XF86Config)
1.91 nick 456: can be found
457: <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php">
1.97 nick 458: here</a>.
459: </ul>
460: Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.
1.92 nick 461: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 462: Sony VAIO F430
1.92 nick 463: </td><td>
1.97 nick 464: <p><ul>
465: <li>As of OpenBSD 2.6-Current (Feb 17/00)
466: <li>APM: "<strong>zzz</strong>" suspend works, as does the keyboard
1.92 nick 467: suspend. "<strong>halt -p</strong>" and "<strong>apm -S</strong>"
1.54 ian 468: don't. (but I've yet to look for phdisk utilities below - will be
1.97 nick 469: investigating shortly).
470: <li>DVD drive, floppy all function.
471: <li>Ethernet works after wakeup with the card I'm using (3Com 3c589).
472: </ul>
1.78 jufi 473: Contact <a href="mailto:beck@openbsd.org">Bob Beck</a>.
1.92 nick 474: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 475: Sony VAIO z505r
1.92 nick 476: </td><td>
1.97 nick 477: <p><ul>
478: <li>APM support: "<strong>zzz</strong>", suspend via keyboard,
479: hibernation via keyboard, and "<strong>halt -p</strong>" all work.
480: "<strong>apm -S</strong>" wakes up immediately.
1.54 ian 481:
1.97 nick 482: <li>Hibernation uses a block at the end of the disk, approximately
1.54 ian 483: 3-5MB larger than the memory in your machine. To repair hibernation,
484: use "<strong>phdisk.exe /create /partition</strong>" to setup the
485: partition. The phdisk program is available on the boot
1.97 nick 486: floppy image provided on the first recovery CD.
1.54 ian 487:
1.97 nick 488: <li>Built-in ethernet works fine, but occasionally requires reset
1.54 ian 489: after suspend using
1.97 nick 490: "<strong>ifconfig fxp0 down; ifconfig fxp0 up</strong>".
1.54 ian 491:
1.97 nick 492: <li>After a suspend, the profiling clock is not running. Patches are
493: being worked on.
1.54 ian 494:
1.97 nick 495: <li>Sound is supported using the
496: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=neo&sektion=4">
1.54 ian 497: neo(4)</a> device driver. Sometimes upon boot, a hang happens
1.97 nick 498: when trying to determine the AC97 mixer type.
1.54 ian 499:
1.97 nick 500: <li>When the memory stick slot is empty, it can cause errors which
501: overflow the dmesg buffer, and thus confuse the OpenBSD install
502: program.
503:
504: <li>The BIOS Setup, (accessed using F2), has an option to disable the
505: memory stick.
506: </ul>
1.78 jufi 507: Contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a>.
1.97 nick 508: <p align="left">
509: <font size=2>
510: <a href="xf86configs/vaioz505r">XF86Config</a>
511: </font>
1.92 nick 512: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.89 nick 513: Sony Vaio z505n:
1.92 nick 514: </td><td>
1.97 nick 515: <p><ul>
516: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
1.92 nick 517: cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
1.97 nick 518: <li>Installation by USB floppy:
1.89 nick 519: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
1.92 nick 520: can be brought to boot if one disables the
521: following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
1.89 nick 522: <pre>
523: disable pcibios
524: disable fxp
525: disable pcic
526: </pre>
1.97 nick 527: <li>After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
1.89 nick 528: and no network. This means that the laptop has
529: no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
530: on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
531: of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
532: partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
533: boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
1.95 nick 534: (no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
1.97 nick 535: <li>Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
536: works without modification.
537: </ul>
1.89 nick 538: Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
1.92 nick 539: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 540: Sony VAIO z505s
1.92 nick 541: </td><td>
1.97 nick 542: <p><ul>
543: <li>Similar to the VAIO z505r, except that the provided USB floppy has
544: some problems.
545: </ul>
1.78 jufi 546: Contact <a href="mailto:provos@openbsd.org">Niels Provos</a>.
1.92 nick 547: </td></tr><tr><td>
548: Sony VAIO 747
549: </td><td>
1.97 nick 550: <p><ul>
551: <li>Ever since OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do work.
552: <li>Ships with a PCMCIA modem card (COM One MCC220 Platinum Card),
553: which works.
554: <li>Sound works (8 bit only).
555: <li>APM behaviour similar to the VAIO z505r, except that hibernation
556: has not been tested.
557: <li>USB does not work.
558: </ul>
1.78 jufi 559: Contact <a href="mailto:markus@openbsd.org">Markus Friedl</a>.
1.97 nick 560: <p align="left">
561: <font size=2>
562: <a href="xf86configs/vaio747">XF86Config</a>
563: </font>
1.92 nick 564: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.89 nick 565: Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
1.92 nick 566: </td><td>
1.97 nick 567: <p><ul>
568: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works, but there are some minor issues.
1.89 nick 569: <li>USB and built-in sound (Yamaha) work just fine.
570: <li>Firewire works with the experimental kernel support
571: <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card works ok.
572: <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
573: tested them.
574: <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
575: kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
576: cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
577: come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
578: the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
579: partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
580: access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
581: <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
582: system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
583: <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
584: locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
585: causes the problems mentioned above.
586: <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
587: sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
1.97 nick 588: </ul>
1.89 nick 589: Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@pestilenz.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
1.97 nick 590: <p align="left">
591: <font size=2>
592: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a>
593: ¦
594: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
595: </font>
1.92 nick 596: </td></tr><tr><td>
597: Sony VAIO PCG-SRX77
598: </td><td>
1.97 nick 599: <p><ul>
600: <li>OpenBSD 3.3 works but there are some quirks.
1.92 nick 601: <li>Audio works, using the
1.96 nick 602: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.79 millert 603: driver.
604: <li>The built-in ethernet works, using the
1.96 nick 605: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
1.79 millert 606: driver.
607: <li>The cardbus and built-in wireless do <strong>not</strong> work
608: without an <a href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/millert/OpenBSD/srx77/cardbus.diff">awful hack</a>.
609: <li>USB and the memory stick port work.
610: <li>Firewire is currently untested.
611: <li>The jog dial is not currently supported.
612: <li>APM does not work; the laptop goes to sleep but does not wake up.
613: <li>"halt -p" does halt the machine.
1.97 nick 614: </ul>
1.79 millert 615: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.97 nick 616: <p align="left">
617: <font size=2>
618: <a href="xf86configs/sonysrx77">XF86Config</a>
619: </font>
1.92 nick 620: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.11 millert 621: Toshiba Libretto 50CT
1.92 nick 622: </td><td>
1.97 nick 623: <p><ul>
624: <li>APM works but you need to be careful not to use the last
1.11 millert 625: 32meg or so of the disk since that's where the BIOS dumps
1.97 nick 626: the long time hibernation image. You can take a look at
1.11 millert 627: the bios geometry in disklabel to see exactly how many sectors
628: it wants. Failure to do so will cause filesystem corruption
629: during suspend.
1.97 nick 630: <li>The libretto uses a single IRQ for both
1.96 nick 631: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sb&sektion=4&arch=i386">sb(4)</a>
632: and
633: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wss&sektion=4&arch=i386">wss</a>
1.50 horacio 634: so the best thing to do is to choose one and disable the other
635: in the kernel.
1.97 nick 636: <li>The pcmcia external floppy drive is not currently supported
1.11 millert 637: by OpenBSD, but it can be used during the install.
1.97 nick 638: <li>Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia
1.92 nick 639: slot. The best way to do this is to do a network install.
640: To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt,
641: enter <em>boot -c</em>. When you see the <em>UKC</em>
642: prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card,
643: and then type exit. The kernel will then probe the network
644: card and you should be able to do a normal network install.
1.11 millert 645: You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in
646: the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect
647: your network card.
1.97 nick 648: <li>Note that the chips driver was broken in XFree86 4.1 (it
1.92 nick 649: is fixed in XFree86 4.2) and hence the XFree86 that ships
650: with OpenBSD 3.0 does not work on the libretto. I have
651: compiled the old XFree86 4.01 chips driver (which does work)
652: for XFree86 4.1. Just grab
653: <a href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/todd/OpenBSD/chips_drv.o">
1.94 nick 654: chips_drv.o</a> and copy it to
655: <pre>
656: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/chips_drv.o
1.65 millert 657: </pre>
658: That will make XFree86 4.1 work on the 50CT and 70CT.
1.97 nick 659: </ul>
1.78 jufi 660: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.97 nick 661: <p align="left">
662: <font size=2>
663: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct">XFree86 4.X</a>
664: ¦
665: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>
666: </font>
1.92 nick 667: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.20 millert 668: Toshiba Libretto 100CT
1.92 nick 669: </td><td>
1.97 nick 670: <p><ul>
671: <li>Most of the information listed in the Libretto 50CT entry
1.20 millert 672: apply to the 100CT as well.
1.97 nick 673: <li>X11 works in 800x400 mode. There are sample XF86Config files for
674: both.
675: </ul>
1.78 jufi 676: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.97 nick 677: <p align="left">
678: <font size=2>
679: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct">XFree86 4.X</a>
680: ¦
681: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>
682: </font>
1.92 nick 683: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.68 millert 684: Toshiba Portege 2000
1.92 nick 685: </td><td>
1.97 nick 686: <p><ul>
687: <li>Builtin wavelan and 10/100 ethernet (fxp) work.
688: <li>Audio is not supported.
689: <li>APM works ("<strong>zzz</strong>"), as does "<strong>halt -p</strong>".
1.71 millert 690: However, battery life is reported incorrectly--it always reports
1.97 nick 691: that the laptop is connected to A/C power.
692: <li>USB attaches but is currently untested.
693: <li>The bundled pcmcia CD-ROM does not currently work.
694: <li>XFree86 4.2 and higher works. However, the keyboard repeat rate is a
695: little too fast.
696: </ul>
697: <p align="left">
698: <font size=2>
699: <a href="xf86configs/portege2000">XF86Config</a>
700: </font>
1.92 nick 701: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 702: Toshiba Portege 660CDT
1.92 nick 703: </td><td>
1.97 nick 704: <p><ul>
705: <li>APM is completely broken.
706: <li>The mixed
1.96 nick 707: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sb&sektion=4&arch=i386">sb(4)</a>
708: and
709: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wss&sektion=4&arch=i386">wss(4)</a>
710: sound hardware can cause some grief. Newer versions of the flash
1.1 deraadt 711: BIOS are worse, since they are less flexible about what interrupts
1.97 nick 712: they allow.
713: </ul>
1.78 jufi 714: Contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a>.
1.92 nick 715: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.94 nick 716: Toshiba Satellite 2410S
1.92 nick 717: </td><td>
1.97 nick 718: <p><ul>
719: <li>It's running OpenBSD 3.7-current.
720: <li>All stuff are working fine (graphics, sound, PCMCIA, APM,
1.94 nick 721: ethernet) except Infrared and SD card reader.
1.97 nick 722: <li>There's a bug with certain toshiba laptops and XFree/X.org. Ratio is
1.94 nick 723: too quick, and some chars are repeated. To avoid that, disable
1.96 nick 724: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=X&sektion=7">X</a>'s
1.94 nick 725: kbd handling, and load a modmap with xmodmap.
1.97 nick 726: </ul>
727: Contact <a href="mailto:aanriot@atlantilde.com">Alexandre Anriot</a>.
728: <p align="left">
729: <font size=2>
730: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/dmesg/albatros.txt">dmesg</a>
731: ¦
732: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/repository/config/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
733: </font>
1.92 nick 734: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.77 espie 735: Toshiba Satellite 320CDS
1.92 nick 736: </td><td>
1.97 nick 737: <p><ul>
738: <li>Trusty old model. Keep windows around, in at least a minimal
1.92 nick 739: incarnation, as the BIOS setup is done in software, through a
1.97 nick 740: <code>TSETUP</code> program.
741: <li>X works fine in 800x600, 16 bits.
742: <li>The sound chip can be handled as a windows sound system clone (wss).
1.92 nick 743: This entails disabling the soundblaster clone recognition.
744: The BIOS setup must also be set to separate channels for playing
1.97 nick 745: and recording. I haven't tried recording.
746: <li>PCMCIA cards work. Cardbus models work as well, provided the BIOS
1.77 espie 747: is set to cardbus mode, and not auto-detection.
1.97 nick 748: </ul>
1.77 espie 749: Contact <a href="mailto:espie@openbsd.org">Marc Espie</a>.
1.92 nick 750: </td></tr><tr><td>
751: Toshiba Tecra 500CS
752: </td><td>
1.97 nick 753: <p><ul>
1.100 nick 754: <li>APM is broken, however <b>halt -p</b> does work.
1.97 nick 755: <li>Sound works by default with the GENERIC kernel, but with the speakers
756: is not really worth it. X runs nicely as well.
757: </ul>
1.78 jufi 758: Contact <a href="mailto:ericj@monkey.org">Eric Jackson</a>.
1.92 nick 759: </td></tr><tr><td>
760: Toshiba Tecra 550CDT
761: </td><td>
1.97 nick 762: <p><ul>
763: <li>APM deep sleep (<b>zzz</b>) works, but <b>-S</b> wakes up
764: immediately.
765: <li>XFree86 works beautifully.
766: <li>Sound works, after some IRQ tinkering in the BIOS.
767: <li>USB works; at least, I plugged a digital camera in, and the
1.96 nick 768: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ugen&sektion=4">ugen(4)</a>
1.97 nick 769: driver detected and configured it.
770: <li>The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment
771: on PCMCIA attach/detach.
772: </ul>
1.78 jufi 773: Contact <a href="mailto:aaron@openbsd.org">Aaron Campbell</a>.
1.92 nick 774: </td></tr>
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