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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>
1.92 nick 79: Acer Travelmate 524TEV Laptop
80: </td><td>
1.97 nick 81: <p><ul>
82: <li>APM support works fully (under console and X)
83: <li>PCMCIA Card support (ne0) works fine
84: <li>Internal Intel Ethernet Express Pro 10/100 works
85: <li>XFree86 with ATI Rage Mobility AGP works (1024x768, 16bpp)
86: <li>Sound does not work.
87: </ul>
88: Contact Matthias Schmidt <xhr@gmx.net>
1.92 nick 89: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.94 nick 90: Dell Inspiron 4100
1.92 nick 91: </td><td>
1.97 nick 92: <p><ul>
93: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
94: <li>apmd(8) is fully functional.
95: <li>Integrated xl(4) works fine.
96: <li>Integrated auich(4) works fine.
97: <li>USB works fine with my mouse.
98: <li>Both PCMCIA slots work.
99: <li>The Modem does not work.
100: </ul>
1.96 nick 101: Contact <a href="mailto:robert@openbsd.org">Robert Nagy</a>.
1.92 nick 102: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.97 nick 103: Dell Latitude CPt
1.92 nick 104: </td><td>
1.97 nick 105: <p><ul>
106: <li>apm -z and -S work.
107: <li>Sound works.
108: <li>XFree86 v3 works in 1024x768x24bpp. XF4 looks better in 16bpp.
109: <li>Both PCMCIA slots work.
110: <li>USB is detected, but untested.
111: <li>It does not appear to work after a suspend.
112: </ul>
1.78 jufi 113: Contact <a href="mailto:op21@squish.org">Paul Wang</a>.
1.97 nick 114: <p align="left">
115: <font size=2>
116: <a href="xf86configs/latitudecpt">XF86Config</a>
117: </font>
1.92 nick 118: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 119: Fujitsu Lifebook C325
1.92 nick 120: </td><td>
1.97 nick 121: <p><ul>
122: <li>APM works fully.
123: <li>Sound works when the BIOS is told to activate SB emulation mode.
124: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
125: </ul>
1.78 jufi 126: Contact <a href="mailto:tom@knienieder.com">Tom Knienieder</a>.
1.92 nick 127: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.90 nick 128: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
1.92 nick 129: </td><td>
1.97 nick 130: <p><ul>
131: <li>APM is not working with 3.6 (boot with boot -c and then disable apm).
132: <li>Sound works fine.
133: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
134: </ul>
135: Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
136: <p align="left">
137: <font size=2>
1.90 nick 138: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.97 nick 139: ¦
140: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
141: </font>
1.92 nick 142: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 143: IBM Thinkpad 701C
1.92 nick 144: </td><td>
1.97 nick 145: <p><ul>
146: <li>All features including hibernation and APM work.
147: </ul>
1.78 jufi 148: Contact <a href="mailto:todd@openbsd.org">Todd Fries</a>.
1.92 nick 149: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 150: IBM Thinkpad 770Z
1.92 nick 151: </td><td>
1.97 nick 152: <p><ul>
153: <li>As of OpenBSD 2.8, almost everything works fine.
154: <li>This laptop does not really have a BIOS; most of the device
1.48 jufi 155: settings, like IRQ assignments etc. have to be done through
1.97 nick 156: Windows.
157: <li>You can get the serial and infrared ports to be recognized
1.39 angelos 158: as com* devices by playing with the IRQ assignments in
1.97 nick 159: Windows. Likewise for the parallel port (it's lpt2).
160: <li>You will need this line in your kernel configuration file for
161: APM to work at all:
1.39 angelos 162:
163: <pre>
1.94 nick 164: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
1.39 angelos 165: </pre>
166:
1.97 nick 167: <li>Hibernation (save to disk) works fine as long as you have a
1.94 nick 168: Windows partition with enough disk space (a bit more than the
169: system memory). Suspend/resume/powerdown all work fine;
170: however, doing hibernation while in X Window System (tested in
171: XFree86 3.3.6) causes framebuffer corruption and it seems that
172: the only way to recover is to exit and restart the X server;
173: switching virtual terminals doesn't fix it. It has been
174: suggested that switching between different resolutions might
175: fix it. XFree86 4.0 fixes that problem, but last I checked did
176: not have accelerated support for the driver. The best
1.97 nick 177: work-around is to switch to text mode before hibernating.
1.39 angelos 178:
1.97 nick 179: <li>If you enable the external monitor (Fn+F7), XFree86 3.3.6
1.39 angelos 180: goes into some weird rainbow pattern and eventually freezes
181: the system (unless you switch to text mode or otherwise kill
182: the server within a few seconds); if you switch to text mode,
183: you have to kill the X server (switching back to graphics mode
184: will cause a crash). Enabling the external monitor while in
185: video mode causes no side effects; you can then start X or
1.97 nick 186: switch to it if it's already running.
1.39 angelos 187:
1.97 nick 188: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=clcs&sektion=4">clcs(4)</a>
1.96 nick 189: driver is somewhat flakey, so you're best off disabling it.
190: It doesn't really matter though since the soundblaster
191: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sb&sektion=4&arch=i386">sb(4)</a>)
192: will attach and work fine. You may have to play with IRQ assignments
1.97 nick 193: to get that to work.
194: </ul>
1.78 jufi 195: Contact <a href="mailto:angelos@openbsd.org">Angelos Keromytis</a>.
1.97 nick 196: <p align="left">
197: <font size=2>
198: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpad770z">XF86Config</a>
199: </font>
1.92 nick 200: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.43 angelos 201: IBM Thinkpad A21p
1.92 nick 202: </td><td>
1.97 nick 203: <p><ul>
204: <li>See the entry for the T21. Everything is the same except for
205: the video card, which is an ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF.
206: <li>OpenBSD 2.8 works great with XFree86 4.0.2. You only have to
1.94 nick 207: enter the correct frequency ranges in the Monitor section
1.97 nick 208: of XF86Config.
209: </ul>
210: <p align="left">
211: <font size=2>
212: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpada21p">XF86Config</a>
213: </font>
1.92 nick 214: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.76 espie 215: IBM Thinkpad A30p
1.92 nick 216: </td><td>
1.97 nick 217: <p><ul>
218: <li>On my model, most things work fine with OpenBSD 3.1 and later.
219: <li>Beware that IBM does ship variations of the basic model, though.
220: <li>The usual setup as other Thinkpad models is required if one wishes
1.76 espie 221: to keep Windows around. As usual, multibooting Windows NT works. I
1.92 nick 222: have kept the restore partition around for now, and I recommend
1.97 nick 223: burning the recovery partition to CD, as a backup.
224: <li>The video card (ATI Radeon Mobility) needs to be told explicitly
1.92 nick 225: to run in 1600x1200 (which is just a two line addition to XF86Config).
226: Sometimes, X doesn't start correctly, and needs to be killed and
1.76 espie 227: restarted.
1.97 nick 228: <li>The XVideo extension works, so DVDs can be run full-screen with ogle.
229: In -current, mplayer can display most other kinds of video as well.
230: <li>Sound works. The integrated Ethernet card works.
1.96 nick 231: The integrated Prism WiFi works.
1.97 nick 232: <li>Suspend works.
1.92 nick 233: The special keys (sound volume, light intensity...) are handled
1.76 espie 234: by the hardware and work under OpenBSD as well.
1.97 nick 235: The CD Burner works.
236: <li>IDE dma is not recognized in 3.1, as the chipset is a new revision
1.92 nick 237: of the Intel 82801. This was fixed right after I got the laptop.
1.97 nick 238: I haven't even tried to get the modem or the infrared working.
239: </ul>
1.76 espie 240: Contact <a href="mailto:espie@openbsd.org">Marc Espie</a>.
1.92 nick 241: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.39 angelos 242: IBM Thinkpad T21
1.92 nick 243: </td><td>
1.97 nick 244: <p><ul>
245: <li>As of OpenBSD 2.8, everything works fine.
246: <li>Here is the fdisk output; the easiest way of getting there is
1.94 nick 247: to resize the Windows partition (I use PartitionMagic) and move
248: it to the end of the disk, then create an OpenBSD partition
249: (and ignore the partition resizing fdisk does -- just go ahead
1.97 nick 250: and create all the filesystems you need with disklabel).
251:
1.39 angelos 252: <pre>
1.94 nick 253: Starting Ending
1.39 angelos 254: #: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
255: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.50 horacio 256: 0: 1C 1023 1 1 - 1023 239 63 [ 42003423 - 20502657] <Unknown ID>
1.92 nick 257: *1: A6 0 1 1 - 1021 239 63 [ 63 - 15452577] OpenBSD
258: 2: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
259: 3: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
1.39 angelos 260: </pre>
1.97 nick 261:
262: <li>To get it to see the serial and infrared ports (both as com*
1.39 angelos 263: devices), you need to play with the IRQ assignments in the
264: BIOS; just set them to the default values as found in the
265: GENERIC config file. Likewise for the parallel port (OpenBSD
266: can see lpt2). You may have to play with the Windows
1.97 nick 267: assignments for this as well.
1.39 angelos 268:
1.97 nick 269: <li>There's at least two miniPCI cards available at this point:
1.44 angelos 270: one is an (unsupported) WinModem, and the other is a combo
271: ethernet/modem card. The ethernet works just fine (detected
272: as an fxp/inphy card); the modem looks like it's a real one,
1.97 nick 273: but it's not yet supported.
1.39 angelos 274:
1.97 nick 275: <li>Sound (CS4614) works fine. To avoid system freeze when using
1.84 mickey 276: CardBus and audio simultaneously, you *may* need to set at least
1.92 nick 277: two IRQs for use by PCI devices, in the BIOS; I use 9 and 11. It
1.44 angelos 278: is also necessary to turn off PCI Power Management in the BIOS
279: Power configuration (that's the only menu that scrolls, so make
1.97 nick 280: sure you go to the bottom of the page :-)
1.39 angelos 281:
1.97 nick 282: <li>APM works except for hibernation (requires OS support). To
1.41 angelos 283: get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable
284: machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with
285: sources from mid-January, or later). You will need this line
1.97 nick 286: in your kernel configuration file for APM to work at all:
1.39 angelos 287:
288: <pre>
1.94 nick 289: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
1.39 angelos 290: </pre>
291:
1.97 nick 292: <li>Although the video card is supposed to work with XFree86
1.39 angelos 293: 3.3.6pl8, I've only managed to get it to work with XFree86
1.94 nick 294: 4.0.1 with
295: <a href="http://www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html">patches</a>
296: (you can also find binaries of the driver for OpenBSD 2.8 at the
1.40 angelos 297: same location). You need to have a kernel with "option
1.39 angelos 298: INSECURE" and set the securelevel to -1 in /etc/rc.securelevel
299: (so the X server can open /dev/mem and mmap() the BIOS). In
1.46 angelos 300: this configuration, it can do 1400x1050 at 16bpp (version 1.1.13
1.97 nick 301: of the savage driver works fine at 24bpp as well).
1.39 angelos 302:
1.97 nick 303: <li><b>UPDATE:</b> The above-mentioned patches have been
1.41 angelos 304: included in XFree86 4.0.2, and work out of the box. You don'
305: need a kernel with the option INSECURE set, just set the
1.40 angelos 306: machdep.allowaperture sysctl variable to 2, typically in
307: /etc/sysctl.conf, if you have an OpenBSD 2.8 (or later) built
1.97 nick 308: from sources updated after December 15th 2000.
1.40 angelos 309:
1.97 nick 310: <li>Note that some models only do 1024x768. Those that do
1.39 angelos 311: 1400x1050, can also do 1600x1200 using a virtual screen
312: (wherein the whole display shifts as you go "off-screen"); I
1.97 nick 313: have not tested whether that works (it does in Windows).
1.39 angelos 314:
1.97 nick 315: <li>If you close the lid of the laptop, the system suspends;
1.39 angelos 316: under XFree86 4.0, resuming works fine with respect to the
317: display (XFree86 3.3.6 might not be able to cope with this --
1.97 nick 318: it couldn't on the ThinkPad 770Z).
1.49 angelos 319:
1.97 nick 320: <li>One annoying thing is when you take out one of the UltraBay
1.40 angelos 321: 2000 devices; the system starts beeping. The only way to make it
322: stop is to suspend and then plug in a device in the UltraBay (not
323: necessarily the same one). Note that hot-swap of UltraBay 2000
324: devices is not currently supported in OpenBSD (as of 2.8), thus
1.97 nick 325: it's only safe to hot-swap batteries.
326: </ul>
327: Contact <a href="mailto:angelos@openbsd.org">Angelos Keromytis</a>.
328: <p align="left">
329: <font size=2>
330: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt2">XF86Config</a>
331: ¦
332: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21-2">XF86Config with 3D Rage Mobility</a>
333: </font>
1.92 nick 334: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 335: IBM Thinkpad 760
1.92 nick 336: </td><td>
1.97 nick 337: <p><ul>
338: <li>As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.
339: <li>Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.
340: <li>MWave modem/sound does not work.
341: <li>APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.
342: </ul>
1.78 jufi 343: Contact <a href="mailto:todd@openbsd.org">Todd Fries</a>.
1.92 nick 344: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.94 nick 345: IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.
1.92 nick 346: </td><td>
1.97 nick 347: <p><ul>
1.101 nick 348: <li>Works fine with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 349: <li>If using a boot floppy the system may hang when probing ahc.
1.94 nick 350: Workaround: boot with -c and disable ahc.
351: A GENERIC kernel does not have this issue.
1.101 nick 352: <li>Serial ports must be enabled in BIOS.
353: <li>"ctrl:nocaps" in X puts the control key in a proper location
354: <li>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK
355: <li>Hibernation not tested, but should work with
356: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> from the ports collection.
1.97 nick 357: <li>The audio chipset is supported (auich).
1.72 marc 358:
1.97 nick 359: <li>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">http://www.snafu.org/t23/</a>
1.94 nick 360: for more info.
1.97 nick 361: </ul>
362: Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.
363: <p align="left">
364: <font size=2>
1.101 nick 365: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
366: ¦
367: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.97 nick 368: </font>
1.92 nick 369: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.94 nick 370: IBM Thinkpad X31
371: </td><td>
1.97 nick 372: <p><ul>
373: <li>Nearly all Hardware is supported, except FireWire and WinModem.
374: <li>APM is well supported. Suspend mode (apm -s/zzz) works without
1.94 nick 375: problems. Hibernation (suspend to disk) works also fine but
376: requires a small MS-DOS partition with a hibernation file at the
377: beginning of the harddisk. You can create this file with tphdisk
1.97 nick 378: from ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk).
379:
380: <li>The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via
381: xmodmap.
382: <li>Example:
1.94 nick 383:
384: <pre>
1.96 nick 385: xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down"
386: xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"
1.94 nick 387: </pre>
388:
1.97 nick 389: <li>The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G)
1.98 nick 390: works with the
391: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
392: driver. But you need to download the unfree firmware first to get
393: it working. For more details read
394: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4#FILES">ipw(4)</a>.
395:
396: <li>I'm planning to replace this card with a
397: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
398: or an
399: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>.
1.94 nick 400: For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
401: I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
402: <i>special</i> IBM wireless cards to be installed. The bios can
1.97 nick 403: be patched with the tpwireless program
404: (/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless, <b>use on your own risk!</b>).
1.94 nick 405:
1.97 nick 406: <li>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
407: as well.
1.94 nick 408:
1.97 nick 409: <li>Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the cpu speed
410: via sysctl (<tt>sysctl hw.setperf</tt>).
1.94 nick 411:
1.98 nick 412: <li>The on-board
413: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
414: and
415: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.99 nick 416: are working without problems.
1.94 nick 417:
1.97 nick 418: <li>The keys for mute, volume up and volume down are working fine.
1.94 nick 419: No special software is required. If you'd like to get the big
420: "Access IBM" button to work and have a nice on-screen display, you
421: can install tpb from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb) This works just
422: fine and you have nice on-screen messages when you change volume and
1.97 nick 423: brightness settings or enable/disable the ThinkLight.
424: </ul>
425: Contact <a href="mailto:b.ahlers@ba-net.org">Bernd Ahlers</a>.
426: <p align="left">
427: <font size=2>
428: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/dmesg">dmesg</a>
429: ¦
430: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
431: </font>
1.94 nick 432: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.102 nick 433: IBM Thinkpad X40
434: </td><td>
435: <p><ul>
436: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
437: <li>SD Card Slot and Modem not yet tried.
438: <li>The built-in "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" works only with additional
439: firmware. See
440: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a>
441: for more information.
442: <li>APM works fine
443: <li>If you want to use Hibernation, you must have a small
1.103 ! nick 444: msdos partition with a save2dsk.bin. For this, you can use
1.102 nick 445: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt>.
446: <li>Perhaps one of the best supported notebooks because serveral
447: developers also use it.
448: </ul>
449: Contact <a href="mailto:marcus.popp@paranoidbsd.org">Marcus Popp</a>.
450: <p align="left">
451: <font size=2>
452: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/dmesg.37.txt">dmesg</a>
453: ¦
454: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/xorg.conf.37.txt">xorg.conf</a>
455: </font>
456: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.91 nick 457: JVC MP-XP 7250DE
1.92 nick 458: </td><td>
1.97 nick 459: <p><ul>
460: <li>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
461: SD card reader.
1.91 nick 462:
1.97 nick 463: <li>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
1.91 nick 464: USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
1.97 nick 465: boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.
1.91 nick 466:
1.97 nick 467: <li>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
468: is supported, too.
1.91 nick 469:
1.97 nick 470: <li>X (XF4) works fine. More infos (dmesg and XF86Config)
1.91 nick 471: can be found
472: <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php">
1.97 nick 473: here</a>.
474: </ul>
475: Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.
1.92 nick 476: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 477: Sony VAIO F430
1.92 nick 478: </td><td>
1.97 nick 479: <p><ul>
480: <li>As of OpenBSD 2.6-Current (Feb 17/00)
481: <li>APM: "<strong>zzz</strong>" suspend works, as does the keyboard
1.92 nick 482: suspend. "<strong>halt -p</strong>" and "<strong>apm -S</strong>"
1.54 ian 483: don't. (but I've yet to look for phdisk utilities below - will be
1.97 nick 484: investigating shortly).
485: <li>DVD drive, floppy all function.
486: <li>Ethernet works after wakeup with the card I'm using (3Com 3c589).
487: </ul>
1.78 jufi 488: Contact <a href="mailto:beck@openbsd.org">Bob Beck</a>.
1.92 nick 489: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 490: Sony VAIO z505r
1.92 nick 491: </td><td>
1.97 nick 492: <p><ul>
493: <li>APM support: "<strong>zzz</strong>", suspend via keyboard,
494: hibernation via keyboard, and "<strong>halt -p</strong>" all work.
495: "<strong>apm -S</strong>" wakes up immediately.
1.54 ian 496:
1.97 nick 497: <li>Hibernation uses a block at the end of the disk, approximately
1.54 ian 498: 3-5MB larger than the memory in your machine. To repair hibernation,
499: use "<strong>phdisk.exe /create /partition</strong>" to setup the
500: partition. The phdisk program is available on the boot
1.97 nick 501: floppy image provided on the first recovery CD.
1.54 ian 502:
1.97 nick 503: <li>After a suspend, the profiling clock is not running. Patches are
504: being worked on.
1.54 ian 505:
1.97 nick 506: <li>Sound is supported using the
507: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=neo&sektion=4">
1.54 ian 508: neo(4)</a> device driver. Sometimes upon boot, a hang happens
1.97 nick 509: when trying to determine the AC97 mixer type.
1.54 ian 510:
1.97 nick 511: <li>When the memory stick slot is empty, it can cause errors which
512: overflow the dmesg buffer, and thus confuse the OpenBSD install
513: program.
514:
515: <li>The BIOS Setup, (accessed using F2), has an option to disable the
516: memory stick.
517: </ul>
1.78 jufi 518: Contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a>.
1.97 nick 519: <p align="left">
520: <font size=2>
521: <a href="xf86configs/vaioz505r">XF86Config</a>
522: </font>
1.92 nick 523: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.102 nick 524: Sony Vaio z505n
1.92 nick 525: </td><td>
1.97 nick 526: <p><ul>
527: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
1.92 nick 528: cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
1.97 nick 529: <li>Installation by USB floppy:
1.89 nick 530: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
1.92 nick 531: can be brought to boot if one disables the
532: following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
1.89 nick 533: <pre>
534: disable pcibios
535: disable fxp
536: disable pcic
537: </pre>
1.97 nick 538: <li>After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
1.89 nick 539: and no network. This means that the laptop has
540: no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
541: on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
542: of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
543: partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
544: boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
1.95 nick 545: (no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
1.97 nick 546: <li>Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
547: works without modification.
548: </ul>
1.89 nick 549: Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
1.92 nick 550: </td></tr><tr><td>
551: Sony VAIO 747
552: </td><td>
1.97 nick 553: <p><ul>
554: <li>Ever since OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do work.
555: <li>Ships with a PCMCIA modem card (COM One MCC220 Platinum Card),
556: which works.
557: <li>Sound works (8 bit only).
558: <li>APM behaviour similar to the VAIO z505r, except that hibernation
559: has not been tested.
560: <li>USB does not work.
561: </ul>
1.78 jufi 562: Contact <a href="mailto:markus@openbsd.org">Markus Friedl</a>.
1.97 nick 563: <p align="left">
564: <font size=2>
565: <a href="xf86configs/vaio747">XF86Config</a>
566: </font>
1.92 nick 567: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.89 nick 568: Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
1.92 nick 569: </td><td>
1.97 nick 570: <p><ul>
571: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works, but there are some minor issues.
1.89 nick 572: <li>USB and built-in sound (Yamaha) work just fine.
573: <li>Firewire works with the experimental kernel support
574: <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card works ok.
575: <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
576: tested them.
577: <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
578: kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
579: cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
580: come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
581: the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
582: partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
583: access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
584: <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
585: system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
586: <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
587: locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
588: causes the problems mentioned above.
589: <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
590: sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
1.97 nick 591: </ul>
1.89 nick 592: Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@pestilenz.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
1.97 nick 593: <p align="left">
594: <font size=2>
595: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a>
596: ¦
597: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
598: </font>
1.92 nick 599: </td></tr><tr><td>
600: Sony VAIO PCG-SRX77
601: </td><td>
1.97 nick 602: <p><ul>
603: <li>OpenBSD 3.3 works but there are some quirks.
1.92 nick 604: <li>Audio works, using the
1.96 nick 605: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.79 millert 606: driver.
607: <li>The built-in ethernet works, using the
1.96 nick 608: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
1.79 millert 609: driver.
610: <li>The cardbus and built-in wireless do <strong>not</strong> work
611: without an <a href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/millert/OpenBSD/srx77/cardbus.diff">awful hack</a>.
612: <li>USB and the memory stick port work.
613: <li>Firewire is currently untested.
614: <li>The jog dial is not currently supported.
615: <li>APM does not work; the laptop goes to sleep but does not wake up.
616: <li>"halt -p" does halt the machine.
1.97 nick 617: </ul>
1.79 millert 618: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.97 nick 619: <p align="left">
620: <font size=2>
621: <a href="xf86configs/sonysrx77">XF86Config</a>
622: </font>
1.92 nick 623: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.11 millert 624: Toshiba Libretto 50CT
1.92 nick 625: </td><td>
1.97 nick 626: <p><ul>
627: <li>APM works but you need to be careful not to use the last
1.11 millert 628: 32meg or so of the disk since that's where the BIOS dumps
1.97 nick 629: the long time hibernation image. You can take a look at
1.11 millert 630: the bios geometry in disklabel to see exactly how many sectors
631: it wants. Failure to do so will cause filesystem corruption
632: during suspend.
1.97 nick 633: <li>The libretto uses a single IRQ for both
1.96 nick 634: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sb&sektion=4&arch=i386">sb(4)</a>
635: and
636: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wss&sektion=4&arch=i386">wss</a>
1.50 horacio 637: so the best thing to do is to choose one and disable the other
638: in the kernel.
1.97 nick 639: <li>The pcmcia external floppy drive is not currently supported
1.11 millert 640: by OpenBSD, but it can be used during the install.
1.97 nick 641: <li>Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia
1.92 nick 642: slot. The best way to do this is to do a network install.
643: To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt,
644: enter <em>boot -c</em>. When you see the <em>UKC</em>
645: prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card,
646: and then type exit. The kernel will then probe the network
647: card and you should be able to do a normal network install.
1.11 millert 648: You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in
649: the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect
650: your network card.
1.97 nick 651: <li>Note that the chips driver was broken in XFree86 4.1 (it
1.92 nick 652: is fixed in XFree86 4.2) and hence the XFree86 that ships
653: with OpenBSD 3.0 does not work on the libretto. I have
654: compiled the old XFree86 4.01 chips driver (which does work)
655: for XFree86 4.1. Just grab
656: <a href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/todd/OpenBSD/chips_drv.o">
1.94 nick 657: chips_drv.o</a> and copy it to
658: <pre>
659: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/chips_drv.o
1.65 millert 660: </pre>
661: That will make XFree86 4.1 work on the 50CT and 70CT.
1.97 nick 662: </ul>
1.78 jufi 663: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.97 nick 664: <p align="left">
665: <font size=2>
666: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct">XFree86 4.X</a>
667: ¦
668: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>
669: </font>
1.92 nick 670: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.20 millert 671: Toshiba Libretto 100CT
1.92 nick 672: </td><td>
1.97 nick 673: <p><ul>
674: <li>Most of the information listed in the Libretto 50CT entry
1.20 millert 675: apply to the 100CT as well.
1.97 nick 676: <li>X11 works in 800x400 mode. There are sample XF86Config files for
677: both.
678: </ul>
1.78 jufi 679: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.97 nick 680: <p align="left">
681: <font size=2>
682: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct">XFree86 4.X</a>
683: ¦
684: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>
685: </font>
1.92 nick 686: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.68 millert 687: Toshiba Portege 2000
1.92 nick 688: </td><td>
1.97 nick 689: <p><ul>
690: <li>Builtin wavelan and 10/100 ethernet (fxp) work.
691: <li>Audio is not supported.
692: <li>APM works ("<strong>zzz</strong>"), as does "<strong>halt -p</strong>".
1.71 millert 693: However, battery life is reported incorrectly--it always reports
1.97 nick 694: that the laptop is connected to A/C power.
695: <li>USB attaches but is currently untested.
696: <li>The bundled pcmcia CD-ROM does not currently work.
697: <li>XFree86 4.2 and higher works. However, the keyboard repeat rate is a
698: little too fast.
699: </ul>
700: <p align="left">
701: <font size=2>
702: <a href="xf86configs/portege2000">XF86Config</a>
703: </font>
1.92 nick 704: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 705: Toshiba Portege 660CDT
1.92 nick 706: </td><td>
1.97 nick 707: <p><ul>
708: <li>APM is completely broken.
709: <li>The mixed
1.96 nick 710: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sb&sektion=4&arch=i386">sb(4)</a>
711: and
712: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wss&sektion=4&arch=i386">wss(4)</a>
713: sound hardware can cause some grief. Newer versions of the flash
1.1 deraadt 714: BIOS are worse, since they are less flexible about what interrupts
1.97 nick 715: they allow.
716: </ul>
1.78 jufi 717: Contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a>.
1.92 nick 718: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.94 nick 719: Toshiba Satellite 2410S
1.92 nick 720: </td><td>
1.97 nick 721: <p><ul>
722: <li>It's running OpenBSD 3.7-current.
723: <li>All stuff are working fine (graphics, sound, PCMCIA, APM,
1.94 nick 724: ethernet) except Infrared and SD card reader.
1.97 nick 725: <li>There's a bug with certain toshiba laptops and XFree/X.org. Ratio is
1.94 nick 726: too quick, and some chars are repeated. To avoid that, disable
1.96 nick 727: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=X&sektion=7">X</a>'s
1.94 nick 728: kbd handling, and load a modmap with xmodmap.
1.97 nick 729: </ul>
730: Contact <a href="mailto:aanriot@atlantilde.com">Alexandre Anriot</a>.
731: <p align="left">
732: <font size=2>
733: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/dmesg/albatros.txt">dmesg</a>
734: ¦
735: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/repository/config/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
736: </font>
1.92 nick 737: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.77 espie 738: Toshiba Satellite 320CDS
1.92 nick 739: </td><td>
1.97 nick 740: <p><ul>
741: <li>Trusty old model. Keep windows around, in at least a minimal
1.92 nick 742: incarnation, as the BIOS setup is done in software, through a
1.97 nick 743: <code>TSETUP</code> program.
744: <li>X works fine in 800x600, 16 bits.
745: <li>The sound chip can be handled as a windows sound system clone (wss).
1.92 nick 746: This entails disabling the soundblaster clone recognition.
747: The BIOS setup must also be set to separate channels for playing
1.97 nick 748: and recording. I haven't tried recording.
749: <li>PCMCIA cards work. Cardbus models work as well, provided the BIOS
1.77 espie 750: is set to cardbus mode, and not auto-detection.
1.97 nick 751: </ul>
1.77 espie 752: Contact <a href="mailto:espie@openbsd.org">Marc Espie</a>.
1.92 nick 753: </td></tr><tr><td>
754: Toshiba Tecra 500CS
755: </td><td>
1.97 nick 756: <p><ul>
1.100 nick 757: <li>APM is broken, however <b>halt -p</b> does work.
1.97 nick 758: <li>Sound works by default with the GENERIC kernel, but with the speakers
759: is not really worth it. X runs nicely as well.
760: </ul>
1.78 jufi 761: Contact <a href="mailto:ericj@monkey.org">Eric Jackson</a>.
1.92 nick 762: </td></tr><tr><td>
763: Toshiba Tecra 550CDT
764: </td><td>
1.97 nick 765: <p><ul>
766: <li>APM deep sleep (<b>zzz</b>) works, but <b>-S</b> wakes up
767: immediately.
768: <li>XFree86 works beautifully.
769: <li>Sound works, after some IRQ tinkering in the BIOS.
770: <li>USB works; at least, I plugged a digital camera in, and the
1.96 nick 771: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ugen&sektion=4">ugen(4)</a>
1.97 nick 772: driver detected and configured it.
773: <li>The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment
774: on PCMCIA attach/detach.
775: </ul>
1.78 jufi 776: Contact <a href="mailto:aaron@openbsd.org">Aaron Campbell</a>.
1.92 nick 777: </td></tr>
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