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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.
1.104 nick 38: Use a PCCard modem if you need 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>.
1.105 ! nick 102: <p align="left">
! 103: <font size=2>
! 104: <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/dmesg.notebook">dmesg</a>
! 105: ¦
! 106: <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
! 107: </font>
1.92 nick 108: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.97 nick 109: Dell Latitude CPt
1.92 nick 110: </td><td>
1.97 nick 111: <p><ul>
112: <li>apm -z and -S work.
113: <li>Sound works.
114: <li>XFree86 v3 works in 1024x768x24bpp. XF4 looks better in 16bpp.
115: <li>Both PCMCIA slots work.
116: <li>USB is detected, but untested.
117: <li>It does not appear to work after a suspend.
118: </ul>
1.78 jufi 119: Contact <a href="mailto:op21@squish.org">Paul Wang</a>.
1.97 nick 120: <p align="left">
121: <font size=2>
122: <a href="xf86configs/latitudecpt">XF86Config</a>
123: </font>
1.92 nick 124: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.90 nick 125: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
1.92 nick 126: </td><td>
1.97 nick 127: <p><ul>
128: <li>APM is not working with 3.6 (boot with boot -c and then disable apm).
129: <li>Sound works fine.
130: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
131: </ul>
132: Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
133: <p align="left">
134: <font size=2>
1.90 nick 135: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.97 nick 136: ¦
137: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
138: </font>
1.92 nick 139: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 140: IBM Thinkpad 701C
1.92 nick 141: </td><td>
1.97 nick 142: <p><ul>
143: <li>All features including hibernation and APM work.
144: </ul>
1.78 jufi 145: Contact <a href="mailto:todd@openbsd.org">Todd Fries</a>.
1.92 nick 146: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 147: IBM Thinkpad 770Z
1.92 nick 148: </td><td>
1.97 nick 149: <p><ul>
150: <li>As of OpenBSD 2.8, almost everything works fine.
151: <li>This laptop does not really have a BIOS; most of the device
1.48 jufi 152: settings, like IRQ assignments etc. have to be done through
1.97 nick 153: Windows.
154: <li>You can get the serial and infrared ports to be recognized
1.39 angelos 155: as com* devices by playing with the IRQ assignments in
1.97 nick 156: Windows. Likewise for the parallel port (it's lpt2).
157: <li>You will need this line in your kernel configuration file for
158: APM to work at all:
1.39 angelos 159:
160: <pre>
1.94 nick 161: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
1.39 angelos 162: </pre>
163:
1.97 nick 164: <li>Hibernation (save to disk) works fine as long as you have a
1.94 nick 165: Windows partition with enough disk space (a bit more than the
166: system memory). Suspend/resume/powerdown all work fine;
167: however, doing hibernation while in X Window System (tested in
168: XFree86 3.3.6) causes framebuffer corruption and it seems that
169: the only way to recover is to exit and restart the X server;
170: switching virtual terminals doesn't fix it. It has been
171: suggested that switching between different resolutions might
172: fix it. XFree86 4.0 fixes that problem, but last I checked did
173: not have accelerated support for the driver. The best
1.97 nick 174: work-around is to switch to text mode before hibernating.
1.39 angelos 175:
1.97 nick 176: <li>If you enable the external monitor (Fn+F7), XFree86 3.3.6
1.39 angelos 177: goes into some weird rainbow pattern and eventually freezes
178: the system (unless you switch to text mode or otherwise kill
179: the server within a few seconds); if you switch to text mode,
180: you have to kill the X server (switching back to graphics mode
181: will cause a crash). Enabling the external monitor while in
182: video mode causes no side effects; you can then start X or
1.97 nick 183: switch to it if it's already running.
1.39 angelos 184:
1.97 nick 185: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=clcs&sektion=4">clcs(4)</a>
1.96 nick 186: driver is somewhat flakey, so you're best off disabling it.
187: It doesn't really matter though since the soundblaster
188: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sb&sektion=4&arch=i386">sb(4)</a>)
189: will attach and work fine. You may have to play with IRQ assignments
1.97 nick 190: to get that to work.
191: </ul>
1.78 jufi 192: Contact <a href="mailto:angelos@openbsd.org">Angelos Keromytis</a>.
1.97 nick 193: <p align="left">
194: <font size=2>
195: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpad770z">XF86Config</a>
196: </font>
1.92 nick 197: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.43 angelos 198: IBM Thinkpad A21p
1.92 nick 199: </td><td>
1.97 nick 200: <p><ul>
201: <li>See the entry for the T21. Everything is the same except for
202: the video card, which is an ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF.
203: <li>OpenBSD 2.8 works great with XFree86 4.0.2. You only have to
1.94 nick 204: enter the correct frequency ranges in the Monitor section
1.97 nick 205: of XF86Config.
206: </ul>
207: <p align="left">
208: <font size=2>
209: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpada21p">XF86Config</a>
210: </font>
1.92 nick 211: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.76 espie 212: IBM Thinkpad A30p
1.92 nick 213: </td><td>
1.97 nick 214: <p><ul>
215: <li>On my model, most things work fine with OpenBSD 3.1 and later.
216: <li>Beware that IBM does ship variations of the basic model, though.
217: <li>The usual setup as other Thinkpad models is required if one wishes
1.76 espie 218: to keep Windows around. As usual, multibooting Windows NT works. I
1.92 nick 219: have kept the restore partition around for now, and I recommend
1.97 nick 220: burning the recovery partition to CD, as a backup.
221: <li>The video card (ATI Radeon Mobility) needs to be told explicitly
1.92 nick 222: to run in 1600x1200 (which is just a two line addition to XF86Config).
223: Sometimes, X doesn't start correctly, and needs to be killed and
1.76 espie 224: restarted.
1.97 nick 225: <li>The XVideo extension works, so DVDs can be run full-screen with ogle.
226: In -current, mplayer can display most other kinds of video as well.
227: <li>Sound works. The integrated Ethernet card works.
1.96 nick 228: The integrated Prism WiFi works.
1.97 nick 229: <li>Suspend works.
1.92 nick 230: The special keys (sound volume, light intensity...) are handled
1.76 espie 231: by the hardware and work under OpenBSD as well.
1.97 nick 232: The CD Burner works.
233: <li>IDE dma is not recognized in 3.1, as the chipset is a new revision
1.92 nick 234: of the Intel 82801. This was fixed right after I got the laptop.
1.97 nick 235: I haven't even tried to get the modem or the infrared working.
236: </ul>
1.76 espie 237: Contact <a href="mailto:espie@openbsd.org">Marc Espie</a>.
1.92 nick 238: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.39 angelos 239: IBM Thinkpad T21
1.92 nick 240: </td><td>
1.97 nick 241: <p><ul>
242: <li>As of OpenBSD 2.8, everything works fine.
243: <li>Here is the fdisk output; the easiest way of getting there is
1.94 nick 244: to resize the Windows partition (I use PartitionMagic) and move
245: it to the end of the disk, then create an OpenBSD partition
246: (and ignore the partition resizing fdisk does -- just go ahead
1.97 nick 247: and create all the filesystems you need with disklabel).
248:
1.39 angelos 249: <pre>
1.94 nick 250: Starting Ending
1.39 angelos 251: #: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
252: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.50 horacio 253: 0: 1C 1023 1 1 - 1023 239 63 [ 42003423 - 20502657] <Unknown ID>
1.92 nick 254: *1: A6 0 1 1 - 1021 239 63 [ 63 - 15452577] OpenBSD
255: 2: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
256: 3: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
1.39 angelos 257: </pre>
1.97 nick 258:
259: <li>To get it to see the serial and infrared ports (both as com*
1.39 angelos 260: devices), you need to play with the IRQ assignments in the
261: BIOS; just set them to the default values as found in the
262: GENERIC config file. Likewise for the parallel port (OpenBSD
263: can see lpt2). You may have to play with the Windows
1.97 nick 264: assignments for this as well.
1.39 angelos 265:
1.97 nick 266: <li>There's at least two miniPCI cards available at this point:
1.44 angelos 267: one is an (unsupported) WinModem, and the other is a combo
268: ethernet/modem card. The ethernet works just fine (detected
269: as an fxp/inphy card); the modem looks like it's a real one,
1.97 nick 270: but it's not yet supported.
1.39 angelos 271:
1.97 nick 272: <li>Sound (CS4614) works fine. To avoid system freeze when using
1.84 mickey 273: CardBus and audio simultaneously, you *may* need to set at least
1.92 nick 274: two IRQs for use by PCI devices, in the BIOS; I use 9 and 11. It
1.44 angelos 275: is also necessary to turn off PCI Power Management in the BIOS
276: Power configuration (that's the only menu that scrolls, so make
1.97 nick 277: sure you go to the bottom of the page :-)
1.39 angelos 278:
1.97 nick 279: <li>APM works except for hibernation (requires OS support). To
1.41 angelos 280: get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable
281: machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with
282: sources from mid-January, or later). You will need this line
1.97 nick 283: in your kernel configuration file for APM to work at all:
1.39 angelos 284:
285: <pre>
1.94 nick 286: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
1.39 angelos 287: </pre>
288:
1.97 nick 289: <li>Although the video card is supposed to work with XFree86
1.39 angelos 290: 3.3.6pl8, I've only managed to get it to work with XFree86
1.94 nick 291: 4.0.1 with
292: <a href="http://www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html">patches</a>
293: (you can also find binaries of the driver for OpenBSD 2.8 at the
1.40 angelos 294: same location). You need to have a kernel with "option
1.39 angelos 295: INSECURE" and set the securelevel to -1 in /etc/rc.securelevel
296: (so the X server can open /dev/mem and mmap() the BIOS). In
1.46 angelos 297: this configuration, it can do 1400x1050 at 16bpp (version 1.1.13
1.97 nick 298: of the savage driver works fine at 24bpp as well).
1.39 angelos 299:
1.97 nick 300: <li><b>UPDATE:</b> The above-mentioned patches have been
1.41 angelos 301: included in XFree86 4.0.2, and work out of the box. You don'
302: need a kernel with the option INSECURE set, just set the
1.40 angelos 303: machdep.allowaperture sysctl variable to 2, typically in
304: /etc/sysctl.conf, if you have an OpenBSD 2.8 (or later) built
1.97 nick 305: from sources updated after December 15th 2000.
1.40 angelos 306:
1.97 nick 307: <li>Note that some models only do 1024x768. Those that do
1.39 angelos 308: 1400x1050, can also do 1600x1200 using a virtual screen
309: (wherein the whole display shifts as you go "off-screen"); I
1.97 nick 310: have not tested whether that works (it does in Windows).
1.39 angelos 311:
1.97 nick 312: <li>If you close the lid of the laptop, the system suspends;
1.39 angelos 313: under XFree86 4.0, resuming works fine with respect to the
314: display (XFree86 3.3.6 might not be able to cope with this --
1.97 nick 315: it couldn't on the ThinkPad 770Z).
1.49 angelos 316:
1.97 nick 317: <li>One annoying thing is when you take out one of the UltraBay
1.40 angelos 318: 2000 devices; the system starts beeping. The only way to make it
319: stop is to suspend and then plug in a device in the UltraBay (not
320: necessarily the same one). Note that hot-swap of UltraBay 2000
321: devices is not currently supported in OpenBSD (as of 2.8), thus
1.97 nick 322: it's only safe to hot-swap batteries.
323: </ul>
324: Contact <a href="mailto:angelos@openbsd.org">Angelos Keromytis</a>.
325: <p align="left">
326: <font size=2>
327: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt2">XF86Config</a>
328: ¦
329: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21-2">XF86Config with 3D Rage Mobility</a>
330: </font>
1.92 nick 331: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 332: IBM Thinkpad 760
1.92 nick 333: </td><td>
1.97 nick 334: <p><ul>
335: <li>As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.
336: <li>Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.
337: <li>MWave modem/sound does not work.
338: <li>APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.
339: </ul>
1.78 jufi 340: Contact <a href="mailto:todd@openbsd.org">Todd Fries</a>.
1.92 nick 341: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.94 nick 342: IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.
1.92 nick 343: </td><td>
1.97 nick 344: <p><ul>
1.101 nick 345: <li>Works fine with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 346: <li>If using a boot floppy the system may hang when probing ahc.
1.94 nick 347: Workaround: boot with -c and disable ahc.
348: A GENERIC kernel does not have this issue.
1.101 nick 349: <li>Serial ports must be enabled in BIOS.
350: <li>"ctrl:nocaps" in X puts the control key in a proper location
351: <li>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK
352: <li>Hibernation not tested, but should work with
353: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> from the ports collection.
1.97 nick 354: <li>The audio chipset is supported (auich).
1.72 marc 355:
1.97 nick 356: <li>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">http://www.snafu.org/t23/</a>
1.94 nick 357: for more info.
1.97 nick 358: </ul>
359: Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.
360: <p align="left">
361: <font size=2>
1.101 nick 362: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
363: ¦
364: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.97 nick 365: </font>
1.92 nick 366: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.94 nick 367: IBM Thinkpad X31
368: </td><td>
1.97 nick 369: <p><ul>
370: <li>Nearly all Hardware is supported, except FireWire and WinModem.
371: <li>APM is well supported. Suspend mode (apm -s/zzz) works without
1.94 nick 372: problems. Hibernation (suspend to disk) works also fine but
373: requires a small MS-DOS partition with a hibernation file at the
374: beginning of the harddisk. You can create this file with tphdisk
1.97 nick 375: from ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk).
376:
377: <li>The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via
378: xmodmap.
379: <li>Example:
1.94 nick 380:
381: <pre>
1.96 nick 382: xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down"
383: xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"
1.94 nick 384: </pre>
385:
1.97 nick 386: <li>The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G)
1.98 nick 387: works with the
388: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
389: driver. But you need to download the unfree firmware first to get
390: it working. For more details read
391: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4#FILES">ipw(4)</a>.
392:
393: <li>I'm planning to replace this card with a
394: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
395: or an
396: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>.
1.94 nick 397: For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
398: I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
399: <i>special</i> IBM wireless cards to be installed. The bios can
1.97 nick 400: be patched with the tpwireless program
401: (/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless, <b>use on your own risk!</b>).
1.94 nick 402:
1.97 nick 403: <li>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
404: as well.
1.94 nick 405:
1.97 nick 406: <li>Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the cpu speed
407: via sysctl (<tt>sysctl hw.setperf</tt>).
1.94 nick 408:
1.98 nick 409: <li>The on-board
410: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
411: and
412: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.99 nick 413: are working without problems.
1.94 nick 414:
1.97 nick 415: <li>The keys for mute, volume up and volume down are working fine.
1.94 nick 416: No special software is required. If you'd like to get the big
417: "Access IBM" button to work and have a nice on-screen display, you
418: can install tpb from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb) This works just
419: fine and you have nice on-screen messages when you change volume and
1.97 nick 420: brightness settings or enable/disable the ThinkLight.
421: </ul>
422: Contact <a href="mailto:b.ahlers@ba-net.org">Bernd Ahlers</a>.
423: <p align="left">
424: <font size=2>
425: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/dmesg">dmesg</a>
426: ¦
427: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
428: </font>
1.94 nick 429: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.102 nick 430: IBM Thinkpad X40
431: </td><td>
432: <p><ul>
433: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
434: <li>SD Card Slot and Modem not yet tried.
435: <li>The built-in "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" works only with additional
436: firmware. See
437: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a>
438: for more information.
439: <li>APM works fine
440: <li>If you want to use Hibernation, you must have a small
1.103 nick 441: msdos partition with a save2dsk.bin. For this, you can use
1.102 nick 442: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt>.
1.104 nick 443: <li>Perhaps one of the best supported notebooks because several
1.102 nick 444: developers also use it.
445: </ul>
446: Contact <a href="mailto:marcus.popp@paranoidbsd.org">Marcus Popp</a>.
447: <p align="left">
448: <font size=2>
449: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/dmesg.37.txt">dmesg</a>
450: ¦
451: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/xorg.conf.37.txt">xorg.conf</a>
452: </font>
453: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.91 nick 454: JVC MP-XP 7250DE
1.92 nick 455: </td><td>
1.97 nick 456: <p><ul>
457: <li>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
458: SD card reader.
1.91 nick 459:
1.97 nick 460: <li>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
1.91 nick 461: USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
1.97 nick 462: boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.
1.91 nick 463:
1.97 nick 464: <li>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
465: is supported, too.
1.91 nick 466:
1.97 nick 467: <li>X (XF4) works fine. More infos (dmesg and XF86Config)
1.91 nick 468: can be found
469: <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php">
1.97 nick 470: here</a>.
471: </ul>
472: Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.
1.92 nick 473: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.102 nick 474: Sony Vaio z505n
1.92 nick 475: </td><td>
1.97 nick 476: <p><ul>
477: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
1.92 nick 478: cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
1.97 nick 479: <li>Installation by USB floppy:
1.89 nick 480: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
1.92 nick 481: can be brought to boot if one disables the
482: following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
1.89 nick 483: <pre>
484: disable pcibios
485: disable fxp
486: disable pcic
487: </pre>
1.97 nick 488: <li>After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
1.89 nick 489: and no network. This means that the laptop has
490: no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
491: on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
492: of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
493: partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
494: boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
1.95 nick 495: (no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
1.97 nick 496: <li>Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
497: works without modification.
498: </ul>
1.89 nick 499: Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
1.92 nick 500: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.89 nick 501: Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
1.92 nick 502: </td><td>
1.97 nick 503: <p><ul>
504: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works, but there are some minor issues.
1.89 nick 505: <li>USB and built-in sound (Yamaha) work just fine.
506: <li>Firewire works with the experimental kernel support
507: <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card works ok.
508: <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
509: tested them.
510: <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
511: kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
512: cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
513: come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
514: the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
515: partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
516: access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
517: <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
518: system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
519: <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
520: locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
521: causes the problems mentioned above.
522: <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
523: sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
1.97 nick 524: </ul>
1.89 nick 525: Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@pestilenz.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
1.97 nick 526: <p align="left">
527: <font size=2>
528: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a>
529: ¦
530: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
531: </font>
1.92 nick 532: </td></tr><tr><td>
533: Sony VAIO PCG-SRX77
534: </td><td>
1.97 nick 535: <p><ul>
536: <li>OpenBSD 3.3 works but there are some quirks.
1.92 nick 537: <li>Audio works, using the
1.96 nick 538: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.79 millert 539: driver.
540: <li>The built-in ethernet works, using the
1.96 nick 541: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
1.79 millert 542: driver.
543: <li>The cardbus and built-in wireless do <strong>not</strong> work
544: without an <a href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/millert/OpenBSD/srx77/cardbus.diff">awful hack</a>.
545: <li>USB and the memory stick port work.
546: <li>Firewire is currently untested.
547: <li>The jog dial is not currently supported.
548: <li>APM does not work; the laptop goes to sleep but does not wake up.
549: <li>"halt -p" does halt the machine.
1.97 nick 550: </ul>
1.79 millert 551: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.97 nick 552: <p align="left">
553: <font size=2>
554: <a href="xf86configs/sonysrx77">XF86Config</a>
555: </font>
1.92 nick 556: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.11 millert 557: Toshiba Libretto 50CT
1.92 nick 558: </td><td>
1.97 nick 559: <p><ul>
560: <li>APM works but you need to be careful not to use the last
1.11 millert 561: 32meg or so of the disk since that's where the BIOS dumps
1.97 nick 562: the long time hibernation image. You can take a look at
1.11 millert 563: the bios geometry in disklabel to see exactly how many sectors
564: it wants. Failure to do so will cause filesystem corruption
565: during suspend.
1.97 nick 566: <li>The libretto uses a single IRQ for both
1.96 nick 567: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sb&sektion=4&arch=i386">sb(4)</a>
568: and
569: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wss&sektion=4&arch=i386">wss</a>
1.50 horacio 570: so the best thing to do is to choose one and disable the other
571: in the kernel.
1.97 nick 572: <li>The pcmcia external floppy drive is not currently supported
1.11 millert 573: by OpenBSD, but it can be used during the install.
1.97 nick 574: <li>Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia
1.92 nick 575: slot. The best way to do this is to do a network install.
576: To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt,
577: enter <em>boot -c</em>. When you see the <em>UKC</em>
578: prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card,
579: and then type exit. The kernel will then probe the network
580: card and you should be able to do a normal network install.
1.11 millert 581: You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in
582: the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect
583: your network card.
1.97 nick 584: <li>Note that the chips driver was broken in XFree86 4.1 (it
1.92 nick 585: is fixed in XFree86 4.2) and hence the XFree86 that ships
586: with OpenBSD 3.0 does not work on the libretto. I have
587: compiled the old XFree86 4.01 chips driver (which does work)
588: for XFree86 4.1. Just grab
589: <a href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/todd/OpenBSD/chips_drv.o">
1.94 nick 590: chips_drv.o</a> and copy it to
591: <pre>
592: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/chips_drv.o
1.65 millert 593: </pre>
594: That will make XFree86 4.1 work on the 50CT and 70CT.
1.97 nick 595: </ul>
1.78 jufi 596: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.97 nick 597: <p align="left">
598: <font size=2>
599: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct">XFree86 4.X</a>
600: ¦
601: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>
602: </font>
1.92 nick 603: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.20 millert 604: Toshiba Libretto 100CT
1.92 nick 605: </td><td>
1.97 nick 606: <p><ul>
607: <li>Most of the information listed in the Libretto 50CT entry
1.20 millert 608: apply to the 100CT as well.
1.97 nick 609: <li>X11 works in 800x400 mode. There are sample XF86Config files for
610: both.
611: </ul>
1.78 jufi 612: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.97 nick 613: <p align="left">
614: <font size=2>
615: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct">XFree86 4.X</a>
616: ¦
617: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>
618: </font>
1.92 nick 619: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.68 millert 620: Toshiba Portege 2000
1.92 nick 621: </td><td>
1.97 nick 622: <p><ul>
623: <li>Builtin wavelan and 10/100 ethernet (fxp) work.
624: <li>Audio is not supported.
625: <li>APM works ("<strong>zzz</strong>"), as does "<strong>halt -p</strong>".
1.71 millert 626: However, battery life is reported incorrectly--it always reports
1.97 nick 627: that the laptop is connected to A/C power.
628: <li>USB attaches but is currently untested.
629: <li>The bundled pcmcia CD-ROM does not currently work.
630: <li>XFree86 4.2 and higher works. However, the keyboard repeat rate is a
631: little too fast.
632: </ul>
633: <p align="left">
634: <font size=2>
635: <a href="xf86configs/portege2000">XF86Config</a>
636: </font>
1.92 nick 637: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 638: Toshiba Portege 660CDT
1.92 nick 639: </td><td>
1.97 nick 640: <p><ul>
641: <li>APM is completely broken.
642: <li>The mixed
1.96 nick 643: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sb&sektion=4&arch=i386">sb(4)</a>
644: and
645: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wss&sektion=4&arch=i386">wss(4)</a>
646: sound hardware can cause some grief. Newer versions of the flash
1.1 deraadt 647: BIOS are worse, since they are less flexible about what interrupts
1.97 nick 648: they allow.
649: </ul>
1.78 jufi 650: Contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a>.
1.92 nick 651: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.94 nick 652: Toshiba Satellite 2410S
1.92 nick 653: </td><td>
1.97 nick 654: <p><ul>
655: <li>It's running OpenBSD 3.7-current.
656: <li>All stuff are working fine (graphics, sound, PCMCIA, APM,
1.94 nick 657: ethernet) except Infrared and SD card reader.
1.97 nick 658: <li>There's a bug with certain toshiba laptops and XFree/X.org. Ratio is
1.94 nick 659: too quick, and some chars are repeated. To avoid that, disable
1.96 nick 660: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=X&sektion=7">X</a>'s
1.94 nick 661: kbd handling, and load a modmap with xmodmap.
1.97 nick 662: </ul>
663: Contact <a href="mailto:aanriot@atlantilde.com">Alexandre Anriot</a>.
664: <p align="left">
665: <font size=2>
666: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/dmesg/albatros.txt">dmesg</a>
667: ¦
668: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/repository/config/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
669: </font>
1.92 nick 670: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.77 espie 671: Toshiba Satellite 320CDS
1.92 nick 672: </td><td>
1.97 nick 673: <p><ul>
674: <li>Trusty old model. Keep windows around, in at least a minimal
1.92 nick 675: incarnation, as the BIOS setup is done in software, through a
1.97 nick 676: <code>TSETUP</code> program.
677: <li>X works fine in 800x600, 16 bits.
678: <li>The sound chip can be handled as a windows sound system clone (wss).
1.92 nick 679: This entails disabling the soundblaster clone recognition.
680: The BIOS setup must also be set to separate channels for playing
1.97 nick 681: and recording. I haven't tried recording.
682: <li>PCMCIA cards work. Cardbus models work as well, provided the BIOS
1.77 espie 683: is set to cardbus mode, and not auto-detection.
1.97 nick 684: </ul>
1.77 espie 685: Contact <a href="mailto:espie@openbsd.org">Marc Espie</a>.
1.92 nick 686: </td></tr><tr><td>
687: Toshiba Tecra 500CS
688: </td><td>
1.97 nick 689: <p><ul>
1.100 nick 690: <li>APM is broken, however <b>halt -p</b> does work.
1.97 nick 691: <li>Sound works by default with the GENERIC kernel, but with the speakers
692: is not really worth it. X runs nicely as well.
693: </ul>
1.78 jufi 694: Contact <a href="mailto:ericj@monkey.org">Eric Jackson</a>.
1.92 nick 695: </td></tr><tr><td>
696: Toshiba Tecra 550CDT
697: </td><td>
1.97 nick 698: <p><ul>
699: <li>APM deep sleep (<b>zzz</b>) works, but <b>-S</b> wakes up
700: immediately.
701: <li>XFree86 works beautifully.
702: <li>Sound works, after some IRQ tinkering in the BIOS.
703: <li>USB works; at least, I plugged a digital camera in, and the
1.96 nick 704: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ugen&sektion=4">ugen(4)</a>
1.97 nick 705: driver detected and configured it.
706: <li>The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment
707: on PCMCIA attach/detach.
708: </ul>
1.78 jufi 709: Contact <a href="mailto:aaron@openbsd.org">Aaron Campbell</a>.
1.92 nick 710: </td></tr>
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