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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>
1.106 ! nick 59: <tr valign="top">
1.1 deraadt 60: <th>Laptop</th>
61: <th>Notes</th>
1.106 ! nick 62: </tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 63: Acer Aspire 1360
1.92 nick 64: </td><td>
1.97 nick 65: <p><ul>
1.106 ! nick 66: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
! 67: <li>It comes with AMD Sempron 2800+.
1.99 nick 68: <li>Everything works fine (mini-PCI slot, VIA S3 Unichrome PRO, VIA
1.94 nick 69: RhineII-2).
1.97 nick 70: </ul>
71: Contact <a href="mailto:maxim@unixconn.com">Maxim
1.94 nick 72: Bourmistrov</a>.
1.97 nick 73: <p align="left">
74: <font size=2>
75: <a href="http://www.unixconn.com/aa1360-dmesg">dmesg</a>
76: ¦
77: <a href="http://www.unixconn.com/aa1360-xorg">xorg.conf</a>
78: </font>
1.106 ! nick 79: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 80: Dell Inspiron 4100
1.92 nick 81: </td><td>
1.97 nick 82: <p><ul>
83: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
84: <li>apmd(8) is fully functional.
85: <li>Integrated xl(4) works fine.
86: <li>Integrated auich(4) works fine.
87: <li>USB works fine with my mouse.
88: <li>Both PCMCIA slots work.
89: <li>The Modem does not work.
90: </ul>
1.96 nick 91: Contact <a href="mailto:robert@openbsd.org">Robert Nagy</a>.
1.105 nick 92: <p align="left">
93: <font size=2>
94: <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/dmesg.notebook">dmesg</a>
95: ¦
96: <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
97: </font>
1.106 ! nick 98: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.90 nick 99: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
1.92 nick 100: </td><td>
1.97 nick 101: <p><ul>
1.106 ! nick 102: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works.
! 103: <li>APM is not working (boot with boot -c and then disable apm).
1.97 nick 104: <li>Sound works fine.
105: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
106: </ul>
107: Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
108: <p align="left">
109: <font size=2>
1.90 nick 110: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.97 nick 111: ¦
112: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
113: </font>
1.106 ! nick 114: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.1 deraadt 115: IBM Thinkpad 701C
1.92 nick 116: </td><td>
1.97 nick 117: <p><ul>
118: <li>All features including hibernation and APM work.
119: </ul>
1.78 jufi 120: Contact <a href="mailto:todd@openbsd.org">Todd Fries</a>.
1.106 ! nick 121: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.1 deraadt 122: IBM Thinkpad 770Z
1.92 nick 123: </td><td>
1.97 nick 124: <p><ul>
125: <li>As of OpenBSD 2.8, almost everything works fine.
126: <li>This laptop does not really have a BIOS; most of the device
1.48 jufi 127: settings, like IRQ assignments etc. have to be done through
1.97 nick 128: Windows.
129: <li>You can get the serial and infrared ports to be recognized
1.39 angelos 130: as com* devices by playing with the IRQ assignments in
1.97 nick 131: Windows. Likewise for the parallel port (it's lpt2).
132: <li>You will need this line in your kernel configuration file for
133: APM to work at all:
1.39 angelos 134:
135: <pre>
1.94 nick 136: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
1.39 angelos 137: </pre>
138:
1.97 nick 139: <li>Hibernation (save to disk) works fine as long as you have a
1.94 nick 140: Windows partition with enough disk space (a bit more than the
141: system memory). Suspend/resume/powerdown all work fine;
142: however, doing hibernation while in X Window System (tested in
143: XFree86 3.3.6) causes framebuffer corruption and it seems that
144: the only way to recover is to exit and restart the X server;
145: switching virtual terminals doesn't fix it. It has been
146: suggested that switching between different resolutions might
147: fix it. XFree86 4.0 fixes that problem, but last I checked did
148: not have accelerated support for the driver. The best
1.97 nick 149: work-around is to switch to text mode before hibernating.
1.39 angelos 150:
1.97 nick 151: <li>If you enable the external monitor (Fn+F7), XFree86 3.3.6
1.39 angelos 152: goes into some weird rainbow pattern and eventually freezes
153: the system (unless you switch to text mode or otherwise kill
154: the server within a few seconds); if you switch to text mode,
155: you have to kill the X server (switching back to graphics mode
156: will cause a crash). Enabling the external monitor while in
157: video mode causes no side effects; you can then start X or
1.97 nick 158: switch to it if it's already running.
1.39 angelos 159:
1.97 nick 160: <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=clcs&sektion=4">clcs(4)</a>
1.96 nick 161: driver is somewhat flakey, so you're best off disabling it.
162: It doesn't really matter though since the soundblaster
163: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sb&sektion=4&arch=i386">sb(4)</a>)
164: will attach and work fine. You may have to play with IRQ assignments
1.97 nick 165: to get that to work.
166: </ul>
1.78 jufi 167: Contact <a href="mailto:angelos@openbsd.org">Angelos Keromytis</a>.
1.97 nick 168: <p align="left">
169: <font size=2>
170: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpad770z">XF86Config</a>
171: </font>
1.106 ! nick 172: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.43 angelos 173: IBM Thinkpad A21p
1.92 nick 174: </td><td>
1.97 nick 175: <p><ul>
176: <li>See the entry for the T21. Everything is the same except for
177: the video card, which is an ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF.
178: <li>OpenBSD 2.8 works great with XFree86 4.0.2. You only have to
1.94 nick 179: enter the correct frequency ranges in the Monitor section
1.97 nick 180: of XF86Config.
181: </ul>
182: <p align="left">
183: <font size=2>
184: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpada21p">XF86Config</a>
185: </font>
1.106 ! nick 186: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.39 angelos 187: IBM Thinkpad T21
1.92 nick 188: </td><td>
1.97 nick 189: <p><ul>
190: <li>As of OpenBSD 2.8, everything works fine.
191: <li>Here is the fdisk output; the easiest way of getting there is
1.94 nick 192: to resize the Windows partition (I use PartitionMagic) and move
193: it to the end of the disk, then create an OpenBSD partition
194: (and ignore the partition resizing fdisk does -- just go ahead
1.97 nick 195: and create all the filesystems you need with disklabel).
196:
1.39 angelos 197: <pre>
1.94 nick 198: Starting Ending
1.39 angelos 199: #: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
200: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.50 horacio 201: 0: 1C 1023 1 1 - 1023 239 63 [ 42003423 - 20502657] <Unknown ID>
1.92 nick 202: *1: A6 0 1 1 - 1021 239 63 [ 63 - 15452577] OpenBSD
203: 2: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
204: 3: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
1.39 angelos 205: </pre>
1.97 nick 206:
207: <li>To get it to see the serial and infrared ports (both as com*
1.39 angelos 208: devices), you need to play with the IRQ assignments in the
209: BIOS; just set them to the default values as found in the
210: GENERIC config file. Likewise for the parallel port (OpenBSD
211: can see lpt2). You may have to play with the Windows
1.97 nick 212: assignments for this as well.
1.39 angelos 213:
1.97 nick 214: <li>There's at least two miniPCI cards available at this point:
1.44 angelos 215: one is an (unsupported) WinModem, and the other is a combo
216: ethernet/modem card. The ethernet works just fine (detected
217: as an fxp/inphy card); the modem looks like it's a real one,
1.97 nick 218: but it's not yet supported.
1.39 angelos 219:
1.97 nick 220: <li>Sound (CS4614) works fine. To avoid system freeze when using
1.84 mickey 221: CardBus and audio simultaneously, you *may* need to set at least
1.92 nick 222: two IRQs for use by PCI devices, in the BIOS; I use 9 and 11. It
1.44 angelos 223: is also necessary to turn off PCI Power Management in the BIOS
224: Power configuration (that's the only menu that scrolls, so make
1.97 nick 225: sure you go to the bottom of the page :-)
1.39 angelos 226:
1.97 nick 227: <li>APM works except for hibernation (requires OS support). To
1.41 angelos 228: get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable
229: machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with
230: sources from mid-January, or later). You will need this line
1.97 nick 231: in your kernel configuration file for APM to work at all:
1.39 angelos 232:
233: <pre>
1.94 nick 234: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
1.39 angelos 235: </pre>
236:
1.97 nick 237: <li>Although the video card is supposed to work with XFree86
1.39 angelos 238: 3.3.6pl8, I've only managed to get it to work with XFree86
1.94 nick 239: 4.0.1 with
240: <a href="http://www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html">patches</a>
241: (you can also find binaries of the driver for OpenBSD 2.8 at the
1.40 angelos 242: same location). You need to have a kernel with "option
1.39 angelos 243: INSECURE" and set the securelevel to -1 in /etc/rc.securelevel
244: (so the X server can open /dev/mem and mmap() the BIOS). In
1.46 angelos 245: this configuration, it can do 1400x1050 at 16bpp (version 1.1.13
1.97 nick 246: of the savage driver works fine at 24bpp as well).
1.39 angelos 247:
1.97 nick 248: <li><b>UPDATE:</b> The above-mentioned patches have been
1.41 angelos 249: included in XFree86 4.0.2, and work out of the box. You don'
250: need a kernel with the option INSECURE set, just set the
1.40 angelos 251: machdep.allowaperture sysctl variable to 2, typically in
252: /etc/sysctl.conf, if you have an OpenBSD 2.8 (or later) built
1.97 nick 253: from sources updated after December 15th 2000.
1.40 angelos 254:
1.97 nick 255: <li>Note that some models only do 1024x768. Those that do
1.39 angelos 256: 1400x1050, can also do 1600x1200 using a virtual screen
257: (wherein the whole display shifts as you go "off-screen"); I
1.97 nick 258: have not tested whether that works (it does in Windows).
1.39 angelos 259:
1.97 nick 260: <li>If you close the lid of the laptop, the system suspends;
1.39 angelos 261: under XFree86 4.0, resuming works fine with respect to the
262: display (XFree86 3.3.6 might not be able to cope with this --
1.97 nick 263: it couldn't on the ThinkPad 770Z).
1.49 angelos 264:
1.97 nick 265: <li>One annoying thing is when you take out one of the UltraBay
1.40 angelos 266: 2000 devices; the system starts beeping. The only way to make it
267: stop is to suspend and then plug in a device in the UltraBay (not
268: necessarily the same one). Note that hot-swap of UltraBay 2000
269: devices is not currently supported in OpenBSD (as of 2.8), thus
1.97 nick 270: it's only safe to hot-swap batteries.
271: </ul>
272: Contact <a href="mailto:angelos@openbsd.org">Angelos Keromytis</a>.
273: <p align="left">
274: <font size=2>
275: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt2">XF86Config</a>
276: ¦
277: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21-2">XF86Config with 3D Rage Mobility</a>
278: </font>
1.106 ! nick 279: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.1 deraadt 280: IBM Thinkpad 760
1.92 nick 281: </td><td>
1.97 nick 282: <p><ul>
283: <li>As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.
284: <li>Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.
285: <li>MWave modem/sound does not work.
286: <li>APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.
287: </ul>
1.78 jufi 288: Contact <a href="mailto:todd@openbsd.org">Todd Fries</a>.
1.106 ! nick 289: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 290: IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.
1.92 nick 291: </td><td>
1.97 nick 292: <p><ul>
1.101 nick 293: <li>Works fine with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 294: <li>If using a boot floppy the system may hang when probing ahc.
1.94 nick 295: Workaround: boot with -c and disable ahc.
296: A GENERIC kernel does not have this issue.
1.101 nick 297: <li>Serial ports must be enabled in BIOS.
298: <li>"ctrl:nocaps" in X puts the control key in a proper location
299: <li>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK
300: <li>Hibernation not tested, but should work with
301: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> from the ports collection.
1.97 nick 302: <li>The audio chipset is supported (auich).
1.72 marc 303:
1.97 nick 304: <li>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">http://www.snafu.org/t23/</a>
1.94 nick 305: for more info.
1.97 nick 306: </ul>
307: Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.
308: <p align="left">
309: <font size=2>
1.101 nick 310: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
311: ¦
312: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.97 nick 313: </font>
1.106 ! nick 314: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 315: IBM Thinkpad X31
316: </td><td>
1.97 nick 317: <p><ul>
1.106 ! nick 318: <li>Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
! 319: <li>Nearly all Hardware is supported, except FireWire.
1.97 nick 320: <li>APM is well supported. Suspend mode (apm -s/zzz) works without
1.94 nick 321: problems. Hibernation (suspend to disk) works also fine but
322: requires a small MS-DOS partition with a hibernation file at the
323: beginning of the harddisk. You can create this file with tphdisk
1.97 nick 324: from ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk).
325:
326: <li>The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via
327: xmodmap.
328: <li>Example:
1.94 nick 329:
330: <pre>
1.96 nick 331: xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down"
332: xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"
1.94 nick 333: </pre>
334:
1.97 nick 335: <li>The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G)
1.98 nick 336: works with the
337: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
338: driver. But you need to download the unfree firmware first to get
339: it working. For more details read
340: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4#FILES">ipw(4)</a>.
341:
342: <li>I'm planning to replace this card with a
343: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
344: or an
345: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>.
1.94 nick 346: For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
347: I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
348: <i>special</i> IBM wireless cards to be installed. The bios can
1.97 nick 349: be patched with the tpwireless program
350: (/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless, <b>use on your own risk!</b>).
1.94 nick 351:
1.97 nick 352: <li>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
353: as well.
1.94 nick 354:
1.97 nick 355: <li>Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the cpu speed
356: via sysctl (<tt>sysctl hw.setperf</tt>).
1.94 nick 357:
1.98 nick 358: <li>The on-board
359: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
360: and
361: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.99 nick 362: are working without problems.
1.94 nick 363:
1.97 nick 364: <li>The keys for mute, volume up and volume down are working fine.
1.94 nick 365: No special software is required. If you'd like to get the big
366: "Access IBM" button to work and have a nice on-screen display, you
367: can install tpb from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb) This works just
368: fine and you have nice on-screen messages when you change volume and
1.97 nick 369: brightness settings or enable/disable the ThinkLight.
370: </ul>
371: Contact <a href="mailto:b.ahlers@ba-net.org">Bernd Ahlers</a>.
372: <p align="left">
373: <font size=2>
374: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/dmesg">dmesg</a>
375: ¦
376: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
377: </font>
1.106 ! nick 378: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.102 nick 379: IBM Thinkpad X40
380: </td><td>
381: <p><ul>
382: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
383: <li>SD Card Slot and Modem not yet tried.
384: <li>The built-in "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" works only with additional
385: firmware. See
386: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a>
387: for more information.
388: <li>APM works fine
389: <li>If you want to use Hibernation, you must have a small
1.103 nick 390: msdos partition with a save2dsk.bin. For this, you can use
1.102 nick 391: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt>.
1.104 nick 392: <li>Perhaps one of the best supported notebooks because several
1.102 nick 393: developers also use it.
394: </ul>
395: Contact <a href="mailto:marcus.popp@paranoidbsd.org">Marcus Popp</a>.
396: <p align="left">
397: <font size=2>
398: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/dmesg.37.txt">dmesg</a>
399: ¦
400: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/xorg.conf.37.txt">xorg.conf</a>
401: </font>
1.106 ! nick 402: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.91 nick 403: JVC MP-XP 7250DE
1.92 nick 404: </td><td>
1.97 nick 405: <p><ul>
406: <li>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
407: SD card reader.
1.91 nick 408:
1.97 nick 409: <li>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
1.91 nick 410: USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
1.97 nick 411: boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.
1.91 nick 412:
1.97 nick 413: <li>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
414: is supported, too.
1.91 nick 415:
1.97 nick 416: <li>X (XF4) works fine. More infos (dmesg and XF86Config)
1.91 nick 417: can be found
418: <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php">
1.97 nick 419: here</a>.
420: </ul>
421: Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.
1.106 ! nick 422: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.102 nick 423: Sony Vaio z505n
1.92 nick 424: </td><td>
1.97 nick 425: <p><ul>
426: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
1.92 nick 427: cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
1.97 nick 428: <li>Installation by USB floppy:
1.89 nick 429: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
1.92 nick 430: can be brought to boot if one disables the
431: following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
1.89 nick 432: <pre>
433: disable pcibios
434: disable fxp
435: disable pcic
436: </pre>
1.97 nick 437: <li>After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
1.89 nick 438: and no network. This means that the laptop has
439: no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
440: on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
441: of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
442: partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
443: boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
1.95 nick 444: (no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
1.97 nick 445: <li>Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
446: works without modification.
447: </ul>
1.89 nick 448: Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
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1.89 nick 450: Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
1.92 nick 451: </td><td>
1.97 nick 452: <p><ul>
453: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works, but there are some minor issues.
1.89 nick 454: <li>USB and built-in sound (Yamaha) work just fine.
1.106 ! nick 455: <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card (xl) works ok.
1.89 nick 456: <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
457: tested them.
458: <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
459: kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
460: cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
461: come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
462: the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
463: partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
464: access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
465: <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
466: system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
467: <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
468: locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
469: causes the problems mentioned above.
470: <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
471: sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
1.97 nick 472: </ul>
1.89 nick 473: Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@pestilenz.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
1.97 nick 474: <p align="left">
475: <font size=2>
476: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a>
477: ¦
478: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
479: </font>
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1.92 nick 481: Sony VAIO PCG-SRX77
482: </td><td>
1.97 nick 483: <p><ul>
484: <li>OpenBSD 3.3 works but there are some quirks.
1.92 nick 485: <li>Audio works, using the
1.96 nick 486: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.79 millert 487: driver.
488: <li>The built-in ethernet works, using the
1.96 nick 489: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
1.79 millert 490: driver.
491: <li>The cardbus and built-in wireless do <strong>not</strong> work
492: without an <a href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/millert/OpenBSD/srx77/cardbus.diff">awful hack</a>.
493: <li>USB and the memory stick port work.
494: <li>Firewire is currently untested.
495: <li>The jog dial is not currently supported.
496: <li>APM does not work; the laptop goes to sleep but does not wake up.
497: <li>"halt -p" does halt the machine.
1.97 nick 498: </ul>
1.79 millert 499: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.97 nick 500: <p align="left">
501: <font size=2>
502: <a href="xf86configs/sonysrx77">XF86Config</a>
503: </font>
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1.11 millert 505: Toshiba Libretto 50CT
1.92 nick 506: </td><td>
1.97 nick 507: <p><ul>
508: <li>APM works but you need to be careful not to use the last
1.11 millert 509: 32meg or so of the disk since that's where the BIOS dumps
1.97 nick 510: the long time hibernation image. You can take a look at
1.11 millert 511: the bios geometry in disklabel to see exactly how many sectors
512: it wants. Failure to do so will cause filesystem corruption
513: during suspend.
1.97 nick 514: <li>The libretto uses a single IRQ for both
1.96 nick 515: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sb&sektion=4&arch=i386">sb(4)</a>
516: and
517: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wss&sektion=4&arch=i386">wss</a>
1.50 horacio 518: so the best thing to do is to choose one and disable the other
519: in the kernel.
1.97 nick 520: <li>The pcmcia external floppy drive is not currently supported
1.11 millert 521: by OpenBSD, but it can be used during the install.
1.97 nick 522: <li>Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia
1.92 nick 523: slot. The best way to do this is to do a network install.
524: To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt,
525: enter <em>boot -c</em>. When you see the <em>UKC</em>
526: prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card,
527: and then type exit. The kernel will then probe the network
528: card and you should be able to do a normal network install.
1.11 millert 529: You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in
530: the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect
531: your network card.
1.97 nick 532: <li>Note that the chips driver was broken in XFree86 4.1 (it
1.92 nick 533: is fixed in XFree86 4.2) and hence the XFree86 that ships
534: with OpenBSD 3.0 does not work on the libretto. I have
535: compiled the old XFree86 4.01 chips driver (which does work)
536: for XFree86 4.1. Just grab
537: <a href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/todd/OpenBSD/chips_drv.o">
1.94 nick 538: chips_drv.o</a> and copy it to
539: <pre>
540: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/chips_drv.o
1.65 millert 541: </pre>
542: That will make XFree86 4.1 work on the 50CT and 70CT.
1.97 nick 543: </ul>
1.78 jufi 544: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.97 nick 545: <p align="left">
546: <font size=2>
547: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct">XFree86 4.X</a>
548: ¦
549: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>
550: </font>
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1.20 millert 552: Toshiba Libretto 100CT
1.92 nick 553: </td><td>
1.97 nick 554: <p><ul>
555: <li>Most of the information listed in the Libretto 50CT entry
1.20 millert 556: apply to the 100CT as well.
1.97 nick 557: <li>X11 works in 800x400 mode. There are sample XF86Config files for
558: both.
559: </ul>
1.78 jufi 560: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.97 nick 561: <p align="left">
562: <font size=2>
563: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct">XFree86 4.X</a>
564: ¦
565: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>
566: </font>
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1.94 nick 568: Toshiba Satellite 2410S
1.92 nick 569: </td><td>
1.97 nick 570: <p><ul>
571: <li>It's running OpenBSD 3.7-current.
572: <li>All stuff are working fine (graphics, sound, PCMCIA, APM,
1.106 ! nick 573: ethernet), except infrared and the built-in SD card reader.
1.97 nick 574: <li>There's a bug with certain toshiba laptops and XFree/X.org. Ratio is
1.94 nick 575: too quick, and some chars are repeated. To avoid that, disable
1.96 nick 576: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=X&sektion=7">X</a>'s
1.94 nick 577: kbd handling, and load a modmap with xmodmap.
1.97 nick 578: </ul>
579: Contact <a href="mailto:aanriot@atlantilde.com">Alexandre Anriot</a>.
580: <p align="left">
581: <font size=2>
582: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/dmesg/albatros.txt">dmesg</a>
583: ¦
584: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/repository/config/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
585: </font>
1.106 ! nick 586: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.77 espie 587: Toshiba Satellite 320CDS
1.92 nick 588: </td><td>
1.97 nick 589: <p><ul>
590: <li>Trusty old model. Keep windows around, in at least a minimal
1.92 nick 591: incarnation, as the BIOS setup is done in software, through a
1.97 nick 592: <code>TSETUP</code> program.
593: <li>X works fine in 800x600, 16 bits.
594: <li>The sound chip can be handled as a windows sound system clone (wss).
1.92 nick 595: This entails disabling the soundblaster clone recognition.
596: The BIOS setup must also be set to separate channels for playing
1.97 nick 597: and recording. I haven't tried recording.
598: <li>PCMCIA cards work. Cardbus models work as well, provided the BIOS
1.77 espie 599: is set to cardbus mode, and not auto-detection.
1.97 nick 600: </ul>
1.77 espie 601: Contact <a href="mailto:espie@openbsd.org">Marc Espie</a>.
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1.92 nick 603: Toshiba Tecra 500CS
604: </td><td>
1.97 nick 605: <p><ul>
1.100 nick 606: <li>APM is broken, however <b>halt -p</b> does work.
1.97 nick 607: <li>Sound works by default with the GENERIC kernel, but with the speakers
608: is not really worth it. X runs nicely as well.
609: </ul>
1.78 jufi 610: Contact <a href="mailto:ericj@monkey.org">Eric Jackson</a>.
1.106 ! nick 611: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.92 nick 612: Toshiba Tecra 550CDT
613: </td><td>
1.97 nick 614: <p><ul>
615: <li>APM deep sleep (<b>zzz</b>) works, but <b>-S</b> wakes up
616: immediately.
617: <li>XFree86 works beautifully.
618: <li>Sound works, after some IRQ tinkering in the BIOS.
619: <li>USB works; at least, I plugged a digital camera in, and the
1.96 nick 620: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ugen&sektion=4">ugen(4)</a>
1.97 nick 621: driver detected and configured it.
622: <li>The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment
623: on PCMCIA attach/detach.
624: </ul>
1.78 jufi 625: Contact <a href="mailto:aaron@openbsd.org">Aaron Campbell</a>.
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