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1.78 jufi 17: <h2><font color="#e00000">i386 Laptop Status</font></h2>
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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: <table border=1>
1.106 nick 54: <tr valign="top">
1.1 deraadt 55: <th>Laptop</th>
56: <th>Notes</th>
1.106 nick 57: </tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 58: Acer Aspire 1360
1.92 nick 59: </td><td>
1.97 nick 60: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 61: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
62: <li>It comes with AMD Sempron 2800+.
1.99 nick 63: <li>Everything works fine (mini-PCI slot, VIA S3 Unichrome PRO, VIA
1.94 nick 64: RhineII-2).
1.97 nick 65: </ul>
66: Contact <a href="mailto:maxim@unixconn.com">Maxim
1.94 nick 67: Bourmistrov</a>.
1.97 nick 68: <p align="left">
69: <font size=2>
70: <a href="http://www.unixconn.com/aa1360-dmesg">dmesg</a>
71: ¦
72: <a href="http://www.unixconn.com/aa1360-xorg">xorg.conf</a>
73: </font>
1.106 nick 74: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 75: Dell Inspiron 4100
1.92 nick 76: </td><td>
1.97 nick 77: <p><ul>
78: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
79: <li>apmd(8) is fully functional.
80: <li>Integrated xl(4) works fine.
81: <li>Integrated auich(4) works fine.
82: <li>USB works fine with my mouse.
83: <li>Both PCMCIA slots work.
84: <li>The Modem does not work.
85: </ul>
1.96 nick 86: Contact <a href="mailto:robert@openbsd.org">Robert Nagy</a>.
1.105 nick 87: <p align="left">
88: <font size=2>
89: <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/dmesg.notebook">dmesg</a>
90: ¦
91: <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
92: </font>
1.106 nick 93: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.90 nick 94: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
1.92 nick 95: </td><td>
1.97 nick 96: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 97: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works.
98: <li>APM is not working (boot with boot -c and then disable apm).
1.97 nick 99: <li>Sound works fine.
100: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
101: </ul>
102: Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
103: <p align="left">
104: <font size=2>
1.90 nick 105: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.97 nick 106: ¦
107: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
108: </font>
1.106 nick 109: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.1 deraadt 110: IBM Thinkpad 701C
1.92 nick 111: </td><td>
1.97 nick 112: <p><ul>
113: <li>All features including hibernation and APM work.
114: </ul>
1.78 jufi 115: Contact <a href="mailto:todd@openbsd.org">Todd Fries</a>.
1.106 nick 116: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.1 deraadt 117: IBM Thinkpad 760
1.92 nick 118: </td><td>
1.97 nick 119: <p><ul>
120: <li>As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.
121: <li>Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.
122: <li>MWave modem/sound does not work.
123: <li>APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.
124: </ul>
1.78 jufi 125: Contact <a href="mailto:todd@openbsd.org">Todd Fries</a>.
1.106 nick 126: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 127: IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.
1.92 nick 128: </td><td>
1.97 nick 129: <p><ul>
1.101 nick 130: <li>Works fine with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 131: <li>If using a boot floppy the system may hang when probing ahc.
1.94 nick 132: Workaround: boot with -c and disable ahc.
133: A GENERIC kernel does not have this issue.
1.101 nick 134: <li>Serial ports must be enabled in BIOS.
135: <li>"ctrl:nocaps" in X puts the control key in a proper location
136: <li>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK
137: <li>Hibernation not tested, but should work with
138: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> from the ports collection.
1.97 nick 139: <li>The audio chipset is supported (auich).
1.72 marc 140:
1.97 nick 141: <li>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">http://www.snafu.org/t23/</a>
1.94 nick 142: for more info.
1.97 nick 143: </ul>
144: Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.
145: <p align="left">
146: <font size=2>
1.101 nick 147: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
148: ¦
149: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.97 nick 150: </font>
1.106 nick 151: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 152: IBM Thinkpad X31
153: </td><td>
1.97 nick 154: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 155: <li>Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
156: <li>Nearly all Hardware is supported, except FireWire.
1.97 nick 157: <li>APM is well supported. Suspend mode (apm -s/zzz) works without
1.94 nick 158: problems. Hibernation (suspend to disk) works also fine but
159: requires a small MS-DOS partition with a hibernation file at the
160: beginning of the harddisk. You can create this file with tphdisk
1.97 nick 161: from ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk).
162:
163: <li>The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via
164: xmodmap.
165: <li>Example:
1.94 nick 166:
167: <pre>
1.96 nick 168: xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down"
169: xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"
1.94 nick 170: </pre>
171:
1.97 nick 172: <li>The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G)
1.98 nick 173: works with the
174: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
175: driver. But you need to download the unfree firmware first to get
176: it working. For more details read
177: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4#FILES">ipw(4)</a>.
178:
179: <li>I'm planning to replace this card with a
180: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
181: or an
182: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>.
1.94 nick 183: For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
184: I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
185: <i>special</i> IBM wireless cards to be installed. The bios can
1.97 nick 186: be patched with the tpwireless program
187: (/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless, <b>use on your own risk!</b>).
1.94 nick 188:
1.97 nick 189: <li>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
190: as well.
1.94 nick 191:
1.97 nick 192: <li>Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the cpu speed
193: via sysctl (<tt>sysctl hw.setperf</tt>).
1.94 nick 194:
1.98 nick 195: <li>The on-board
196: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
197: and
198: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.99 nick 199: are working without problems.
1.94 nick 200:
1.97 nick 201: <li>The keys for mute, volume up and volume down are working fine.
1.94 nick 202: No special software is required. If you'd like to get the big
203: "Access IBM" button to work and have a nice on-screen display, you
204: can install tpb from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb) This works just
205: fine and you have nice on-screen messages when you change volume and
1.97 nick 206: brightness settings or enable/disable the ThinkLight.
207: </ul>
208: Contact <a href="mailto:b.ahlers@ba-net.org">Bernd Ahlers</a>.
209: <p align="left">
210: <font size=2>
211: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/dmesg">dmesg</a>
212: ¦
213: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
214: </font>
1.106 nick 215: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.102 nick 216: IBM Thinkpad X40
217: </td><td>
218: <p><ul>
219: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
1.109 jolan 220: <li>SD Card Slot is not presently supported.
1.102 nick 221: <li>The built-in "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" works only with additional
222: firmware. See
223: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a>
224: for more information.
1.110 ! nick 225: <li>The use of other 802.11 cards may be restricted by the BIOS.
! 226: However, non-IBM supplied cards can be used after running the
! 227: <tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility.
1.108 djm 228: <li>APM works fine, including suspend to hard-disk (hibernation)
1.102 nick 229: <li>If you want to use Hibernation, you must have a small
1.103 nick 230: msdos partition with a save2dsk.bin. For this, you can use
1.102 nick 231: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt>.
1.104 nick 232: <li>Perhaps one of the best supported notebooks because several
1.110 ! nick 233: developers also use it.
1.102 nick 234: </ul>
235: Contact <a href="mailto:marcus.popp@paranoidbsd.org">Marcus Popp</a>.
236: <p align="left">
237: <font size=2>
238: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/dmesg.37.txt">dmesg</a>
239: ¦
240: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/xorg.conf.37.txt">xorg.conf</a>
241: </font>
1.106 nick 242: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.91 nick 243: JVC MP-XP 7250DE
1.92 nick 244: </td><td>
1.97 nick 245: <p><ul>
1.107 nick 246: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (October 2004) works.
1.97 nick 247: <li>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
248: SD card reader.
249: <li>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
1.91 nick 250: USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
1.97 nick 251: boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.
252: <li>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
253: is supported, too.
254: <li>X (XF4) works fine. More infos (dmesg and XF86Config)
1.91 nick 255: can be found
256: <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php">
1.97 nick 257: here</a>.
258: </ul>
259: Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.
1.106 nick 260: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.102 nick 261: Sony Vaio z505n
1.92 nick 262: </td><td>
1.97 nick 263: <p><ul>
264: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
1.92 nick 265: cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
1.97 nick 266: <li>Installation by USB floppy:
1.89 nick 267: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
1.92 nick 268: can be brought to boot if one disables the
269: following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
1.89 nick 270: <pre>
271: disable pcibios
272: disable fxp
273: disable pcic
274: </pre>
1.97 nick 275: <li>After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
1.89 nick 276: and no network. This means that the laptop has
277: no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
278: on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
279: of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
280: partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
281: boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
1.95 nick 282: (no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
1.97 nick 283: <li>Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
284: works without modification.
285: </ul>
1.89 nick 286: Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
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1.89 nick 288: Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
1.92 nick 289: </td><td>
1.97 nick 290: <p><ul>
291: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works, but there are some minor issues.
1.89 nick 292: <li>USB and built-in sound (Yamaha) work just fine.
1.110 ! nick 293: <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card
! 294: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl">xl(4)</a>
! 295: works ok.
1.89 nick 296: <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
297: tested them.
298: <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
299: kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
300: cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
301: come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
302: the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
303: partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
304: access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
305: <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
306: system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
307: <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
308: locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
309: causes the problems mentioned above.
310: <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
311: sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
1.97 nick 312: </ul>
1.89 nick 313: Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@pestilenz.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
1.97 nick 314: <p align="left">
315: <font size=2>
316: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a>
317: ¦
318: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
319: </font>
1.106 nick 320: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.11 millert 321: Toshiba Libretto 50CT
1.92 nick 322: </td><td>
1.97 nick 323: <p><ul>
324: <li>APM works but you need to be careful not to use the last
1.11 millert 325: 32meg or so of the disk since that's where the BIOS dumps
1.97 nick 326: the long time hibernation image. You can take a look at
1.11 millert 327: the bios geometry in disklabel to see exactly how many sectors
328: it wants. Failure to do so will cause filesystem corruption
329: during suspend.
1.97 nick 330: <li>The libretto uses a single IRQ for both
1.96 nick 331: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sb&sektion=4&arch=i386">sb(4)</a>
332: and
333: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wss&sektion=4&arch=i386">wss</a>
1.50 horacio 334: so the best thing to do is to choose one and disable the other
335: in the kernel.
1.97 nick 336: <li>The pcmcia external floppy drive is not currently supported
1.11 millert 337: by OpenBSD, but it can be used during the install.
1.97 nick 338: <li>Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia
1.92 nick 339: slot. The best way to do this is to do a network install.
340: To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt,
341: enter <em>boot -c</em>. When you see the <em>UKC</em>
342: prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card,
343: and then type exit. The kernel will then probe the network
344: card and you should be able to do a normal network install.
1.11 millert 345: You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in
346: the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect
347: your network card.
1.97 nick 348: <li>Note that the chips driver was broken in XFree86 4.1 (it
1.92 nick 349: is fixed in XFree86 4.2) and hence the XFree86 that ships
350: with OpenBSD 3.0 does not work on the libretto. I have
351: compiled the old XFree86 4.01 chips driver (which does work)
352: for XFree86 4.1. Just grab
353: <a href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/todd/OpenBSD/chips_drv.o">
1.94 nick 354: chips_drv.o</a> and copy it to
355: <pre>
356: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/chips_drv.o
1.65 millert 357: </pre>
358: That will make XFree86 4.1 work on the 50CT and 70CT.
1.97 nick 359: </ul>
1.78 jufi 360: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.97 nick 361: <p align="left">
362: <font size=2>
363: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct">XFree86 4.X</a>
364: ¦
365: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>
366: </font>
1.106 nick 367: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.20 millert 368: Toshiba Libretto 100CT
1.92 nick 369: </td><td>
1.97 nick 370: <p><ul>
371: <li>Most of the information listed in the Libretto 50CT entry
1.20 millert 372: apply to the 100CT as well.
1.97 nick 373: <li>X11 works in 800x400 mode. There are sample XF86Config files for
374: both.
375: </ul>
1.78 jufi 376: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.97 nick 377: <p align="left">
378: <font size=2>
379: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct">XFree86 4.X</a>
380: ¦
381: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>
382: </font>
1.106 nick 383: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 384: Toshiba Satellite 2410S
1.92 nick 385: </td><td>
1.97 nick 386: <p><ul>
387: <li>It's running OpenBSD 3.7-current.
388: <li>All stuff are working fine (graphics, sound, PCMCIA, APM,
1.106 nick 389: ethernet), except infrared and the built-in SD card reader.
1.97 nick 390: <li>There's a bug with certain toshiba laptops and XFree/X.org. Ratio is
1.94 nick 391: too quick, and some chars are repeated. To avoid that, disable
1.96 nick 392: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=X&sektion=7">X</a>'s
1.110 ! nick 393: kbd handling, and load a modmap with xmodmap if needed.
1.97 nick 394: </ul>
395: Contact <a href="mailto:aanriot@atlantilde.com">Alexandre Anriot</a>.
396: <p align="left">
397: <font size=2>
398: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/dmesg/albatros.txt">dmesg</a>
399: ¦
400: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/repository/config/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
401: </font>
1.92 nick 402: </td></tr>
1.1 deraadt 403: </table>
404:
1.110 ! nick 405: <p> If your laptop under OpenBSD is not listed above, feel free to mail
! 406: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a> to cure this.
! 407: Please supply as much information as possible, such as:
! 408: <ul>
! 409: <li>Notebook exact manufacturer, name and model.
! 410: <li>Latest OpenBSD version known to work on it (must be the latest
! 411: release or -current).
! 412: <li>List of working/not working things with OpenBSD.
! 413: <li>List of hacks you used to get certain things running.
! 414: <li>Links to your dmesg and xorg.conf.
! 415: <li>Contact name and email address.
! 416: </ul>
! 417:
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