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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.
1.115 ! nick 47: <li>IBM Thinkpads with mini-PCI slots will check PCI IDs against a
! 48: built-in list of "allowed" devices, and thus will not work with
! 49: third-party cards. This behavior can be changed by using the
! 50: <tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility from ports BEFORE
! 51: inserting the third-party card. This utility sets a "magic bit"
! 52: in the BIOS to disable this check.
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54:
55: <p>
56: <table border=1>
1.106 nick 57: <tr valign="top">
1.1 deraadt 58: <th>Laptop</th>
59: <th>Notes</th>
1.106 nick 60: </tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 61: Acer Aspire 1360
1.92 nick 62: </td><td>
1.97 nick 63: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 64: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
65: <li>It comes with AMD Sempron 2800+.
1.99 nick 66: <li>Everything works fine (mini-PCI slot, VIA S3 Unichrome PRO, VIA
1.94 nick 67: RhineII-2).
1.97 nick 68: </ul>
69: Contact <a href="mailto:maxim@unixconn.com">Maxim
1.94 nick 70: Bourmistrov</a>.
1.97 nick 71: <p align="left">
72: <font size=2>
73: <a href="http://www.unixconn.com/aa1360-dmesg">dmesg</a>
74: ¦
75: <a href="http://www.unixconn.com/aa1360-xorg">xorg.conf</a>
76: </font>
1.106 nick 77: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.114 nick 78: Clevo D410V
79: </td><td>
80: <p><ul>
81: <li>Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (2005 May)
82: <li>CPU: 2.8Ghz with HyperThreading. I use it with GENERIC kernel.
83: <li>Graphics: ATI 9600. It's working fine with Xorg loaded glx.
84: DRI not working. Resolution 1400x1050 works fine.
85: <li>Ethernet: 100/1000 Realtek 8169. Working with re(4) fine.
86: <li>PCMCIA: Working with NetGear WG511T WiFi Card. ath(4)
87: <li>USB: Working. I tried with Lexar JumpDrive.
88: <li>Sound: auich(4) working ( AC97 )
89: <li>apm(8) is not working properly. Cannot apm -S:
90: <tt>apm0: APM set power state: unable to enter requested state (96)</tt>
91: <li>apm -z freezes.
92: <li>SD Card reader probably works, although I haven't tested yet.
93: <li>Infra is not working.
94: <li>CD/DVD -
95: <tt>QSI, CDRW/DVD SBW-242, UX02 SCSI0 5/cdrom removable</tt>
96: I can write cd, and view dvd.
97: </ul>
98: Contact <a href="mailto:wooh@wooh.hu">Adam Papai</a>
99: <p align="left">
100: <font size=2>
101: <a href="http://wooh.hu/~wooh/dmesg">dmesg</a>
102: ¦
103: <a href="http://wooh.hu/~wooh/XF86Config">xorg.conf</a>
104: </font>
105: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 106: Dell Inspiron 4100
1.92 nick 107: </td><td>
1.97 nick 108: <p><ul>
109: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
110: <li>apmd(8) is fully functional.
111: <li>Integrated xl(4) works fine.
112: <li>Integrated auich(4) works fine.
113: <li>USB works fine with my mouse.
114: <li>Both PCMCIA slots work.
115: <li>The Modem does not work.
116: </ul>
1.96 nick 117: Contact <a href="mailto:robert@openbsd.org">Robert Nagy</a>.
1.105 nick 118: <p align="left">
119: <font size=2>
120: <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/dmesg.notebook">dmesg</a>
121: ¦
122: <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
123: </font>
1.106 nick 124: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.90 nick 125: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
1.92 nick 126: </td><td>
1.97 nick 127: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 128: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works.
129: <li>APM is not working (boot with boot -c and then disable apm).
1.97 nick 130: <li>Sound works fine.
131: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
132: </ul>
133: Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
134: <p align="left">
135: <font size=2>
1.90 nick 136: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.97 nick 137: ¦
138: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
139: </font>
1.106 nick 140: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 141: IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.
1.92 nick 142: </td><td>
1.97 nick 143: <p><ul>
1.101 nick 144: <li>Works fine with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 145: <li>If using a boot floppy the system may hang when probing ahc.
1.94 nick 146: Workaround: boot with -c and disable ahc.
147: A GENERIC kernel does not have this issue.
1.101 nick 148: <li>Serial ports must be enabled in BIOS.
149: <li>"ctrl:nocaps" in X puts the control key in a proper location
150: <li>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK
151: <li>Hibernation not tested, but should work with
152: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> from the ports collection.
1.97 nick 153: <li>The audio chipset is supported (auich).
1.72 marc 154:
1.97 nick 155: <li>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">http://www.snafu.org/t23/</a>
1.94 nick 156: for more info.
1.97 nick 157: </ul>
158: Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.
159: <p align="left">
160: <font size=2>
1.101 nick 161: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
162: ¦
163: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.97 nick 164: </font>
1.106 nick 165: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 166: IBM Thinkpad X31
167: </td><td>
1.97 nick 168: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 169: <li>Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
170: <li>Nearly all Hardware is supported, except FireWire.
1.97 nick 171: <li>APM is well supported. Suspend mode (apm -s/zzz) works without
1.94 nick 172: problems. Hibernation (suspend to disk) works also fine but
173: requires a small MS-DOS partition with a hibernation file at the
174: beginning of the harddisk. You can create this file with tphdisk
1.97 nick 175: from ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk).
176:
177: <li>The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via
178: xmodmap.
179: <li>Example:
1.94 nick 180:
181: <pre>
1.96 nick 182: xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down"
183: xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"
1.94 nick 184: </pre>
185:
1.97 nick 186: <li>The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G)
1.98 nick 187: works with the
188: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
189: driver. But you need to download the unfree firmware first to get
190: it working. For more details read
191: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4#FILES">ipw(4)</a>.
192:
193: <li>I'm planning to replace this card with a
194: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
195: or an
196: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>.
1.94 nick 197: For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
198: I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
1.115 ! nick 199: <i>special</i> IBM mini-PCI cards to be installed. The bios can
1.97 nick 200: be patched with the tpwireless program
1.115 ! nick 201: (<tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt>, <b>use on your own risk!</b>).
1.94 nick 202:
1.97 nick 203: <li>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
204: as well.
1.94 nick 205:
1.97 nick 206: <li>Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the cpu speed
207: via sysctl (<tt>sysctl hw.setperf</tt>).
1.94 nick 208:
1.98 nick 209: <li>The on-board
210: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
211: and
212: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.99 nick 213: are working without problems.
1.94 nick 214:
1.97 nick 215: <li>The keys for mute, volume up and volume down are working fine.
1.94 nick 216: No special software is required. If you'd like to get the big
217: "Access IBM" button to work and have a nice on-screen display, you
218: can install tpb from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb) This works just
219: fine and you have nice on-screen messages when you change volume and
1.97 nick 220: brightness settings or enable/disable the ThinkLight.
221: </ul>
222: Contact <a href="mailto:b.ahlers@ba-net.org">Bernd Ahlers</a>.
223: <p align="left">
224: <font size=2>
225: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/dmesg">dmesg</a>
226: ¦
227: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
228: </font>
1.106 nick 229: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.102 nick 230: IBM Thinkpad X40
231: </td><td>
232: <p><ul>
233: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
1.109 jolan 234: <li>SD Card Slot is not presently supported.
1.102 nick 235: <li>The built-in "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" works only with additional
236: firmware. See
237: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a>
238: for more information.
1.115 ! nick 239: <li>The use of other mini-PCI cards may be restricted by the BIOS.
1.110 nick 240: However, non-IBM supplied cards can be used after running the
241: <tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility.
1.108 djm 242: <li>APM works fine, including suspend to hard-disk (hibernation)
1.102 nick 243: <li>If you want to use Hibernation, you must have a small
1.103 nick 244: msdos partition with a save2dsk.bin. For this, you can use
1.102 nick 245: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt>.
1.104 nick 246: <li>Perhaps one of the best supported notebooks because several
1.110 nick 247: developers also use it.
1.102 nick 248: </ul>
249: Contact <a href="mailto:marcus.popp@paranoidbsd.org">Marcus Popp</a>.
250: <p align="left">
251: <font size=2>
252: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/dmesg.37.txt">dmesg</a>
253: ¦
254: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/xorg.conf.37.txt">xorg.conf</a>
255: </font>
1.106 nick 256: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.112 reyk 257: IBM Thinkpad T42 model 2373
258: </td><td>
259: <p><ul>
260: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
261: <li>See entry for the X40 for the built-in
1.113 martin 262: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a> or
263: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
1.112 reyk 264: 802.11 card and APM/Hibernation support.
265: <li>See entry for the X31 for Enhanced SpeedStep and the extra Thinkpad buttons.
266: <li>The alternatively built-in "Atheros AR5212 (IBM MiniPCI)" 802.11 card works with the
267: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>
268: driver.
269: <li>X.org with ATI Radeon Mobility works fine (1024x768, 24bpp).
270: <li>The built-in USB Bluetooth and infrared are not presently supported.
271: <li>The built-in
272: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">em(4)</a>
273: gigabit ethernet device works fine.
274: <li>The built-in
275: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
276: audio device works fine.
277: <li>The built-in fingerprint scanner found in some models is not supported.
278: </ul>
279: Contact <a href="mailto:reyk@openbsd.org">Reyk Floeter</a>.
280: <p align="left">
281: <font size=2>
282: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/dmesg-t42">dmesg</a>
283: ¦
284: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/xorg.conf-t42">xorg.conf</a>
285: </font>
286: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.91 nick 287: JVC MP-XP 7250DE
1.92 nick 288: </td><td>
1.97 nick 289: <p><ul>
1.107 nick 290: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (October 2004) works.
1.97 nick 291: <li>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
292: SD card reader.
293: <li>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
1.91 nick 294: USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
1.97 nick 295: boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.
296: <li>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
297: is supported, too.
298: </ul>
299: Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.
1.111 nick 300: <p align="left">
301: <font size=2>
302: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
303: ¦
304: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-xfconfig.txt">xorg.conf</a>
305: ¦
306: <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php">
307: more info</a>.
308: </font>
1.106 nick 309: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.102 nick 310: Sony Vaio z505n
1.92 nick 311: </td><td>
1.97 nick 312: <p><ul>
313: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
1.92 nick 314: cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
1.97 nick 315: <li>Installation by USB floppy:
1.89 nick 316: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
1.92 nick 317: can be brought to boot if one disables the
318: following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
1.89 nick 319: <pre>
320: disable pcibios
321: disable fxp
322: disable pcic
323: </pre>
1.97 nick 324: <li>After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
1.89 nick 325: and no network. This means that the laptop has
326: no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
327: on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
328: of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
329: partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
330: boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
1.95 nick 331: (no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
1.97 nick 332: <li>Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
333: works without modification.
334: </ul>
1.89 nick 335: Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
1.106 nick 336: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.89 nick 337: Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
1.92 nick 338: </td><td>
1.97 nick 339: <p><ul>
340: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works, but there are some minor issues.
1.89 nick 341: <li>USB and built-in sound (Yamaha) work just fine.
1.110 nick 342: <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card
343: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl">xl(4)</a>
344: works ok.
1.89 nick 345: <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
346: tested them.
347: <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
348: kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
349: cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
350: come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
351: the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
352: partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
353: access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
354: <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
355: system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
356: <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
357: locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
358: causes the problems mentioned above.
359: <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
360: sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
1.97 nick 361: </ul>
1.89 nick 362: Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@pestilenz.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
1.97 nick 363: <p align="left">
364: <font size=2>
365: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a>
366: ¦
367: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
368: </font>
1.106 nick 369: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 370: Toshiba Satellite 2410S
1.92 nick 371: </td><td>
1.97 nick 372: <p><ul>
1.111 nick 373: <li>It's running OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 374: <li>All stuff are working fine (graphics, sound, PCMCIA, APM,
1.106 nick 375: ethernet), except infrared and the built-in SD card reader.
1.97 nick 376: <li>There's a bug with certain toshiba laptops and XFree/X.org. Ratio is
1.94 nick 377: too quick, and some chars are repeated. To avoid that, disable
1.96 nick 378: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=X&sektion=7">X</a>'s
1.110 nick 379: kbd handling, and load a modmap with xmodmap if needed.
1.97 nick 380: </ul>
381: Contact <a href="mailto:aanriot@atlantilde.com">Alexandre Anriot</a>.
382: <p align="left">
383: <font size=2>
384: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/dmesg/albatros.txt">dmesg</a>
385: ¦
386: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/repository/config/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
387: </font>
1.92 nick 388: </td></tr>
1.1 deraadt 389: </table>
390:
1.110 nick 391: <p> If your laptop under OpenBSD is not listed above, feel free to mail
392: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a> to cure this.
1.111 nick 393: Please supply as much information as possible, such as:
1.110 nick 394: <ul>
395: <li>Notebook exact manufacturer, name and model.
396: <li>Latest OpenBSD version known to work on it (must be the latest
397: release or -current).
398: <li>List of working/not working things with OpenBSD.
399: <li>List of hacks you used to get certain things running.
400: <li>Links to your dmesg and xorg.conf.
401: <li>Contact name and email address.
402: </ul>
403:
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