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1.1       deraadt    16: <p>
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
1.116     grunk      32: <li>There is currently neither Firewire nor ACPI support in OpenBSD
1.92      nick       33: <li>XFree86/X.org does not support some displays properly. Sometimes
1.94      nick       34:        switching between both of them helps.
1.95      nick       35: <li>Some other built-in device doesn't work.
1.1       deraadt    36: <li>Some have problems with pcmcia card eject interrupts.
1.95      nick       37: <li>Almost all modern laptops with on-board modems have "winmodems",
                     38:        which are not currently and are unlikely to ever be supported.
1.104     nick       39:        Use a PCCard modem if you need one that works.  You can
1.95      nick       40:        assume any modem on the machines below does NOT work unless
                     41:        indicated.
1.101     nick       42: <li>IBM Thinkpads (and perhaps other notebooks, too) with Phoenix-style
                     43:        BIOSes offer a so-called "hibernation mode", where memory is
                     44:        written to disk. You can use this feature with OpenBSD.
                     45:        Generate the partition for hibernation using the
                     46:        <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> utility from the
                     47:        ports collection.
1.115     nick       48: <li>IBM Thinkpads with mini-PCI slots will check PCI IDs against a
                     49:        built-in list of "allowed" devices, and thus will not work with
                     50:        third-party cards. This behavior can be changed by using the
                     51:        <tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility from ports BEFORE
                     52:        inserting the third-party card. This utility sets a "magic bit"
                     53:        in the BIOS to disable this check.
1.1       deraadt    54: </ul>
                     55:
                     56: <p>
                     57: <table border=1>
1.106     nick       58: <tr valign="top">
1.1       deraadt    59:        <th>Laptop</th>
                     60:        <th>Notes</th>
1.106     nick       61: </tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94      nick       62:        Acer Aspire 1360
1.92      nick       63: </td><td>
1.97      nick       64: <p><ul>
1.106     nick       65:        <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
                     66:        <li>It comes with AMD Sempron 2800+.
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:        &brvbar;
                     76:        <a href="http://www.unixconn.com/aa1360-xorg">xorg.conf</a>
                     77:        </font>
1.106     nick       78: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.114     nick       79:        Clevo D410V
                     80: </td><td>
                     81: <p><ul>
                     82:        <li>Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (2005 May)
                     83:        <li>CPU: 2.8Ghz with HyperThreading. I use it with GENERIC kernel.
                     84:        <li>Graphics: ATI 9600. It's working fine with Xorg loaded glx.
                     85:        DRI not working. Resolution 1400x1050 works fine.
                     86:        <li>Ethernet: 100/1000 Realtek 8169. Working with re(4) fine.
                     87:        <li>PCMCIA: Working with NetGear WG511T WiFi Card. ath(4)
                     88:        <li>USB: Working. I tried with Lexar JumpDrive.
                     89:        <li>Sound: auich(4) working ( AC97 )
                     90:        <li>apm(8) is not working properly. Cannot apm -S:
                     91:        <tt>apm0: APM set power state: unable to enter requested state (96)</tt>
                     92:        <li>apm -z freezes.
                     93:        <li>SD Card reader probably works, although I haven't tested yet.
                     94:        <li>Infra is not working.
                     95:        <li>CD/DVD -
                     96:        <tt>QSI, CDRW/DVD SBW-242, UX02 SCSI0 5/cdrom removable</tt>
                     97:        I can write cd, and view dvd.
                     98: </ul>
                     99:        Contact <a href="mailto:wooh@wooh.hu">Adam Papai</a>
                    100:        <p align="left">
                    101:        <font size=2>
                    102:        <a href="http://wooh.hu/~wooh/dmesg">dmesg</a>
                    103:        &brvbar;
                    104:        <a href="http://wooh.hu/~wooh/XF86Config">xorg.conf</a>
                    105:        </font>
                    106: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94      nick      107:        Dell Inspiron 4100
1.92      nick      108: </td><td>
1.97      nick      109: <p><ul>
                    110:        <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
                    111:        <li>apmd(8) is fully functional.
                    112:        <li>Integrated xl(4) works fine.
                    113:        <li>Integrated auich(4) works fine.
                    114:        <li>USB works fine with my mouse.
                    115:        <li>Both PCMCIA slots work.
                    116:        <li>The Modem does not work.
                    117: </ul>
1.96      nick      118:        Contact <a href="mailto:robert@openbsd.org">Robert Nagy</a>.
1.105     nick      119:        <p align="left">
                    120:        <font size=2>
                    121:        <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/dmesg.notebook">dmesg</a>
                    122:        &brvbar;
                    123:        <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
                    124:        </font>
1.106     nick      125: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.90      nick      126:        Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
1.92      nick      127: </td><td>
1.97      nick      128: <p><ul>
1.106     nick      129:        <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works.
                    130:        <li>APM is not working (boot with boot -c and then disable apm).
1.97      nick      131:        <li>Sound works fine.
                    132:        <li>Everything else on the machine works.
                    133: </ul>
                    134:        Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
                    135:        <p align="left">
                    136:        <font size=2>
1.90      nick      137:        <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.97      nick      138:        &brvbar;
                    139:        <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
                    140:        </font>
1.106     nick      141: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.116     grunk     142:        Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E8010 with i855/SXGA+
                    143: </td><td>
                    144: <p><ul>
                    145:        <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
                    146:        <li>SD card reader and SVGA are not supported.
                    147:        <li>Doesn't have APM, so there's no way to suspend
                    148:        or <tt>'halt -p'</tt> the box.
                    149:        <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi">iwi(4)</a>
                    150:        needs an increased watchdog timeout of 10 in busy
                    151:        environments, see
                    152:        <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">
                    153:        if_iwi.c.diff</a>
                    154:        (with or without this diff, you might still experience 'fatal error'
                    155:        from time to time).
                    156:        <li>needs Xorg-current (+
                    157:        <a href="http://perso.wanadoo.fr/apoirier/855resolution-0.3.tgz">
                    158:        855resolution</a> for full 1400x1050 resolution).
                    159:        The laptop only does 1280x1024 by default.
                    160:        <li>Everything else on the machine works.
                    161: </ul>
                    162:        Contact <a href="mailto:sturm@openbsd.org">Nikolay Sturm</a>.
                    163:        <p align="left">
                    164:        <font size=2>
                    165:        <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/dmesg">dmesg</a>
                    166:        &brvbar;
                    167:        <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
                    168:        &brvbar;
                    169:        <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">if_iwi.c.diff</a>
                    170:        </font>
                    171: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94      nick      172:        IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.
1.92      nick      173: </td><td>
1.97      nick      174: <p><ul>
1.101     nick      175:        <li>Works fine with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97      nick      176:        <li>If using a boot floppy the system may hang when probing ahc.
1.94      nick      177:        Workaround: boot with -c and disable ahc.
                    178:        A GENERIC kernel does not have this issue.
1.101     nick      179:        <li>Serial ports must be enabled in BIOS.
                    180:        <li>"ctrl:nocaps" in X puts the control key in a proper location
                    181:        <li>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK
                    182:        <li>Hibernation not tested, but should work with
                    183:        <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> from the ports collection.
1.97      nick      184:        <li>The audio chipset is supported (auich).
1.72      marc      185:
1.97      nick      186:        <li>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">http://www.snafu.org/t23/</a>
1.94      nick      187:        for more info.
1.97      nick      188: </ul>
                    189:        Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.
                    190:        <p align="left">
                    191:        <font size=2>
1.101     nick      192:        <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
                    193:        &brvbar;
                    194:        <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.97      nick      195:        </font>
1.106     nick      196: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.117     grunk     197:        IBM Thinkpad T42 model 2373
                    198: </td><td>
                    199: <p><ul>
                    200:        <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
                    201:        <li>See entry for the X40 for the built-in
                    202:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&amp;sektion=4">iwi(4)</a> or
                    203:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&amp;sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
                    204:        802.11 card and APM/Hibernation support.
                    205:        <li>See entry for the X31 for Enhanced SpeedStep and the extra Thinkpad buttons.
                    206:        <li>The alternatively built-in "Atheros AR5212 (IBM MiniPCI)" 802.11 card works with the
                    207:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&amp;sektion=4">ath(4)</a>
                    208:        driver.
                    209:        <li>X.org with ATI Radeon Mobility works fine (1024x768, 24bpp).
                    210:        <li>The built-in USB Bluetooth and infrared are not presently supported.
                    211:        <li>The built-in
                    212:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&amp;sektion=4">em(4)</a>
                    213:        gigabit ethernet device works fine.
                    214:        <li>The built-in
                    215:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&amp;sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
                    216:        audio device works fine.
                    217:        <li>The built-in fingerprint scanner found in some models is not supported.
                    218: </ul>
                    219:        Contact <a href="mailto:reyk@openbsd.org">Reyk Floeter</a>.
                    220:        <p align="left">
                    221:        <font size=2>
                    222:        <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/dmesg-t42">dmesg</a>
                    223:        &brvbar;
                    224:        <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/xorg.conf-t42">xorg.conf</a>
                    225:        </font>
                    226: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94      nick      227:        IBM Thinkpad X31
                    228: </td><td>
1.97      nick      229: <p><ul>
1.106     nick      230:        <li>Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
                    231:        <li>Nearly all Hardware is supported, except FireWire.
1.97      nick      232:        <li>APM is well supported. Suspend mode (apm -s/zzz) works without
1.94      nick      233:        problems. Hibernation (suspend to disk) works also fine but
                    234:        requires a small MS-DOS partition with a hibernation file at the
                    235:        beginning of the harddisk. You can create this file with tphdisk
1.97      nick      236:        from ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk).
                    237:
                    238:        <li>The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via
                    239:        xmodmap.
                    240:        <li>Example:
1.94      nick      241:
                    242:        <pre>
1.96      nick      243:                xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down"
                    244:                xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"
1.94      nick      245:        </pre>
                    246:
1.97      nick      247:        <li>The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G)
1.98      nick      248:        works with the
                    249:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&amp;sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
                    250:        driver. But you need to download the unfree firmware first to get
                    251:        it working. For more details read
                    252:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&amp;sektion=4#FILES">ipw(4)</a>.
                    253:
                    254:        <li>I'm planning to replace this card with a
                    255:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&amp;sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
                    256:        or an
                    257:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&amp;sektion=4">ath(4)</a>.
1.94      nick      258:        For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
                    259:        I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
1.115     nick      260:        <i>special</i> IBM mini-PCI cards to be installed. The bios can
1.97      nick      261:        be patched with the tpwireless program
1.115     nick      262:        (<tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt>, <b>use on your own risk!</b>).
1.94      nick      263:
1.97      nick      264:        <li>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
                    265:        as well.
1.94      nick      266:
1.97      nick      267:        <li>Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the cpu speed
                    268:        via sysctl (<tt>sysctl hw.setperf</tt>).
1.94      nick      269:
1.98      nick      270:        <li>The on-board
                    271:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&amp;sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
                    272:        and
                    273:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&amp;sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.99      nick      274:        are working without problems.
1.94      nick      275:
1.97      nick      276:        <li>The keys for mute, volume up and volume down are working fine.
1.94      nick      277:        No special software is required. If you'd like to get the big
                    278:        "Access IBM" button to work and have a nice on-screen display, you
                    279:        can install tpb from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb) This works just
                    280:        fine and you have nice on-screen messages when you change volume and
1.97      nick      281:        brightness settings or enable/disable the ThinkLight.
                    282: </ul>
                    283:        Contact <a href="mailto:b.ahlers@ba-net.org">Bernd Ahlers</a>.
                    284:        <p align="left">
                    285:        <font size=2>
                    286:        <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/dmesg">dmesg</a>
                    287:        &brvbar;
                    288:        <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
                    289:        </font>
1.106     nick      290: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.102     nick      291:        IBM Thinkpad X40
                    292: </td><td>
                    293: <p><ul>
                    294:        <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
1.109     jolan     295:        <li>SD Card Slot is not presently supported.
1.102     nick      296:        <li>The built-in "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" works only with additional
                    297:        firmware. See
                    298:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&amp;sektion=4">iwi(4)</a>
                    299:        for more information.
1.115     nick      300:        <li>The use of other mini-PCI cards may be restricted by the BIOS.
1.110     nick      301:        However, non-IBM supplied cards can be used after running the
                    302:        <tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility.
1.108     djm       303:        <li>APM works fine, including suspend to hard-disk (hibernation)
1.102     nick      304:        <li>If you want to use Hibernation, you must have a small
1.103     nick      305:        msdos partition with a save2dsk.bin. For this, you can use
1.102     nick      306:        <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt>.
1.104     nick      307:        <li>Perhaps one of the best supported notebooks because several
1.110     nick      308:        developers also use it.
1.102     nick      309: </ul>
                    310:        Contact <a href="mailto:marcus.popp@paranoidbsd.org">Marcus Popp</a>.
                    311:        <p align="left">
                    312:        <font size=2>
                    313:        <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/dmesg.37.txt">dmesg</a>
                    314:        &brvbar;
                    315:        <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/xorg.conf.37.txt">xorg.conf</a>
                    316:        </font>
1.106     nick      317: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.91      nick      318:        JVC MP-XP 7250DE
1.92      nick      319: </td><td>
1.97      nick      320: <p><ul>
1.107     nick      321:        <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (October 2004) works.
1.97      nick      322:        <li>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
                    323:        SD card reader.
                    324:        <li>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
1.91      nick      325:        USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
1.97      nick      326:        boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.
                    327:        <li>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
                    328:        is supported, too.
                    329: </ul>
                    330:        Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.
1.111     nick      331:        <p align="left">
                    332:        <font size=2>
                    333:        <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
                    334:        &brvbar;
                    335:        <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-xfconfig.txt">xorg.conf</a>
                    336:        &brvbar;
                    337:        <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php">
                    338:        more info</a>.
                    339:        </font>
1.106     nick      340: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.120   ! grunk     341:        Medion MD6100 (model no. FID2040)
        !           342: </td><td>
        !           343: <p><ul>
        !           344:        <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works.
        !           345:        <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
        !           346:        <li>sis0 has certain issues, see postings
        !           347:        <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-tech&amp;m=105760910331290&amp;w=2">[1]</a>,
        !           348:        <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&amp;m=110132503025407&amp;w=2">[2]</a>, and
        !           349:        <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&amp;m=111251336023861&amp;w=2">[3]</a>.
        !           350:        <li>infrared does not work under OpenBSD.
        !           351:        <li>sound is erratic, two out of three times.
        !           352:        <li>USB2.0 doesn't work (pci_intr_map: no mapping for pin D).
        !           353:        <li>To use the onboard NIC, make sure the interface is in Promiscuous
        !           354:        mode. I use `tcpdump -i sis0 -w /dev/null` to accomplish this. For
        !           355:        normal operation I add a (wireless) PCMCIA NIC.
        !           356:        Audio programs (mplayer/mpg123/ogg123/xmms/etc) simply should be
        !           357:        restarted once or twice to get proper audio.
        !           358: </ul>
        !           359:        Overall, this laptop stinks. It's heavy, powerhungry and gets very hot
        !           360:        (too hot, often it will shut itself down to prevent meltdown).
        !           361:        A lot of hardware works only mediocre. The battery doesn't last long.
        !           362:        It's huge/bulky. It's *extremely* noisy. But, it *does* run OpenBSD.
        !           363:        And, when properly cooled, it's pretty fast (2.6 GHz). Why anyone
        !           364:        would need that much CPU in a laptop is beyond me, but it's there.
        !           365:        <p>
        !           366:        Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
        !           367:        <p align="left">
        !           368:        <font size=2>
        !           369:        <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/nugget">dmesg</a>
        !           370:        &brvbar;
        !           371:        <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/nugget">xorg.conf</a>
        !           372:        </font>
        !           373: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.89      nick      374:        Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
1.92      nick      375: </td><td>
1.97      nick      376: <p><ul>
                    377:        <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works, but there are some minor issues.
1.89      nick      378:        <li>USB and built-in sound (Yamaha) work just fine.
1.110     nick      379:        <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card
                    380:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl">xl(4)</a>
                    381:        works ok.
1.89      nick      382:        <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
                    383:        tested them.
                    384:        <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
                    385:        kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
                    386:        cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
                    387:        come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
                    388:        the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
                    389:        partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
                    390:        access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
                    391:        <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
                    392:        system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
                    393:        <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
                    394:        locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
                    395:        causes the problems mentioned above.
                    396:        <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
                    397:        sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
1.97      nick      398: </ul>
1.89      nick      399:        Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@pestilenz.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
1.97      nick      400:        <p align="left">
                    401:        <font size=2>
                    402:        <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a>
                    403:        &brvbar;
                    404:        <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
                    405:        </font>
1.106     nick      406: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.119     grunk     407:        Sony VAIO VGN-S16TP
                    408: </td><td>
                    409: <p><ul>
                    410:        <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
                    411:        <li>Everything works just fine.
                    412: </ul>
                    413:        Contact <a href="mailto:kevlo@openbsd.org">Kevin Lo</a>.
                    414:        <p align="left">
                    415:        <font size=2>
                    416:        <a href="http://www.kevlo.org/dmesg">dmesg</a>
                    417:        &brvbar;
                    418:        <a href="http://www.kevlo.org/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
                    419:        </font>
                    420: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
                    421:        Sony VAIO z505n
                    422: </td><td>
                    423: <p><ul>
                    424:        <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
                    425:        cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
                    426:        <li>Installation by USB floppy:
                    427:        The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
                    428:        can be brought to boot if one disables the
                    429:        following (boot -c, wait for the UKC&gt; prompt):
                    430:        <pre>
                    431:        disable pcibios
                    432:        disable fxp
                    433:        disable pcic
                    434:        </pre>
                    435:        <li>After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
                    436:        and no network. This means that the laptop has
                    437:        no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
                    438:        on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
                    439:        of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
                    440:        partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
                    441:        boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
                    442:        (no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
                    443:        <li>Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
                    444:        works without modification.
                    445: </ul>
                    446:        Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
                    447: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94      nick      448:        Toshiba Satellite 2410S
1.92      nick      449: </td><td>
1.97      nick      450: <p><ul>
1.111     nick      451:        <li>It's running OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97      nick      452:        <li>All stuff are working fine (graphics, sound, PCMCIA, APM,
1.106     nick      453:        ethernet), except infrared and the built-in SD card reader.
1.97      nick      454:        <li>There's a bug with certain toshiba laptops and XFree/X.org. Ratio is
1.94      nick      455:        too quick, and some chars are repeated. To avoid that, disable
1.96      nick      456:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=X&amp;sektion=7">X</a>'s
1.110     nick      457:        kbd handling, and load a modmap with xmodmap if needed.
1.97      nick      458: </ul>
                    459:        Contact <a href="mailto:aanriot@atlantilde.com">Alexandre Anriot</a>.
                    460:        <p align="left">
                    461:        <font size=2>
                    462:        <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/dmesg/albatros.txt">dmesg</a>
                    463:        &brvbar;
                    464:        <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/repository/config/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
                    465:        </font>
1.118     grunk     466: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
                    467:        Toshiba Tecra 8100
                    468: </td><td>
                    469: <p><ul>
                    470:        <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works ok.
                    471:        <li>All hardware except infrared works.
                    472:        <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
                    473: </ul>
                    474:        Very nice laptop indeed. Quiet, boots very fast, most hardware is
                    475:        supported. Only APM doesn't work very well. Pretty fast, not too
                    476:        heavy, very OpenBSD-friendly - just like its predecessor, the Tecra
                    477:        8000. Battery can get a bit rusty, works good from 100% to 50%, then
                    478:        drops to ~3% in minutes. Not too strange for an older machine though.
                    479:        <p>
                    480:        Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
                    481:        <p align="left">
                    482:        <font size=2>
                    483:        <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/pizza">dmesg</a>
                    484:        &brvbar;
                    485:        <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/pizza">xorg.conf</a>
                    486:        </font>
1.92      nick      487: </td></tr>
1.1       deraadt   488: </table>
                    489:
1.110     nick      490: <p> If your laptop under OpenBSD is not listed above, feel free to mail
                    491: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a> to cure this.
1.111     nick      492: Please supply as much information as possible, such as:
1.110     nick      493: <ul>
                    494:        <li>Notebook exact manufacturer, name and model.
                    495:        <li>Latest OpenBSD version known to work on it (must be the latest
                    496:        release or -current).
                    497:        <li>List of working/not working things with OpenBSD.
                    498:        <li>List of hacks you used to get certain things running.
                    499:        <li>Links to your dmesg and xorg.conf.
                    500:        <li>Contact name and email address.
                    501: </ul>
                    502:
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                    504: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a><br>
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