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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
1.116 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: ¦
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: ¦
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: ¦
123: <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
124: </font>
1.106 nick 125: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.122 grunk 126: Dell Latitude c610
127: </td><td>
128: <p><ul>
129: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 24, 2005) works.
1.123 ! grunk 130: <li>Audio, video (1400x1024), and onboard NIC work just fine.
1.122 grunk 131: </ul>
132: Contact <a href="mailto:steve@vitriol.net">Steve Tornio</a>.
133: <p align="left">
134: <font size=2>
135: <a href="http://vitriol.net/~steve/openbsd/latitude-c610-dmesg">dmesg</a>
136: ¦
137: <a href="http://vitriol.net/~steve/openbsd/latitude-c610-xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
138: </font>
139: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.90 nick 140: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
1.92 nick 141: </td><td>
1.97 nick 142: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 143: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works.
144: <li>APM is not working (boot with boot -c and then disable apm).
1.97 nick 145: <li>Sound works fine.
146: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
147: </ul>
148: Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
149: <p align="left">
150: <font size=2>
1.90 nick 151: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.97 nick 152: ¦
153: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
154: </font>
1.106 nick 155: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.116 grunk 156: Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E8010 with i855/SXGA+
157: </td><td>
158: <p><ul>
159: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
160: <li>SD card reader and SVGA are not supported.
161: <li>Doesn't have APM, so there's no way to suspend
162: or <tt>'halt -p'</tt> the box.
163: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi">iwi(4)</a>
164: needs an increased watchdog timeout of 10 in busy
165: environments, see
166: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">
167: if_iwi.c.diff</a>
168: (with or without this diff, you might still experience 'fatal error'
169: from time to time).
170: <li>needs Xorg-current (+
171: <a href="http://perso.wanadoo.fr/apoirier/855resolution-0.3.tgz">
172: 855resolution</a> for full 1400x1050 resolution).
173: The laptop only does 1280x1024 by default.
174: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
175: </ul>
176: Contact <a href="mailto:sturm@openbsd.org">Nikolay Sturm</a>.
177: <p align="left">
178: <font size=2>
179: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/dmesg">dmesg</a>
180: ¦
181: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
182: ¦
183: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">if_iwi.c.diff</a>
184: </font>
185: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 186: IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.
1.92 nick 187: </td><td>
1.97 nick 188: <p><ul>
1.101 nick 189: <li>Works fine with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 190: <li>If using a boot floppy the system may hang when probing ahc.
1.94 nick 191: Workaround: boot with -c and disable ahc.
192: A GENERIC kernel does not have this issue.
1.101 nick 193: <li>Serial ports must be enabled in BIOS.
194: <li>"ctrl:nocaps" in X puts the control key in a proper location
195: <li>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK
196: <li>Hibernation not tested, but should work with
197: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> from the ports collection.
1.97 nick 198: <li>The audio chipset is supported (auich).
1.72 marc 199:
1.97 nick 200: <li>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">http://www.snafu.org/t23/</a>
1.94 nick 201: for more info.
1.97 nick 202: </ul>
203: Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.
204: <p align="left">
205: <font size=2>
1.101 nick 206: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
207: ¦
208: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.97 nick 209: </font>
1.106 nick 210: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.117 grunk 211: IBM Thinkpad T42 model 2373
212: </td><td>
213: <p><ul>
214: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
215: <li>See entry for the X40 for the built-in
216: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a> or
217: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
218: 802.11 card and APM/Hibernation support.
219: <li>See entry for the X31 for Enhanced SpeedStep and the extra Thinkpad buttons.
220: <li>The alternatively built-in "Atheros AR5212 (IBM MiniPCI)" 802.11 card works with the
221: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>
222: driver.
223: <li>X.org with ATI Radeon Mobility works fine (1024x768, 24bpp).
224: <li>The built-in USB Bluetooth and infrared are not presently supported.
225: <li>The built-in
226: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">em(4)</a>
227: gigabit ethernet device works fine.
228: <li>The built-in
229: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
230: audio device works fine.
231: <li>The built-in fingerprint scanner found in some models is not supported.
232: </ul>
233: Contact <a href="mailto:reyk@openbsd.org">Reyk Floeter</a>.
234: <p align="left">
235: <font size=2>
236: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/dmesg-t42">dmesg</a>
237: ¦
238: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/xorg.conf-t42">xorg.conf</a>
239: </font>
240: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 241: IBM Thinkpad X31
242: </td><td>
1.97 nick 243: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 244: <li>Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
245: <li>Nearly all Hardware is supported, except FireWire.
1.97 nick 246: <li>APM is well supported. Suspend mode (apm -s/zzz) works without
1.94 nick 247: problems. Hibernation (suspend to disk) works also fine but
248: requires a small MS-DOS partition with a hibernation file at the
249: beginning of the harddisk. You can create this file with tphdisk
1.97 nick 250: from ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk).
251:
252: <li>The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via
253: xmodmap.
254: <li>Example:
1.94 nick 255:
256: <pre>
1.96 nick 257: xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down"
258: xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"
1.94 nick 259: </pre>
260:
1.97 nick 261: <li>The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G)
1.98 nick 262: works with the
263: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
264: driver. But you need to download the unfree firmware first to get
265: it working. For more details read
266: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4#FILES">ipw(4)</a>.
267:
268: <li>I'm planning to replace this card with a
269: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
270: or an
271: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>.
1.94 nick 272: For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
273: I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
1.115 nick 274: <i>special</i> IBM mini-PCI cards to be installed. The bios can
1.97 nick 275: be patched with the tpwireless program
1.115 nick 276: (<tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt>, <b>use on your own risk!</b>).
1.94 nick 277:
1.97 nick 278: <li>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
279: as well.
1.94 nick 280:
1.97 nick 281: <li>Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the cpu speed
282: via sysctl (<tt>sysctl hw.setperf</tt>).
1.94 nick 283:
1.98 nick 284: <li>The on-board
285: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
286: and
287: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.99 nick 288: are working without problems.
1.94 nick 289:
1.97 nick 290: <li>The keys for mute, volume up and volume down are working fine.
1.94 nick 291: No special software is required. If you'd like to get the big
292: "Access IBM" button to work and have a nice on-screen display, you
293: can install tpb from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb) This works just
294: fine and you have nice on-screen messages when you change volume and
1.97 nick 295: brightness settings or enable/disable the ThinkLight.
296: </ul>
297: Contact <a href="mailto:b.ahlers@ba-net.org">Bernd Ahlers</a>.
298: <p align="left">
299: <font size=2>
300: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/dmesg">dmesg</a>
301: ¦
302: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
303: </font>
1.106 nick 304: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.102 nick 305: IBM Thinkpad X40
306: </td><td>
307: <p><ul>
308: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
1.109 jolan 309: <li>SD Card Slot is not presently supported.
1.102 nick 310: <li>The built-in "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" works only with additional
311: firmware. See
312: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a>
313: for more information.
1.115 nick 314: <li>The use of other mini-PCI cards may be restricted by the BIOS.
1.110 nick 315: However, non-IBM supplied cards can be used after running the
316: <tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility.
1.108 djm 317: <li>APM works fine, including suspend to hard-disk (hibernation)
1.102 nick 318: <li>If you want to use Hibernation, you must have a small
1.103 nick 319: msdos partition with a save2dsk.bin. For this, you can use
1.102 nick 320: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt>.
1.104 nick 321: <li>Perhaps one of the best supported notebooks because several
1.110 nick 322: developers also use it.
1.102 nick 323: </ul>
324: Contact <a href="mailto:marcus.popp@paranoidbsd.org">Marcus Popp</a>.
325: <p align="left">
326: <font size=2>
327: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/dmesg.37.txt">dmesg</a>
328: ¦
329: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/xorg.conf.37.txt">xorg.conf</a>
330: </font>
1.106 nick 331: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.91 nick 332: JVC MP-XP 7250DE
1.92 nick 333: </td><td>
1.97 nick 334: <p><ul>
1.107 nick 335: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (October 2004) works.
1.97 nick 336: <li>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
337: SD card reader.
338: <li>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
1.91 nick 339: USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
1.97 nick 340: boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.
341: <li>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
342: is supported, too.
343: </ul>
344: Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.
1.111 nick 345: <p align="left">
346: <font size=2>
347: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
348: ¦
349: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-xfconfig.txt">xorg.conf</a>
350: ¦
351: <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php">
352: more info</a>.
353: </font>
1.106 nick 354: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.120 grunk 355: Medion MD6100 (model no. FID2040)
356: </td><td>
357: <p><ul>
358: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works.
359: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
360: <li>sis0 has certain issues, see postings
361: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-tech&m=105760910331290&w=2">[1]</a>,
362: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=110132503025407&w=2">[2]</a>, and
363: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=111251336023861&w=2">[3]</a>.
364: <li>infrared does not work under OpenBSD.
365: <li>sound is erratic, two out of three times.
366: <li>USB2.0 doesn't work (pci_intr_map: no mapping for pin D).
367: <li>To use the onboard NIC, make sure the interface is in Promiscuous
368: mode. I use `tcpdump -i sis0 -w /dev/null` to accomplish this. For
369: normal operation I add a (wireless) PCMCIA NIC.
370: Audio programs (mplayer/mpg123/ogg123/xmms/etc) simply should be
371: restarted once or twice to get proper audio.
372: </ul>
373: Overall, this laptop stinks. It's heavy, powerhungry and gets very hot
374: (too hot, often it will shut itself down to prevent meltdown).
375: A lot of hardware works only mediocre. The battery doesn't last long.
376: It's huge/bulky. It's *extremely* noisy. But, it *does* run OpenBSD.
377: And, when properly cooled, it's pretty fast (2.6 GHz). Why anyone
378: would need that much CPU in a laptop is beyond me, but it's there.
379: <p>
380: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
381: <p align="left">
382: <font size=2>
383: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/nugget">dmesg</a>
384: ¦
385: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/nugget">xorg.conf</a>
386: </font>
387: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.89 nick 388: Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
1.92 nick 389: </td><td>
1.97 nick 390: <p><ul>
391: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works, but there are some minor issues.
1.89 nick 392: <li>USB and built-in sound (Yamaha) work just fine.
1.110 nick 393: <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card
394: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl">xl(4)</a>
395: works ok.
1.89 nick 396: <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
397: tested them.
398: <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
399: kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
400: cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
401: come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
402: the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
403: partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
404: access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
405: <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
406: system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
407: <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
408: locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
409: causes the problems mentioned above.
410: <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
411: sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
1.97 nick 412: </ul>
1.89 nick 413: Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@pestilenz.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
1.97 nick 414: <p align="left">
415: <font size=2>
416: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a>
417: ¦
418: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
419: </font>
1.106 nick 420: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.119 grunk 421: Sony VAIO VGN-S16TP
422: </td><td>
423: <p><ul>
424: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
425: <li>Everything works just fine.
426: </ul>
427: Contact <a href="mailto:kevlo@openbsd.org">Kevin Lo</a>.
428: <p align="left">
429: <font size=2>
430: <a href="http://www.kevlo.org/dmesg">dmesg</a>
431: ¦
432: <a href="http://www.kevlo.org/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
433: </font>
434: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
435: Sony VAIO z505n
436: </td><td>
437: <p><ul>
438: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
439: cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
440: <li>Installation by USB floppy:
441: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
442: can be brought to boot if one disables the
443: following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
444: <pre>
445: disable pcibios
446: disable fxp
447: disable pcic
448: </pre>
449: <li>After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
450: and no network. This means that the laptop has
451: no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
452: on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
453: of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
454: partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
455: boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
456: (no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
457: <li>Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
458: works without modification.
459: </ul>
460: Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
461: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 462: Toshiba Satellite 2410S
1.92 nick 463: </td><td>
1.97 nick 464: <p><ul>
1.111 nick 465: <li>It's running OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 466: <li>All stuff are working fine (graphics, sound, PCMCIA, APM,
1.106 nick 467: ethernet), except infrared and the built-in SD card reader.
1.97 nick 468: <li>There's a bug with certain toshiba laptops and XFree/X.org. Ratio is
1.94 nick 469: too quick, and some chars are repeated. To avoid that, disable
1.96 nick 470: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=X&sektion=7">X</a>'s
1.110 nick 471: kbd handling, and load a modmap with xmodmap if needed.
1.97 nick 472: </ul>
473: Contact <a href="mailto:aanriot@atlantilde.com">Alexandre Anriot</a>.
474: <p align="left">
475: <font size=2>
476: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/dmesg/albatros.txt">dmesg</a>
477: ¦
478: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/repository/config/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
479: </font>
1.118 grunk 480: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.121 grunk 481: Toshiba Tecra 8000
482: </td><td>
483: <p><ul>
484: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (Jan 2005) works ok.
485: <li>All hardware except infrared works.
486: <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
487: <li>Sound required the following change to /bsd :
488: <ul>
489: <li>In the system BIOS use the following values
490: <pre>
491: Sound = Enabled
492: --- SOUND SYSTEM ---
493: WSS I/O Address = 530H
494: SBPro I/O Address = 220H
495: Synthesizer I/O Address = 388H
496: WSS & SBPro & MPU401 IRQ Level = IRQ5
497: WSS(Play) DMA = Channel 1
498: WSS(Rec.) & SBPro DMA = Channel 0
499: Control I/O Address = 538H
500: MPU401 (MIDI I/F) = 330H
501: </pre>
502: <li>config -f -e /bsd
503: <pre>
504: ukc> disable sb
505: 193 sb0 disabled
506: 241 sb* disabled
507: ukc> change wss0
508: 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq 0
509: +drq2 -1 flags 0x0
510: change [n] y
511: port [0x530] ?
512: size [0] ?
513: iomem [-1] ?
514: iosiz [0] ?
515: irq [10] ? 5
516: drq [0] ? 1
517: drq2 [-1] ? 0
518: flags [0] ?
519: 197 wss0 changed
520: 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 5 drq 1
521: +drq2 0 flags 0x0
522: ukc> quit
523: Saving modified kernel.
524: </pre>
525: </ul>
526: <li>separate xorg.conf not needed, X works perfectly without one
527: </ul>
528: An older but still very useable laptop. Not too fast, but fast enough
529: for some DivX viewing with mplayer and firefox/thunderbird-use (not
530: for the impatient though, but then again, what is?). The fan can get
531: a bit loud after many power-on hours. This also impacts battery
532: lifetime, but that is to be expected. Nice and well supported.
533: <p>
534: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
535: <p align="left">
536: <font size=2>
537: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/whopper">dmesg</a>
538: </font>
539: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.118 grunk 540: Toshiba Tecra 8100
541: </td><td>
542: <p><ul>
543: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works ok.
544: <li>All hardware except infrared works.
545: <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
546: </ul>
547: Very nice laptop indeed. Quiet, boots very fast, most hardware is
548: supported. Only APM doesn't work very well. Pretty fast, not too
549: heavy, very OpenBSD-friendly - just like its predecessor, the Tecra
550: 8000. Battery can get a bit rusty, works good from 100% to 50%, then
551: drops to ~3% in minutes. Not too strange for an older machine though.
552: <p>
553: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
554: <p align="left">
555: <font size=2>
556: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/pizza">dmesg</a>
557: ¦
558: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/pizza">xorg.conf</a>
559: </font>
1.92 nick 560: </td></tr>
1.1 deraadt 561: </table>
562:
1.110 nick 563: <p> If your laptop under OpenBSD is not listed above, feel free to mail
564: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a> to cure this.
1.111 nick 565: Please supply as much information as possible, such as:
1.110 nick 566: <ul>
567: <li>Notebook exact manufacturer, name and model.
568: <li>Latest OpenBSD version known to work on it (must be the latest
569: release or -current).
570: <li>List of working/not working things with OpenBSD.
571: <li>List of hacks you used to get certain things running.
572: <li>Links to your dmesg and xorg.conf.
573: <li>Contact name and email address.
574: </ul>
575:
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