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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>
1.124 grunk 107: Dell Inspiron 500m
108: </td><td>
109: <p><ul>
110: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
111: <li>Sound, touchpad, fxp onboard NIC work fine.
112: <li>USB: able to mount flash stick read/write, even able to install
113: OpenBSD on it and boot from it
114: <li>Pressing "Fn" and uparrow/downarrow keys to configure brightness
115: works, as well as switching to external VGA
116: <li>For getting the Intel ipw2100 wireless card to work,
117: use
118: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipwfw/OpenBSD/ipw-firmware-1.3.tgz">
119: Damien Bergamini's firmware package</a>.
120: <li>There was (expected) trouble with the screen resolution in X.
121: Using
122: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/i855vidctl/">i855vidctl</a>,
123: it goes to 1400x1050 as wanted by adding the line:
124: <pre>
125: i855vidctl 5c 1400x1050
126: </pre>
127: into /etc/rc.securelevel.
128: <li>APM does not seem to work at all: Neither <tt>apmd</tt>
129: nor <tt>halt -p</tt> operate ok.
130: For any other experiences on this, contact the submitter.
131: <li>PCMCIA not tested
132: <li>No extra xorg.conf supplied, the default is OK.
133: </ul>
134: Contact <a href="mailto:baldur@pistic.org">Baldur Sigurðsson</a>.
135: <p align="left">
136: <font size=2>
137: <a href="http://pistic.org/dell-inspiron-500m-dmesg">dmesg</a>
138: </font>
139: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 140: Dell Inspiron 4100
1.92 nick 141: </td><td>
1.97 nick 142: <p><ul>
143: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
144: <li>apmd(8) is fully functional.
145: <li>Integrated xl(4) works fine.
146: <li>Integrated auich(4) works fine.
147: <li>USB works fine with my mouse.
148: <li>Both PCMCIA slots work.
149: <li>The Modem does not work.
150: </ul>
1.96 nick 151: Contact <a href="mailto:robert@openbsd.org">Robert Nagy</a>.
1.105 nick 152: <p align="left">
153: <font size=2>
154: <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/dmesg.notebook">dmesg</a>
155: ¦
156: <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
157: </font>
1.106 nick 158: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.122 grunk 159: Dell Latitude c610
160: </td><td>
161: <p><ul>
162: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 24, 2005) works.
1.124 grunk 163: <li>Audio, video (1400x1050), and onboard NIC work just fine.
1.122 grunk 164: </ul>
165: Contact <a href="mailto:steve@vitriol.net">Steve Tornio</a>.
166: <p align="left">
167: <font size=2>
168: <a href="http://vitriol.net/~steve/openbsd/latitude-c610-dmesg">dmesg</a>
169: ¦
170: <a href="http://vitriol.net/~steve/openbsd/latitude-c610-xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
171: </font>
172: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.90 nick 173: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
1.92 nick 174: </td><td>
1.97 nick 175: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 176: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works.
177: <li>APM is not working (boot with boot -c and then disable apm).
1.97 nick 178: <li>Sound works fine.
179: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
180: </ul>
181: Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
182: <p align="left">
183: <font size=2>
1.90 nick 184: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.97 nick 185: ¦
186: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
187: </font>
1.106 nick 188: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.116 grunk 189: Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E8010 with i855/SXGA+
190: </td><td>
191: <p><ul>
192: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
193: <li>SD card reader and SVGA are not supported.
194: <li>Doesn't have APM, so there's no way to suspend
195: or <tt>'halt -p'</tt> the box.
196: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi">iwi(4)</a>
197: needs an increased watchdog timeout of 10 in busy
198: environments, see
199: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">
200: if_iwi.c.diff</a>
201: (with or without this diff, you might still experience 'fatal error'
202: from time to time).
203: <li>needs Xorg-current (+
204: <a href="http://perso.wanadoo.fr/apoirier/855resolution-0.3.tgz">
205: 855resolution</a> for full 1400x1050 resolution).
206: The laptop only does 1280x1024 by default.
207: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
208: </ul>
209: Contact <a href="mailto:sturm@openbsd.org">Nikolay Sturm</a>.
210: <p align="left">
211: <font size=2>
212: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/dmesg">dmesg</a>
213: ¦
214: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
215: ¦
216: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">if_iwi.c.diff</a>
217: </font>
218: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 219: IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.
1.92 nick 220: </td><td>
1.97 nick 221: <p><ul>
1.101 nick 222: <li>Works fine with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 223: <li>If using a boot floppy the system may hang when probing ahc.
1.94 nick 224: Workaround: boot with -c and disable ahc.
225: A GENERIC kernel does not have this issue.
1.101 nick 226: <li>Serial ports must be enabled in BIOS.
227: <li>"ctrl:nocaps" in X puts the control key in a proper location
228: <li>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK
229: <li>Hibernation not tested, but should work with
230: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> from the ports collection.
1.97 nick 231: <li>The audio chipset is supported (auich).
1.72 marc 232:
1.97 nick 233: <li>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">http://www.snafu.org/t23/</a>
1.94 nick 234: for more info.
1.97 nick 235: </ul>
236: Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.
237: <p align="left">
238: <font size=2>
1.101 nick 239: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
240: ¦
241: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.97 nick 242: </font>
1.106 nick 243: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.125 grunk 244: IBM Thinkpad T41p type 2373-GEU
245: </td><td>
246: <p><ul>
247: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
248: <li>Everything works fine: APM, X, onboard ethernet (em), sound,
249: usb, docking station
250: <li>onboard atheros works in 802.11b mode only
251: </ul>
252: Contact <a href="mailto:matt@arin.net">Matt Rowley</a>.
253: <p align="left">
254: <font size=2>
255: <a href="http://www.damnskippy.org/openbsd/dmesg.t41p-20050610">dmesg</a>
256: ¦
257: <a href="http://www.damnskippy.org/openbsd/xorg.conf.new">xorg.conf</a>
258: </font>
259: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.117 grunk 260: IBM Thinkpad T42 model 2373
261: </td><td>
262: <p><ul>
263: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
264: <li>See entry for the X40 for the built-in
265: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a> or
266: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
267: 802.11 card and APM/Hibernation support.
268: <li>See entry for the X31 for Enhanced SpeedStep and the extra Thinkpad buttons.
269: <li>The alternatively built-in "Atheros AR5212 (IBM MiniPCI)" 802.11 card works with the
270: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>
271: driver.
272: <li>X.org with ATI Radeon Mobility works fine (1024x768, 24bpp).
273: <li>The built-in USB Bluetooth and infrared are not presently supported.
274: <li>The built-in
275: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">em(4)</a>
276: gigabit ethernet device works fine.
277: <li>The built-in
278: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
279: audio device works fine.
280: <li>The built-in fingerprint scanner found in some models is not supported.
281: </ul>
282: Contact <a href="mailto:reyk@openbsd.org">Reyk Floeter</a>.
283: <p align="left">
284: <font size=2>
285: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/dmesg-t42">dmesg</a>
286: ¦
287: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/xorg.conf-t42">xorg.conf</a>
288: </font>
289: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 290: IBM Thinkpad X31
291: </td><td>
1.97 nick 292: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 293: <li>Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
294: <li>Nearly all Hardware is supported, except FireWire.
1.97 nick 295: <li>APM is well supported. Suspend mode (apm -s/zzz) works without
1.94 nick 296: problems. Hibernation (suspend to disk) works also fine but
297: requires a small MS-DOS partition with a hibernation file at the
298: beginning of the harddisk. You can create this file with tphdisk
1.97 nick 299: from ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk).
300:
301: <li>The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via
302: xmodmap.
303: <li>Example:
1.94 nick 304:
1.126 grunk 305: <pre>
1.96 nick 306: xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down"
307: xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"
1.126 grunk 308: </pre>
1.94 nick 309:
1.97 nick 310: <li>The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G)
1.98 nick 311: works with the
312: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
313: driver. But you need to download the unfree firmware first to get
314: it working. For more details read
315: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4#FILES">ipw(4)</a>.
316:
317: <li>I'm planning to replace this card with a
318: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
319: or an
320: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>.
1.94 nick 321: For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
322: I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
1.115 nick 323: <i>special</i> IBM mini-PCI cards to be installed. The bios can
1.97 nick 324: be patched with the tpwireless program
1.115 nick 325: (<tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt>, <b>use on your own risk!</b>).
1.94 nick 326:
1.97 nick 327: <li>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
328: as well.
1.94 nick 329:
1.127 ! david 330: <li>Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the CPU speed
1.97 nick 331: via sysctl (<tt>sysctl hw.setperf</tt>).
1.94 nick 332:
1.98 nick 333: <li>The on-board
334: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
335: and
336: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.99 nick 337: are working without problems.
1.94 nick 338:
1.97 nick 339: <li>The keys for mute, volume up and volume down are working fine.
1.94 nick 340: No special software is required. If you'd like to get the big
341: "Access IBM" button to work and have a nice on-screen display, you
342: can install tpb from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb) This works just
343: fine and you have nice on-screen messages when you change volume and
1.97 nick 344: brightness settings or enable/disable the ThinkLight.
345: </ul>
346: Contact <a href="mailto:b.ahlers@ba-net.org">Bernd Ahlers</a>.
347: <p align="left">
348: <font size=2>
349: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/dmesg">dmesg</a>
350: ¦
351: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
352: </font>
1.106 nick 353: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.102 nick 354: IBM Thinkpad X40
355: </td><td>
356: <p><ul>
357: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
1.109 jolan 358: <li>SD Card Slot is not presently supported.
1.102 nick 359: <li>The built-in "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" works only with additional
360: firmware. See
361: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a>
362: for more information.
1.115 nick 363: <li>The use of other mini-PCI cards may be restricted by the BIOS.
1.110 nick 364: However, non-IBM supplied cards can be used after running the
365: <tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility.
1.108 djm 366: <li>APM works fine, including suspend to hard-disk (hibernation)
1.102 nick 367: <li>If you want to use Hibernation, you must have a small
1.103 nick 368: msdos partition with a save2dsk.bin. For this, you can use
1.102 nick 369: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt>.
1.104 nick 370: <li>Perhaps one of the best supported notebooks because several
1.110 nick 371: developers also use it.
1.102 nick 372: </ul>
373: Contact <a href="mailto:marcus.popp@paranoidbsd.org">Marcus Popp</a>.
374: <p align="left">
375: <font size=2>
376: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/dmesg.37.txt">dmesg</a>
377: ¦
378: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/xorg.conf.37.txt">xorg.conf</a>
379: </font>
1.106 nick 380: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.91 nick 381: JVC MP-XP 7250DE
1.92 nick 382: </td><td>
1.97 nick 383: <p><ul>
1.107 nick 384: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (October 2004) works.
1.97 nick 385: <li>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
386: SD card reader.
387: <li>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
1.91 nick 388: USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
1.97 nick 389: boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.
390: <li>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
391: is supported, too.
392: </ul>
393: Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.
1.111 nick 394: <p align="left">
395: <font size=2>
396: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
397: ¦
398: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-xfconfig.txt">xorg.conf</a>
399: ¦
400: <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php">
401: more info</a>.
402: </font>
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1.120 grunk 404: Medion MD6100 (model no. FID2040)
405: </td><td>
406: <p><ul>
407: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works.
408: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
409: <li>sis0 has certain issues, see postings
410: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-tech&m=105760910331290&w=2">[1]</a>,
411: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=110132503025407&w=2">[2]</a>, and
412: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=111251336023861&w=2">[3]</a>.
413: <li>infrared does not work under OpenBSD.
414: <li>sound is erratic, two out of three times.
415: <li>USB2.0 doesn't work (pci_intr_map: no mapping for pin D).
416: <li>To use the onboard NIC, make sure the interface is in Promiscuous
417: mode. I use `tcpdump -i sis0 -w /dev/null` to accomplish this. For
418: normal operation I add a (wireless) PCMCIA NIC.
419: Audio programs (mplayer/mpg123/ogg123/xmms/etc) simply should be
420: restarted once or twice to get proper audio.
421: </ul>
422: Overall, this laptop stinks. It's heavy, powerhungry and gets very hot
423: (too hot, often it will shut itself down to prevent meltdown).
424: A lot of hardware works only mediocre. The battery doesn't last long.
425: It's huge/bulky. It's *extremely* noisy. But, it *does* run OpenBSD.
426: And, when properly cooled, it's pretty fast (2.6 GHz). Why anyone
427: would need that much CPU in a laptop is beyond me, but it's there.
428: <p>
429: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
430: <p align="left">
431: <font size=2>
432: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/nugget">dmesg</a>
433: ¦
434: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/nugget">xorg.conf</a>
435: </font>
436: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.89 nick 437: Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
1.92 nick 438: </td><td>
1.97 nick 439: <p><ul>
440: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works, but there are some minor issues.
1.89 nick 441: <li>USB and built-in sound (Yamaha) work just fine.
1.110 nick 442: <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card
443: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl">xl(4)</a>
444: works ok.
1.89 nick 445: <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
446: tested them.
447: <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
448: kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
449: cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
450: come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
451: the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
452: partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
453: access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
454: <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
455: system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
456: <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
457: locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
458: causes the problems mentioned above.
459: <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
460: sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
1.97 nick 461: </ul>
1.89 nick 462: Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@pestilenz.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
1.97 nick 463: <p align="left">
464: <font size=2>
465: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a>
466: ¦
467: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
468: </font>
1.106 nick 469: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.119 grunk 470: Sony VAIO VGN-S16TP
471: </td><td>
472: <p><ul>
473: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
474: <li>Everything works just fine.
475: </ul>
476: Contact <a href="mailto:kevlo@openbsd.org">Kevin Lo</a>.
477: <p align="left">
478: <font size=2>
479: <a href="http://www.kevlo.org/dmesg">dmesg</a>
480: ¦
481: <a href="http://www.kevlo.org/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
482: </font>
483: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
484: Sony VAIO z505n
485: </td><td>
486: <p><ul>
487: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
488: cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
489: <li>Installation by USB floppy:
490: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
491: can be brought to boot if one disables the
492: following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
1.126 grunk 493: <pre>
1.119 grunk 494: disable pcibios
495: disable fxp
496: disable pcic
1.126 grunk 497: </pre>
1.119 grunk 498: <li>After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
499: and no network. This means that the laptop has
500: no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
501: on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
502: of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
503: partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
504: boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
505: (no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
506: <li>Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
507: works without modification.
508: </ul>
509: Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
510: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 511: Toshiba Satellite 2410S
1.92 nick 512: </td><td>
1.97 nick 513: <p><ul>
1.111 nick 514: <li>It's running OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 515: <li>All stuff are working fine (graphics, sound, PCMCIA, APM,
1.106 nick 516: ethernet), except infrared and the built-in SD card reader.
1.97 nick 517: <li>There's a bug with certain toshiba laptops and XFree/X.org. Ratio is
1.94 nick 518: too quick, and some chars are repeated. To avoid that, disable
1.96 nick 519: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=X&sektion=7">X</a>'s
1.110 nick 520: kbd handling, and load a modmap with xmodmap if needed.
1.97 nick 521: </ul>
522: Contact <a href="mailto:aanriot@atlantilde.com">Alexandre Anriot</a>.
523: <p align="left">
524: <font size=2>
525: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/dmesg/albatros.txt">dmesg</a>
526: ¦
527: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/repository/config/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
528: </font>
1.118 grunk 529: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.121 grunk 530: Toshiba Tecra 8000
531: </td><td>
532: <p><ul>
533: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (Jan 2005) works ok.
534: <li>All hardware except infrared works.
535: <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
536: <li>Sound required the following change to /bsd :
537: <ul>
538: <li>In the system BIOS use the following values
1.126 grunk 539: <pre>
1.121 grunk 540: Sound = Enabled
541: --- SOUND SYSTEM ---
542: WSS I/O Address = 530H
543: SBPro I/O Address = 220H
544: Synthesizer I/O Address = 388H
545: WSS & SBPro & MPU401 IRQ Level = IRQ5
546: WSS(Play) DMA = Channel 1
547: WSS(Rec.) & SBPro DMA = Channel 0
548: Control I/O Address = 538H
549: MPU401 (MIDI I/F) = 330H
1.126 grunk 550: </pre>
1.121 grunk 551: <li>config -f -e /bsd
1.126 grunk 552: <pre>
1.121 grunk 553: ukc> disable sb
554: 193 sb0 disabled
555: 241 sb* disabled
556: ukc> change wss0
557: 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq 0
558: +drq2 -1 flags 0x0
559: change [n] y
560: port [0x530] ?
561: size [0] ?
562: iomem [-1] ?
563: iosiz [0] ?
564: irq [10] ? 5
565: drq [0] ? 1
566: drq2 [-1] ? 0
567: flags [0] ?
568: 197 wss0 changed
569: 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 5 drq 1
570: +drq2 0 flags 0x0
571: ukc> quit
572: Saving modified kernel.
1.126 grunk 573: </pre>
1.121 grunk 574: </ul>
575: <li>separate xorg.conf not needed, X works perfectly without one
576: </ul>
577: An older but still very useable laptop. Not too fast, but fast enough
578: for some DivX viewing with mplayer and firefox/thunderbird-use (not
579: for the impatient though, but then again, what is?). The fan can get
580: a bit loud after many power-on hours. This also impacts battery
581: lifetime, but that is to be expected. Nice and well supported.
582: <p>
583: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
584: <p align="left">
585: <font size=2>
586: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/whopper">dmesg</a>
587: </font>
588: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.118 grunk 589: Toshiba Tecra 8100
590: </td><td>
591: <p><ul>
592: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works ok.
593: <li>All hardware except infrared works.
594: <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
595: </ul>
596: Very nice laptop indeed. Quiet, boots very fast, most hardware is
597: supported. Only APM doesn't work very well. Pretty fast, not too
598: heavy, very OpenBSD-friendly - just like its predecessor, the Tecra
599: 8000. Battery can get a bit rusty, works good from 100% to 50%, then
600: drops to ~3% in minutes. Not too strange for an older machine though.
601: <p>
602: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
603: <p align="left">
604: <font size=2>
605: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/pizza">dmesg</a>
606: ¦
607: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/pizza">xorg.conf</a>
608: </font>
1.92 nick 609: </td></tr>
1.1 deraadt 610: </table>
611:
1.110 nick 612: <p> If your laptop under OpenBSD is not listed above, feel free to mail
613: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a> to cure this.
1.111 nick 614: Please supply as much information as possible, such as:
1.110 nick 615: <ul>
616: <li>Notebook exact manufacturer, name and model.
617: <li>Latest OpenBSD version known to work on it (must be the latest
618: release or -current).
619: <li>List of working/not working things with OpenBSD.
620: <li>List of hacks you used to get certain things running.
621: <li>Links to your dmesg and xorg.conf.
622: <li>Contact name and email address.
623: </ul>
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