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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:        &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>
1.124     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 Sigur&eth;sson</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:        &brvbar;
                    156:        <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
                    157:        </font>
1.106     nick      158: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.128   ! grunk     159:        Dell Latitude c400
        !           160: </td><td>
        !           161: <p><ul>
        !           162:        <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 24, 2005) works.
        !           163:        <li>All hardware (including wi(4), sound, X at 1024x768/24bit) works.
        !           164:        <li>Suspend sort of works: the system will go to sleep (either by
        !           165:        zzz(8), closing the lid, or Fn-Esc), but it won't wake up properly (I
        !           166:        get a flashing _ cursor) ... so, I have to hold down the power button
        !           167:        for a few seconds, reboot, and fsck.
        !           168:        <li>For some reason, unless specifically told, X will default to a
        !           169:        lower resolution. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace kicks it into gear.
        !           170:        Hardcoding 1024x768 into xorg.conf fixes it for good though.
        !           171: </ul>
        !           172:        Contact <a href="mailto:Mark.Peoples@asu.edu">Mark Peoples</a>.
        !           173:        <p align="left">
        !           174:        <font size=2>
        !           175:        <a href="http://www.azbsd.org/~marco/obsd/laptop/dmesg">dmesg</a>
        !           176:        &brvbar;
        !           177:        <a href="http://www.azbsd.org/~marco/obsd/laptop/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
        !           178:        </font>
        !           179: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.122     grunk     180:        Dell Latitude c610
                    181: </td><td>
                    182: <p><ul>
                    183:        <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 24, 2005) works.
1.124     grunk     184:        <li>Audio, video (1400x1050), and onboard NIC work just fine.
1.122     grunk     185: </ul>
                    186:        Contact <a href="mailto:steve@vitriol.net">Steve Tornio</a>.
                    187:        <p align="left">
                    188:        <font size=2>
                    189:        <a href="http://vitriol.net/~steve/openbsd/latitude-c610-dmesg">dmesg</a>
                    190:        &brvbar;
                    191:        <a href="http://vitriol.net/~steve/openbsd/latitude-c610-xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
                    192:        </font>
                    193: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.90      nick      194:        Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
1.92      nick      195: </td><td>
1.97      nick      196: <p><ul>
1.106     nick      197:        <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works.
                    198:        <li>APM is not working (boot with boot -c and then disable apm).
1.97      nick      199:        <li>Sound works fine.
                    200:        <li>Everything else on the machine works.
                    201: </ul>
                    202:        Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
                    203:        <p align="left">
                    204:        <font size=2>
1.90      nick      205:        <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.97      nick      206:        &brvbar;
                    207:        <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
                    208:        </font>
1.106     nick      209: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.116     grunk     210:        Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E8010 with i855/SXGA+
                    211: </td><td>
                    212: <p><ul>
                    213:        <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
                    214:        <li>SD card reader and SVGA are not supported.
                    215:        <li>Doesn't have APM, so there's no way to suspend
                    216:        or <tt>'halt -p'</tt> the box.
                    217:        <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi">iwi(4)</a>
                    218:        needs an increased watchdog timeout of 10 in busy
                    219:        environments, see
                    220:        <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">
                    221:        if_iwi.c.diff</a>
                    222:        (with or without this diff, you might still experience 'fatal error'
                    223:        from time to time).
                    224:        <li>needs Xorg-current (+
                    225:        <a href="http://perso.wanadoo.fr/apoirier/855resolution-0.3.tgz">
                    226:        855resolution</a> for full 1400x1050 resolution).
                    227:        The laptop only does 1280x1024 by default.
                    228:        <li>Everything else on the machine works.
                    229: </ul>
                    230:        Contact <a href="mailto:sturm@openbsd.org">Nikolay Sturm</a>.
                    231:        <p align="left">
                    232:        <font size=2>
                    233:        <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/dmesg">dmesg</a>
                    234:        &brvbar;
                    235:        <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
                    236:        &brvbar;
                    237:        <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">if_iwi.c.diff</a>
                    238:        </font>
                    239: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94      nick      240:        IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.
1.92      nick      241: </td><td>
1.97      nick      242: <p><ul>
1.101     nick      243:        <li>Works fine with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97      nick      244:        <li>If using a boot floppy the system may hang when probing ahc.
1.94      nick      245:        Workaround: boot with -c and disable ahc.
                    246:        A GENERIC kernel does not have this issue.
1.101     nick      247:        <li>Serial ports must be enabled in BIOS.
                    248:        <li>"ctrl:nocaps" in X puts the control key in a proper location
                    249:        <li>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK
                    250:        <li>Hibernation not tested, but should work with
                    251:        <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> from the ports collection.
1.97      nick      252:        <li>The audio chipset is supported (auich).
1.72      marc      253:
1.97      nick      254:        <li>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">http://www.snafu.org/t23/</a>
1.94      nick      255:        for more info.
1.97      nick      256: </ul>
                    257:        Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.
                    258:        <p align="left">
                    259:        <font size=2>
1.101     nick      260:        <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
                    261:        &brvbar;
                    262:        <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.97      nick      263:        </font>
1.106     nick      264: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.125     grunk     265:        IBM Thinkpad T41p type 2373-GEU
                    266: </td><td>
                    267: <p><ul>
                    268:        <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
                    269:        <li>Everything works fine: APM, X, onboard ethernet (em), sound,
                    270:        usb, docking station
                    271:        <li>onboard atheros works in 802.11b mode only
                    272: </ul>
                    273:        Contact <a href="mailto:matt@arin.net">Matt Rowley</a>.
                    274:        <p align="left">
                    275:        <font size=2>
                    276:        <a href="http://www.damnskippy.org/openbsd/dmesg.t41p-20050610">dmesg</a>
                    277:        &brvbar;
                    278:        <a href="http://www.damnskippy.org/openbsd/xorg.conf.new">xorg.conf</a>
                    279:        </font>
                    280: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.117     grunk     281:        IBM Thinkpad T42 model 2373
                    282: </td><td>
                    283: <p><ul>
                    284:        <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
                    285:        <li>See entry for the X40 for the built-in
                    286:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&amp;sektion=4">iwi(4)</a> or
                    287:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&amp;sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
                    288:        802.11 card and APM/Hibernation support.
                    289:        <li>See entry for the X31 for Enhanced SpeedStep and the extra Thinkpad buttons.
                    290:        <li>The alternatively built-in "Atheros AR5212 (IBM MiniPCI)" 802.11 card works with the
                    291:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&amp;sektion=4">ath(4)</a>
                    292:        driver.
                    293:        <li>X.org with ATI Radeon Mobility works fine (1024x768, 24bpp).
                    294:        <li>The built-in USB Bluetooth and infrared are not presently supported.
                    295:        <li>The built-in
                    296:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&amp;sektion=4">em(4)</a>
                    297:        gigabit ethernet device works fine.
                    298:        <li>The built-in
                    299:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&amp;sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
                    300:        audio device works fine.
                    301:        <li>The built-in fingerprint scanner found in some models is not supported.
                    302: </ul>
                    303:        Contact <a href="mailto:reyk@openbsd.org">Reyk Floeter</a>.
                    304:        <p align="left">
                    305:        <font size=2>
                    306:        <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/dmesg-t42">dmesg</a>
                    307:        &brvbar;
                    308:        <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/xorg.conf-t42">xorg.conf</a>
                    309:        </font>
                    310: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94      nick      311:        IBM Thinkpad X31
                    312: </td><td>
1.97      nick      313: <p><ul>
1.106     nick      314:        <li>Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
                    315:        <li>Nearly all Hardware is supported, except FireWire.
1.97      nick      316:        <li>APM is well supported. Suspend mode (apm -s/zzz) works without
1.94      nick      317:        problems. Hibernation (suspend to disk) works also fine but
                    318:        requires a small MS-DOS partition with a hibernation file at the
                    319:        beginning of the harddisk. You can create this file with tphdisk
1.97      nick      320:        from ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk).
                    321:
                    322:        <li>The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via
                    323:        xmodmap.
                    324:        <li>Example:
1.94      nick      325:
1.126     grunk     326: <pre>
1.96      nick      327:                xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down"
                    328:                xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"
1.126     grunk     329: </pre>
1.94      nick      330:
1.97      nick      331:        <li>The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G)
1.98      nick      332:        works with the
                    333:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&amp;sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
                    334:        driver. But you need to download the unfree firmware first to get
                    335:        it working. For more details read
                    336:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&amp;sektion=4#FILES">ipw(4)</a>.
                    337:
                    338:        <li>I'm planning to replace this card with a
                    339:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&amp;sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
                    340:        or an
                    341:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&amp;sektion=4">ath(4)</a>.
1.94      nick      342:        For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
                    343:        I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
1.115     nick      344:        <i>special</i> IBM mini-PCI cards to be installed. The bios can
1.97      nick      345:        be patched with the tpwireless program
1.115     nick      346:        (<tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt>, <b>use on your own risk!</b>).
1.94      nick      347:
1.97      nick      348:        <li>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
                    349:        as well.
1.94      nick      350:
1.127     david     351:        <li>Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the CPU speed
1.97      nick      352:        via sysctl (<tt>sysctl hw.setperf</tt>).
1.94      nick      353:
1.98      nick      354:        <li>The on-board
                    355:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&amp;sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
                    356:        and
                    357:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&amp;sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.99      nick      358:        are working without problems.
1.94      nick      359:
1.97      nick      360:        <li>The keys for mute, volume up and volume down are working fine.
1.94      nick      361:        No special software is required. If you'd like to get the big
                    362:        "Access IBM" button to work and have a nice on-screen display, you
                    363:        can install tpb from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb) This works just
                    364:        fine and you have nice on-screen messages when you change volume and
1.97      nick      365:        brightness settings or enable/disable the ThinkLight.
                    366: </ul>
                    367:        Contact <a href="mailto:b.ahlers@ba-net.org">Bernd Ahlers</a>.
                    368:        <p align="left">
                    369:        <font size=2>
                    370:        <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/dmesg">dmesg</a>
                    371:        &brvbar;
                    372:        <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
                    373:        </font>
1.106     nick      374: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.102     nick      375:        IBM Thinkpad X40
                    376: </td><td>
                    377: <p><ul>
                    378:        <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
1.109     jolan     379:        <li>SD Card Slot is not presently supported.
1.102     nick      380:        <li>The built-in "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" works only with additional
                    381:        firmware. See
                    382:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&amp;sektion=4">iwi(4)</a>
                    383:        for more information.
1.115     nick      384:        <li>The use of other mini-PCI cards may be restricted by the BIOS.
1.110     nick      385:        However, non-IBM supplied cards can be used after running the
                    386:        <tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility.
1.108     djm       387:        <li>APM works fine, including suspend to hard-disk (hibernation)
1.102     nick      388:        <li>If you want to use Hibernation, you must have a small
1.103     nick      389:        msdos partition with a save2dsk.bin. For this, you can use
1.102     nick      390:        <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt>.
1.104     nick      391:        <li>Perhaps one of the best supported notebooks because several
1.110     nick      392:        developers also use it.
1.102     nick      393: </ul>
                    394:        Contact <a href="mailto:marcus.popp@paranoidbsd.org">Marcus Popp</a>.
                    395:        <p align="left">
                    396:        <font size=2>
                    397:        <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/dmesg.37.txt">dmesg</a>
                    398:        &brvbar;
                    399:        <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/xorg.conf.37.txt">xorg.conf</a>
                    400:        </font>
1.106     nick      401: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.91      nick      402:        JVC MP-XP 7250DE
1.92      nick      403: </td><td>
1.97      nick      404: <p><ul>
1.107     nick      405:        <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (October 2004) works.
1.97      nick      406:        <li>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
                    407:        SD card reader.
                    408:        <li>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
1.91      nick      409:        USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
1.97      nick      410:        boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.
                    411:        <li>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
                    412:        is supported, too.
                    413: </ul>
                    414:        Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.
1.111     nick      415:        <p align="left">
                    416:        <font size=2>
                    417:        <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
                    418:        &brvbar;
                    419:        <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-xfconfig.txt">xorg.conf</a>
                    420:        &brvbar;
                    421:        <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php">
                    422:        more info</a>.
                    423:        </font>
1.106     nick      424: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.120     grunk     425:        Medion MD6100 (model no. FID2040)
                    426: </td><td>
                    427: <p><ul>
                    428:        <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works.
                    429:        <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
                    430:        <li>sis0 has certain issues, see postings
                    431:        <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-tech&amp;m=105760910331290&amp;w=2">[1]</a>,
                    432:        <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&amp;m=110132503025407&amp;w=2">[2]</a>, and
                    433:        <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&amp;m=111251336023861&amp;w=2">[3]</a>.
                    434:        <li>infrared does not work under OpenBSD.
                    435:        <li>sound is erratic, two out of three times.
                    436:        <li>USB2.0 doesn't work (pci_intr_map: no mapping for pin D).
                    437:        <li>To use the onboard NIC, make sure the interface is in Promiscuous
                    438:        mode. I use `tcpdump -i sis0 -w /dev/null` to accomplish this. For
                    439:        normal operation I add a (wireless) PCMCIA NIC.
                    440:        Audio programs (mplayer/mpg123/ogg123/xmms/etc) simply should be
                    441:        restarted once or twice to get proper audio.
                    442: </ul>
                    443:        Overall, this laptop stinks. It's heavy, powerhungry and gets very hot
                    444:        (too hot, often it will shut itself down to prevent meltdown).
                    445:        A lot of hardware works only mediocre. The battery doesn't last long.
                    446:        It's huge/bulky. It's *extremely* noisy. But, it *does* run OpenBSD.
                    447:        And, when properly cooled, it's pretty fast (2.6 GHz). Why anyone
                    448:        would need that much CPU in a laptop is beyond me, but it's there.
                    449:        <p>
                    450:        Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
                    451:        <p align="left">
                    452:        <font size=2>
                    453:        <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/nugget">dmesg</a>
                    454:        &brvbar;
                    455:        <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/nugget">xorg.conf</a>
                    456:        </font>
                    457: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.89      nick      458:        Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
1.92      nick      459: </td><td>
1.97      nick      460: <p><ul>
                    461:        <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works, but there are some minor issues.
1.89      nick      462:        <li>USB and built-in sound (Yamaha) work just fine.
1.110     nick      463:        <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card
                    464:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl">xl(4)</a>
                    465:        works ok.
1.89      nick      466:        <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
                    467:        tested them.
                    468:        <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
                    469:        kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
                    470:        cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
                    471:        come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
                    472:        the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
                    473:        partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
                    474:        access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
                    475:        <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
                    476:        system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
                    477:        <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
                    478:        locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
                    479:        causes the problems mentioned above.
                    480:        <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
                    481:        sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
1.97      nick      482: </ul>
1.89      nick      483:        Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@pestilenz.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
1.97      nick      484:        <p align="left">
                    485:        <font size=2>
                    486:        <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a>
                    487:        &brvbar;
                    488:        <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
                    489:        </font>
1.106     nick      490: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.119     grunk     491:        Sony VAIO VGN-S16TP
                    492: </td><td>
                    493: <p><ul>
                    494:        <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
                    495:        <li>Everything works just fine.
                    496: </ul>
                    497:        Contact <a href="mailto:kevlo@openbsd.org">Kevin Lo</a>.
                    498:        <p align="left">
                    499:        <font size=2>
                    500:        <a href="http://www.kevlo.org/dmesg">dmesg</a>
                    501:        &brvbar;
                    502:        <a href="http://www.kevlo.org/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
                    503:        </font>
                    504: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
                    505:        Sony VAIO z505n
                    506: </td><td>
                    507: <p><ul>
                    508:        <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
                    509:        cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
                    510:        <li>Installation by USB floppy:
                    511:        The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
                    512:        can be brought to boot if one disables the
                    513:        following (boot -c, wait for the UKC&gt; prompt):
1.126     grunk     514: <pre>
1.119     grunk     515:        disable pcibios
                    516:        disable fxp
                    517:        disable pcic
1.126     grunk     518: </pre>
1.119     grunk     519:        <li>After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
                    520:        and no network. This means that the laptop has
                    521:        no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
                    522:        on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
                    523:        of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
                    524:        partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
                    525:        boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
                    526:        (no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
                    527:        <li>Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
                    528:        works without modification.
                    529: </ul>
                    530:        Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
                    531: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94      nick      532:        Toshiba Satellite 2410S
1.92      nick      533: </td><td>
1.97      nick      534: <p><ul>
1.111     nick      535:        <li>It's running OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97      nick      536:        <li>All stuff are working fine (graphics, sound, PCMCIA, APM,
1.106     nick      537:        ethernet), except infrared and the built-in SD card reader.
1.97      nick      538:        <li>There's a bug with certain toshiba laptops and XFree/X.org. Ratio is
1.94      nick      539:        too quick, and some chars are repeated. To avoid that, disable
1.96      nick      540:        <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=X&amp;sektion=7">X</a>'s
1.110     nick      541:        kbd handling, and load a modmap with xmodmap if needed.
1.97      nick      542: </ul>
                    543:        Contact <a href="mailto:aanriot@atlantilde.com">Alexandre Anriot</a>.
                    544:        <p align="left">
                    545:        <font size=2>
                    546:        <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/dmesg/albatros.txt">dmesg</a>
                    547:        &brvbar;
                    548:        <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/repository/config/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
                    549:        </font>
1.118     grunk     550: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.121     grunk     551:        Toshiba Tecra 8000
                    552: </td><td>
                    553: <p><ul>
                    554:        <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (Jan 2005) works ok.
                    555:        <li>All hardware except infrared works.
                    556:        <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
                    557:        <li>Sound required the following change to /bsd :
                    558:        <ul>
                    559:                <li>In the system BIOS use the following values
1.126     grunk     560: <pre>
1.121     grunk     561:                Sound = Enabled
                    562:                --- SOUND SYSTEM ---
                    563:                WSS I/O Address = 530H
                    564:                SBPro I/O Address = 220H
                    565:                Synthesizer I/O Address = 388H
                    566:                WSS & SBPro & MPU401 IRQ Level = IRQ5
                    567:                WSS(Play) DMA = Channel 1
                    568:                WSS(Rec.) & SBPro DMA = Channel 0
                    569:                Control I/O Address = 538H
                    570:                MPU401 (MIDI I/F) = 330H
1.126     grunk     571: </pre>
1.121     grunk     572:                <li>config -f -e /bsd
1.126     grunk     573: <pre>
1.121     grunk     574:                ukc> disable sb
                    575:                193 sb0 disabled
                    576:                241 sb* disabled
                    577:                ukc> change wss0
                    578:                197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq 0
                    579:                +drq2 -1 flags 0x0
                    580:                change [n] y
                    581:                port [0x530] ?
                    582:                size [0] ?
                    583:                iomem [-1] ?
                    584:                iosiz [0] ?
                    585:                irq [10] ? 5
                    586:                drq [0] ? 1
                    587:                drq2 [-1] ? 0
                    588:                flags [0] ?
                    589:                197 wss0 changed
                    590:                197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 5 drq 1
                    591:                +drq2 0 flags 0x0
                    592:                ukc> quit
                    593:                Saving modified kernel.
1.126     grunk     594: </pre>
1.121     grunk     595:        </ul>
                    596:        <li>separate xorg.conf not needed, X works perfectly without one
                    597: </ul>
                    598:        An older but still very useable laptop. Not too fast, but fast enough
                    599:        for some DivX viewing with mplayer and firefox/thunderbird-use (not
                    600:        for the impatient though, but then again, what is?). The fan can get
                    601:        a bit loud after many power-on hours. This also impacts battery
                    602:        lifetime, but that is to be expected. Nice and well supported.
                    603:        <p>
                    604:        Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
                    605:        <p align="left">
                    606:        <font size=2>
                    607:        <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/whopper">dmesg</a>
                    608:        </font>
                    609: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.118     grunk     610:        Toshiba Tecra 8100
                    611: </td><td>
                    612: <p><ul>
                    613:        <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works ok.
                    614:        <li>All hardware except infrared works.
                    615:        <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
                    616: </ul>
                    617:        Very nice laptop indeed. Quiet, boots very fast, most hardware is
                    618:        supported. Only APM doesn't work very well. Pretty fast, not too
                    619:        heavy, very OpenBSD-friendly - just like its predecessor, the Tecra
                    620:        8000. Battery can get a bit rusty, works good from 100% to 50%, then
                    621:        drops to ~3% in minutes. Not too strange for an older machine though.
                    622:        <p>
                    623:        Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
                    624:        <p align="left">
                    625:        <font size=2>
                    626:        <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/pizza">dmesg</a>
                    627:        &brvbar;
                    628:        <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/pizza">xorg.conf</a>
                    629:        </font>
1.92      nick      630: </td></tr>
1.1       deraadt   631: </table>
                    632:
1.110     nick      633: <p> If your laptop under OpenBSD is not listed above, feel free to mail
                    634: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a> to cure this.
1.111     nick      635: Please supply as much information as possible, such as:
1.110     nick      636: <ul>
                    637:        <li>Notebook exact manufacturer, name and model.
                    638:        <li>Latest OpenBSD version known to work on it (must be the latest
                    639:        release or -current).
                    640:        <li>List of working/not working things with OpenBSD.
                    641:        <li>List of hacks you used to get certain things running.
                    642:        <li>Links to your dmesg and xorg.conf.
                    643:        <li>Contact name and email address.
                    644: </ul>
                    645:
1.92      nick      646: <a href="i386.html"><img height=24 width=24 src="back.gif" border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
                    647: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a><br>
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