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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>
1.128 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: ¦
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: ¦
191: <a href="http://vitriol.net/~steve/openbsd/latitude-c610-xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
192: </font>
193: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.129 ! grunk 194: Dell Latitude D600
! 195: </td><td>
! 196: <p><ul>
! 197: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
! 198: <li>Audio, video (1024x768), and onboard NIC (Gigabit Broadcom
! 199: 570x) work just fine.
! 200: <li>Built-in wireless (Dell TrueMobile 1300) not supported.
! 201: </ul>
! 202: Contact <a href="mailto:benny@bennyvision.com">Benny</a>.
! 203: <p align="left">
! 204: <font size=2>
! 205: <a href="http://www.bennyvision.com/projects/openbsd/dell-latitude-d600/dell_latitude_d600.dmesg">dmesg</a>
! 206: ¦
! 207: <a href="http://www.bennyvision.com/projects/openbsd/dell-latitude-d600/dell_latitude_d600.xorg">xorg.conf</a>
! 208: </font>
! 209: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.90 nick 210: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
1.92 nick 211: </td><td>
1.97 nick 212: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 213: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works.
214: <li>APM is not working (boot with boot -c and then disable apm).
1.97 nick 215: <li>Sound works fine.
216: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
217: </ul>
218: Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
219: <p align="left">
220: <font size=2>
1.90 nick 221: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.97 nick 222: ¦
223: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
224: </font>
1.106 nick 225: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.116 grunk 226: Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E8010 with i855/SXGA+
227: </td><td>
228: <p><ul>
229: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
230: <li>SD card reader and SVGA are not supported.
231: <li>Doesn't have APM, so there's no way to suspend
232: or <tt>'halt -p'</tt> the box.
233: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi">iwi(4)</a>
234: needs an increased watchdog timeout of 10 in busy
235: environments, see
236: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">
237: if_iwi.c.diff</a>
238: (with or without this diff, you might still experience 'fatal error'
239: from time to time).
240: <li>needs Xorg-current (+
241: <a href="http://perso.wanadoo.fr/apoirier/855resolution-0.3.tgz">
242: 855resolution</a> for full 1400x1050 resolution).
243: The laptop only does 1280x1024 by default.
244: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
245: </ul>
246: Contact <a href="mailto:sturm@openbsd.org">Nikolay Sturm</a>.
247: <p align="left">
248: <font size=2>
249: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/dmesg">dmesg</a>
250: ¦
251: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
252: ¦
253: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">if_iwi.c.diff</a>
254: </font>
255: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 256: IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.
1.92 nick 257: </td><td>
1.97 nick 258: <p><ul>
1.101 nick 259: <li>Works fine with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 260: <li>If using a boot floppy the system may hang when probing ahc.
1.94 nick 261: Workaround: boot with -c and disable ahc.
262: A GENERIC kernel does not have this issue.
1.101 nick 263: <li>Serial ports must be enabled in BIOS.
264: <li>"ctrl:nocaps" in X puts the control key in a proper location
265: <li>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK
266: <li>Hibernation not tested, but should work with
267: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> from the ports collection.
1.97 nick 268: <li>The audio chipset is supported (auich).
1.72 marc 269:
1.97 nick 270: <li>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">http://www.snafu.org/t23/</a>
1.94 nick 271: for more info.
1.97 nick 272: </ul>
273: Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.
274: <p align="left">
275: <font size=2>
1.101 nick 276: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
277: ¦
278: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.97 nick 279: </font>
1.106 nick 280: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.125 grunk 281: IBM Thinkpad T41p type 2373-GEU
282: </td><td>
283: <p><ul>
284: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
285: <li>Everything works fine: APM, X, onboard ethernet (em), sound,
286: usb, docking station
287: <li>onboard atheros works in 802.11b mode only
288: </ul>
289: Contact <a href="mailto:matt@arin.net">Matt Rowley</a>.
290: <p align="left">
291: <font size=2>
292: <a href="http://www.damnskippy.org/openbsd/dmesg.t41p-20050610">dmesg</a>
293: ¦
294: <a href="http://www.damnskippy.org/openbsd/xorg.conf.new">xorg.conf</a>
295: </font>
296: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.117 grunk 297: IBM Thinkpad T42 model 2373
298: </td><td>
299: <p><ul>
300: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
301: <li>See entry for the X40 for the built-in
302: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a> or
303: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
304: 802.11 card and APM/Hibernation support.
305: <li>See entry for the X31 for Enhanced SpeedStep and the extra Thinkpad buttons.
306: <li>The alternatively built-in "Atheros AR5212 (IBM MiniPCI)" 802.11 card works with the
307: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>
308: driver.
309: <li>X.org with ATI Radeon Mobility works fine (1024x768, 24bpp).
310: <li>The built-in USB Bluetooth and infrared are not presently supported.
311: <li>The built-in
312: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">em(4)</a>
313: gigabit ethernet device works fine.
314: <li>The built-in
315: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
316: audio device works fine.
317: <li>The built-in fingerprint scanner found in some models is not supported.
318: </ul>
319: Contact <a href="mailto:reyk@openbsd.org">Reyk Floeter</a>.
320: <p align="left">
321: <font size=2>
322: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/dmesg-t42">dmesg</a>
323: ¦
324: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/xorg.conf-t42">xorg.conf</a>
325: </font>
326: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 327: IBM Thinkpad X31
328: </td><td>
1.97 nick 329: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 330: <li>Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
331: <li>Nearly all Hardware is supported, except FireWire.
1.97 nick 332: <li>APM is well supported. Suspend mode (apm -s/zzz) works without
1.94 nick 333: problems. Hibernation (suspend to disk) works also fine but
334: requires a small MS-DOS partition with a hibernation file at the
335: beginning of the harddisk. You can create this file with tphdisk
1.97 nick 336: from ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk).
337:
338: <li>The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via
339: xmodmap.
340: <li>Example:
1.94 nick 341:
1.126 grunk 342: <pre>
1.96 nick 343: xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down"
344: xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"
1.126 grunk 345: </pre>
1.94 nick 346:
1.97 nick 347: <li>The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G)
1.98 nick 348: works with the
349: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
350: driver. But you need to download the unfree firmware first to get
351: it working. For more details read
352: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4#FILES">ipw(4)</a>.
353:
354: <li>I'm planning to replace this card with a
355: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
356: or an
357: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>.
1.94 nick 358: For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
359: I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
1.115 nick 360: <i>special</i> IBM mini-PCI cards to be installed. The bios can
1.97 nick 361: be patched with the tpwireless program
1.115 nick 362: (<tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt>, <b>use on your own risk!</b>).
1.94 nick 363:
1.97 nick 364: <li>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
365: as well.
1.94 nick 366:
1.127 david 367: <li>Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the CPU speed
1.97 nick 368: via sysctl (<tt>sysctl hw.setperf</tt>).
1.94 nick 369:
1.98 nick 370: <li>The on-board
371: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
372: and
373: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.99 nick 374: are working without problems.
1.94 nick 375:
1.97 nick 376: <li>The keys for mute, volume up and volume down are working fine.
1.94 nick 377: No special software is required. If you'd like to get the big
378: "Access IBM" button to work and have a nice on-screen display, you
379: can install tpb from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb) This works just
380: fine and you have nice on-screen messages when you change volume and
1.97 nick 381: brightness settings or enable/disable the ThinkLight.
382: </ul>
383: Contact <a href="mailto:b.ahlers@ba-net.org">Bernd Ahlers</a>.
384: <p align="left">
385: <font size=2>
386: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/dmesg">dmesg</a>
387: ¦
388: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
389: </font>
1.106 nick 390: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.102 nick 391: IBM Thinkpad X40
392: </td><td>
393: <p><ul>
394: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
1.109 jolan 395: <li>SD Card Slot is not presently supported.
1.102 nick 396: <li>The built-in "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" works only with additional
397: firmware. See
398: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a>
399: for more information.
1.115 nick 400: <li>The use of other mini-PCI cards may be restricted by the BIOS.
1.110 nick 401: However, non-IBM supplied cards can be used after running the
402: <tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility.
1.108 djm 403: <li>APM works fine, including suspend to hard-disk (hibernation)
1.102 nick 404: <li>If you want to use Hibernation, you must have a small
1.103 nick 405: msdos partition with a save2dsk.bin. For this, you can use
1.102 nick 406: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt>.
1.104 nick 407: <li>Perhaps one of the best supported notebooks because several
1.110 nick 408: developers also use it.
1.102 nick 409: </ul>
410: Contact <a href="mailto:marcus.popp@paranoidbsd.org">Marcus Popp</a>.
411: <p align="left">
412: <font size=2>
413: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/dmesg.37.txt">dmesg</a>
414: ¦
415: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/xorg.conf.37.txt">xorg.conf</a>
416: </font>
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1.91 nick 418: JVC MP-XP 7250DE
1.92 nick 419: </td><td>
1.97 nick 420: <p><ul>
1.107 nick 421: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (October 2004) works.
1.97 nick 422: <li>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
423: SD card reader.
424: <li>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
1.91 nick 425: USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
1.97 nick 426: boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.
427: <li>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
428: is supported, too.
429: </ul>
430: Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.
1.111 nick 431: <p align="left">
432: <font size=2>
433: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
434: ¦
435: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-xfconfig.txt">xorg.conf</a>
436: ¦
437: <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php">
438: more info</a>.
439: </font>
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1.120 grunk 441: Medion MD6100 (model no. FID2040)
442: </td><td>
443: <p><ul>
444: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works.
445: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
446: <li>sis0 has certain issues, see postings
447: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-tech&m=105760910331290&w=2">[1]</a>,
448: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=110132503025407&w=2">[2]</a>, and
449: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=111251336023861&w=2">[3]</a>.
450: <li>infrared does not work under OpenBSD.
451: <li>sound is erratic, two out of three times.
452: <li>USB2.0 doesn't work (pci_intr_map: no mapping for pin D).
453: <li>To use the onboard NIC, make sure the interface is in Promiscuous
454: mode. I use `tcpdump -i sis0 -w /dev/null` to accomplish this. For
455: normal operation I add a (wireless) PCMCIA NIC.
456: Audio programs (mplayer/mpg123/ogg123/xmms/etc) simply should be
457: restarted once or twice to get proper audio.
458: </ul>
459: Overall, this laptop stinks. It's heavy, powerhungry and gets very hot
460: (too hot, often it will shut itself down to prevent meltdown).
461: A lot of hardware works only mediocre. The battery doesn't last long.
462: It's huge/bulky. It's *extremely* noisy. But, it *does* run OpenBSD.
463: And, when properly cooled, it's pretty fast (2.6 GHz). Why anyone
464: would need that much CPU in a laptop is beyond me, but it's there.
465: <p>
466: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
467: <p align="left">
468: <font size=2>
469: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/nugget">dmesg</a>
470: ¦
471: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/nugget">xorg.conf</a>
472: </font>
473: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.89 nick 474: Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
1.92 nick 475: </td><td>
1.97 nick 476: <p><ul>
477: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works, but there are some minor issues.
1.89 nick 478: <li>USB and built-in sound (Yamaha) work just fine.
1.110 nick 479: <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card
480: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl">xl(4)</a>
481: works ok.
1.89 nick 482: <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
483: tested them.
484: <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
485: kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
486: cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
487: come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
488: the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
489: partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
490: access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
491: <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
492: system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
493: <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
494: locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
495: causes the problems mentioned above.
496: <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
497: sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
1.97 nick 498: </ul>
1.89 nick 499: Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@pestilenz.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
1.97 nick 500: <p align="left">
501: <font size=2>
502: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a>
503: ¦
504: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
505: </font>
1.106 nick 506: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.119 grunk 507: Sony VAIO VGN-S16TP
508: </td><td>
509: <p><ul>
510: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
511: <li>Everything works just fine.
512: </ul>
513: Contact <a href="mailto:kevlo@openbsd.org">Kevin Lo</a>.
514: <p align="left">
515: <font size=2>
516: <a href="http://www.kevlo.org/dmesg">dmesg</a>
517: ¦
518: <a href="http://www.kevlo.org/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
519: </font>
520: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
521: Sony VAIO z505n
522: </td><td>
523: <p><ul>
524: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
525: cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
526: <li>Installation by USB floppy:
527: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
528: can be brought to boot if one disables the
529: following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
1.126 grunk 530: <pre>
1.119 grunk 531: disable pcibios
532: disable fxp
533: disable pcic
1.126 grunk 534: </pre>
1.119 grunk 535: <li>After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
536: and no network. This means that the laptop has
537: no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
538: on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
539: of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
540: partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
541: boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
542: (no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
543: <li>Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
544: works without modification.
545: </ul>
546: Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
547: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 548: Toshiba Satellite 2410S
1.92 nick 549: </td><td>
1.97 nick 550: <p><ul>
1.111 nick 551: <li>It's running OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 552: <li>All stuff are working fine (graphics, sound, PCMCIA, APM,
1.106 nick 553: ethernet), except infrared and the built-in SD card reader.
1.97 nick 554: <li>There's a bug with certain toshiba laptops and XFree/X.org. Ratio is
1.94 nick 555: too quick, and some chars are repeated. To avoid that, disable
1.96 nick 556: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=X&sektion=7">X</a>'s
1.110 nick 557: kbd handling, and load a modmap with xmodmap if needed.
1.97 nick 558: </ul>
559: Contact <a href="mailto:aanriot@atlantilde.com">Alexandre Anriot</a>.
560: <p align="left">
561: <font size=2>
562: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/dmesg/albatros.txt">dmesg</a>
563: ¦
564: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/repository/config/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
565: </font>
1.118 grunk 566: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.121 grunk 567: Toshiba Tecra 8000
568: </td><td>
569: <p><ul>
570: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (Jan 2005) works ok.
571: <li>All hardware except infrared works.
572: <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
573: <li>Sound required the following change to /bsd :
574: <ul>
575: <li>In the system BIOS use the following values
1.126 grunk 576: <pre>
1.121 grunk 577: Sound = Enabled
578: --- SOUND SYSTEM ---
579: WSS I/O Address = 530H
580: SBPro I/O Address = 220H
581: Synthesizer I/O Address = 388H
582: WSS & SBPro & MPU401 IRQ Level = IRQ5
583: WSS(Play) DMA = Channel 1
584: WSS(Rec.) & SBPro DMA = Channel 0
585: Control I/O Address = 538H
586: MPU401 (MIDI I/F) = 330H
1.126 grunk 587: </pre>
1.121 grunk 588: <li>config -f -e /bsd
1.126 grunk 589: <pre>
1.121 grunk 590: ukc> disable sb
591: 193 sb0 disabled
592: 241 sb* disabled
593: ukc> change wss0
594: 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq 0
595: +drq2 -1 flags 0x0
596: change [n] y
597: port [0x530] ?
598: size [0] ?
599: iomem [-1] ?
600: iosiz [0] ?
601: irq [10] ? 5
602: drq [0] ? 1
603: drq2 [-1] ? 0
604: flags [0] ?
605: 197 wss0 changed
606: 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 5 drq 1
607: +drq2 0 flags 0x0
608: ukc> quit
609: Saving modified kernel.
1.126 grunk 610: </pre>
1.121 grunk 611: </ul>
612: <li>separate xorg.conf not needed, X works perfectly without one
613: </ul>
614: An older but still very useable laptop. Not too fast, but fast enough
615: for some DivX viewing with mplayer and firefox/thunderbird-use (not
616: for the impatient though, but then again, what is?). The fan can get
617: a bit loud after many power-on hours. This also impacts battery
618: lifetime, but that is to be expected. Nice and well supported.
619: <p>
620: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
621: <p align="left">
622: <font size=2>
623: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/whopper">dmesg</a>
624: </font>
625: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.118 grunk 626: Toshiba Tecra 8100
627: </td><td>
628: <p><ul>
629: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works ok.
630: <li>All hardware except infrared works.
631: <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
632: </ul>
633: Very nice laptop indeed. Quiet, boots very fast, most hardware is
634: supported. Only APM doesn't work very well. Pretty fast, not too
635: heavy, very OpenBSD-friendly - just like its predecessor, the Tecra
636: 8000. Battery can get a bit rusty, works good from 100% to 50%, then
637: drops to ~3% in minutes. Not too strange for an older machine though.
638: <p>
639: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
640: <p align="left">
641: <font size=2>
642: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/pizza">dmesg</a>
643: ¦
644: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/pizza">xorg.conf</a>
645: </font>
1.92 nick 646: </td></tr>
1.1 deraadt 647: </table>
648:
1.110 nick 649: <p> If your laptop under OpenBSD is not listed above, feel free to mail
650: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a> to cure this.
1.111 nick 651: Please supply as much information as possible, such as:
1.110 nick 652: <ul>
653: <li>Notebook exact manufacturer, name and model.
654: <li>Latest OpenBSD version known to work on it (must be the latest
655: release or -current).
656: <li>List of working/not working things with OpenBSD.
657: <li>List of hacks you used to get certain things running.
658: <li>Links to your dmesg and xorg.conf.
659: <li>Contact name and email address.
660: </ul>
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