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1.78 jufi 17: <h2><font color="#e00000">i386 Laptop Status</font></h2>
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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>
1.130 grunk 194: Dell Latitude c640
195: </td><td>
196: <p><ul>
197: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 29, 2005) works.
198: <li>Integrated auich works fine, but one can hear a little 'crack'
199: everytime a sound is started and ended.
200: <li>xl, USB, touchpad, Trackpoint, com0, APM, carbus, integrated
201: ATI Radeon Mobility M7 LW all work fine.
202: <li>not tested: tv-out, infrared, microphone
203: </ul>
204: Contact <a href="mailto:jkossen@xs4all.nl">Jochem Kossen</a>.
205: <p align="left">
206: <font size=2>
207: <a href="http://jkossen.nl/openbsd/dmesg_laptop_dell_c640">dmesg</a>
208: ¦
209: <a href="http://jkossen.nl/openbsd/xorg.conf_laptop_dell_c640">xorg.conf</a>
210: </font>
211: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.136 grunk 212: Dell Latitude D505
213: </td><td>
214: <p><ul>
215: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
216: <li>The onboard NIC (fxp) works fine.
217: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
218: <li>The touchpad works fine, under X as well as under text consoles.
219: <li>USB 2.0 works fine: DVD writing using an external USB DVD
220: writer, as well as a USB flash device.
221: <li>Built-in CD/DVD player works nicely.
222: <li>Sound (auich) works, but it's very loud by default, especially
223: the beep. For this reason, I've put <tt>outputs.master=30</tt> in
224: /etc/mixerctl.conf.
225: <li>The Broadcom BCM4306 built-in wireless is not supported. Why? See
226: <a href="faq/faq6.html#Wireless">FAQ 6 - Wireless networking</a>.
227: <li>X.org 6.8.2 works. The maximum resolution of this machine is
228: 1024x768. Somehow it defaults to a lower resolution, so you probably
229: want an xorg.conf file. Switching from LCD to external display works,
230: but it makes the mouse pointer die and displays a few lines of crap
231: at the top of the screen.
232: The only solution seems to be to just restart X.
233: <li>Not tested: PCMCIA/Cardbus.
234: </ul>
235: Contact <a href="mailto:steven.mestdagh@esat.kuleuven.be">Steven Mestdagh</a>.
236: <p align="left">
237: <font size=2>
238: <a href="http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/~smestdag/openbsd/latitude-d505-dmesg">dmesg</a>
239: ¦
240: <a href="http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/~smestdag/openbsd/latitude-d505-xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
241: </font>
242: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.129 grunk 243: Dell Latitude D600
244: </td><td>
245: <p><ul>
1.130 grunk 246: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 15, 2005) works.
1.129 grunk 247: <li>Audio, video (1024x768), and onboard NIC (Gigabit Broadcom
248: 570x) work just fine.
249: <li>Built-in wireless (Dell TrueMobile 1300) not supported.
250: </ul>
251: Contact <a href="mailto:benny@bennyvision.com">Benny</a>.
252: <p align="left">
253: <font size=2>
1.130 grunk 254: <a href="http://www.bennyvision.com/projects/openbsd/dell-latitude-d600/dell_latitude_d600_current.dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.129 grunk 255: ¦
256: <a href="http://www.bennyvision.com/projects/openbsd/dell-latitude-d600/dell_latitude_d600.xorg">xorg.conf</a>
257: </font>
258: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.90 nick 259: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
1.92 nick 260: </td><td>
1.97 nick 261: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 262: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works.
263: <li>APM is not working (boot with boot -c and then disable apm).
1.97 nick 264: <li>Sound works fine.
265: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
266: </ul>
267: Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
268: <p align="left">
269: <font size=2>
1.90 nick 270: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.97 nick 271: ¦
272: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
273: </font>
1.106 nick 274: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.116 grunk 275: Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E8010 with i855/SXGA+
276: </td><td>
277: <p><ul>
278: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
279: <li>SD card reader and SVGA are not supported.
280: <li>Doesn't have APM, so there's no way to suspend
281: or <tt>'halt -p'</tt> the box.
282: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi">iwi(4)</a>
283: needs an increased watchdog timeout of 10 in busy
284: environments, see
285: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">
286: if_iwi.c.diff</a>
287: (with or without this diff, you might still experience 'fatal error'
288: from time to time).
289: <li>needs Xorg-current (+
290: <a href="http://perso.wanadoo.fr/apoirier/855resolution-0.3.tgz">
291: 855resolution</a> for full 1400x1050 resolution).
292: The laptop only does 1280x1024 by default.
293: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
294: </ul>
295: Contact <a href="mailto:sturm@openbsd.org">Nikolay Sturm</a>.
296: <p align="left">
297: <font size=2>
298: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/dmesg">dmesg</a>
299: ¦
300: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
301: ¦
302: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">if_iwi.c.diff</a>
303: </font>
304: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.135 grunk 305: IBM Thinkpad R40
306: </td><td>
307: <p><ul>
308: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
309: <li>Suspend and suspend-to-disk work, but not while X is running.
310: Only in console mode. In X it just seems to lock up.
311: <li>Third mouse button does not work unless trackpad is disabled
312: in the BIOS.
313: <li>S-Video output port does not work.
314: <li>No special xorg.conf needed
315: <li>Everything else works.
316: </ul>
317: Contact <a href="mailto:asveikau@mail.rochester.edu">Andrew Sveikaus</a>.
318: <p align="left">
319: <font size=2>
320: <a href="http://mail.rochester.edu/~asveikau/r40.dmesg">dmesg</a>
321: </font>
322: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 323: IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.
1.92 nick 324: </td><td>
1.97 nick 325: <p><ul>
1.101 nick 326: <li>Works fine with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 327: <li>If using a boot floppy the system may hang when probing ahc.
1.94 nick 328: Workaround: boot with -c and disable ahc.
329: A GENERIC kernel does not have this issue.
1.101 nick 330: <li>Serial ports must be enabled in BIOS.
331: <li>"ctrl:nocaps" in X puts the control key in a proper location
332: <li>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK
333: <li>Hibernation not tested, but should work with
334: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> from the ports collection.
1.97 nick 335: <li>The audio chipset is supported (auich).
336: </ul>
337: Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.
338: <p align="left">
339: <font size=2>
1.101 nick 340: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
341: ¦
342: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.134 grunk 343: ¦
344: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">more info</a>
1.97 nick 345: </font>
1.106 nick 346: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.125 grunk 347: IBM Thinkpad T41p type 2373-GEU
348: </td><td>
349: <p><ul>
350: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
351: <li>Everything works fine: APM, X, onboard ethernet (em), sound,
352: usb, docking station
353: <li>onboard atheros works in 802.11b mode only
354: </ul>
355: Contact <a href="mailto:matt@arin.net">Matt Rowley</a>.
356: <p align="left">
357: <font size=2>
358: <a href="http://www.damnskippy.org/openbsd/dmesg.t41p-20050610">dmesg</a>
359: ¦
360: <a href="http://www.damnskippy.org/openbsd/xorg.conf.new">xorg.conf</a>
361: </font>
362: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.117 grunk 363: IBM Thinkpad T42 model 2373
364: </td><td>
365: <p><ul>
366: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
367: <li>See entry for the X40 for the built-in
368: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a> or
369: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
370: 802.11 card and APM/Hibernation support.
371: <li>See entry for the X31 for Enhanced SpeedStep and the extra Thinkpad buttons.
372: <li>The alternatively built-in "Atheros AR5212 (IBM MiniPCI)" 802.11 card works with the
373: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>
374: driver.
375: <li>X.org with ATI Radeon Mobility works fine (1024x768, 24bpp).
376: <li>The built-in USB Bluetooth and infrared are not presently supported.
377: <li>The built-in
378: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">em(4)</a>
379: gigabit ethernet device works fine.
380: <li>The built-in
381: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
382: audio device works fine.
383: <li>The built-in fingerprint scanner found in some models is not supported.
384: </ul>
385: Contact <a href="mailto:reyk@openbsd.org">Reyk Floeter</a>.
386: <p align="left">
387: <font size=2>
388: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/dmesg-t42">dmesg</a>
389: ¦
390: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/xorg.conf-t42">xorg.conf</a>
391: </font>
392: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.131 grunk 393: IBM Thinkpad X23
394: </td><td>
395: <p><ul>
396: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
397: <li>Just like the IBM T23, kernels with ahc support may hang when
398: booting. Use "boot -c" and disable ahc support with "disable ahc",
399: followed by "exit" to continue booting.<br>
400: GENERIC does not have this issue.
401: <li>APM appears to work (suspends ok)
402: <li>On-board NIC fxp(4) works, including PXE booting
403: <li>On-board wireless NIC wi(4) works
404: <li>USB works (misc mice, cdrom, usb to serial devices, and memory
405: sticks all successfully tested)
406: <li>PCMCIA works (misc NICs tested)
407: <li>Built-in compact flash reader works
408: </ul>
409: Contact <a href="mailto:andreaso@it.su.se">Andreas Östling</a>.
410: <p align="left">
411: <font size=2>
412: <a href="http://people.su.se/~andreaso/OpenBSD/x23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
413: ¦
414: <a href="http://people.su.se/~andreaso/OpenBSD/x23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
415: </font>
416: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 417: IBM Thinkpad X31
418: </td><td>
1.97 nick 419: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 420: <li>Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
421: <li>Nearly all Hardware is supported, except FireWire.
1.97 nick 422: <li>APM is well supported. Suspend mode (apm -s/zzz) works without
1.94 nick 423: problems. Hibernation (suspend to disk) works also fine but
424: requires a small MS-DOS partition with a hibernation file at the
425: beginning of the harddisk. You can create this file with tphdisk
1.97 nick 426: from ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk).
427:
428: <li>The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via
429: xmodmap.
430: <li>Example:
1.94 nick 431:
1.126 grunk 432: <pre>
1.96 nick 433: xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down"
434: xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"
1.126 grunk 435: </pre>
1.94 nick 436:
1.97 nick 437: <li>The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G)
1.98 nick 438: works with the
439: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
440: driver. But you need to download the unfree firmware first to get
441: it working. For more details read
442: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4#FILES">ipw(4)</a>.
443:
444: <li>I'm planning to replace this card with a
445: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
446: or an
447: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>.
1.94 nick 448: For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
449: I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
1.115 nick 450: <i>special</i> IBM mini-PCI cards to be installed. The bios can
1.97 nick 451: be patched with the tpwireless program
1.115 nick 452: (<tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt>, <b>use on your own risk!</b>).
1.94 nick 453:
1.97 nick 454: <li>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
455: as well.
1.94 nick 456:
1.127 david 457: <li>Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the CPU speed
1.97 nick 458: via sysctl (<tt>sysctl hw.setperf</tt>).
1.94 nick 459:
1.98 nick 460: <li>The on-board
461: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
462: and
463: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.99 nick 464: are working without problems.
1.94 nick 465:
1.97 nick 466: <li>The keys for mute, volume up and volume down are working fine.
1.94 nick 467: No special software is required. If you'd like to get the big
468: "Access IBM" button to work and have a nice on-screen display, you
469: can install tpb from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb) This works just
470: fine and you have nice on-screen messages when you change volume and
1.97 nick 471: brightness settings or enable/disable the ThinkLight.
472: </ul>
473: Contact <a href="mailto:b.ahlers@ba-net.org">Bernd Ahlers</a>.
474: <p align="left">
475: <font size=2>
476: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/dmesg">dmesg</a>
477: ¦
478: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
479: </font>
1.106 nick 480: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.102 nick 481: IBM Thinkpad X40
482: </td><td>
483: <p><ul>
1.133 grunk 484: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 12, 2005) works fine.
1.109 jolan 485: <li>SD Card Slot is not presently supported.
1.102 nick 486: <li>The built-in "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" works only with additional
487: firmware. See
488: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a>
489: for more information.
1.133 grunk 490: <li>The X40 model 2386-8WU 512MB RAM/40GB HD has an Atheros AR5212
491: wireless card built in. It works with 3.7-current, but not with 3.7
492: release.
493: <li>UltraBase X4 works but is not hot-swappable. Machine locks up or
494: becomes unstable when trying to hot-plug the base. Work is being done
495: on a <a href="http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net">Linux ACPI driver</a>.
1.115 nick 496: <li>The use of other mini-PCI cards may be restricted by the BIOS.
1.110 nick 497: However, non-IBM supplied cards can be used after running the
498: <tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility.
1.108 djm 499: <li>APM works fine, including suspend to hard-disk (hibernation)
1.102 nick 500: <li>If you want to use Hibernation, you must have a small
1.103 nick 501: msdos partition with a save2dsk.bin. For this, you can use
1.102 nick 502: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt>.
1.104 nick 503: <li>Perhaps one of the best supported notebooks because several
1.110 nick 504: developers also use it.
1.102 nick 505: </ul>
1.133 grunk 506: Contact <a href="mailto:marcus.popp@paranoidbsd.org">Marcus Popp (1)</a>
507: or <a href="mailto:steve@stevenfettig.com">Steve Fettig (2)</a>.
1.102 nick 508: <p align="left">
509: <font size=2>
1.133 grunk 510: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/dmesg.37.txt">dmesg (1)</a>
1.102 nick 511: ¦
1.133 grunk 512: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/xorg.conf.37.txt">xorg.conf (1)</a>
513: ¦
1.137 ! grunk 514: <a href="http://anywheretechnology.com/machconfigs/dmesg_tpx40_23868WU.txt">dmesg (2)</a>
1.133 grunk 515: ¦
516: <a href="http://anywheretechnology.com/machconfigs/xorg.conf.tpx40_23868WU">xorg.conf (2)</a>
1.102 nick 517: </font>
1.106 nick 518: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.91 nick 519: JVC MP-XP 7250DE
1.92 nick 520: </td><td>
1.97 nick 521: <p><ul>
1.107 nick 522: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (October 2004) works.
1.97 nick 523: <li>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
524: SD card reader.
525: <li>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
1.91 nick 526: USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
1.97 nick 527: boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.
528: <li>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
529: is supported, too.
530: </ul>
531: Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.
1.111 nick 532: <p align="left">
533: <font size=2>
534: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
535: ¦
536: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-xfconfig.txt">xorg.conf</a>
537: ¦
538: <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php">
539: more info</a>.
540: </font>
1.106 nick 541: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.120 grunk 542: Medion MD6100 (model no. FID2040)
543: </td><td>
544: <p><ul>
545: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works.
546: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
547: <li>sis0 has certain issues, see postings
548: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-tech&m=105760910331290&w=2">[1]</a>,
549: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=110132503025407&w=2">[2]</a>, and
550: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=111251336023861&w=2">[3]</a>.
551: <li>infrared does not work under OpenBSD.
552: <li>sound is erratic, two out of three times.
553: <li>USB2.0 doesn't work (pci_intr_map: no mapping for pin D).
554: <li>To use the onboard NIC, make sure the interface is in Promiscuous
555: mode. I use `tcpdump -i sis0 -w /dev/null` to accomplish this. For
556: normal operation I add a (wireless) PCMCIA NIC.
557: Audio programs (mplayer/mpg123/ogg123/xmms/etc) simply should be
558: restarted once or twice to get proper audio.
559: </ul>
560: Overall, this laptop stinks. It's heavy, powerhungry and gets very hot
561: (too hot, often it will shut itself down to prevent meltdown).
562: A lot of hardware works only mediocre. The battery doesn't last long.
563: It's huge/bulky. It's *extremely* noisy. But, it *does* run OpenBSD.
564: And, when properly cooled, it's pretty fast (2.6 GHz). Why anyone
565: would need that much CPU in a laptop is beyond me, but it's there.
566: <p>
567: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
568: <p align="left">
569: <font size=2>
570: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/nugget">dmesg</a>
571: ¦
572: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/nugget">xorg.conf</a>
573: </font>
574: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.89 nick 575: Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
1.92 nick 576: </td><td>
1.97 nick 577: <p><ul>
578: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works, but there are some minor issues.
1.89 nick 579: <li>USB and built-in sound (Yamaha) work just fine.
1.110 nick 580: <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card
581: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl">xl(4)</a>
582: works ok.
1.89 nick 583: <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
584: tested them.
585: <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
586: kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
587: cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
588: come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
589: the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
590: partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
591: access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
592: <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
593: system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
594: <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
595: locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
596: causes the problems mentioned above.
597: <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
598: sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
1.97 nick 599: </ul>
1.89 nick 600: Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@pestilenz.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
1.97 nick 601: <p align="left">
602: <font size=2>
603: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a>
604: ¦
605: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
606: </font>
1.106 nick 607: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.132 grunk 608: Sony VAIO PCG-FX602
609: </td><td>
610: <p><ul>
611: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
612: <li>Audio does not work: you have to disable auvia* in GENERIC
613: after installation.
614: <li>APM, USB and PCMCIA work fine.
615: <li>X.org runs out of the box, so no xorg.conf file supplied
616: <li>Custom hack for <tt>hw.setperf</tt>:
617: <ul>
618: <li>Apply the
619: <a href="http://www.disorder.ru/openbsd/acpi.html">ACPI-patches</a>
620: from Alexander Yurchenko.
621: <li>Then edit /usr/src/sys/conf/files and add in line 21:
622: <pre>
623: define acpibus {}
624: </pre>
625: <li>Add to /usr/src/sys/sys/malloc.conf
626: <pre>
627: #define M_ACPI 122 /* ACPI */
628: </pre>
629: <li>Comment out the Sony SPIC stuff in
630: <tt>/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/files.i386</tt>
631: and <tt>/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/GENERIC_ACPI</tt>
632: (This stuff does not compile for me and i don't care about it;)
633: <li>rebuild kernel, /usr/src/sbin/sysctl, /usr/src/usr.sbin/acpid[ump]
634: <li>You are now able to set hw.setperf via sysctl.
635: </ul>
636:
637: <li>I run additionally a
638: <a href="http://metawire.org/~leopold/files/cpud-0.2.tgz">utility</a>
639: I wrote to control this value automatically depending on cpu-load.
640: It is based on Laurie Tratts' <tt>perfd</tt>.
641: Just unpack and run make && sudo make install.<br>
642: This way you are able to sustain Battery life up to 2 1/2 - 3 hours.
643: And the fan stops to run permanently.
644: </ul>
645: Contact <a href="mailto:a.schlichting@lemarit.com">Alf Schlichting</a>.
646: <p align="left">
647: <font size=2>
648: <a href="http://metawire.org/~leopold/files/lap.dmesg">dmesg</a>
649: </font>
650: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.119 grunk 651: Sony VAIO VGN-S16TP
652: </td><td>
653: <p><ul>
654: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
655: <li>Everything works just fine.
656: </ul>
657: Contact <a href="mailto:kevlo@openbsd.org">Kevin Lo</a>.
658: <p align="left">
659: <font size=2>
660: <a href="http://www.kevlo.org/dmesg">dmesg</a>
661: ¦
662: <a href="http://www.kevlo.org/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
663: </font>
664: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
665: Sony VAIO z505n
666: </td><td>
667: <p><ul>
668: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
669: cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
670: <li>Installation by USB floppy:
671: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
672: can be brought to boot if one disables the
673: following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
1.126 grunk 674: <pre>
1.119 grunk 675: disable pcibios
676: disable fxp
677: disable pcic
1.126 grunk 678: </pre>
1.119 grunk 679: <li>After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
680: and no network. This means that the laptop has
681: no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
682: on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
683: of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
684: partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
685: boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
686: (no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
687: <li>Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
688: works without modification.
689: </ul>
690: Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
691: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 692: Toshiba Satellite 2410S
1.92 nick 693: </td><td>
1.97 nick 694: <p><ul>
1.111 nick 695: <li>It's running OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 696: <li>All stuff are working fine (graphics, sound, PCMCIA, APM,
1.106 nick 697: ethernet), except infrared and the built-in SD card reader.
1.97 nick 698: <li>There's a bug with certain toshiba laptops and XFree/X.org. Ratio is
1.94 nick 699: too quick, and some chars are repeated. To avoid that, disable
1.96 nick 700: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=X&sektion=7">X</a>'s
1.110 nick 701: kbd handling, and load a modmap with xmodmap if needed.
1.97 nick 702: </ul>
703: Contact <a href="mailto:aanriot@atlantilde.com">Alexandre Anriot</a>.
704: <p align="left">
705: <font size=2>
706: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/dmesg/albatros.txt">dmesg</a>
707: ¦
708: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/repository/config/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
709: </font>
1.118 grunk 710: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.121 grunk 711: Toshiba Tecra 8000
712: </td><td>
713: <p><ul>
714: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (Jan 2005) works ok.
715: <li>All hardware except infrared works.
716: <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
717: <li>Sound required the following change to /bsd :
718: <ul>
719: <li>In the system BIOS use the following values
1.126 grunk 720: <pre>
1.121 grunk 721: Sound = Enabled
722: --- SOUND SYSTEM ---
723: WSS I/O Address = 530H
724: SBPro I/O Address = 220H
725: Synthesizer I/O Address = 388H
726: WSS & SBPro & MPU401 IRQ Level = IRQ5
727: WSS(Play) DMA = Channel 1
728: WSS(Rec.) & SBPro DMA = Channel 0
729: Control I/O Address = 538H
730: MPU401 (MIDI I/F) = 330H
1.126 grunk 731: </pre>
1.121 grunk 732: <li>config -f -e /bsd
1.126 grunk 733: <pre>
1.121 grunk 734: ukc> disable sb
735: 193 sb0 disabled
736: 241 sb* disabled
737: ukc> change wss0
738: 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq 0
739: +drq2 -1 flags 0x0
740: change [n] y
741: port [0x530] ?
742: size [0] ?
743: iomem [-1] ?
744: iosiz [0] ?
745: irq [10] ? 5
746: drq [0] ? 1
747: drq2 [-1] ? 0
748: flags [0] ?
749: 197 wss0 changed
750: 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 5 drq 1
751: +drq2 0 flags 0x0
752: ukc> quit
753: Saving modified kernel.
1.126 grunk 754: </pre>
1.121 grunk 755: </ul>
756: <li>separate xorg.conf not needed, X works perfectly without one
757: </ul>
758: An older but still very useable laptop. Not too fast, but fast enough
759: for some DivX viewing with mplayer and firefox/thunderbird-use (not
760: for the impatient though, but then again, what is?). The fan can get
761: a bit loud after many power-on hours. This also impacts battery
762: lifetime, but that is to be expected. Nice and well supported.
763: <p>
764: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
765: <p align="left">
766: <font size=2>
767: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/whopper">dmesg</a>
768: </font>
769: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.118 grunk 770: Toshiba Tecra 8100
771: </td><td>
772: <p><ul>
773: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works ok.
774: <li>All hardware except infrared works.
775: <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
776: </ul>
777: Very nice laptop indeed. Quiet, boots very fast, most hardware is
778: supported. Only APM doesn't work very well. Pretty fast, not too
779: heavy, very OpenBSD-friendly - just like its predecessor, the Tecra
780: 8000. Battery can get a bit rusty, works good from 100% to 50%, then
781: drops to ~3% in minutes. Not too strange for an older machine though.
782: <p>
783: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
784: <p align="left">
785: <font size=2>
786: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/pizza">dmesg</a>
787: ¦
788: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/pizza">xorg.conf</a>
789: </font>
1.92 nick 790: </td></tr>
1.1 deraadt 791: </table>
792:
1.110 nick 793: <p> If your laptop under OpenBSD is not listed above, feel free to mail
794: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a> to cure this.
1.111 nick 795: Please supply as much information as possible, such as:
1.110 nick 796: <ul>
797: <li>Notebook exact manufacturer, name and model.
798: <li>Latest OpenBSD version known to work on it (must be the latest
799: release or -current).
800: <li>List of working/not working things with OpenBSD.
801: <li>List of hacks you used to get certain things running.
802: <li>Links to your dmesg and xorg.conf.
803: <li>Contact name and email address.
804: </ul>
805:
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