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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>
1.140 grunk 107: Compaq Armada 1573DM
108: </td><td>
109: <p><ul>
110: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 1, 2005) works.
111: <li>PCMCIA works fine.
112: <li>XFree 4.2.1 works great (800x600x16).
113: <li>APM not tested.
114: <li>Had to use <tt>boot> machine memory +0x3000000@0x1000000</tt>
115: in order to get all 64M of memory.
116: <li>Sound does not work.
117: </ul>
118: Contact <a href="mailto:reidrac@usebox.net">Juan J. Martinez</a>.
119: <p align="left">
120: <font size=2>
121: <a href="http://www.usebox.net/jjm/obsd-wifi/laptop/dmesg">dmesg</a>
122: ¦
123: <a href="http://www.usebox.net/jjm/obsd-wifi/laptop/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
124: ¦
125: <a href="http://www.usebox.net/jjm/obsd-wifi/laptop/">more info</a>
126: </font>
127: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.124 grunk 128: Dell Inspiron 500m
129: </td><td>
130: <p><ul>
131: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
132: <li>Sound, touchpad, fxp onboard NIC work fine.
133: <li>USB: able to mount flash stick read/write, even able to install
134: OpenBSD on it and boot from it
135: <li>Pressing "Fn" and uparrow/downarrow keys to configure brightness
136: works, as well as switching to external VGA
137: <li>For getting the Intel ipw2100 wireless card to work,
138: use
139: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipwfw/OpenBSD/ipw-firmware-1.3.tgz">
140: Damien Bergamini's firmware package</a>.
141: <li>There was (expected) trouble with the screen resolution in X.
142: Using
143: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/i855vidctl/">i855vidctl</a>,
144: it goes to 1400x1050 as wanted by adding the line:
145: <pre>
146: i855vidctl 5c 1400x1050
147: </pre>
148: into /etc/rc.securelevel.
149: <li>APM does not seem to work at all: Neither <tt>apmd</tt>
150: nor <tt>halt -p</tt> operate ok.
151: For any other experiences on this, contact the submitter.
152: <li>PCMCIA not tested
153: <li>No extra xorg.conf supplied, the default is OK.
154: </ul>
155: Contact <a href="mailto:baldur@pistic.org">Baldur Sigurðsson</a>.
156: <p align="left">
157: <font size=2>
158: <a href="http://pistic.org/dell-inspiron-500m-dmesg">dmesg</a>
159: </font>
160: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.139 grunk 161: Dell Inspiron 2500
162: </td><td>
163: <p><ul>
164: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
165: <li>You need to boot with option -c and disable apm, then disable aic.
166: <li>Integrated auich(4) works fine.
167: <li>Integrated i815 works fine.
168: <li>USB and PCMCIA work fine.
169: </ul>
170: Contact <a href="mailto:gael@lautre.net">Gael Queri</a>.
171: <p align="left">
172: <font size=2>
173: <a href="http://gael.lautre.net/blobby/dmesg">dmesg</a>
174: ¦
175: <a href="http://gael.lautre.net/blobby/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
176: </font>
177: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 178: Dell Inspiron 4100
1.92 nick 179: </td><td>
1.97 nick 180: <p><ul>
181: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
182: <li>apmd(8) is fully functional.
183: <li>Integrated xl(4) works fine.
184: <li>Integrated auich(4) works fine.
185: <li>USB works fine with my mouse.
186: <li>Both PCMCIA slots work.
187: <li>The Modem does not work.
188: </ul>
1.96 nick 189: Contact <a href="mailto:robert@openbsd.org">Robert Nagy</a>.
1.105 nick 190: <p align="left">
191: <font size=2>
192: <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/dmesg.notebook">dmesg</a>
193: ¦
194: <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
195: </font>
1.106 nick 196: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.128 grunk 197: Dell Latitude c400
198: </td><td>
199: <p><ul>
200: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 24, 2005) works.
201: <li>All hardware (including wi(4), sound, X at 1024x768/24bit) works.
202: <li>Suspend sort of works: the system will go to sleep (either by
203: zzz(8), closing the lid, or Fn-Esc), but it won't wake up properly (I
204: get a flashing _ cursor) ... so, I have to hold down the power button
205: for a few seconds, reboot, and fsck.
206: <li>For some reason, unless specifically told, X will default to a
207: lower resolution. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace kicks it into gear.
208: Hardcoding 1024x768 into xorg.conf fixes it for good though.
209: </ul>
210: Contact <a href="mailto:Mark.Peoples@asu.edu">Mark Peoples</a>.
211: <p align="left">
212: <font size=2>
213: <a href="http://www.azbsd.org/~marco/obsd/laptop/dmesg">dmesg</a>
214: ¦
215: <a href="http://www.azbsd.org/~marco/obsd/laptop/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
216: </font>
217: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.122 grunk 218: Dell Latitude c610
219: </td><td>
220: <p><ul>
221: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 24, 2005) works.
1.124 grunk 222: <li>Audio, video (1400x1050), and onboard NIC work just fine.
1.122 grunk 223: </ul>
224: Contact <a href="mailto:steve@vitriol.net">Steve Tornio</a>.
225: <p align="left">
226: <font size=2>
227: <a href="http://vitriol.net/~steve/openbsd/latitude-c610-dmesg">dmesg</a>
228: ¦
229: <a href="http://vitriol.net/~steve/openbsd/latitude-c610-xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
230: </font>
231: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.130 grunk 232: Dell Latitude c640
233: </td><td>
234: <p><ul>
235: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 29, 2005) works.
236: <li>Integrated auich works fine, but one can hear a little 'crack'
237: everytime a sound is started and ended.
238: <li>xl, USB, touchpad, Trackpoint, com0, APM, carbus, integrated
239: ATI Radeon Mobility M7 LW all work fine.
240: <li>not tested: tv-out, infrared, microphone
241: </ul>
242: Contact <a href="mailto:jkossen@xs4all.nl">Jochem Kossen</a>.
243: <p align="left">
244: <font size=2>
245: <a href="http://jkossen.nl/openbsd/dmesg_laptop_dell_c640">dmesg</a>
246: ¦
247: <a href="http://jkossen.nl/openbsd/xorg.conf_laptop_dell_c640">xorg.conf</a>
248: </font>
249: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.136 grunk 250: Dell Latitude D505
251: </td><td>
252: <p><ul>
253: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
254: <li>The onboard NIC (fxp) works fine.
255: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
256: <li>The touchpad works fine, under X as well as under text consoles.
257: <li>USB 2.0 works fine: DVD writing using an external USB DVD
258: writer, as well as a USB flash device.
259: <li>Built-in CD/DVD player works nicely.
260: <li>Sound (auich) works, but it's very loud by default, especially
261: the beep. For this reason, I've put <tt>outputs.master=30</tt> in
262: /etc/mixerctl.conf.
263: <li>The Broadcom BCM4306 built-in wireless is not supported. Why? See
264: <a href="faq/faq6.html#Wireless">FAQ 6 - Wireless networking</a>.
265: <li>X.org 6.8.2 works. The maximum resolution of this machine is
266: 1024x768. Somehow it defaults to a lower resolution, so you probably
267: want an xorg.conf file. Switching from LCD to external display works,
268: but it makes the mouse pointer die and displays a few lines of crap
269: at the top of the screen.
270: The only solution seems to be to just restart X.
271: <li>Not tested: PCMCIA/Cardbus.
272: </ul>
273: Contact <a href="mailto:steven.mestdagh@esat.kuleuven.be">Steven Mestdagh</a>.
274: <p align="left">
275: <font size=2>
276: <a href="http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/~smestdag/openbsd/latitude-d505-dmesg">dmesg</a>
277: ¦
278: <a href="http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/~smestdag/openbsd/latitude-d505-xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
279: </font>
280: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.129 grunk 281: Dell Latitude D600
282: </td><td>
283: <p><ul>
1.130 grunk 284: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 15, 2005) works.
1.129 grunk 285: <li>Audio, video (1024x768), and onboard NIC (Gigabit Broadcom
286: 570x) work just fine.
287: <li>Built-in wireless (Dell TrueMobile 1300) not supported.
288: </ul>
289: Contact <a href="mailto:benny@bennyvision.com">Benny</a>.
290: <p align="left">
291: <font size=2>
1.130 grunk 292: <a href="http://www.bennyvision.com/projects/openbsd/dell-latitude-d600/dell_latitude_d600_current.dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.129 grunk 293: ¦
294: <a href="http://www.bennyvision.com/projects/openbsd/dell-latitude-d600/dell_latitude_d600.xorg">xorg.conf</a>
295: </font>
296: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.90 nick 297: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
1.92 nick 298: </td><td>
1.97 nick 299: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 300: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works.
301: <li>APM is not working (boot with boot -c and then disable apm).
1.97 nick 302: <li>Sound works fine.
303: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
304: </ul>
305: Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
306: <p align="left">
307: <font size=2>
1.90 nick 308: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.97 nick 309: ¦
310: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
311: </font>
1.106 nick 312: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.116 grunk 313: Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E8010 with i855/SXGA+
314: </td><td>
315: <p><ul>
316: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
317: <li>SD card reader and SVGA are not supported.
318: <li>Doesn't have APM, so there's no way to suspend
319: or <tt>'halt -p'</tt> the box.
320: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi">iwi(4)</a>
321: needs an increased watchdog timeout of 10 in busy
322: environments, see
323: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">
324: if_iwi.c.diff</a>
325: (with or without this diff, you might still experience 'fatal error'
326: from time to time).
327: <li>needs Xorg-current (+
328: <a href="http://perso.wanadoo.fr/apoirier/855resolution-0.3.tgz">
329: 855resolution</a> for full 1400x1050 resolution).
330: The laptop only does 1280x1024 by default.
331: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
332: </ul>
333: Contact <a href="mailto:sturm@openbsd.org">Nikolay Sturm</a>.
334: <p align="left">
335: <font size=2>
336: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/dmesg">dmesg</a>
337: ¦
338: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
339: ¦
340: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">if_iwi.c.diff</a>
341: </font>
342: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.141 grunk 343: IBM Thinkpad 390X
344: </td><td>
345: <p><ul>
346: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
347: <li>apm(8): <tt>apm -z</tt> works fine, but cannot <tt>apm -S</tt>:
348: error message: <tt>unable to enter requested state (96)</tt>.
349: <li>USB and PCMCIA work fine.
350: <li>Sound: eso(4) is detected.
351: <li>IRDA not tested.
352: </ul>
353: Contact <a href="mailto:antonio.abenojar@hazent.com">Antonio Abenojar</a>.
354: <p align="left">
355: <font size=2>
356: <a href="http://people.hazent.com/~adl/obsd/laptop/dmesg">dmesg</a>
357: ¦
358: <a href="http://people.hazent.com/~adl/obsd/laptop/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
359: </font>
360: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.135 grunk 361: IBM Thinkpad R40
362: </td><td>
363: <p><ul>
364: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
365: <li>Suspend and suspend-to-disk work, but not while X is running.
366: Only in console mode. In X it just seems to lock up.
367: <li>Third mouse button does not work unless trackpad is disabled
368: in the BIOS.
369: <li>S-Video output port does not work.
370: <li>No special xorg.conf needed
371: <li>Everything else works.
372: </ul>
373: Contact <a href="mailto:asveikau@mail.rochester.edu">Andrew Sveikaus</a>.
374: <p align="left">
375: <font size=2>
376: <a href="http://mail.rochester.edu/~asveikau/r40.dmesg">dmesg</a>
377: </font>
378: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 379: IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.
1.92 nick 380: </td><td>
1.97 nick 381: <p><ul>
1.101 nick 382: <li>Works fine with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 383: <li>If using a boot floppy the system may hang when probing ahc.
1.94 nick 384: Workaround: boot with -c and disable ahc.
385: A GENERIC kernel does not have this issue.
1.101 nick 386: <li>Serial ports must be enabled in BIOS.
387: <li>"ctrl:nocaps" in X puts the control key in a proper location
388: <li>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK
389: <li>Hibernation not tested, but should work with
390: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> from the ports collection.
1.97 nick 391: <li>The audio chipset is supported (auich).
392: </ul>
393: Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.
394: <p align="left">
395: <font size=2>
1.101 nick 396: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
397: ¦
398: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.134 grunk 399: ¦
400: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">more info</a>
1.97 nick 401: </font>
1.106 nick 402: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.125 grunk 403: IBM Thinkpad T41p type 2373-GEU
404: </td><td>
405: <p><ul>
406: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
407: <li>Everything works fine: APM, X, onboard ethernet (em), sound,
408: usb, docking station
409: <li>onboard atheros works in 802.11b mode only
410: </ul>
411: Contact <a href="mailto:matt@arin.net">Matt Rowley</a>.
412: <p align="left">
413: <font size=2>
414: <a href="http://www.damnskippy.org/openbsd/dmesg.t41p-20050610">dmesg</a>
415: ¦
416: <a href="http://www.damnskippy.org/openbsd/xorg.conf.new">xorg.conf</a>
417: </font>
418: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.117 grunk 419: IBM Thinkpad T42 model 2373
420: </td><td>
421: <p><ul>
422: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
423: <li>See entry for the X40 for the built-in
424: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a> or
425: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
426: 802.11 card and APM/Hibernation support.
427: <li>See entry for the X31 for Enhanced SpeedStep and the extra Thinkpad buttons.
428: <li>The alternatively built-in "Atheros AR5212 (IBM MiniPCI)" 802.11 card works with the
429: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>
430: driver.
431: <li>X.org with ATI Radeon Mobility works fine (1024x768, 24bpp).
432: <li>The built-in USB Bluetooth and infrared are not presently supported.
433: <li>The built-in
434: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">em(4)</a>
435: gigabit ethernet device works fine.
436: <li>The built-in
437: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
438: audio device works fine.
439: <li>The built-in fingerprint scanner found in some models is not supported.
440: </ul>
441: Contact <a href="mailto:reyk@openbsd.org">Reyk Floeter</a>.
442: <p align="left">
443: <font size=2>
444: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/dmesg-t42">dmesg</a>
445: ¦
446: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/xorg.conf-t42">xorg.conf</a>
447: </font>
448: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.131 grunk 449: IBM Thinkpad X23
450: </td><td>
451: <p><ul>
452: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
453: <li>Just like the IBM T23, kernels with ahc support may hang when
454: booting. Use "boot -c" and disable ahc support with "disable ahc",
455: followed by "exit" to continue booting.<br>
456: GENERIC does not have this issue.
457: <li>APM appears to work (suspends ok)
458: <li>On-board NIC fxp(4) works, including PXE booting
459: <li>On-board wireless NIC wi(4) works
460: <li>USB works (misc mice, cdrom, usb to serial devices, and memory
461: sticks all successfully tested)
462: <li>PCMCIA works (misc NICs tested)
463: <li>Built-in compact flash reader works
464: </ul>
465: Contact <a href="mailto:andreaso@it.su.se">Andreas Östling</a>.
466: <p align="left">
467: <font size=2>
468: <a href="http://people.su.se/~andreaso/OpenBSD/x23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
469: ¦
470: <a href="http://people.su.se/~andreaso/OpenBSD/x23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
471: </font>
472: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 473: IBM Thinkpad X31
474: </td><td>
1.97 nick 475: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 476: <li>Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
477: <li>Nearly all Hardware is supported, except FireWire.
1.97 nick 478: <li>APM is well supported. Suspend mode (apm -s/zzz) works without
1.94 nick 479: problems. Hibernation (suspend to disk) works also fine but
480: requires a small MS-DOS partition with a hibernation file at the
481: beginning of the harddisk. You can create this file with tphdisk
1.97 nick 482: from ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk).
483:
484: <li>The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via
485: xmodmap.
486: <li>Example:
1.94 nick 487:
1.126 grunk 488: <pre>
1.96 nick 489: xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down"
490: xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"
1.126 grunk 491: </pre>
1.94 nick 492:
1.97 nick 493: <li>The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G)
1.98 nick 494: works with the
495: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
496: driver. But you need to download the unfree firmware first to get
497: it working. For more details read
498: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4#FILES">ipw(4)</a>.
499:
500: <li>I'm planning to replace this card with a
501: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
502: or an
503: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>.
1.94 nick 504: For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
505: I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
1.115 nick 506: <i>special</i> IBM mini-PCI cards to be installed. The bios can
1.97 nick 507: be patched with the tpwireless program
1.115 nick 508: (<tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt>, <b>use on your own risk!</b>).
1.94 nick 509:
1.97 nick 510: <li>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
511: as well.
1.94 nick 512:
1.127 david 513: <li>Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the CPU speed
1.97 nick 514: via sysctl (<tt>sysctl hw.setperf</tt>).
1.94 nick 515:
1.98 nick 516: <li>The on-board
517: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
518: and
519: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.99 nick 520: are working without problems.
1.94 nick 521:
1.97 nick 522: <li>The keys for mute, volume up and volume down are working fine.
1.94 nick 523: No special software is required. If you'd like to get the big
524: "Access IBM" button to work and have a nice on-screen display, you
525: can install tpb from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb) This works just
526: fine and you have nice on-screen messages when you change volume and
1.97 nick 527: brightness settings or enable/disable the ThinkLight.
528: </ul>
529: Contact <a href="mailto:b.ahlers@ba-net.org">Bernd Ahlers</a>.
530: <p align="left">
531: <font size=2>
532: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/dmesg">dmesg</a>
533: ¦
534: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
535: </font>
1.106 nick 536: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.102 nick 537: IBM Thinkpad X40
538: </td><td>
539: <p><ul>
1.133 grunk 540: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 12, 2005) works fine.
1.109 jolan 541: <li>SD Card Slot is not presently supported.
1.102 nick 542: <li>The built-in "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" works only with additional
543: firmware. See
544: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a>
545: for more information.
1.133 grunk 546: <li>The X40 model 2386-8WU 512MB RAM/40GB HD has an Atheros AR5212
547: wireless card built in. It works with 3.7-current, but not with 3.7
548: release.
549: <li>UltraBase X4 works but is not hot-swappable. Machine locks up or
550: becomes unstable when trying to hot-plug the base. Work is being done
551: on a <a href="http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net">Linux ACPI driver</a>.
1.115 nick 552: <li>The use of other mini-PCI cards may be restricted by the BIOS.
1.110 nick 553: However, non-IBM supplied cards can be used after running the
554: <tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility.
1.108 djm 555: <li>APM works fine, including suspend to hard-disk (hibernation)
1.102 nick 556: <li>If you want to use Hibernation, you must have a small
1.103 nick 557: msdos partition with a save2dsk.bin. For this, you can use
1.102 nick 558: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt>.
1.104 nick 559: <li>Perhaps one of the best supported notebooks because several
1.110 nick 560: developers also use it.
1.102 nick 561: </ul>
1.133 grunk 562: Contact <a href="mailto:marcus.popp@paranoidbsd.org">Marcus Popp (1)</a>
563: or <a href="mailto:steve@stevenfettig.com">Steve Fettig (2)</a>.
1.102 nick 564: <p align="left">
565: <font size=2>
1.133 grunk 566: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/dmesg.37.txt">dmesg (1)</a>
1.102 nick 567: ¦
1.133 grunk 568: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/xorg.conf.37.txt">xorg.conf (1)</a>
569: ¦
1.137 grunk 570: <a href="http://anywheretechnology.com/machconfigs/dmesg_tpx40_23868WU.txt">dmesg (2)</a>
1.133 grunk 571: ¦
572: <a href="http://anywheretechnology.com/machconfigs/xorg.conf.tpx40_23868WU">xorg.conf (2)</a>
1.102 nick 573: </font>
1.106 nick 574: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.91 nick 575: JVC MP-XP 7250DE
1.92 nick 576: </td><td>
1.97 nick 577: <p><ul>
1.107 nick 578: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (October 2004) works.
1.97 nick 579: <li>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
580: SD card reader.
581: <li>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
1.91 nick 582: USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
1.97 nick 583: boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.
584: <li>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
585: is supported, too.
586: </ul>
587: Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.
1.111 nick 588: <p align="left">
589: <font size=2>
590: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
591: ¦
592: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-xfconfig.txt">xorg.conf</a>
593: ¦
594: <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php">
595: more info</a>.
596: </font>
1.106 nick 597: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.120 grunk 598: Medion MD6100 (model no. FID2040)
599: </td><td>
600: <p><ul>
601: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works.
602: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
603: <li>sis0 has certain issues, see postings
604: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-tech&m=105760910331290&w=2">[1]</a>,
605: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=110132503025407&w=2">[2]</a>, and
606: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=111251336023861&w=2">[3]</a>.
607: <li>infrared does not work under OpenBSD.
608: <li>sound is erratic, two out of three times.
609: <li>USB2.0 doesn't work (pci_intr_map: no mapping for pin D).
610: <li>To use the onboard NIC, make sure the interface is in Promiscuous
611: mode. I use `tcpdump -i sis0 -w /dev/null` to accomplish this. For
612: normal operation I add a (wireless) PCMCIA NIC.
613: Audio programs (mplayer/mpg123/ogg123/xmms/etc) simply should be
614: restarted once or twice to get proper audio.
615: </ul>
616: Overall, this laptop stinks. It's heavy, powerhungry and gets very hot
617: (too hot, often it will shut itself down to prevent meltdown).
618: A lot of hardware works only mediocre. The battery doesn't last long.
619: It's huge/bulky. It's *extremely* noisy. But, it *does* run OpenBSD.
620: And, when properly cooled, it's pretty fast (2.6 GHz). Why anyone
621: would need that much CPU in a laptop is beyond me, but it's there.
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/nugget">dmesg</a>
627: ¦
628: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/nugget">xorg.conf</a>
629: </font>
630: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.89 nick 631: Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
1.92 nick 632: </td><td>
1.97 nick 633: <p><ul>
634: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works, but there are some minor issues.
1.89 nick 635: <li>USB and built-in sound (Yamaha) work just fine.
1.110 nick 636: <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card
637: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl">xl(4)</a>
638: works ok.
1.89 nick 639: <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
640: tested them.
641: <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
642: kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
643: cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
644: come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
645: the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
646: partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
647: access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
648: <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
649: system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
650: <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
651: locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
652: causes the problems mentioned above.
653: <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
654: sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
1.97 nick 655: </ul>
1.89 nick 656: Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@pestilenz.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
1.97 nick 657: <p align="left">
658: <font size=2>
659: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a>
660: ¦
661: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
662: </font>
1.106 nick 663: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.132 grunk 664: Sony VAIO PCG-FX602
665: </td><td>
666: <p><ul>
667: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
668: <li>Audio does not work: you have to disable auvia* in GENERIC
669: after installation.
670: <li>APM, USB and PCMCIA work fine.
671: <li>X.org runs out of the box, so no xorg.conf file supplied
672: <li>Custom hack for <tt>hw.setperf</tt>:
673: <ul>
674: <li>Apply the
675: <a href="http://www.disorder.ru/openbsd/acpi.html">ACPI-patches</a>
676: from Alexander Yurchenko.
677: <li>Then edit /usr/src/sys/conf/files and add in line 21:
678: <pre>
679: define acpibus {}
680: </pre>
681: <li>Add to /usr/src/sys/sys/malloc.conf
682: <pre>
683: #define M_ACPI 122 /* ACPI */
684: </pre>
685: <li>Comment out the Sony SPIC stuff in
686: <tt>/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/files.i386</tt>
687: and <tt>/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/GENERIC_ACPI</tt>
688: (This stuff does not compile for me and i don't care about it;)
689: <li>rebuild kernel, /usr/src/sbin/sysctl, /usr/src/usr.sbin/acpid[ump]
690: <li>You are now able to set hw.setperf via sysctl.
691: </ul>
692:
693: <li>I run additionally a
694: <a href="http://metawire.org/~leopold/files/cpud-0.2.tgz">utility</a>
695: I wrote to control this value automatically depending on cpu-load.
696: It is based on Laurie Tratts' <tt>perfd</tt>.
697: Just unpack and run make && sudo make install.<br>
698: This way you are able to sustain Battery life up to 2 1/2 - 3 hours.
699: And the fan stops to run permanently.
700: </ul>
701: Contact <a href="mailto:a.schlichting@lemarit.com">Alf Schlichting</a>.
702: <p align="left">
703: <font size=2>
704: <a href="http://metawire.org/~leopold/files/lap.dmesg">dmesg</a>
705: </font>
706: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.138 grunk 707: Sony Vaio PCG-Z505JSK
1.119 grunk 708: </td><td>
709: <p><ul>
1.138 grunk 710: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
711: <li>APM works fine.
712: <li>Port extender and memory stick untested.
713: <li>I had to turn on the software cursor for X to work properly, but
714: otherwise the xorg configurator worked fine.
715: <li>Lucent/Orinoco Gold Card for networking works fine.
1.119 grunk 716: </ul>
1.138 grunk 717: Contact <a href="mailto:openbsd@exnext.com">John Karabaic</a>.
1.119 grunk 718: <p align="left">
719: <font size=2>
1.138 grunk 720: <a href="http://www.exnext.com/z505dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
1.119 grunk 721: ¦
1.138 grunk 722: <a href="http://www.exnext.com/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.119 grunk 723: </font>
724: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.138 grunk 725: Sony VAIO PCG-Z505N
1.119 grunk 726: </td><td>
727: <p><ul>
728: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
729: cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
730: <li>Installation by USB floppy:
731: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
732: can be brought to boot if one disables the
733: following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
1.126 grunk 734: <pre>
1.119 grunk 735: disable pcibios
736: disable fxp
737: disable pcic
1.126 grunk 738: </pre>
1.119 grunk 739: <li>After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
740: and no network. This means that the laptop has
741: no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
742: on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
743: of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
744: partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
745: boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
746: (no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
747: <li>Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
748: works without modification.
749: </ul>
750: Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
751: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.138 grunk 752: Sony VAIO VGN-S16TP
753: </td><td>
754: <p><ul>
755: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
756: <li>Everything works just fine.
757: </ul>
758: Contact <a href="mailto:kevlo@openbsd.org">Kevin Lo</a>.
759: <p align="left">
760: <font size=2>
761: <a href="http://www.kevlo.org/dmesg">dmesg</a>
762: ¦
763: <a href="http://www.kevlo.org/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
764: </font>
765: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.142 ! grunk 766: Toshiba Libretto 70CT
! 767: </td><td>
! 768: <p><ul>
! 769: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
! 770: <li>APM works OK.
! 771: <li>2 different dmesgs are supplied: (1) with wireless PCMCIA
! 772: card plugged in, and (2) with Xircom Wired network PCMCIA card.
! 773: </ul>
! 774: Contact <a href="mailto:fred@crowsons.net">Fred Crowson</a>.
! 775: <p align="left">
! 776: <font size=2>
! 777: <a href="http://www.fcbsd.com/puters/fcm37wi.txt">dmesg (1)</a>
! 778: ¦
! 779: <a href="http://www.fcbsd.com/puters/fcm37.txt">dmesg (2)</a>
! 780: ¦
! 781: <a href="http://www.fcbsd.com/puters/libretto_xorg.conf.txt">xorg.conf</a>
! 782: ¦
! 783: <a href="http://www.fcbsd.com/puters/fcm.htm">more info</a>
! 784: </font>
! 785: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 786: Toshiba Satellite 2410S
1.92 nick 787: </td><td>
1.97 nick 788: <p><ul>
1.111 nick 789: <li>It's running OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 790: <li>All stuff are working fine (graphics, sound, PCMCIA, APM,
1.106 nick 791: ethernet), except infrared and the built-in SD card reader.
1.97 nick 792: <li>There's a bug with certain toshiba laptops and XFree/X.org. Ratio is
1.94 nick 793: too quick, and some chars are repeated. To avoid that, disable
1.96 nick 794: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=X&sektion=7">X</a>'s
1.110 nick 795: kbd handling, and load a modmap with xmodmap if needed.
1.97 nick 796: </ul>
797: Contact <a href="mailto:aanriot@atlantilde.com">Alexandre Anriot</a>.
798: <p align="left">
799: <font size=2>
800: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/dmesg/albatros.txt">dmesg</a>
801: ¦
802: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/repository/config/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
803: </font>
1.118 grunk 804: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.121 grunk 805: Toshiba Tecra 8000
806: </td><td>
807: <p><ul>
808: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (Jan 2005) works ok.
809: <li>All hardware except infrared works.
810: <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
811: <li>Sound required the following change to /bsd :
812: <ul>
813: <li>In the system BIOS use the following values
1.126 grunk 814: <pre>
1.121 grunk 815: Sound = Enabled
816: --- SOUND SYSTEM ---
817: WSS I/O Address = 530H
818: SBPro I/O Address = 220H
819: Synthesizer I/O Address = 388H
820: WSS & SBPro & MPU401 IRQ Level = IRQ5
821: WSS(Play) DMA = Channel 1
822: WSS(Rec.) & SBPro DMA = Channel 0
823: Control I/O Address = 538H
824: MPU401 (MIDI I/F) = 330H
1.126 grunk 825: </pre>
1.121 grunk 826: <li>config -f -e /bsd
1.126 grunk 827: <pre>
1.121 grunk 828: ukc> disable sb
829: 193 sb0 disabled
830: 241 sb* disabled
831: ukc> change wss0
832: 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq 0
833: +drq2 -1 flags 0x0
834: change [n] y
835: port [0x530] ?
836: size [0] ?
837: iomem [-1] ?
838: iosiz [0] ?
839: irq [10] ? 5
840: drq [0] ? 1
841: drq2 [-1] ? 0
842: flags [0] ?
843: 197 wss0 changed
844: 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 5 drq 1
845: +drq2 0 flags 0x0
846: ukc> quit
847: Saving modified kernel.
1.126 grunk 848: </pre>
1.121 grunk 849: </ul>
850: <li>separate xorg.conf not needed, X works perfectly without one
851: </ul>
852: An older but still very useable laptop. Not too fast, but fast enough
853: for some DivX viewing with mplayer and firefox/thunderbird-use (not
854: for the impatient though, but then again, what is?). The fan can get
855: a bit loud after many power-on hours. This also impacts battery
856: lifetime, but that is to be expected. Nice and well supported.
857: <p>
858: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
859: <p align="left">
860: <font size=2>
861: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/whopper">dmesg</a>
862: </font>
863: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.118 grunk 864: Toshiba Tecra 8100
865: </td><td>
866: <p><ul>
867: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works ok.
868: <li>All hardware except infrared works.
869: <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
870: </ul>
871: Very nice laptop indeed. Quiet, boots very fast, most hardware is
872: supported. Only APM doesn't work very well. Pretty fast, not too
873: heavy, very OpenBSD-friendly - just like its predecessor, the Tecra
874: 8000. Battery can get a bit rusty, works good from 100% to 50%, then
875: drops to ~3% in minutes. Not too strange for an older machine though.
876: <p>
877: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
878: <p align="left">
879: <font size=2>
880: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/pizza">dmesg</a>
881: ¦
882: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/pizza">xorg.conf</a>
883: </font>
1.92 nick 884: </td></tr>
1.1 deraadt 885: </table>
886:
1.110 nick 887: <p> If your laptop under OpenBSD is not listed above, feel free to mail
888: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a> to cure this.
1.111 nick 889: Please supply as much information as possible, such as:
1.110 nick 890: <ul>
891: <li>Notebook exact manufacturer, name and model.
892: <li>Latest OpenBSD version known to work on it (must be the latest
893: release or -current).
894: <li>List of working/not working things with OpenBSD.
895: <li>List of hacks you used to get certain things running.
896: <li>Links to your dmesg and xorg.conf.
897: <li>Contact name and email address.
898: </ul>
899:
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901: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a><br>
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