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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.
1.152 jmc 89: <li>Sound: auich(4) working (AC'97)
1.114 nick 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>
1.144 grunk 118: Contact <a href="mailto:reidrac@usebox.net">Juan J. Martínez</a>.
1.140 grunk 119: <p align="left">
120: <font size=2>
121: <a href="http://www.usebox.net/jjm/obsd-wifi/laptop/dmesg">dmesg</a>
122: ¦
1.163 grunk 123: <a href="http://www.usebox.net/jjm/obsd-wifi/laptop/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.140 grunk 124: ¦
125: <a href="http://www.usebox.net/jjm/obsd-wifi/laptop/">more info</a>
126: </font>
127: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.145 grunk 128: Compaq NX9005
129: </td><td>
130: <p><ul>
131: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 11, 2005) works.
132: <li>All components are detected.
133: <li>It was not possible to run X.org, so I had to switch back to
134: XFree86. See also my yet unanswered
135: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-x11&m=111930024618914&w=2">post to openbsd-x11@</a>.
136: </ul>
137: Contact <a href="mailto:hdu@qualigo.de">Haluk Durmus</a>.
138: <p align="left">
139: <font size=2>
140: <a href="http://www.millenix.de/openbsd/dmesg">dmesg</a>
141: ¦
142: <a href="http://www.millenix.de/openbsd/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
143: </font>
144: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.124 grunk 145: Dell Inspiron 500m
146: </td><td>
147: <p><ul>
148: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
149: <li>Sound, touchpad, fxp onboard NIC work fine.
150: <li>USB: able to mount flash stick read/write, even able to install
151: OpenBSD on it and boot from it
152: <li>Pressing "Fn" and uparrow/downarrow keys to configure brightness
153: works, as well as switching to external VGA
154: <li>For getting the Intel ipw2100 wireless card to work,
155: use
156: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipwfw/OpenBSD/ipw-firmware-1.3.tgz">
157: Damien Bergamini's firmware package</a>.
158: <li>There was (expected) trouble with the screen resolution in X.
159: Using
160: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/i855vidctl/">i855vidctl</a>,
161: it goes to 1400x1050 as wanted by adding the line:
162: <pre>
163: i855vidctl 5c 1400x1050
164: </pre>
165: into /etc/rc.securelevel.
166: <li>APM does not seem to work at all: Neither <tt>apmd</tt>
167: nor <tt>halt -p</tt> operate ok.
168: For any other experiences on this, contact the submitter.
169: <li>PCMCIA not tested
170: <li>No extra xorg.conf supplied, the default is OK.
171: </ul>
172: Contact <a href="mailto:baldur@pistic.org">Baldur Sigurðsson</a>.
173: <p align="left">
174: <font size=2>
175: <a href="http://pistic.org/dell-inspiron-500m-dmesg">dmesg</a>
176: </font>
177: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.143 grunk 178: Dell Inspiron 1000
179: </td><td>
180: <p><ul>
181: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
182: <li>APM causes kernel panic, no way to disable in BIOS, so disabled in
183: kernel (see dmesg).
184: <li>CD-RW/DVD-ROM works for burning CD-R/W and reading DVD-ROM and playing.
1.152 jmc 185: <li>PCMCIA, Touchpad, USB 2.0, Ethernet sis(4), and Audio (SiS 7012 AC'97) work.
1.143 grunk 186: <li>Video (SiS 650L) works with X driver sis, VGA out works if configured properly in xorg.conf.
187: <li>Fn keys:
188: <ul>
189: <li>Brightness keys work without any special configuration
190: <li>Enable/disable system beep works
191: (mixerctl inputs.phone.mute=off first)
192: <li>Num Lock works (though see additional link for more info
193: on using it)
194: <li>mute and volume up/down don't seem to work (though configuration may
195: be possible)
196: <li>display change works (to a point; see link for more info)
197: <li>SysRq and Break keys not tested
198: </ul>
199: </ul>
200: Contact <a href="mailto:chjones@aleph0.com">Christian Jones</a>.
201: <p align="left">
202: <font size=2>
203: <a href="http://www.aleph0.com/computing/machines/dave/dmesg-OpenBSD-3.7">dmesg</a>
204: ¦
205: <a href="http://www.aleph0.com/computing/machines/dave/xorg.conf-OpenBSD-3.7">xorg.conf</a>
206: ¦
207: <a href="http://www.aleph0.com/computing/machines/dave/">more info</a>
208: </font>
209: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.139 grunk 210: Dell Inspiron 2500
211: </td><td>
212: <p><ul>
213: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
214: <li>You need to boot with option -c and disable apm, then disable aic.
215: <li>Integrated auich(4) works fine.
216: <li>Integrated i815 works fine.
217: <li>USB and PCMCIA work fine.
218: </ul>
219: Contact <a href="mailto:gael@lautre.net">Gael Queri</a>.
220: <p align="left">
221: <font size=2>
222: <a href="http://gael.lautre.net/blobby/dmesg">dmesg</a>
223: ¦
224: <a href="http://gael.lautre.net/blobby/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
225: </font>
226: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 227: Dell Inspiron 4100
1.92 nick 228: </td><td>
1.97 nick 229: <p><ul>
230: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
231: <li>apmd(8) is fully functional.
232: <li>Integrated xl(4) works fine.
233: <li>Integrated auich(4) works fine.
234: <li>USB works fine with my mouse.
235: <li>Both PCMCIA slots work.
236: <li>The Modem does not work.
237: </ul>
1.96 nick 238: Contact <a href="mailto:robert@openbsd.org">Robert Nagy</a>.
1.105 nick 239: <p align="left">
240: <font size=2>
241: <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/dmesg.notebook">dmesg</a>
242: ¦
243: <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
244: </font>
1.106 nick 245: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.128 grunk 246: Dell Latitude c400
247: </td><td>
248: <p><ul>
1.162 grunk 249: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-current (Nov 9, 2005) works.
1.128 grunk 250: <li>All hardware (including wi(4), sound, X at 1024x768/24bit) works.
251: <li>Suspend sort of works: the system will go to sleep (either by
252: zzz(8), closing the lid, or Fn-Esc), but it won't wake up properly (I
253: get a flashing _ cursor) ... so, I have to hold down the power button
254: for a few seconds, reboot, and fsck.
255: <li>For some reason, unless specifically told, X will default to a
256: lower resolution. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace kicks it into gear.
257: Hardcoding 1024x768 into xorg.conf fixes it for good though.
258: </ul>
259: Contact <a href="mailto:Mark.Peoples@asu.edu">Mark Peoples</a>.
260: <p align="left">
261: <font size=2>
1.162 grunk 262: <a href="http://www.azbsd.org/~marco/openbsd/laptop/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.128 grunk 263: ¦
1.162 grunk 264: <a href="http://www.azbsd.org/~marco/openbsd/laptop/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.128 grunk 265: </font>
266: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.122 grunk 267: Dell Latitude c610
268: </td><td>
269: <p><ul>
270: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 24, 2005) works.
1.124 grunk 271: <li>Audio, video (1400x1050), and onboard NIC work just fine.
1.122 grunk 272: </ul>
273: Contact <a href="mailto:steve@vitriol.net">Steve Tornio</a>.
274: <p align="left">
275: <font size=2>
276: <a href="http://vitriol.net/~steve/openbsd/latitude-c610-dmesg">dmesg</a>
277: ¦
278: <a href="http://vitriol.net/~steve/openbsd/latitude-c610-xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
279: </font>
280: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.130 grunk 281: Dell Latitude c640
282: </td><td>
283: <p><ul>
284: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 29, 2005) works.
285: <li>Integrated auich works fine, but one can hear a little 'crack'
286: everytime a sound is started and ended.
287: <li>xl, USB, touchpad, Trackpoint, com0, APM, carbus, integrated
288: ATI Radeon Mobility M7 LW all work fine.
289: <li>not tested: tv-out, infrared, microphone
290: </ul>
291: Contact <a href="mailto:jkossen@xs4all.nl">Jochem Kossen</a>.
292: <p align="left">
293: <font size=2>
294: <a href="http://jkossen.nl/openbsd/dmesg_laptop_dell_c640">dmesg</a>
295: ¦
296: <a href="http://jkossen.nl/openbsd/xorg.conf_laptop_dell_c640">xorg.conf</a>
297: </font>
298: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.164 ! grunk 299: Dell Latitude D500
! 300: </td><td>
! 301: <p><ul>
! 302: <li>OpenBSD 3.8 works.
! 303: <li>The onboard NIC (fxp) works fine.
! 304: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
! 305: <li>Enhanced SpeedStep works.
! 306: <li>The touchpad works fine.
! 307: <li>USB 2.0 works: USB mouse device tested.
! 308: <li>Built-in CD/DVD player works.
! 309: <li>Sound (auich) works, but it's set to maximum volume by default.
! 310: I've put <tt>outputs.master=100</tt> in /etc/mixerctl.conf.
! 311: <li>Built-in wireless (ipw) works fine with the firmware, see
! 312: <a href="faq/faq6.html#Wireless">FAQ 6 - Wireless networking</a>.
! 313: <li>X.org 6.8.2 at 1024x768 by default. Switching from LCD to external display
! 314: works. I've only had issues with MonitorLayout set to <tt>LFP+CRT,LFP</tt>
! 315: (see Dell Latitude D505), restarting X helps.
! 316: <li>Adjusting the display brightness with the fn keys works.
! 317: <li>Not tested: PCMCIA, CD writing and the touchpad on console.
! 318: </ul>
! 319: Contact <a href="mailto:janus@errornet.de">Simon Dassow</a>.
! 320: <p align="left">
! 321: <font size=2>
! 322: <a href="http://janus.errornet.de/files/configs/codebeta.dmesg">dmesg</a>
! 323: ¦
! 324: <a href="http://janus.errornet.de/files/configs/codebeta.xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
! 325: </font>
! 326: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.136 grunk 327: Dell Latitude D505
328: </td><td>
329: <p><ul>
330: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
331: <li>The onboard NIC (fxp) works fine.
332: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
333: <li>The touchpad works fine, under X as well as under text consoles.
334: <li>USB 2.0 works fine: DVD writing using an external USB DVD
335: writer, as well as a USB flash device.
336: <li>Built-in CD/DVD player works nicely.
337: <li>Sound (auich) works, but it's very loud by default, especially
338: the beep. For this reason, I've put <tt>outputs.master=30</tt> in
339: /etc/mixerctl.conf.
340: <li>The Broadcom BCM4306 built-in wireless is not supported. Why? See
341: <a href="faq/faq6.html#Wireless">FAQ 6 - Wireless networking</a>.
342: <li>X.org 6.8.2 works. The maximum resolution of this machine is
343: 1024x768. Somehow it defaults to a lower resolution, so you probably
344: want an xorg.conf file. Switching from LCD to external display works,
345: but it makes the mouse pointer die and displays a few lines of crap
346: at the top of the screen.
347: The only solution seems to be to just restart X.
348: <li>Not tested: PCMCIA/Cardbus.
349: </ul>
350: Contact <a href="mailto:steven.mestdagh@esat.kuleuven.be">Steven Mestdagh</a>.
351: <p align="left">
352: <font size=2>
353: <a href="http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/~smestdag/openbsd/latitude-d505-dmesg">dmesg</a>
354: ¦
355: <a href="http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/~smestdag/openbsd/latitude-d505-xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
356: </font>
357: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.129 grunk 358: Dell Latitude D600
359: </td><td>
360: <p><ul>
1.130 grunk 361: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 15, 2005) works.
1.129 grunk 362: <li>Audio, video (1024x768), and onboard NIC (Gigabit Broadcom
363: 570x) work just fine.
364: <li>Built-in wireless (Dell TrueMobile 1300) not supported.
365: </ul>
366: Contact <a href="mailto:benny@bennyvision.com">Benny</a>.
367: <p align="left">
368: <font size=2>
1.130 grunk 369: <a href="http://www.bennyvision.com/projects/openbsd/dell-latitude-d600/dell_latitude_d600_current.dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.129 grunk 370: ¦
371: <a href="http://www.bennyvision.com/projects/openbsd/dell-latitude-d600/dell_latitude_d600.xorg">xorg.conf</a>
372: </font>
373: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.151 grunk 374: Dell Latitude D610
375: </td><td>
376: <p><ul>
377: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
378: <li>X works fine without custom xorg.conf.
379: <li>USB mouse and kbd work, both connected to the docking station,
380: and built-in.
381: <li>Broadcom ethernet works.
382: <li>CD-ROM, touchpad and trackpoint work fine.
383: <li>Dell 1450 WLAN card does not work.
384: <li>Sound does not work.
385: </ul>
386: Contact <a href="mailto:unixi@freeshell.org">James Boyle</a>.
387: <p align="left">
388: <font size=2>
389: <a href="http://unixi.freeshell.org/OpenBSD/d610/dmesg">dmesg</a>
390: ¦
391: <a href="http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/latit_d610?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz&~tab=specstab#tabtop">laptop tech specs</a>
392: ¦
393: <a href="http://unixi.freeshell.org/OpenBSD/d610/dell-delivery-info">laptop config options</a>
394: </font>
395: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.144 grunk 396: Dell Latitude D800
397: </td><td>
398: <p><ul>
399: <li>There are several variations of this model. This one shipped with
400: 2 GHz Pentium M and GeForce FX Go5650.
401: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
402: <li>LAN, USB 2.0 and serial ports work.
403: <li>Bluetooth and WLAN (Dell TrueMobile 1300 interal b/g mini PCI)
404: not detected.
405: <li>Function keys which control audio and power don't work.
406: <li>Sound works ok.
407: <li>To get Xorg working with 1920x1200 resulution, I used the following
408: <pre>
409: Modeline "1920x1200" 162 1920 1984 2176 2480 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
410: </pre>
411: </ul>
412: Contact <a href="mailto:jyry@helzinki.net">Jyry Suuntala</a>.
413: <p align="left">
414: <font size=2>
415: <a href="http://helzinki.net/dell/dmesg">dmesg</a>
416: ¦
417: <a href="http://helzinki.net/dell/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
418: </font>
419: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.157 grunk 420: Dell Latitude L400
421: </td><td>
422: <p><ul>
423: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works
424: <li>Integrated ethernet (xl), audio (clct), USB and PCMCIA work.
425: <li><tt>apm -z</tt> works, but <tt>apm -S</tt> throws an error:
426: <pre>
427: apm0: APM set power state: unable to enter requested state (96)
428: </pre>
429: <li><tt>halt -p</tt> requires <tt>machdep.apmhalt=1</tt> in
430: <tt>/etc/sysctl.conf</tt>.
431:
432: </ul>
433: Contact <a href="mailto:lteo@metawire.org">Lawrence Teo</a>.
434: <p align="left">
435: <font size=2>
436: <a href="http://metawire.org/~lteo/openbsd/L400/dmesg">dmesg</a>
437: ¦
438: <a href="http://metawire.org/~lteo/openbsd/L400/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
439: </font>
440: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.90 nick 441: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
1.92 nick 442: </td><td>
1.97 nick 443: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 444: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works.
445: <li>APM is not working (boot with boot -c and then disable apm).
1.97 nick 446: <li>Sound works fine.
447: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
448: </ul>
449: Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
450: <p align="left">
451: <font size=2>
1.90 nick 452: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.97 nick 453: ¦
454: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
455: </font>
1.106 nick 456: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.116 grunk 457: Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E8010 with i855/SXGA+
458: </td><td>
459: <p><ul>
460: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
461: <li>SD card reader and SVGA are not supported.
462: <li>Doesn't have APM, so there's no way to suspend
463: or <tt>'halt -p'</tt> the box.
464: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi">iwi(4)</a>
465: needs an increased watchdog timeout of 10 in busy
466: environments, see
467: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">
468: if_iwi.c.diff</a>
469: (with or without this diff, you might still experience 'fatal error'
470: from time to time).
1.156 sturm 471: <li>needs Xorg-current as of may 2005 (and
472: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/x11/855resolution/">
1.116 grunk 473: 855resolution</a> for full 1400x1050 resolution).
474: The laptop only does 1280x1024 by default.
475: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
476: </ul>
477: Contact <a href="mailto:sturm@openbsd.org">Nikolay Sturm</a>.
478: <p align="left">
479: <font size=2>
480: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/dmesg">dmesg</a>
481: ¦
482: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
483: ¦
484: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">if_iwi.c.diff</a>
485: </font>
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1.141 grunk 488: IBM Thinkpad 390X
489: </td><td>
490: <p><ul>
491: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
492: <li>apm(8): <tt>apm -z</tt> works fine, but cannot <tt>apm -S</tt>:
493: error message: <tt>unable to enter requested state (96)</tt>.
494: <li>USB and PCMCIA work fine.
495: <li>Sound: eso(4) is detected.
496: <li>IRDA not tested.
497: </ul>
498: Contact <a href="mailto:antonio.abenojar@hazent.com">Antonio Abenojar</a>.
499: <p align="left">
500: <font size=2>
501: <a href="http://people.hazent.com/~adl/obsd/laptop/dmesg">dmesg</a>
502: ¦
503: <a href="http://people.hazent.com/~adl/obsd/laptop/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
504: </font>
1.162 grunk 505: -->
1.141 grunk 506: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.135 grunk 507: IBM Thinkpad R40
508: </td><td>
509: <p><ul>
510: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
511: <li>Suspend and suspend-to-disk work, but not while X is running.
512: Only in console mode. In X it just seems to lock up.
513: <li>Third mouse button does not work unless trackpad is disabled
514: in the BIOS.
515: <li>S-Video output port does not work.
516: <li>No special xorg.conf needed
517: <li>Everything else works.
518: </ul>
519: Contact <a href="mailto:asveikau@mail.rochester.edu">Andrew Sveikaus</a>.
520: <p align="left">
521: <font size=2>
522: <a href="http://mail.rochester.edu/~asveikau/r40.dmesg">dmesg</a>
523: </font>
524: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 525: IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.
1.92 nick 526: </td><td>
1.97 nick 527: <p><ul>
1.101 nick 528: <li>Works fine with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 529: <li>If using a boot floppy the system may hang when probing ahc.
1.94 nick 530: Workaround: boot with -c and disable ahc.
531: A GENERIC kernel does not have this issue.
1.101 nick 532: <li>Serial ports must be enabled in BIOS.
533: <li>"ctrl:nocaps" in X puts the control key in a proper location
534: <li>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK
535: <li>Hibernation not tested, but should work with
536: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> from the ports collection.
1.97 nick 537: <li>The audio chipset is supported (auich).
538: </ul>
539: Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.
540: <p align="left">
541: <font size=2>
1.101 nick 542: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
543: ¦
544: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.134 grunk 545: ¦
546: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">more info</a>
1.97 nick 547: </font>
1.106 nick 548: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.148 grunk 549: IBM Thinkpad T40, Type 2374-2G7
550: </td><td>
551: <p><ul>
552: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 30, 2005) works.
553: <li>Everything works fine
554: <li><tt>apm -S</tt>, <tt>apm -Z</tt>, <tt>auich</tt> and built-in
555: DVD/CD-RW work fine
556: </ul>
557: Contact <a href="mailto:renaud@llorien.org">Renaud Allard</a>.
558: <p align="left">
559: <font size=2>
560: <a href="http://www.llorien.org/OpenBSD/T40dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
561: ¦
562: <a href="http://www.llorien.org/OpenBSD/T40xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
563: </font>
564: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.125 grunk 565: IBM Thinkpad T41p type 2373-GEU
566: </td><td>
567: <p><ul>
568: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
569: <li>Everything works fine: APM, X, onboard ethernet (em), sound,
570: usb, docking station
571: <li>onboard atheros works in 802.11b mode only
572: </ul>
573: Contact <a href="mailto:matt@arin.net">Matt Rowley</a>.
574: <p align="left">
575: <font size=2>
576: <a href="http://www.damnskippy.org/openbsd/dmesg.t41p-20050610">dmesg</a>
577: ¦
578: <a href="http://www.damnskippy.org/openbsd/xorg.conf.new">xorg.conf</a>
579: </font>
580: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.117 grunk 581: IBM Thinkpad T42 model 2373
582: </td><td>
583: <p><ul>
584: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
585: <li>See entry for the X40 for the built-in
586: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a> or
587: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
588: 802.11 card and APM/Hibernation support.
589: <li>See entry for the X31 for Enhanced SpeedStep and the extra Thinkpad buttons.
590: <li>The alternatively built-in "Atheros AR5212 (IBM MiniPCI)" 802.11 card works with the
591: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>
592: driver.
593: <li>X.org with ATI Radeon Mobility works fine (1024x768, 24bpp).
594: <li>The built-in USB Bluetooth and infrared are not presently supported.
595: <li>The built-in
1.143 grunk 596: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a>
1.117 grunk 597: gigabit ethernet device works fine.
598: <li>The built-in
1.143 grunk 599: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.117 grunk 600: audio device works fine.
601: <li>The built-in fingerprint scanner found in some models is not supported.
602: </ul>
603: Contact <a href="mailto:reyk@openbsd.org">Reyk Floeter</a>.
604: <p align="left">
605: <font size=2>
606: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/dmesg-t42">dmesg</a>
607: ¦
608: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/xorg.conf-t42">xorg.conf</a>
609: </font>
610: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.131 grunk 611: IBM Thinkpad X23
612: </td><td>
613: <p><ul>
614: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
615: <li>Just like the IBM T23, kernels with ahc support may hang when
616: booting. Use "boot -c" and disable ahc support with "disable ahc",
617: followed by "exit" to continue booting.<br>
618: GENERIC does not have this issue.
619: <li>APM appears to work (suspends ok)
620: <li>On-board NIC fxp(4) works, including PXE booting
621: <li>On-board wireless NIC wi(4) works
622: <li>USB works (misc mice, cdrom, usb to serial devices, and memory
623: sticks all successfully tested)
624: <li>PCMCIA works (misc NICs tested)
625: <li>Built-in compact flash reader works
626: </ul>
627: Contact <a href="mailto:andreaso@it.su.se">Andreas Östling</a>.
628: <p align="left">
629: <font size=2>
630: <a href="http://people.su.se/~andreaso/OpenBSD/x23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
631: ¦
632: <a href="http://people.su.se/~andreaso/OpenBSD/x23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
633: </font>
634: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 635: IBM Thinkpad X31
636: </td><td>
1.97 nick 637: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 638: <li>Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
639: <li>Nearly all Hardware is supported, except FireWire.
1.97 nick 640: <li>APM is well supported. Suspend mode (apm -s/zzz) works without
1.94 nick 641: problems. Hibernation (suspend to disk) works also fine but
642: requires a small MS-DOS partition with a hibernation file at the
643: beginning of the harddisk. You can create this file with tphdisk
1.97 nick 644: from ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk).
645:
646: <li>The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via
647: xmodmap.
648: <li>Example:
1.94 nick 649:
1.126 grunk 650: <pre>
1.96 nick 651: xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down"
652: xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"
1.126 grunk 653: </pre>
1.94 nick 654:
1.97 nick 655: <li>The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G)
1.98 nick 656: works with the
657: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
658: driver. But you need to download the unfree firmware first to get
659: it working. For more details read
660: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4#FILES">ipw(4)</a>.
661:
662: <li>I'm planning to replace this card with a
663: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
664: or an
665: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>.
1.94 nick 666: For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
667: I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
1.115 nick 668: <i>special</i> IBM mini-PCI cards to be installed. The bios can
1.97 nick 669: be patched with the tpwireless program
1.115 nick 670: (<tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt>, <b>use on your own risk!</b>).
1.94 nick 671:
1.97 nick 672: <li>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
673: as well.
1.94 nick 674:
1.127 david 675: <li>Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the CPU speed
1.97 nick 676: via sysctl (<tt>sysctl hw.setperf</tt>).
1.94 nick 677:
1.98 nick 678: <li>The on-board
679: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
680: and
681: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.99 nick 682: are working without problems.
1.94 nick 683:
1.97 nick 684: <li>The keys for mute, volume up and volume down are working fine.
1.94 nick 685: No special software is required. If you'd like to get the big
686: "Access IBM" button to work and have a nice on-screen display, you
687: can install tpb from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb) This works just
688: fine and you have nice on-screen messages when you change volume and
1.97 nick 689: brightness settings or enable/disable the ThinkLight.
690: </ul>
1.155 bernd 691: Contact <a href="mailto:bernd@openbsd.org">Bernd Ahlers</a>.
1.97 nick 692: <p align="left">
693: <font size=2>
694: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/dmesg">dmesg</a>
695: ¦
696: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
697: </font>
1.106 nick 698: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.102 nick 699: IBM Thinkpad X40
700: </td><td>
701: <p><ul>
1.133 grunk 702: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 12, 2005) works fine.
1.109 jolan 703: <li>SD Card Slot is not presently supported.
1.102 nick 704: <li>The built-in "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" works only with additional
705: firmware. See
706: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a>
707: for more information.
1.133 grunk 708: <li>The X40 model 2386-8WU 512MB RAM/40GB HD has an Atheros AR5212
709: wireless card built in. It works with 3.7-current, but not with 3.7
710: release.
711: <li>UltraBase X4 works but is not hot-swappable. Machine locks up or
712: becomes unstable when trying to hot-plug the base. Work is being done
713: on a <a href="http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net">Linux ACPI driver</a>.
1.115 nick 714: <li>The use of other mini-PCI cards may be restricted by the BIOS.
1.110 nick 715: However, non-IBM supplied cards can be used after running the
716: <tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility.
1.108 djm 717: <li>APM works fine, including suspend to hard-disk (hibernation)
1.102 nick 718: <li>If you want to use Hibernation, you must have a small
1.103 nick 719: msdos partition with a save2dsk.bin. For this, you can use
1.102 nick 720: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt>.
1.104 nick 721: <li>Perhaps one of the best supported notebooks because several
1.110 nick 722: developers also use it.
1.102 nick 723: </ul>
1.133 grunk 724: Contact <a href="mailto:marcus.popp@paranoidbsd.org">Marcus Popp (1)</a>
725: or <a href="mailto:steve@stevenfettig.com">Steve Fettig (2)</a>.
1.102 nick 726: <p align="left">
727: <font size=2>
1.133 grunk 728: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/dmesg.37.txt">dmesg (1)</a>
1.102 nick 729: ¦
1.133 grunk 730: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/xorg.conf.37.txt">xorg.conf (1)</a>
731: ¦
1.137 grunk 732: <a href="http://anywheretechnology.com/machconfigs/dmesg_tpx40_23868WU.txt">dmesg (2)</a>
1.133 grunk 733: ¦
734: <a href="http://anywheretechnology.com/machconfigs/xorg.conf.tpx40_23868WU">xorg.conf (2)</a>
1.102 nick 735: </font>
1.106 nick 736: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.91 nick 737: JVC MP-XP 7250DE
1.92 nick 738: </td><td>
1.97 nick 739: <p><ul>
1.107 nick 740: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (October 2004) works.
1.97 nick 741: <li>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
742: SD card reader.
743: <li>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
1.91 nick 744: USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
1.97 nick 745: boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.
746: <li>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
747: is supported, too.
748: </ul>
749: Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.
1.111 nick 750: <p align="left">
751: <font size=2>
752: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
753: ¦
754: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-xfconfig.txt">xorg.conf</a>
755: ¦
756: <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php">
757: more info</a>.
758: </font>
1.106 nick 759: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.120 grunk 760: Medion MD6100 (model no. FID2040)
761: </td><td>
762: <p><ul>
763: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works.
764: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
765: <li>sis0 has certain issues, see postings
766: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-tech&m=105760910331290&w=2">[1]</a>,
767: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=110132503025407&w=2">[2]</a>, and
768: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=111251336023861&w=2">[3]</a>.
769: <li>infrared does not work under OpenBSD.
770: <li>sound is erratic, two out of three times.
771: <li>USB2.0 doesn't work (pci_intr_map: no mapping for pin D).
772: <li>To use the onboard NIC, make sure the interface is in Promiscuous
773: mode. I use `tcpdump -i sis0 -w /dev/null` to accomplish this. For
774: normal operation I add a (wireless) PCMCIA NIC.
775: Audio programs (mplayer/mpg123/ogg123/xmms/etc) simply should be
776: restarted once or twice to get proper audio.
777: </ul>
778: Overall, this laptop stinks. It's heavy, powerhungry and gets very hot
779: (too hot, often it will shut itself down to prevent meltdown).
780: A lot of hardware works only mediocre. The battery doesn't last long.
781: It's huge/bulky. It's *extremely* noisy. But, it *does* run OpenBSD.
782: And, when properly cooled, it's pretty fast (2.6 GHz). Why anyone
783: would need that much CPU in a laptop is beyond me, but it's there.
784: <p>
785: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
786: <p align="left">
787: <font size=2>
788: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/nugget">dmesg</a>
789: ¦
790: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/nugget">xorg.conf</a>
791: </font>
792: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.146 grunk 793: NEC Lavie C LC600J/5
794: </td><td>
795: <p><ul>
796: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (Apr 26, 2005) works.
797: <li>APM, PCMCIA and USB work.
798: <li>This machine's BIOS uses Ctrl+Alt+F5 as a hotkey to hibernate.
799: So I have to specify a swapctrlcaps variant in <tt>/etc/kbdtype</tt>.
800: <li>No separate xorg.conf needed, <tt>getconfig</tt> works like magic.
801: </ul>
802: Contact <a href="mailto:ttakah@lapis.plala.or.jp">Tamotsu Takahashi</a>.
803: <p align="left">
804: <font size=2>
805: <a href="http://www10.plala.or.jp/sanrinsha/tamo/dmesg">dmesg</a>
806: </font>
807: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.158 grunk 808: NEC Versa S940
809: </td><td>
810: <p><ul>
1.159 grunk 811: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-release works.
812: <li>i810 works ok, 1280x768 wide screen, after enabling the resolution
813: using the ports <tt>x11/855resolution</tt> tool by invoking it in
814: <tt>/etc/rc.securelevel</tt> like:
1.158 grunk 815: <pre>
1.159 grunk 816: /usr/local/sbin/855resolution 4d 1280 768 >/dev/null
1.158 grunk 817: </pre>
818: <li>sound card, iwi (download firmware first) and rl work ok.
819: <li>APM is not detected, <tt>halt -p</tt> does not poweroff.
820: <li><tt>sysctl hw.setperf=..</tt> does not change the CPU speed.
821: <li>lots of "not configured" components in dmesg
822: </ul>
1.159 grunk 823: Contact <a href="mailto:aurelien6545@free.fr">Aurélien</a>.
1.158 grunk 824: <p align="left">
825: <font size=2>
826: <a href="http://aurelien26.free.fr/s940/dmesg">dmesg</a>
827: ¦
828: <a href="http://aurelien26.free.fr/s940/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
829: ¦
830: <a href="http://www.nec-online.com/product/P_Range.asp?id=523#">product info</a>
831: </font>
832: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.89 nick 833: Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
1.92 nick 834: </td><td>
1.97 nick 835: <p><ul>
1.146 grunk 836: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 3, 2005) works.
837: <li>USB and built-in sound (yds) work just fine.
1.110 nick 838: <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card
839: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl">xl(4)</a>
840: works ok.
1.89 nick 841: <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
842: tested them.
843: <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
844: kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
845: cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
846: come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
847: the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
848: partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
849: access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
850: <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
851: system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
852: <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
853: locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
854: causes the problems mentioned above.
855: <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
856: sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
1.97 nick 857: </ul>
1.146 grunk 858: Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@openbsd.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
1.97 nick 859: <p align="left">
860: <font size=2>
861: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a>
862: ¦
1.146 grunk 863: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.97 nick 864: </font>
1.106 nick 865: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.132 grunk 866: Sony VAIO PCG-FX602
867: </td><td>
868: <p><ul>
869: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
870: <li>Audio does not work: you have to disable auvia* in GENERIC
871: after installation.
872: <li>APM, USB and PCMCIA work fine.
873: <li>X.org runs out of the box, so no xorg.conf file supplied
874: <li>Custom hack for <tt>hw.setperf</tt>:
875: <ul>
876: <li>Apply the
877: <a href="http://www.disorder.ru/openbsd/acpi.html">ACPI-patches</a>
878: from Alexander Yurchenko.
879: <li>Then edit /usr/src/sys/conf/files and add in line 21:
880: <pre>
881: define acpibus {}
882: </pre>
883: <li>Add to /usr/src/sys/sys/malloc.conf
884: <pre>
885: #define M_ACPI 122 /* ACPI */
886: </pre>
887: <li>Comment out the Sony SPIC stuff in
888: <tt>/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/files.i386</tt>
889: and <tt>/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/GENERIC_ACPI</tt>
890: (This stuff does not compile for me and i don't care about it;)
891: <li>rebuild kernel, /usr/src/sbin/sysctl, /usr/src/usr.sbin/acpid[ump]
892: <li>You are now able to set hw.setperf via sysctl.
893: </ul>
894:
895: <li>I run additionally a
896: <a href="http://metawire.org/~leopold/files/cpud-0.2.tgz">utility</a>
897: I wrote to control this value automatically depending on cpu-load.
898: It is based on Laurie Tratts' <tt>perfd</tt>.
899: Just unpack and run make && sudo make install.<br>
900: This way you are able to sustain Battery life up to 2 1/2 - 3 hours.
901: And the fan stops to run permanently.
902: </ul>
903: Contact <a href="mailto:a.schlichting@lemarit.com">Alf Schlichting</a>.
904: <p align="left">
905: <font size=2>
906: <a href="http://metawire.org/~leopold/files/lap.dmesg">dmesg</a>
907: </font>
908: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.147 grunk 909: Sony VAIO PCG-K115Z
910: </td><td>
911: <p><ul>
912: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 29, 2005) works.
913: <li>LAN interface ("Realtek 8139"): works.
914: <li>DVD/CDROM ("MATSHITA, UJ-820D, 1.01"): works.
915: <li>touchpad and X just work.
916: <li>APM: no problem, at least for <tt>halt -p</tt>.
1.152 jmc 917: <li>audio (AC'97): works.
1.147 grunk 918: <li>USB works.
919: <li>wlan interface ("Atheros AR5212") doesn't work (see dmesg).
920: </ul>
921: Contact <a href="mailto:izi@club-internet.fr">David JEAN-LOUIS</a>.
922: <p align="left">
923: <font size=2>
924: <a href="http://izimobil.org/PCG-K115Z.dmesg">dmesg</a>
925: ¦
926: <a href="http://izimobil.org/PCG-K115Z.xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
927: </font>
928: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.138 grunk 929: Sony Vaio PCG-Z505JSK
1.119 grunk 930: </td><td>
931: <p><ul>
1.138 grunk 932: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
933: <li>APM works fine.
934: <li>Port extender and memory stick untested.
935: <li>I had to turn on the software cursor for X to work properly, but
936: otherwise the xorg configurator worked fine.
937: <li>Lucent/Orinoco Gold Card for networking works fine.
1.119 grunk 938: </ul>
1.138 grunk 939: Contact <a href="mailto:openbsd@exnext.com">John Karabaic</a>.
1.119 grunk 940: <p align="left">
941: <font size=2>
1.138 grunk 942: <a href="http://www.exnext.com/z505dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
1.119 grunk 943: ¦
1.138 grunk 944: <a href="http://www.exnext.com/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.119 grunk 945: </font>
946: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.138 grunk 947: Sony VAIO PCG-Z505N
1.119 grunk 948: </td><td>
949: <p><ul>
950: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
951: cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
952: <li>Installation by USB floppy:
953: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
954: can be brought to boot if one disables the
955: following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
1.126 grunk 956: <pre>
1.119 grunk 957: disable pcibios
958: disable fxp
959: disable pcic
1.126 grunk 960: </pre>
1.119 grunk 961: <li>After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
962: and no network. This means that the laptop has
963: no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
964: on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
965: of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
966: partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
967: boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
968: (no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
969: <li>Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
970: works without modification.
971: </ul>
972: Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
1.162 grunk 973: <!--
1.119 grunk 974: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.138 grunk 975: Sony VAIO VGN-S16TP
976: </td><td>
977: <p><ul>
978: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
979: <li>Everything works just fine.
980: </ul>
981: Contact <a href="mailto:kevlo@openbsd.org">Kevin Lo</a>.
982: <p align="left">
983: <font size=2>
984: <a href="http://www.kevlo.org/dmesg">dmesg</a>
985: ¦
986: <a href="http://www.kevlo.org/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
987: </font>
1.162 grunk 988: -->
1.138 grunk 989: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.142 grunk 990: Toshiba Libretto 70CT
991: </td><td>
992: <p><ul>
1.160 grunk 993: <li>OpenBSD 3.8 works.
1.142 grunk 994: <li>APM works OK.
1.160 grunk 995: <li>Sound works once kernal has been configured using config(8).
996: <li>2 different dmesgs are supplied:
997: [1] with Xircom Wired network PCMCIA card,
998: and [2] with wireless PCMCIA card and wss enabled.
1.142 grunk 999: </ul>
1000: Contact <a href="mailto:fred@crowsons.net">Fred Crowson</a>.
1001: <p align="left">
1002: <font size=2>
1.160 grunk 1003: <a href="http://www.crowsons.net/puters/txt/fcm38.txt">dmesg [1]</a>
1.142 grunk 1004: ¦
1.160 grunk 1005: <a href="http://www.crowsons.net/puters/txt/fcm38wi.txt">dmesg [2]</a>
1.142 grunk 1006: ¦
1.160 grunk 1007: <a href="http://www.crowsons.net/puters/libretto_xorg.conf.txt">xorg.conf</a>
1.142 grunk 1008: ¦
1.160 grunk 1009: <a href="http://www.crowsons.net/puters/fcm.php">more info</a>
1.142 grunk 1010: </font>
1011: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 1012: Toshiba Satellite 2410S
1.92 nick 1013: </td><td>
1.97 nick 1014: <p><ul>
1.161 aanriot 1015: <li>It's running OpenBSD 3.8-current (November, 2005).
1.153 aanriot 1016: <li>Graphics, sound and ethernet are working fine.
1.161 aanriot 1017: <li>APM is not really usable.
1018: <li>There's a bug with a few Toshiba laptops and X. Ratio is too
1019: quick, and some chars are repeated; you have to disable
1.96 nick 1020: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=X&sektion=7">X</a>'s
1.161 aanriot 1021: kbd handling to avoid that, and load a map with xmodmap(1) if
1022: needed.
1.97 nick 1023: </ul>
1.153 aanriot 1024: Contact <a href="mailto:aanriot@openbsd.org">Alexandre Anriot</a>.
1.97 nick 1025: <p align="left">
1026: <font size=2>
1027: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/dmesg/albatros.txt">dmesg</a>
1028: ¦
1.153 aanriot 1029: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/config/xorg_conf_laptop">xorg.conf</a>
1.97 nick 1030: </font>
1.118 grunk 1031: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.154 grunk 1032: Toshiba Satellite 2430-101
1033: </td><td>
1034: <p><ul>
1035: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 3, 2005) works.
1036: <li>Cardbus works.
1037: <li>X works.
1038: <li>Sound is recognized (didn't try it).
1039: <li>USB works (new devices are recognized at least).
1040: <li>APM does not work (hard crash when resuming).
1041: Tried APM 1.1 and a few other APM flags without success.
1042: </ul>
1043: Contact <a href="mailto:nilsf@tako.de">Nils Frohberg</a>.
1044: <p align="left">
1045: <font size=2>
1046: <a href="http://www.tako.de/openbsd/dmesg.boot">dmesg</a>
1047: ¦
1048: <a href="http://www.tako.de/openbsd/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1049: </font>
1050: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.149 grunk 1051: Toshiba Tecra A2
1052: </td><td>
1053: <p><ul>
1054: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 1, 2005) just works.
1055: <li>Built in iwi 2200b/g worked after finding firmware.
1056: <li>Sound, PCMCIA and X.org work perfectly.
1057: <li>usb tested with ipod shuffle, usb mouse and memory stick.
1058: <li>The only problem occurs _sometimes_ when using "reboot" from X.
1059: which causes a kernel panic when it tries to boot. Doing a hard power
1060: off, then back on does not cause any problem.
1061: </ul>
1062: Contact <a href="mailto:sbr@gnook.org">Sascha Ramin</a>.
1063: <p align="left">
1064: <font size=2>
1065: <a href="http://gnook.org/~sbr/tobias/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1066: ¦
1067: <a href="http://gnook.org/~sbr/tobias/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1068: </font>
1069: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.121 grunk 1070: Toshiba Tecra 8000
1071: </td><td>
1072: <p><ul>
1073: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (Jan 2005) works ok.
1074: <li>All hardware except infrared works.
1075: <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
1076: <li>Sound required the following change to /bsd :
1077: <ul>
1078: <li>In the system BIOS use the following values
1.126 grunk 1079: <pre>
1.121 grunk 1080: Sound = Enabled
1081: --- SOUND SYSTEM ---
1082: WSS I/O Address = 530H
1083: SBPro I/O Address = 220H
1084: Synthesizer I/O Address = 388H
1085: WSS & SBPro & MPU401 IRQ Level = IRQ5
1086: WSS(Play) DMA = Channel 1
1087: WSS(Rec.) & SBPro DMA = Channel 0
1088: Control I/O Address = 538H
1089: MPU401 (MIDI I/F) = 330H
1.126 grunk 1090: </pre>
1.121 grunk 1091: <li>config -f -e /bsd
1.126 grunk 1092: <pre>
1.121 grunk 1093: ukc> disable sb
1094: 193 sb0 disabled
1095: 241 sb* disabled
1096: ukc> change wss0
1097: 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq 0
1098: +drq2 -1 flags 0x0
1099: change [n] y
1100: port [0x530] ?
1101: size [0] ?
1102: iomem [-1] ?
1103: iosiz [0] ?
1104: irq [10] ? 5
1105: drq [0] ? 1
1106: drq2 [-1] ? 0
1107: flags [0] ?
1108: 197 wss0 changed
1109: 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 5 drq 1
1110: +drq2 0 flags 0x0
1111: ukc> quit
1112: Saving modified kernel.
1.126 grunk 1113: </pre>
1.121 grunk 1114: </ul>
1115: <li>separate xorg.conf not needed, X works perfectly without one
1116: </ul>
1117: An older but still very useable laptop. Not too fast, but fast enough
1118: for some DivX viewing with mplayer and firefox/thunderbird-use (not
1119: for the impatient though, but then again, what is?). The fan can get
1120: a bit loud after many power-on hours. This also impacts battery
1121: lifetime, but that is to be expected. Nice and well supported.
1122: <p>
1123: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
1124: <p align="left">
1125: <font size=2>
1126: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/whopper">dmesg</a>
1127: </font>
1128: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.118 grunk 1129: Toshiba Tecra 8100
1130: </td><td>
1131: <p><ul>
1132: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works ok.
1133: <li>All hardware except infrared works.
1134: <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
1135: </ul>
1136: Very nice laptop indeed. Quiet, boots very fast, most hardware is
1137: supported. Only APM doesn't work very well. Pretty fast, not too
1138: heavy, very OpenBSD-friendly - just like its predecessor, the Tecra
1139: 8000. Battery can get a bit rusty, works good from 100% to 50%, then
1140: drops to ~3% in minutes. Not too strange for an older machine though.
1141: <p>
1142: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
1143: <p align="left">
1144: <font size=2>
1145: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/pizza">dmesg</a>
1146: ¦
1147: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/pizza">xorg.conf</a>
1148: </font>
1.150 grunk 1149: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1150: Twinhead N15RB
1151: </td><td>
1152: <p><ul>
1153: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 12, 2005) works.
1154: <li>apm does not work correctly. "Battery state: absent" and 0 percent
1155: charge when running on AC or battery. <tt>apm -z</tt> does work though.
1156: <li>Cardbus does not work - check dmesg for interrupt mapping error.
1157: <li>The built-in wireless is now working with the iwi firmware from
1158: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/">Damien Bergamini's ipw page</a>.
1159: <li>Everything else seems to work OK.
1160: </ul>
1161: Contact <a href="mailto:jon@brain-box.net">Jon Trembley</a>.
1162: <p align="left">
1163: <font size=2>
1164: <a href="http://open.brain-box.net/src/dmesg.current">dmesg</a>
1165: ¦
1166: <a href="http://open.brain-box.net/src/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1167: </font>
1.92 nick 1168: </td></tr>
1.1 deraadt 1169: </table>
1170:
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1172: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a> to cure this.
1.111 nick 1173: Please supply as much information as possible, such as:
1.110 nick 1174: <ul>
1175: <li>Notebook exact manufacturer, name and model.
1176: <li>Latest OpenBSD version known to work on it (must be the latest
1.153 aanriot 1177: release, snapshot, or -current).
1.110 nick 1178: <li>List of working/not working things with OpenBSD.
1179: <li>List of hacks you used to get certain things running.
1180: <li>Links to your dmesg and xorg.conf.
1181: <li>Contact name and email address.
1182: </ul>
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