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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>
1.170 steven 79: Acer Aspire 3003WLCi
80: </td><td>
81: <p><ul>
82: <li>OpenBSD 3.8 works (previous versions have DMA problems).
83: <li>Integrated Broadcom wifi doesn't work.
84: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM.
85: <li>Fn keys don't work, except for screen brightness adjustment
86: and backlight switch.
87: <li>USB 2.0 and Cardbus slot untested.
88: <li>Everything else works.
89: </ul>
90: Contact <a href="mailto:perlhaq@gmail.com">Stephen Takacs</a>.
91: <p align="left">
92: <font size=2>
93: <a href="http://perlguru.net/obsd/acer/dmesg-38">dmesg</a>
94: ¦
95: <a href="http://perlguru.net/obsd/acer/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
96: </font>
97: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.114 nick 98: Clevo D410V
99: </td><td>
100: <p><ul>
101: <li>Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (2005 May)
102: <li>CPU: 2.8Ghz with HyperThreading. I use it with GENERIC kernel.
103: <li>Graphics: ATI 9600. It's working fine with Xorg loaded glx.
104: DRI not working. Resolution 1400x1050 works fine.
105: <li>Ethernet: 100/1000 Realtek 8169. Working with re(4) fine.
106: <li>PCMCIA: Working with NetGear WG511T WiFi Card. ath(4)
107: <li>USB: Working. I tried with Lexar JumpDrive.
1.152 jmc 108: <li>Sound: auich(4) working (AC'97)
1.114 nick 109: <li>apm(8) is not working properly. Cannot apm -S:
110: <tt>apm0: APM set power state: unable to enter requested state (96)</tt>
111: <li>apm -z freezes.
112: <li>SD Card reader probably works, although I haven't tested yet.
113: <li>Infra is not working.
114: <li>CD/DVD -
115: <tt>QSI, CDRW/DVD SBW-242, UX02 SCSI0 5/cdrom removable</tt>
116: I can write cd, and view dvd.
117: </ul>
118: Contact <a href="mailto:wooh@wooh.hu">Adam Papai</a>
119: <p align="left">
120: <font size=2>
121: <a href="http://wooh.hu/~wooh/dmesg">dmesg</a>
122: ¦
123: <a href="http://wooh.hu/~wooh/XF86Config">xorg.conf</a>
124: </font>
125: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.140 grunk 126: Compaq Armada 1573DM
127: </td><td>
128: <p><ul>
129: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 1, 2005) works.
130: <li>PCMCIA works fine.
131: <li>XFree 4.2.1 works great (800x600x16).
132: <li>APM not tested.
133: <li>Had to use <tt>boot> machine memory +0x3000000@0x1000000</tt>
134: in order to get all 64M of memory.
135: <li>Sound does not work.
136: </ul>
1.144 grunk 137: Contact <a href="mailto:reidrac@usebox.net">Juan J. Martínez</a>.
1.140 grunk 138: <p align="left">
139: <font size=2>
140: <a href="http://www.usebox.net/jjm/obsd-wifi/laptop/dmesg">dmesg</a>
141: ¦
1.163 grunk 142: <a href="http://www.usebox.net/jjm/obsd-wifi/laptop/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.140 grunk 143: ¦
144: <a href="http://www.usebox.net/jjm/obsd-wifi/laptop/">more info</a>
145: </font>
146: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.145 grunk 147: Compaq NX9005
148: </td><td>
149: <p><ul>
150: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 11, 2005) works.
151: <li>All components are detected.
152: <li>It was not possible to run X.org, so I had to switch back to
153: XFree86. See also my yet unanswered
154: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-x11&m=111930024618914&w=2">post to openbsd-x11@</a>.
155: </ul>
156: Contact <a href="mailto:hdu@qualigo.de">Haluk Durmus</a>.
157: <p align="left">
158: <font size=2>
159: <a href="http://www.millenix.de/openbsd/dmesg">dmesg</a>
160: ¦
161: <a href="http://www.millenix.de/openbsd/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
162: </font>
163: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.124 grunk 164: Dell Inspiron 500m
165: </td><td>
166: <p><ul>
167: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
168: <li>Sound, touchpad, fxp onboard NIC work fine.
169: <li>USB: able to mount flash stick read/write, even able to install
170: OpenBSD on it and boot from it
171: <li>Pressing "Fn" and uparrow/downarrow keys to configure brightness
172: works, as well as switching to external VGA
173: <li>For getting the Intel ipw2100 wireless card to work,
174: use
175: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipwfw/OpenBSD/ipw-firmware-1.3.tgz">
176: Damien Bergamini's firmware package</a>.
177: <li>There was (expected) trouble with the screen resolution in X.
178: Using
179: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/i855vidctl/">i855vidctl</a>,
180: it goes to 1400x1050 as wanted by adding the line:
181: <pre>
182: i855vidctl 5c 1400x1050
183: </pre>
184: into /etc/rc.securelevel.
185: <li>APM does not seem to work at all: Neither <tt>apmd</tt>
186: nor <tt>halt -p</tt> operate ok.
187: For any other experiences on this, contact the submitter.
188: <li>PCMCIA not tested
189: <li>No extra xorg.conf supplied, the default is OK.
190: </ul>
191: Contact <a href="mailto:baldur@pistic.org">Baldur Sigurðsson</a>.
192: <p align="left">
193: <font size=2>
194: <a href="http://pistic.org/dell-inspiron-500m-dmesg">dmesg</a>
195: </font>
196: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.143 grunk 197: Dell Inspiron 1000
198: </td><td>
199: <p><ul>
200: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
201: <li>APM causes kernel panic, no way to disable in BIOS, so disabled in
202: kernel (see dmesg).
203: <li>CD-RW/DVD-ROM works for burning CD-R/W and reading DVD-ROM and playing.
1.152 jmc 204: <li>PCMCIA, Touchpad, USB 2.0, Ethernet sis(4), and Audio (SiS 7012 AC'97) work.
1.143 grunk 205: <li>Video (SiS 650L) works with X driver sis, VGA out works if configured properly in xorg.conf.
206: <li>Fn keys:
207: <ul>
208: <li>Brightness keys work without any special configuration
209: <li>Enable/disable system beep works
210: (mixerctl inputs.phone.mute=off first)
211: <li>Num Lock works (though see additional link for more info
212: on using it)
213: <li>mute and volume up/down don't seem to work (though configuration may
214: be possible)
215: <li>display change works (to a point; see link for more info)
216: <li>SysRq and Break keys not tested
217: </ul>
218: </ul>
219: Contact <a href="mailto:chjones@aleph0.com">Christian Jones</a>.
220: <p align="left">
221: <font size=2>
222: <a href="http://www.aleph0.com/computing/machines/dave/dmesg-OpenBSD-3.7">dmesg</a>
223: ¦
224: <a href="http://www.aleph0.com/computing/machines/dave/xorg.conf-OpenBSD-3.7">xorg.conf</a>
225: ¦
226: <a href="http://www.aleph0.com/computing/machines/dave/">more info</a>
227: </font>
228: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.139 grunk 229: Dell Inspiron 2500
230: </td><td>
231: <p><ul>
232: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
233: <li>You need to boot with option -c and disable apm, then disable aic.
234: <li>Integrated auich(4) works fine.
235: <li>Integrated i815 works fine.
236: <li>USB and PCMCIA work fine.
237: </ul>
238: Contact <a href="mailto:gael@lautre.net">Gael Queri</a>.
239: <p align="left">
240: <font size=2>
241: <a href="http://gael.lautre.net/blobby/dmesg">dmesg</a>
242: ¦
243: <a href="http://gael.lautre.net/blobby/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
244: </font>
245: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 246: Dell Inspiron 4100
1.92 nick 247: </td><td>
1.97 nick 248: <p><ul>
249: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
250: <li>apmd(8) is fully functional.
251: <li>Integrated xl(4) works fine.
252: <li>Integrated auich(4) works fine.
253: <li>USB works fine with my mouse.
254: <li>Both PCMCIA slots work.
255: <li>The Modem does not work.
256: </ul>
1.96 nick 257: Contact <a href="mailto:robert@openbsd.org">Robert Nagy</a>.
1.105 nick 258: <p align="left">
259: <font size=2>
260: <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/dmesg.notebook">dmesg</a>
261: ¦
262: <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
263: </font>
1.106 nick 264: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.128 grunk 265: Dell Latitude c400
266: </td><td>
267: <p><ul>
1.162 grunk 268: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-current (Nov 9, 2005) works.
1.128 grunk 269: <li>All hardware (including wi(4), sound, X at 1024x768/24bit) works.
270: <li>Suspend sort of works: the system will go to sleep (either by
271: zzz(8), closing the lid, or Fn-Esc), but it won't wake up properly (I
272: get a flashing _ cursor) ... so, I have to hold down the power button
273: for a few seconds, reboot, and fsck.
274: <li>For some reason, unless specifically told, X will default to a
275: lower resolution. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace kicks it into gear.
276: Hardcoding 1024x768 into xorg.conf fixes it for good though.
277: </ul>
278: Contact <a href="mailto:Mark.Peoples@asu.edu">Mark Peoples</a>.
279: <p align="left">
280: <font size=2>
1.162 grunk 281: <a href="http://www.azbsd.org/~marco/openbsd/laptop/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.128 grunk 282: ¦
1.162 grunk 283: <a href="http://www.azbsd.org/~marco/openbsd/laptop/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.128 grunk 284: </font>
285: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.122 grunk 286: Dell Latitude c610
287: </td><td>
288: <p><ul>
1.166 grunk 289: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-current (Nov 24, 2005) works.
290: <li>Audio, video, PCMCIA, and onboard NIC work.
291: <li>halt -p works
292: <li>apmd works
293: <li>Standby (apm -S) does not work
294: <li>Suspend (zzz, apm -z) works with one caveat: the kernel
295: message that appears upon resume:
296: <pre>"uhci0: interrupt while not operating ignored" </pre>
297: will cause X to hang. If you want to Suspend / Resume with
298: X running, and do not need USB, you may disable uhci* as a
299: circumvention.
1.122 grunk 300: </ul>
1.166 grunk 301: Contact <a href="mailto:josh@jggimi.homeip.net">Josh Grosse</a>.
1.122 grunk 302: <p align="left">
303: <font size=2>
1.166 grunk 304: <a href="http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jggimi/dmesg-c610-3.8-current-Nov-24-05">dmesg</a>
1.122 grunk 305: </font>
306: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.130 grunk 307: Dell Latitude c640
308: </td><td>
309: <p><ul>
310: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 29, 2005) works.
311: <li>Integrated auich works fine, but one can hear a little 'crack'
312: everytime a sound is started and ended.
313: <li>xl, USB, touchpad, Trackpoint, com0, APM, carbus, integrated
314: ATI Radeon Mobility M7 LW all work fine.
315: <li>not tested: tv-out, infrared, microphone
316: </ul>
317: Contact <a href="mailto:jkossen@xs4all.nl">Jochem Kossen</a>.
318: <p align="left">
319: <font size=2>
320: <a href="http://jkossen.nl/openbsd/dmesg_laptop_dell_c640">dmesg</a>
321: ¦
322: <a href="http://jkossen.nl/openbsd/xorg.conf_laptop_dell_c640">xorg.conf</a>
323: </font>
324: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.164 grunk 325: Dell Latitude D500
326: </td><td>
327: <p><ul>
328: <li>OpenBSD 3.8 works.
329: <li>The onboard NIC (fxp) works fine.
330: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
331: <li>Enhanced SpeedStep works.
332: <li>The touchpad works fine.
333: <li>USB 2.0 works: USB mouse device tested.
1.165 grunk 334: <li>Built-in CD/DVD player and writer works.
1.164 grunk 335: <li>Sound (auich) works, but it's set to maximum volume by default.
336: I've put <tt>outputs.master=100</tt> in /etc/mixerctl.conf.
337: <li>Built-in wireless (ipw) works fine with the firmware, see
338: <a href="faq/faq6.html#Wireless">FAQ 6 - Wireless networking</a>.
339: <li>X.org 6.8.2 at 1024x768 by default. Switching from LCD to external display
340: works. I've only had issues with MonitorLayout set to <tt>LFP+CRT,LFP</tt>
341: (see Dell Latitude D505), restarting X helps.
342: <li>Adjusting the display brightness with the fn keys works.
1.165 grunk 343: <li>Not tested: PCMCIA and the touchpad on console.
1.164 grunk 344: </ul>
345: Contact <a href="mailto:janus@errornet.de">Simon Dassow</a>.
346: <p align="left">
347: <font size=2>
348: <a href="http://janus.errornet.de/files/configs/codebeta.dmesg">dmesg</a>
349: ¦
350: <a href="http://janus.errornet.de/files/configs/codebeta.xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
351: </font>
352: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.136 grunk 353: Dell Latitude D505
354: </td><td>
355: <p><ul>
1.169 steven 356: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-current (Jan 3, 2006) works.
1.136 grunk 357: <li>The onboard NIC (fxp) works fine.
358: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
359: <li>The touchpad works fine, under X as well as under text consoles.
360: <li>USB 2.0 works fine: DVD writing using an external USB DVD
361: writer, as well as a USB flash device.
362: <li>Built-in CD/DVD player works nicely.
363: <li>Sound (auich) works, but it's very loud by default, especially
364: the beep. For this reason, I've put <tt>outputs.master=30</tt> in
365: /etc/mixerctl.conf.
366: <li>The Broadcom BCM4306 built-in wireless is not supported. Why? See
367: <a href="faq/faq6.html#Wireless">FAQ 6 - Wireless networking</a>.
368: <li>X.org 6.8.2 works. The maximum resolution of this machine is
369: 1024x768. Somehow it defaults to a lower resolution, so you probably
370: want an xorg.conf file. Switching from LCD to external display works,
371: but it makes the mouse pointer die and displays a few lines of crap
372: at the top of the screen.
373: The only solution seems to be to just restart X.
374: <li>Not tested: PCMCIA/Cardbus.
375: </ul>
1.169 steven 376: Contact <a href="mailto:steven@openbsd.org">Steven Mestdagh</a>.
1.136 grunk 377: <p align="left">
378: <font size=2>
1.169 steven 379: <a href="http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~smestdag/openbsd/latitude-d505-dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.136 grunk 380: ¦
1.169 steven 381: <a href="http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~smestdag/openbsd/latitude-d505-xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.136 grunk 382: </font>
383: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.129 grunk 384: Dell Latitude D600
385: </td><td>
386: <p><ul>
1.130 grunk 387: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 15, 2005) works.
1.129 grunk 388: <li>Audio, video (1024x768), and onboard NIC (Gigabit Broadcom
389: 570x) work just fine.
390: <li>Built-in wireless (Dell TrueMobile 1300) not supported.
391: </ul>
392: Contact <a href="mailto:benny@bennyvision.com">Benny</a>.
393: <p align="left">
394: <font size=2>
1.130 grunk 395: <a href="http://www.bennyvision.com/projects/openbsd/dell-latitude-d600/dell_latitude_d600_current.dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.129 grunk 396: ¦
397: <a href="http://www.bennyvision.com/projects/openbsd/dell-latitude-d600/dell_latitude_d600.xorg">xorg.conf</a>
398: </font>
399: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.151 grunk 400: Dell Latitude D610
401: </td><td>
402: <p><ul>
403: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
404: <li>X works fine without custom xorg.conf.
405: <li>USB mouse and kbd work, both connected to the docking station,
406: and built-in.
407: <li>Broadcom ethernet works.
408: <li>CD-ROM, touchpad and trackpoint work fine.
409: <li>Dell 1450 WLAN card does not work.
410: <li>Sound does not work.
411: </ul>
412: Contact <a href="mailto:unixi@freeshell.org">James Boyle</a>.
413: <p align="left">
414: <font size=2>
415: <a href="http://unixi.freeshell.org/OpenBSD/d610/dmesg">dmesg</a>
416: ¦
417: <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>
418: ¦
419: <a href="http://unixi.freeshell.org/OpenBSD/d610/dell-delivery-info">laptop config options</a>
420: </font>
421: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.144 grunk 422: Dell Latitude D800
423: </td><td>
424: <p><ul>
425: <li>There are several variations of this model. This one shipped with
426: 2 GHz Pentium M and GeForce FX Go5650.
427: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
428: <li>LAN, USB 2.0 and serial ports work.
429: <li>Bluetooth and WLAN (Dell TrueMobile 1300 interal b/g mini PCI)
430: not detected.
431: <li>Function keys which control audio and power don't work.
432: <li>Sound works ok.
433: <li>To get Xorg working with 1920x1200 resulution, I used the following
434: <pre>
435: Modeline "1920x1200" 162 1920 1984 2176 2480 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
436: </pre>
437: </ul>
438: Contact <a href="mailto:jyry@helzinki.net">Jyry Suuntala</a>.
439: <p align="left">
440: <font size=2>
441: <a href="http://helzinki.net/dell/dmesg">dmesg</a>
442: ¦
443: <a href="http://helzinki.net/dell/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
444: </font>
445: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.157 grunk 446: Dell Latitude L400
447: </td><td>
448: <p><ul>
449: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works
450: <li>Integrated ethernet (xl), audio (clct), USB and PCMCIA work.
451: <li><tt>apm -z</tt> works, but <tt>apm -S</tt> throws an error:
452: <pre>
453: apm0: APM set power state: unable to enter requested state (96)
454: </pre>
455: <li><tt>halt -p</tt> requires <tt>machdep.apmhalt=1</tt> in
456: <tt>/etc/sysctl.conf</tt>.
457:
458: </ul>
459: Contact <a href="mailto:lteo@metawire.org">Lawrence Teo</a>.
460: <p align="left">
461: <font size=2>
462: <a href="http://metawire.org/~lteo/openbsd/L400/dmesg">dmesg</a>
463: ¦
464: <a href="http://metawire.org/~lteo/openbsd/L400/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
465: </font>
466: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.90 nick 467: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
1.92 nick 468: </td><td>
1.97 nick 469: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 470: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works.
471: <li>APM is not working (boot with boot -c and then disable apm).
1.97 nick 472: <li>Sound works fine.
473: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
474: </ul>
475: Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
476: <p align="left">
477: <font size=2>
1.90 nick 478: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.97 nick 479: ¦
480: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
481: </font>
1.106 nick 482: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.116 grunk 483: Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E8010 with i855/SXGA+
484: </td><td>
485: <p><ul>
486: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
487: <li>SD card reader and SVGA are not supported.
488: <li>Doesn't have APM, so there's no way to suspend
489: or <tt>'halt -p'</tt> the box.
490: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi">iwi(4)</a>
491: needs an increased watchdog timeout of 10 in busy
492: environments, see
493: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">
494: if_iwi.c.diff</a>
495: (with or without this diff, you might still experience 'fatal error'
496: from time to time).
1.156 sturm 497: <li>needs Xorg-current as of may 2005 (and
498: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/x11/855resolution/">
1.116 grunk 499: 855resolution</a> for full 1400x1050 resolution).
500: The laptop only does 1280x1024 by default.
501: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
502: </ul>
503: Contact <a href="mailto:sturm@openbsd.org">Nikolay Sturm</a>.
504: <p align="left">
505: <font size=2>
506: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/dmesg">dmesg</a>
507: ¦
508: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
509: ¦
510: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">if_iwi.c.diff</a>
511: </font>
1.141 grunk 512: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.135 grunk 513: IBM Thinkpad R40
514: </td><td>
515: <p><ul>
516: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
517: <li>Suspend and suspend-to-disk work, but not while X is running.
518: Only in console mode. In X it just seems to lock up.
519: <li>Third mouse button does not work unless trackpad is disabled
520: in the BIOS.
521: <li>S-Video output port does not work.
522: <li>No special xorg.conf needed
523: <li>Everything else works.
524: </ul>
525: Contact <a href="mailto:asveikau@mail.rochester.edu">Andrew Sveikaus</a>.
526: <p align="left">
527: <font size=2>
528: <a href="http://mail.rochester.edu/~asveikau/r40.dmesg">dmesg</a>
529: </font>
530: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 531: IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.
1.92 nick 532: </td><td>
1.97 nick 533: <p><ul>
1.101 nick 534: <li>Works fine with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 535: <li>If using a boot floppy the system may hang when probing ahc.
1.94 nick 536: Workaround: boot with -c and disable ahc.
537: A GENERIC kernel does not have this issue.
1.101 nick 538: <li>Serial ports must be enabled in BIOS.
539: <li>"ctrl:nocaps" in X puts the control key in a proper location
540: <li>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK
541: <li>Hibernation not tested, but should work with
542: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> from the ports collection.
1.97 nick 543: <li>The audio chipset is supported (auich).
544: </ul>
545: Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.
546: <p align="left">
547: <font size=2>
1.101 nick 548: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
549: ¦
550: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.134 grunk 551: ¦
552: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">more info</a>
1.97 nick 553: </font>
1.106 nick 554: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.148 grunk 555: IBM Thinkpad T40, Type 2374-2G7
556: </td><td>
557: <p><ul>
558: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 30, 2005) works.
559: <li>Everything works fine
560: <li><tt>apm -S</tt>, <tt>apm -Z</tt>, <tt>auich</tt> and built-in
561: DVD/CD-RW work fine
562: </ul>
563: Contact <a href="mailto:renaud@llorien.org">Renaud Allard</a>.
564: <p align="left">
565: <font size=2>
566: <a href="http://www.llorien.org/OpenBSD/T40dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
567: ¦
568: <a href="http://www.llorien.org/OpenBSD/T40xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
569: </font>
570: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.125 grunk 571: IBM Thinkpad T41p type 2373-GEU
572: </td><td>
573: <p><ul>
574: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
575: <li>Everything works fine: APM, X, onboard ethernet (em), sound,
576: usb, docking station
577: <li>onboard atheros works in 802.11b mode only
578: </ul>
579: Contact <a href="mailto:matt@arin.net">Matt Rowley</a>.
580: <p align="left">
581: <font size=2>
582: <a href="http://www.damnskippy.org/openbsd/dmesg.t41p-20050610">dmesg</a>
583: ¦
584: <a href="http://www.damnskippy.org/openbsd/xorg.conf.new">xorg.conf</a>
585: </font>
586: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.117 grunk 587: IBM Thinkpad T42 model 2373
588: </td><td>
589: <p><ul>
590: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
591: <li>See entry for the X40 for the built-in
592: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a> or
593: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
594: 802.11 card and APM/Hibernation support.
595: <li>See entry for the X31 for Enhanced SpeedStep and the extra Thinkpad buttons.
596: <li>The alternatively built-in "Atheros AR5212 (IBM MiniPCI)" 802.11 card works with the
597: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>
598: driver.
599: <li>X.org with ATI Radeon Mobility works fine (1024x768, 24bpp).
600: <li>The built-in USB Bluetooth and infrared are not presently supported.
601: <li>The built-in
1.143 grunk 602: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a>
1.117 grunk 603: gigabit ethernet device works fine.
604: <li>The built-in
1.143 grunk 605: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.117 grunk 606: audio device works fine.
607: <li>The built-in fingerprint scanner found in some models is not supported.
608: </ul>
609: Contact <a href="mailto:reyk@openbsd.org">Reyk Floeter</a>.
610: <p align="left">
611: <font size=2>
612: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/dmesg-t42">dmesg</a>
613: ¦
614: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/xorg.conf-t42">xorg.conf</a>
615: </font>
616: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.131 grunk 617: IBM Thinkpad X23
618: </td><td>
619: <p><ul>
620: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
621: <li>Just like the IBM T23, kernels with ahc support may hang when
622: booting. Use "boot -c" and disable ahc support with "disable ahc",
623: followed by "exit" to continue booting.<br>
624: GENERIC does not have this issue.
625: <li>APM appears to work (suspends ok)
626: <li>On-board NIC fxp(4) works, including PXE booting
627: <li>On-board wireless NIC wi(4) works
628: <li>USB works (misc mice, cdrom, usb to serial devices, and memory
629: sticks all successfully tested)
630: <li>PCMCIA works (misc NICs tested)
631: <li>Built-in compact flash reader works
632: </ul>
633: Contact <a href="mailto:andreaso@it.su.se">Andreas Östling</a>.
634: <p align="left">
635: <font size=2>
636: <a href="http://people.su.se/~andreaso/OpenBSD/x23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
637: ¦
638: <a href="http://people.su.se/~andreaso/OpenBSD/x23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
639: </font>
640: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 641: IBM Thinkpad X31
642: </td><td>
1.97 nick 643: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 644: <li>Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
645: <li>Nearly all Hardware is supported, except FireWire.
1.97 nick 646: <li>APM is well supported. Suspend mode (apm -s/zzz) works without
1.94 nick 647: problems. Hibernation (suspend to disk) works also fine but
648: requires a small MS-DOS partition with a hibernation file at the
649: beginning of the harddisk. You can create this file with tphdisk
1.97 nick 650: from ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk).
651:
652: <li>The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via
653: xmodmap.
654: <li>Example:
1.94 nick 655:
1.126 grunk 656: <pre>
1.96 nick 657: xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down"
658: xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"
1.126 grunk 659: </pre>
1.94 nick 660:
1.97 nick 661: <li>The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G)
1.98 nick 662: works with the
663: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
664: driver. But you need to download the unfree firmware first to get
665: it working. For more details read
666: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4#FILES">ipw(4)</a>.
667:
668: <li>I'm planning to replace this card with a
669: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
670: or an
671: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>.
1.94 nick 672: For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
673: I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
1.115 nick 674: <i>special</i> IBM mini-PCI cards to be installed. The bios can
1.97 nick 675: be patched with the tpwireless program
1.115 nick 676: (<tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt>, <b>use on your own risk!</b>).
1.94 nick 677:
1.97 nick 678: <li>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
679: as well.
1.94 nick 680:
1.127 david 681: <li>Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the CPU speed
1.97 nick 682: via sysctl (<tt>sysctl hw.setperf</tt>).
1.94 nick 683:
1.98 nick 684: <li>The on-board
685: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
686: and
687: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.99 nick 688: are working without problems.
1.94 nick 689:
1.97 nick 690: <li>The keys for mute, volume up and volume down are working fine.
1.94 nick 691: No special software is required. If you'd like to get the big
692: "Access IBM" button to work and have a nice on-screen display, you
693: can install tpb from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb) This works just
694: fine and you have nice on-screen messages when you change volume and
1.97 nick 695: brightness settings or enable/disable the ThinkLight.
696: </ul>
1.155 bernd 697: Contact <a href="mailto:bernd@openbsd.org">Bernd Ahlers</a>.
1.97 nick 698: <p align="left">
699: <font size=2>
700: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/dmesg">dmesg</a>
701: ¦
702: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
703: </font>
1.106 nick 704: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.102 nick 705: IBM Thinkpad X40
706: </td><td>
707: <p><ul>
1.133 grunk 708: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 12, 2005) works fine.
1.109 jolan 709: <li>SD Card Slot is not presently supported.
1.102 nick 710: <li>The built-in "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" works only with additional
711: firmware. See
712: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a>
713: for more information.
1.133 grunk 714: <li>The X40 model 2386-8WU 512MB RAM/40GB HD has an Atheros AR5212
715: wireless card built in. It works with 3.7-current, but not with 3.7
716: release.
717: <li>UltraBase X4 works but is not hot-swappable. Machine locks up or
718: becomes unstable when trying to hot-plug the base. Work is being done
719: on a <a href="http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net">Linux ACPI driver</a>.
1.115 nick 720: <li>The use of other mini-PCI cards may be restricted by the BIOS.
1.110 nick 721: However, non-IBM supplied cards can be used after running the
722: <tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility.
1.108 djm 723: <li>APM works fine, including suspend to hard-disk (hibernation)
1.102 nick 724: <li>If you want to use Hibernation, you must have a small
1.103 nick 725: msdos partition with a save2dsk.bin. For this, you can use
1.102 nick 726: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt>.
1.104 nick 727: <li>Perhaps one of the best supported notebooks because several
1.110 nick 728: developers also use it.
1.102 nick 729: </ul>
1.133 grunk 730: Contact <a href="mailto:marcus.popp@paranoidbsd.org">Marcus Popp (1)</a>
731: or <a href="mailto:steve@stevenfettig.com">Steve Fettig (2)</a>.
1.102 nick 732: <p align="left">
733: <font size=2>
1.133 grunk 734: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/dmesg.37.txt">dmesg (1)</a>
1.102 nick 735: ¦
1.133 grunk 736: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/xorg.conf.37.txt">xorg.conf (1)</a>
737: ¦
1.137 grunk 738: <a href="http://anywheretechnology.com/machconfigs/dmesg_tpx40_23868WU.txt">dmesg (2)</a>
1.133 grunk 739: ¦
740: <a href="http://anywheretechnology.com/machconfigs/xorg.conf.tpx40_23868WU">xorg.conf (2)</a>
1.102 nick 741: </font>
1.106 nick 742: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.171 ! steven 743: IBM Thinkpad X41 (not tablet)
! 744: </td><td>
! 745: <p><ul>
! 746: <li>OpenBSD 3.8 works fine.
! 747: <li>APM works (sleep and suspend).
! 748: <li>Sound, wireless and accelerometer work.
! 749: <li>Fingerprint scanner is detected as a ugen(4) device, but I
! 750: haven't found software for it yet.
! 751: <li>Because the i945GM chipset isn't supported by X.org 6.8.1, I
! 752: compiled X.org 6.9 and everything works with the configuration
! 753: file below.
! 754: </ul>
! 755: Contact <a href="mailto:ramrunner@gmail.com">Spiros Thanasoulas</a>.
! 756: <p align="left">
! 757: <font size=2>
! 758: <a href="http://ics.forth.gr/~dsp/obsd-x41/dmesg-x41">dmesg</a>
! 759: ¦
! 760: <a href="http://ics.forth.gr/~dsp/obsd-x41/xorg.conf-x41">xorg.conf</a>
! 761: </font>
! 762: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.91 nick 763: JVC MP-XP 7250DE
1.92 nick 764: </td><td>
1.97 nick 765: <p><ul>
1.107 nick 766: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (October 2004) works.
1.97 nick 767: <li>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
768: SD card reader.
769: <li>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
1.91 nick 770: USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
1.97 nick 771: boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.
772: <li>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
773: is supported, too.
774: </ul>
775: Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.
1.111 nick 776: <p align="left">
777: <font size=2>
778: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
779: ¦
780: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-xfconfig.txt">xorg.conf</a>
781: ¦
782: <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php">
783: more info</a>.
784: </font>
1.106 nick 785: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.120 grunk 786: Medion MD6100 (model no. FID2040)
787: </td><td>
788: <p><ul>
1.165 grunk 789: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-current (November 2005) works.
1.120 grunk 790: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
791: <li>infrared does not work under OpenBSD.
792: <li>USB2.0 doesn't work (pci_intr_map: no mapping for pin D).
1.165 grunk 793: <li>Onboard networking (sis0) is fixed post 3.8
794: <li>Onboard audio (auich0) works properly post 3.8
1.120 grunk 795: </ul>
796: Overall, this laptop stinks. It's heavy, powerhungry and gets very hot
797: (too hot, often it will shut itself down to prevent meltdown).
798: A lot of hardware works only mediocre. The battery doesn't last long.
799: It's huge/bulky. It's *extremely* noisy. But, it *does* run OpenBSD.
800: And, when properly cooled, it's pretty fast (2.6 GHz). Why anyone
801: would need that much CPU in a laptop is beyond me, but it's there.
802: <p>
803: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
804: <p align="left">
805: <font size=2>
806: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/nugget">dmesg</a>
807: ¦
808: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/nugget">xorg.conf</a>
809: </font>
810: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.146 grunk 811: NEC Lavie C LC600J/5
812: </td><td>
813: <p><ul>
814: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (Apr 26, 2005) works.
815: <li>APM, PCMCIA and USB work.
816: <li>This machine's BIOS uses Ctrl+Alt+F5 as a hotkey to hibernate.
817: So I have to specify a swapctrlcaps variant in <tt>/etc/kbdtype</tt>.
818: <li>No separate xorg.conf needed, <tt>getconfig</tt> works like magic.
819: </ul>
820: Contact <a href="mailto:ttakah@lapis.plala.or.jp">Tamotsu Takahashi</a>.
821: <p align="left">
822: <font size=2>
823: <a href="http://www10.plala.or.jp/sanrinsha/tamo/dmesg">dmesg</a>
824: </font>
825: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.158 grunk 826: NEC Versa S940
827: </td><td>
828: <p><ul>
1.159 grunk 829: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-release works.
830: <li>i810 works ok, 1280x768 wide screen, after enabling the resolution
831: using the ports <tt>x11/855resolution</tt> tool by invoking it in
832: <tt>/etc/rc.securelevel</tt> like:
1.158 grunk 833: <pre>
1.159 grunk 834: /usr/local/sbin/855resolution 4d 1280 768 >/dev/null
1.158 grunk 835: </pre>
836: <li>sound card, iwi (download firmware first) and rl work ok.
837: <li>APM is not detected, <tt>halt -p</tt> does not poweroff.
838: <li><tt>sysctl hw.setperf=..</tt> does not change the CPU speed.
839: <li>lots of "not configured" components in dmesg
840: </ul>
1.159 grunk 841: Contact <a href="mailto:aurelien6545@free.fr">Aurélien</a>.
1.158 grunk 842: <p align="left">
843: <font size=2>
844: <a href="http://aurelien26.free.fr/s940/dmesg">dmesg</a>
845: ¦
846: <a href="http://aurelien26.free.fr/s940/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
847: ¦
848: <a href="http://www.nec-online.com/product/P_Range.asp?id=523#">product info</a>
849: </font>
850: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.89 nick 851: Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
1.92 nick 852: </td><td>
1.97 nick 853: <p><ul>
1.146 grunk 854: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 3, 2005) works.
855: <li>USB and built-in sound (yds) work just fine.
1.110 nick 856: <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card
857: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl">xl(4)</a>
858: works ok.
1.89 nick 859: <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
860: tested them.
861: <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
862: kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
863: cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
864: come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
865: the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
866: partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
867: access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
868: <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
869: system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
870: <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
871: locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
872: causes the problems mentioned above.
873: <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
874: sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
1.97 nick 875: </ul>
1.146 grunk 876: Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@openbsd.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
1.97 nick 877: <p align="left">
878: <font size=2>
879: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a>
880: ¦
1.146 grunk 881: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.97 nick 882: </font>
1.106 nick 883: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.132 grunk 884: Sony VAIO PCG-FX602
885: </td><td>
886: <p><ul>
887: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
888: <li>Audio does not work: you have to disable auvia* in GENERIC
889: after installation.
890: <li>APM, USB and PCMCIA work fine.
891: <li>X.org runs out of the box, so no xorg.conf file supplied
892: <li>Custom hack for <tt>hw.setperf</tt>:
893: <ul>
894: <li>Apply the
895: <a href="http://www.disorder.ru/openbsd/acpi.html">ACPI-patches</a>
896: from Alexander Yurchenko.
897: <li>Then edit /usr/src/sys/conf/files and add in line 21:
898: <pre>
899: define acpibus {}
900: </pre>
901: <li>Add to /usr/src/sys/sys/malloc.conf
902: <pre>
903: #define M_ACPI 122 /* ACPI */
904: </pre>
905: <li>Comment out the Sony SPIC stuff in
906: <tt>/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/files.i386</tt>
907: and <tt>/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/GENERIC_ACPI</tt>
908: (This stuff does not compile for me and i don't care about it;)
909: <li>rebuild kernel, /usr/src/sbin/sysctl, /usr/src/usr.sbin/acpid[ump]
910: <li>You are now able to set hw.setperf via sysctl.
911: </ul>
912:
913: <li>I run additionally a
914: <a href="http://metawire.org/~leopold/files/cpud-0.2.tgz">utility</a>
915: I wrote to control this value automatically depending on cpu-load.
916: It is based on Laurie Tratts' <tt>perfd</tt>.
917: Just unpack and run make && sudo make install.<br>
918: This way you are able to sustain Battery life up to 2 1/2 - 3 hours.
919: And the fan stops to run permanently.
920: </ul>
921: Contact <a href="mailto:a.schlichting@lemarit.com">Alf Schlichting</a>.
922: <p align="left">
923: <font size=2>
924: <a href="http://metawire.org/~leopold/files/lap.dmesg">dmesg</a>
925: </font>
926: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.147 grunk 927: Sony VAIO PCG-K115Z
928: </td><td>
929: <p><ul>
930: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 29, 2005) works.
931: <li>LAN interface ("Realtek 8139"): works.
932: <li>DVD/CDROM ("MATSHITA, UJ-820D, 1.01"): works.
933: <li>touchpad and X just work.
934: <li>APM: no problem, at least for <tt>halt -p</tt>.
1.152 jmc 935: <li>audio (AC'97): works.
1.147 grunk 936: <li>USB works.
937: <li>wlan interface ("Atheros AR5212") doesn't work (see dmesg).
938: </ul>
939: Contact <a href="mailto:izi@club-internet.fr">David JEAN-LOUIS</a>.
940: <p align="left">
941: <font size=2>
942: <a href="http://izimobil.org/PCG-K115Z.dmesg">dmesg</a>
943: ¦
944: <a href="http://izimobil.org/PCG-K115Z.xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
945: </font>
946: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.138 grunk 947: Sony Vaio PCG-Z505JSK
1.119 grunk 948: </td><td>
949: <p><ul>
1.138 grunk 950: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
951: <li>APM works fine.
952: <li>Port extender and memory stick untested.
953: <li>I had to turn on the software cursor for X to work properly, but
954: otherwise the xorg configurator worked fine.
955: <li>Lucent/Orinoco Gold Card for networking works fine.
1.119 grunk 956: </ul>
1.138 grunk 957: Contact <a href="mailto:openbsd@exnext.com">John Karabaic</a>.
1.119 grunk 958: <p align="left">
959: <font size=2>
1.138 grunk 960: <a href="http://www.exnext.com/z505dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
1.119 grunk 961: ¦
1.138 grunk 962: <a href="http://www.exnext.com/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.119 grunk 963: </font>
964: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.138 grunk 965: Sony VAIO PCG-Z505N
1.119 grunk 966: </td><td>
967: <p><ul>
968: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
969: cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
970: <li>Installation by USB floppy:
971: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
972: can be brought to boot if one disables the
973: following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
1.126 grunk 974: <pre>
1.119 grunk 975: disable pcibios
976: disable fxp
977: disable pcic
1.126 grunk 978: </pre>
1.119 grunk 979: <li>After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
980: and no network. This means that the laptop has
981: no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
982: on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
983: of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
984: partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
985: boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
986: (no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
987: <li>Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
988: works without modification.
989: </ul>
990: Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
1.138 grunk 991: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.142 grunk 992: Toshiba Libretto 70CT
993: </td><td>
994: <p><ul>
1.160 grunk 995: <li>OpenBSD 3.8 works.
1.142 grunk 996: <li>APM works OK.
1.160 grunk 997: <li>Sound works once kernal has been configured using config(8).
998: <li>2 different dmesgs are supplied:
999: [1] with Xircom Wired network PCMCIA card,
1000: and [2] with wireless PCMCIA card and wss enabled.
1.142 grunk 1001: </ul>
1002: Contact <a href="mailto:fred@crowsons.net">Fred Crowson</a>.
1003: <p align="left">
1004: <font size=2>
1.160 grunk 1005: <a href="http://www.crowsons.net/puters/txt/fcm38.txt">dmesg [1]</a>
1.142 grunk 1006: ¦
1.160 grunk 1007: <a href="http://www.crowsons.net/puters/txt/fcm38wi.txt">dmesg [2]</a>
1.142 grunk 1008: ¦
1.160 grunk 1009: <a href="http://www.crowsons.net/puters/libretto_xorg.conf.txt">xorg.conf</a>
1.142 grunk 1010: ¦
1.160 grunk 1011: <a href="http://www.crowsons.net/puters/fcm.php">more info</a>
1.142 grunk 1012: </font>
1013: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 1014: Toshiba Satellite 2410S
1.92 nick 1015: </td><td>
1.97 nick 1016: <p><ul>
1.161 aanriot 1017: <li>It's running OpenBSD 3.8-current (November, 2005).
1.153 aanriot 1018: <li>Graphics, sound and ethernet are working fine.
1.161 aanriot 1019: <li>APM is not really usable.
1020: <li>There's a bug with a few Toshiba laptops and X. Ratio is too
1021: quick, and some chars are repeated; you have to disable
1.96 nick 1022: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=X&sektion=7">X</a>'s
1.161 aanriot 1023: kbd handling to avoid that, and load a map with xmodmap(1) if
1024: needed.
1.97 nick 1025: </ul>
1.153 aanriot 1026: Contact <a href="mailto:aanriot@openbsd.org">Alexandre Anriot</a>.
1.97 nick 1027: <p align="left">
1028: <font size=2>
1029: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/dmesg/albatros.txt">dmesg</a>
1030: ¦
1.153 aanriot 1031: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/config/xorg_conf_laptop">xorg.conf</a>
1.97 nick 1032: </font>
1.118 grunk 1033: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.154 grunk 1034: Toshiba Satellite 2430-101
1035: </td><td>
1036: <p><ul>
1037: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 3, 2005) works.
1038: <li>Cardbus works.
1039: <li>X works.
1040: <li>Sound is recognized (didn't try it).
1041: <li>USB works (new devices are recognized at least).
1042: <li>APM does not work (hard crash when resuming).
1043: Tried APM 1.1 and a few other APM flags without success.
1044: </ul>
1045: Contact <a href="mailto:nilsf@tako.de">Nils Frohberg</a>.
1046: <p align="left">
1047: <font size=2>
1048: <a href="http://www.tako.de/openbsd/dmesg.boot">dmesg</a>
1049: ¦
1050: <a href="http://www.tako.de/openbsd/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1051: </font>
1052: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.149 grunk 1053: Toshiba Tecra A2
1054: </td><td>
1055: <p><ul>
1056: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 1, 2005) just works.
1057: <li>Built in iwi 2200b/g worked after finding firmware.
1058: <li>Sound, PCMCIA and X.org work perfectly.
1059: <li>usb tested with ipod shuffle, usb mouse and memory stick.
1060: <li>The only problem occurs _sometimes_ when using "reboot" from X.
1061: which causes a kernel panic when it tries to boot. Doing a hard power
1062: off, then back on does not cause any problem.
1063: </ul>
1064: Contact <a href="mailto:sbr@gnook.org">Sascha Ramin</a>.
1065: <p align="left">
1066: <font size=2>
1067: <a href="http://gnook.org/~sbr/tobias/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1068: ¦
1069: <a href="http://gnook.org/~sbr/tobias/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1070: </font>
1071: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.121 grunk 1072: Toshiba Tecra 8000
1073: </td><td>
1074: <p><ul>
1075: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (Jan 2005) works ok.
1076: <li>All hardware except infrared works.
1077: <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
1078: <li>Sound required the following change to /bsd :
1079: <ul>
1080: <li>In the system BIOS use the following values
1.126 grunk 1081: <pre>
1.121 grunk 1082: Sound = Enabled
1083: --- SOUND SYSTEM ---
1084: WSS I/O Address = 530H
1085: SBPro I/O Address = 220H
1086: Synthesizer I/O Address = 388H
1087: WSS & SBPro & MPU401 IRQ Level = IRQ5
1088: WSS(Play) DMA = Channel 1
1089: WSS(Rec.) & SBPro DMA = Channel 0
1090: Control I/O Address = 538H
1091: MPU401 (MIDI I/F) = 330H
1.126 grunk 1092: </pre>
1.121 grunk 1093: <li>config -f -e /bsd
1.126 grunk 1094: <pre>
1.121 grunk 1095: ukc> disable sb
1096: 193 sb0 disabled
1097: 241 sb* disabled
1098: ukc> change wss0
1099: 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq 0
1100: +drq2 -1 flags 0x0
1101: change [n] y
1102: port [0x530] ?
1103: size [0] ?
1104: iomem [-1] ?
1105: iosiz [0] ?
1106: irq [10] ? 5
1107: drq [0] ? 1
1108: drq2 [-1] ? 0
1109: flags [0] ?
1110: 197 wss0 changed
1111: 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 5 drq 1
1112: +drq2 0 flags 0x0
1113: ukc> quit
1114: Saving modified kernel.
1.126 grunk 1115: </pre>
1.121 grunk 1116: </ul>
1117: <li>separate xorg.conf not needed, X works perfectly without one
1118: </ul>
1119: An older but still very useable laptop. Not too fast, but fast enough
1120: for some DivX viewing with mplayer and firefox/thunderbird-use (not
1121: for the impatient though, but then again, what is?). The fan can get
1122: a bit loud after many power-on hours. This also impacts battery
1123: lifetime, but that is to be expected. Nice and well supported.
1124: <p>
1125: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
1126: <p align="left">
1127: <font size=2>
1128: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/whopper">dmesg</a>
1129: </font>
1130: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.118 grunk 1131: Toshiba Tecra 8100
1132: </td><td>
1133: <p><ul>
1134: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works ok.
1135: <li>All hardware except infrared works.
1136: <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
1137: </ul>
1138: Very nice laptop indeed. Quiet, boots very fast, most hardware is
1139: supported. Only APM doesn't work very well. Pretty fast, not too
1140: heavy, very OpenBSD-friendly - just like its predecessor, the Tecra
1141: 8000. Battery can get a bit rusty, works good from 100% to 50%, then
1142: drops to ~3% in minutes. Not too strange for an older machine though.
1143: <p>
1144: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
1145: <p align="left">
1146: <font size=2>
1147: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/pizza">dmesg</a>
1148: ¦
1149: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/pizza">xorg.conf</a>
1150: </font>
1.150 grunk 1151: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1152: Twinhead N15RB
1153: </td><td>
1154: <p><ul>
1155: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 12, 2005) works.
1156: <li>apm does not work correctly. "Battery state: absent" and 0 percent
1157: charge when running on AC or battery. <tt>apm -z</tt> does work though.
1158: <li>Cardbus does not work - check dmesg for interrupt mapping error.
1159: <li>The built-in wireless is now working with the iwi firmware from
1160: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/">Damien Bergamini's ipw page</a>.
1161: <li>Everything else seems to work OK.
1162: </ul>
1163: Contact <a href="mailto:jon@brain-box.net">Jon Trembley</a>.
1164: <p align="left">
1165: <font size=2>
1166: <a href="http://open.brain-box.net/src/dmesg.current">dmesg</a>
1167: ¦
1168: <a href="http://open.brain-box.net/src/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1169: </font>
1.92 nick 1170: </td></tr>
1.1 deraadt 1171: </table>
1172:
1.110 nick 1173: <p> If your laptop under OpenBSD is not listed above, feel free to mail
1174: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a> to cure this.
1.111 nick 1175: Please supply as much information as possible, such as:
1.110 nick 1176: <ul>
1177: <li>Notebook exact manufacturer, name and model.
1178: <li>Latest OpenBSD version known to work on it (must be the latest
1.153 aanriot 1179: release, snapshot, or -current).
1.110 nick 1180: <li>List of working/not working things with OpenBSD.
1181: <li>List of hacks you used to get certain things running.
1182: <li>Links to your dmesg and xorg.conf.
1183: <li>Contact name and email address.
1184: </ul>
1185:
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