Annotation of www/i386-laptop.html, Revision 1.177
1.78 jufi 1: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
1.1 deraadt 2: <html>
3: <head>
4: <title>OpenBSD/i386 Laptop Page</title>
1.78 jufi 5: <link rev=made href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">
1.1 deraadt 6: <meta name="resource-type" content="document">
1.78 jufi 7: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
1.17 wvdputte 8: <meta name="description" content="OpenBSD laptop">
1.1 deraadt 9: <meta name="keywords" content="openbsd,main">
10: <meta name="distribution" content="global">
1.171 steven 11: <meta name="copyright" content="This document copyright 1997-2006 by OpenBSD.">
1.1 deraadt 12: </head>
13:
1.80 david 14: <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#23238E">
1.74 jsyn 15: <a href="index.html"><img alt="[OpenBSD]" height="30" width="141" src="images/smalltitle.gif" border="0"></a>
1.1 deraadt 16: <p>
1.78 jufi 17: <h2><font color="#e00000">i386 Laptop Status</font></h2>
18: <hr>
1.1 deraadt 19:
1.92 nick 20: <p> This is a list of laptops known to be working with OpenBSD.
1.1 deraadt 21:
1.92 nick 22: <p> If your laptop isn't listed below doesn't mean that it won't work,
1.95 nick 23: and you will most likely find a similar model that is listed below.
24: Most laptops work very well, however some will still have minor issues.
1.92 nick 25:
26: <p> Of those that have problems,
1.1 deraadt 27: <ul>
1.5 deraadt 28: <li>Some exhibit problems with APM support. Note that <strong>apm -S</strong>
1.95 nick 29: fails to suspend some laptops.
1.38 deraadt 30: <li>Some lack sound support
1.84 mickey 31: <li>A few have subtle bugs with their PCMCIA and CardBus support
1.116 grunk 32: <li>There is currently neither Firewire nor ACPI support in OpenBSD
1.92 nick 33: <li>XFree86/X.org does not support some displays properly. Sometimes
1.94 nick 34: switching between both of them helps.
1.95 nick 35: <li>Some other built-in device doesn't work.
1.1 deraadt 36: <li>Some have problems with pcmcia card eject interrupts.
1.95 nick 37: <li>Almost all modern laptops with on-board modems have "winmodems",
38: which are not currently and are unlikely to ever be supported.
1.104 nick 39: Use a PCCard modem if you need one that works. You can
1.95 nick 40: assume any modem on the machines below does NOT work unless
41: indicated.
1.101 nick 42: <li>IBM Thinkpads (and perhaps other notebooks, too) with Phoenix-style
43: BIOSes offer a so-called "hibernation mode", where memory is
44: written to disk. You can use this feature with OpenBSD.
45: Generate the partition for hibernation using the
46: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> utility from the
47: ports collection.
1.115 nick 48: <li>IBM Thinkpads with mini-PCI slots will check PCI IDs against a
49: built-in list of "allowed" devices, and thus will not work with
50: third-party cards. This behavior can be changed by using the
51: <tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility from ports BEFORE
52: inserting the third-party card. This utility sets a "magic bit"
53: in the BIOS to disable this check.
1.1 deraadt 54: </ul>
55:
56: <p>
57: <table border=1>
1.106 nick 58: <tr valign="top">
1.1 deraadt 59: <th>Laptop</th>
60: <th>Notes</th>
1.106 nick 61: </tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 62: Acer Aspire 1360
1.92 nick 63: </td><td>
1.97 nick 64: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 65: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
66: <li>It comes with AMD Sempron 2800+.
1.99 nick 67: <li>Everything works fine (mini-PCI slot, VIA S3 Unichrome PRO, VIA
1.94 nick 68: RhineII-2).
1.97 nick 69: </ul>
70: Contact <a href="mailto:maxim@unixconn.com">Maxim
1.94 nick 71: Bourmistrov</a>.
1.97 nick 72: <p align="left">
73: <font size=2>
74: <a href="http://www.unixconn.com/aa1360-dmesg">dmesg</a>
75: ¦
76: <a href="http://www.unixconn.com/aa1360-xorg">xorg.conf</a>
77: </font>
1.106 nick 78: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.170 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>
1.176 steven 98: Acer TravelMate 4654LMi
99: </td><td>
100: <p><ul>
101: <li>OpenBSD 3.8 works.
102: <li>Ethernet: Broadcom BCM5788 10/100/1G works (1G is not tested).
103: <li>Graphics: nVidia GeForce Go 6600, works with resolution
104: 1400x1050x24.
105: <li>DVD-RW works: burning was not tested, reading both CD and DVD
106: is ok.
107: <li>Touchpad works.
108: <li>USB works: tested with cheap external card reader.
109: <li>Sound works.
110: <li>APM doesn't work:
111: <pre>
112: cannot open device file `/dev/apmctl': Device not configured
113: </pre>
114: <li>Wireless (iwi) doesn't work.
115: Can't enable radio transmitter using button on front panel.
116: <li>Card reader doesn't work.
117: <li>PCMCIA doesn't work: tested with ORINOCO wireless (wi) card that is
118: working on old OpenBSD 3.5 server - not a laptop.
119: <li>Not all functional keys are workable.
120: <li>Bluetooth, IrDA, Firewire, internal modem: not tested.
121: </ul>
122: Contact <a href="mailto:avv@mail.zp.ua">Alexey Vatchenko</a>
123: <p align="left">
124: <font size=2>
125: <a href="http://psytech.h10.ru/dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
126: ¦
127: <a href="http://psytech.h10.ru/xorg.conf.txt">xorg.conf</a>
128: </font>
129: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.114 nick 130: Clevo D410V
131: </td><td>
132: <p><ul>
133: <li>Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (2005 May)
134: <li>CPU: 2.8Ghz with HyperThreading. I use it with GENERIC kernel.
135: <li>Graphics: ATI 9600. It's working fine with Xorg loaded glx.
136: DRI not working. Resolution 1400x1050 works fine.
137: <li>Ethernet: 100/1000 Realtek 8169. Working with re(4) fine.
138: <li>PCMCIA: Working with NetGear WG511T WiFi Card. ath(4)
139: <li>USB: Working. I tried with Lexar JumpDrive.
1.152 jmc 140: <li>Sound: auich(4) working (AC'97)
1.114 nick 141: <li>apm(8) is not working properly. Cannot apm -S:
142: <tt>apm0: APM set power state: unable to enter requested state (96)</tt>
143: <li>apm -z freezes.
144: <li>SD Card reader probably works, although I haven't tested yet.
145: <li>Infra is not working.
146: <li>CD/DVD -
147: <tt>QSI, CDRW/DVD SBW-242, UX02 SCSI0 5/cdrom removable</tt>
148: I can write cd, and view dvd.
149: </ul>
150: Contact <a href="mailto:wooh@wooh.hu">Adam Papai</a>
151: <p align="left">
152: <font size=2>
153: <a href="http://wooh.hu/~wooh/dmesg">dmesg</a>
154: ¦
155: <a href="http://wooh.hu/~wooh/XF86Config">xorg.conf</a>
156: </font>
157: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.140 grunk 158: Compaq Armada 1573DM
159: </td><td>
160: <p><ul>
161: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 1, 2005) works.
162: <li>PCMCIA works fine.
163: <li>XFree 4.2.1 works great (800x600x16).
164: <li>APM not tested.
165: <li>Had to use <tt>boot> machine memory +0x3000000@0x1000000</tt>
166: in order to get all 64M of memory.
167: <li>Sound does not work.
168: </ul>
1.144 grunk 169: Contact <a href="mailto:reidrac@usebox.net">Juan J. Martínez</a>.
1.140 grunk 170: <p align="left">
171: <font size=2>
172: <a href="http://www.usebox.net/jjm/obsd-wifi/laptop/dmesg">dmesg</a>
173: ¦
1.163 grunk 174: <a href="http://www.usebox.net/jjm/obsd-wifi/laptop/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.140 grunk 175: ¦
176: <a href="http://www.usebox.net/jjm/obsd-wifi/laptop/">more info</a>
177: </font>
178: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.145 grunk 179: Compaq NX9005
180: </td><td>
181: <p><ul>
182: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 11, 2005) works.
183: <li>All components are detected.
184: <li>It was not possible to run X.org, so I had to switch back to
185: XFree86. See also my yet unanswered
186: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-x11&m=111930024618914&w=2">post to openbsd-x11@</a>.
187: </ul>
188: Contact <a href="mailto:hdu@qualigo.de">Haluk Durmus</a>.
189: <p align="left">
190: <font size=2>
191: <a href="http://www.millenix.de/openbsd/dmesg">dmesg</a>
192: ¦
193: <a href="http://www.millenix.de/openbsd/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
194: </font>
195: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.124 grunk 196: Dell Inspiron 500m
197: </td><td>
198: <p><ul>
199: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
200: <li>Sound, touchpad, fxp onboard NIC work fine.
201: <li>USB: able to mount flash stick read/write, even able to install
202: OpenBSD on it and boot from it
203: <li>Pressing "Fn" and uparrow/downarrow keys to configure brightness
204: works, as well as switching to external VGA
205: <li>For getting the Intel ipw2100 wireless card to work,
206: use
207: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipwfw/OpenBSD/ipw-firmware-1.3.tgz">
208: Damien Bergamini's firmware package</a>.
209: <li>There was (expected) trouble with the screen resolution in X.
210: Using
211: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/i855vidctl/">i855vidctl</a>,
212: it goes to 1400x1050 as wanted by adding the line:
213: <pre>
214: i855vidctl 5c 1400x1050
215: </pre>
216: into /etc/rc.securelevel.
217: <li>APM does not seem to work at all: Neither <tt>apmd</tt>
218: nor <tt>halt -p</tt> operate ok.
219: For any other experiences on this, contact the submitter.
220: <li>PCMCIA not tested
221: <li>No extra xorg.conf supplied, the default is OK.
222: </ul>
223: Contact <a href="mailto:baldur@pistic.org">Baldur Sigurðsson</a>.
224: <p align="left">
225: <font size=2>
226: <a href="http://pistic.org/dell-inspiron-500m-dmesg">dmesg</a>
227: </font>
228: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.143 grunk 229: Dell Inspiron 1000
230: </td><td>
231: <p><ul>
232: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
233: <li>APM causes kernel panic, no way to disable in BIOS, so disabled in
234: kernel (see dmesg).
235: <li>CD-RW/DVD-ROM works for burning CD-R/W and reading DVD-ROM and playing.
1.152 jmc 236: <li>PCMCIA, Touchpad, USB 2.0, Ethernet sis(4), and Audio (SiS 7012 AC'97) work.
1.143 grunk 237: <li>Video (SiS 650L) works with X driver sis, VGA out works if configured properly in xorg.conf.
238: <li>Fn keys:
239: <ul>
240: <li>Brightness keys work without any special configuration
241: <li>Enable/disable system beep works
242: (mixerctl inputs.phone.mute=off first)
243: <li>Num Lock works (though see additional link for more info
244: on using it)
245: <li>mute and volume up/down don't seem to work (though configuration may
246: be possible)
247: <li>display change works (to a point; see link for more info)
248: <li>SysRq and Break keys not tested
249: </ul>
250: </ul>
251: Contact <a href="mailto:chjones@aleph0.com">Christian Jones</a>.
252: <p align="left">
253: <font size=2>
254: <a href="http://www.aleph0.com/computing/machines/dave/dmesg-OpenBSD-3.7">dmesg</a>
255: ¦
256: <a href="http://www.aleph0.com/computing/machines/dave/xorg.conf-OpenBSD-3.7">xorg.conf</a>
257: ¦
258: <a href="http://www.aleph0.com/computing/machines/dave/">more info</a>
259: </font>
260: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.139 grunk 261: Dell Inspiron 2500
262: </td><td>
263: <p><ul>
264: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
265: <li>You need to boot with option -c and disable apm, then disable aic.
266: <li>Integrated auich(4) works fine.
267: <li>Integrated i815 works fine.
268: <li>USB and PCMCIA work fine.
269: </ul>
270: Contact <a href="mailto:gael@lautre.net">Gael Queri</a>.
271: <p align="left">
272: <font size=2>
273: <a href="http://gael.lautre.net/blobby/dmesg">dmesg</a>
274: ¦
275: <a href="http://gael.lautre.net/blobby/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
276: </font>
277: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 278: Dell Inspiron 4100
1.92 nick 279: </td><td>
1.97 nick 280: <p><ul>
281: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
282: <li>apmd(8) is fully functional.
283: <li>Integrated xl(4) works fine.
284: <li>Integrated auich(4) works fine.
285: <li>USB works fine with my mouse.
286: <li>Both PCMCIA slots work.
287: <li>The Modem does not work.
288: </ul>
1.96 nick 289: Contact <a href="mailto:robert@openbsd.org">Robert Nagy</a>.
1.105 nick 290: <p align="left">
291: <font size=2>
292: <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/dmesg.notebook">dmesg</a>
293: ¦
294: <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
295: </font>
1.106 nick 296: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.128 grunk 297: Dell Latitude c400
298: </td><td>
299: <p><ul>
1.162 grunk 300: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-current (Nov 9, 2005) works.
1.128 grunk 301: <li>All hardware (including wi(4), sound, X at 1024x768/24bit) works.
302: <li>Suspend sort of works: the system will go to sleep (either by
303: zzz(8), closing the lid, or Fn-Esc), but it won't wake up properly (I
304: get a flashing _ cursor) ... so, I have to hold down the power button
305: for a few seconds, reboot, and fsck.
306: <li>For some reason, unless specifically told, X will default to a
307: lower resolution. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace kicks it into gear.
308: Hardcoding 1024x768 into xorg.conf fixes it for good though.
309: </ul>
310: Contact <a href="mailto:Mark.Peoples@asu.edu">Mark Peoples</a>.
311: <p align="left">
312: <font size=2>
1.162 grunk 313: <a href="http://www.azbsd.org/~marco/openbsd/laptop/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.128 grunk 314: ¦
1.162 grunk 315: <a href="http://www.azbsd.org/~marco/openbsd/laptop/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.128 grunk 316: </font>
317: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.122 grunk 318: Dell Latitude c610
319: </td><td>
320: <p><ul>
1.166 grunk 321: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-current (Nov 24, 2005) works.
322: <li>Audio, video, PCMCIA, and onboard NIC work.
323: <li>halt -p works
324: <li>apmd works
325: <li>Standby (apm -S) does not work
326: <li>Suspend (zzz, apm -z) works with one caveat: the kernel
327: message that appears upon resume:
328: <pre>"uhci0: interrupt while not operating ignored" </pre>
329: will cause X to hang. If you want to Suspend / Resume with
330: X running, and do not need USB, you may disable uhci* as a
331: circumvention.
1.122 grunk 332: </ul>
1.166 grunk 333: Contact <a href="mailto:josh@jggimi.homeip.net">Josh Grosse</a>.
1.122 grunk 334: <p align="left">
335: <font size=2>
1.166 grunk 336: <a href="http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jggimi/dmesg-c610-3.8-current-Nov-24-05">dmesg</a>
1.122 grunk 337: </font>
338: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.130 grunk 339: Dell Latitude c640
340: </td><td>
341: <p><ul>
342: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 29, 2005) works.
343: <li>Integrated auich works fine, but one can hear a little 'crack'
344: everytime a sound is started and ended.
345: <li>xl, USB, touchpad, Trackpoint, com0, APM, carbus, integrated
346: ATI Radeon Mobility M7 LW all work fine.
347: <li>not tested: tv-out, infrared, microphone
348: </ul>
349: Contact <a href="mailto:jkossen@xs4all.nl">Jochem Kossen</a>.
350: <p align="left">
351: <font size=2>
352: <a href="http://jkossen.nl/openbsd/dmesg_laptop_dell_c640">dmesg</a>
353: ¦
354: <a href="http://jkossen.nl/openbsd/xorg.conf_laptop_dell_c640">xorg.conf</a>
355: </font>
356: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.164 grunk 357: Dell Latitude D500
358: </td><td>
359: <p><ul>
360: <li>OpenBSD 3.8 works.
361: <li>The onboard NIC (fxp) works fine.
362: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
363: <li>Enhanced SpeedStep works.
364: <li>The touchpad works fine.
365: <li>USB 2.0 works: USB mouse device tested.
1.165 grunk 366: <li>Built-in CD/DVD player and writer works.
1.164 grunk 367: <li>Sound (auich) works, but it's set to maximum volume by default.
368: I've put <tt>outputs.master=100</tt> in /etc/mixerctl.conf.
369: <li>Built-in wireless (ipw) works fine with the firmware, see
370: <a href="faq/faq6.html#Wireless">FAQ 6 - Wireless networking</a>.
371: <li>X.org 6.8.2 at 1024x768 by default. Switching from LCD to external display
1.177 ! steven 372: works.
! 373: I've only had issues with MonitorLayout set to <tt>LFP+CRT,LFP</tt>,
! 374: restarting X helps.
1.164 grunk 375: <li>Adjusting the display brightness with the fn keys works.
1.165 grunk 376: <li>Not tested: PCMCIA and the touchpad on console.
1.164 grunk 377: </ul>
378: Contact <a href="mailto:janus@errornet.de">Simon Dassow</a>.
379: <p align="left">
380: <font size=2>
381: <a href="http://janus.errornet.de/files/configs/codebeta.dmesg">dmesg</a>
382: ¦
383: <a href="http://janus.errornet.de/files/configs/codebeta.xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
384: </font>
385: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.136 grunk 386: Dell Latitude D505
387: </td><td>
388: <p><ul>
1.177 ! steven 389: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-current (Feb 5, 2006) works.
1.136 grunk 390: <li>The onboard NIC (fxp) works fine.
391: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
392: <li>The touchpad works fine, under X as well as under text consoles.
393: <li>USB 2.0 works fine: DVD writing using an external USB DVD
394: writer, as well as a USB flash device.
395: <li>Built-in CD/DVD player works nicely.
396: <li>Sound (auich) works, but it's very loud by default, especially
397: the beep. For this reason, I've put <tt>outputs.master=30</tt> in
398: /etc/mixerctl.conf.
399: <li>The Broadcom BCM4306 built-in wireless is not supported. Why? See
400: <a href="faq/faq6.html#Wireless">FAQ 6 - Wireless networking</a>.
1.177 ! steven 401: <li>X.org 6.9 works fine without a xorg.conf file.
! 402: The maximum resolution of this machine is 1024x768.
! 403: Switching from LCD to external display works fine, there were
! 404: problems with this in X.org 6.8.2 (mouse pointer dying etc.) but
! 405: they have been solved in 6.9.
1.136 grunk 406: <li>Not tested: PCMCIA/Cardbus.
407: </ul>
1.169 steven 408: Contact <a href="mailto:steven@openbsd.org">Steven Mestdagh</a>.
1.136 grunk 409: <p align="left">
410: <font size=2>
1.169 steven 411: <a href="http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~smestdag/openbsd/latitude-d505-dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.136 grunk 412: </font>
413: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.129 grunk 414: Dell Latitude D600
415: </td><td>
416: <p><ul>
1.130 grunk 417: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 15, 2005) works.
1.129 grunk 418: <li>Audio, video (1024x768), and onboard NIC (Gigabit Broadcom
419: 570x) work just fine.
420: <li>Built-in wireless (Dell TrueMobile 1300) not supported.
421: </ul>
422: Contact <a href="mailto:benny@bennyvision.com">Benny</a>.
423: <p align="left">
424: <font size=2>
1.130 grunk 425: <a href="http://www.bennyvision.com/projects/openbsd/dell-latitude-d600/dell_latitude_d600_current.dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.129 grunk 426: ¦
427: <a href="http://www.bennyvision.com/projects/openbsd/dell-latitude-d600/dell_latitude_d600.xorg">xorg.conf</a>
428: </font>
429: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.151 grunk 430: Dell Latitude D610
431: </td><td>
432: <p><ul>
433: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
434: <li>X works fine without custom xorg.conf.
435: <li>USB mouse and kbd work, both connected to the docking station,
436: and built-in.
437: <li>Broadcom ethernet works.
438: <li>CD-ROM, touchpad and trackpoint work fine.
439: <li>Dell 1450 WLAN card does not work.
440: <li>Sound does not work.
441: </ul>
442: Contact <a href="mailto:unixi@freeshell.org">James Boyle</a>.
443: <p align="left">
444: <font size=2>
445: <a href="http://unixi.freeshell.org/OpenBSD/d610/dmesg">dmesg</a>
446: ¦
447: <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>
448: ¦
449: <a href="http://unixi.freeshell.org/OpenBSD/d610/dell-delivery-info">laptop config options</a>
450: </font>
451: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.144 grunk 452: Dell Latitude D800
453: </td><td>
454: <p><ul>
455: <li>There are several variations of this model. This one shipped with
456: 2 GHz Pentium M and GeForce FX Go5650.
457: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
458: <li>LAN, USB 2.0 and serial ports work.
459: <li>Bluetooth and WLAN (Dell TrueMobile 1300 interal b/g mini PCI)
460: not detected.
461: <li>Function keys which control audio and power don't work.
462: <li>Sound works ok.
463: <li>To get Xorg working with 1920x1200 resulution, I used the following
464: <pre>
465: Modeline "1920x1200" 162 1920 1984 2176 2480 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
466: </pre>
467: </ul>
468: Contact <a href="mailto:jyry@helzinki.net">Jyry Suuntala</a>.
469: <p align="left">
470: <font size=2>
471: <a href="http://helzinki.net/dell/dmesg">dmesg</a>
472: ¦
473: <a href="http://helzinki.net/dell/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
474: </font>
475: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.157 grunk 476: Dell Latitude L400
477: </td><td>
478: <p><ul>
479: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works
480: <li>Integrated ethernet (xl), audio (clct), USB and PCMCIA work.
481: <li><tt>apm -z</tt> works, but <tt>apm -S</tt> throws an error:
482: <pre>
483: apm0: APM set power state: unable to enter requested state (96)
484: </pre>
485: <li><tt>halt -p</tt> requires <tt>machdep.apmhalt=1</tt> in
486: <tt>/etc/sysctl.conf</tt>.
487:
488: </ul>
489: Contact <a href="mailto:lteo@metawire.org">Lawrence Teo</a>.
490: <p align="left">
491: <font size=2>
492: <a href="http://metawire.org/~lteo/openbsd/L400/dmesg">dmesg</a>
493: ¦
494: <a href="http://metawire.org/~lteo/openbsd/L400/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
495: </font>
496: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.90 nick 497: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
1.92 nick 498: </td><td>
1.97 nick 499: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 500: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works.
501: <li>APM is not working (boot with boot -c and then disable apm).
1.97 nick 502: <li>Sound works fine.
503: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
504: </ul>
505: Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
506: <p align="left">
507: <font size=2>
1.90 nick 508: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.97 nick 509: ¦
510: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
511: </font>
1.106 nick 512: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.116 grunk 513: Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E8010 with i855/SXGA+
514: </td><td>
515: <p><ul>
516: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
517: <li>SD card reader and SVGA are not supported.
518: <li>Doesn't have APM, so there's no way to suspend
519: or <tt>'halt -p'</tt> the box.
520: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi">iwi(4)</a>
521: needs an increased watchdog timeout of 10 in busy
522: environments, see
523: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">
524: if_iwi.c.diff</a>
525: (with or without this diff, you might still experience 'fatal error'
526: from time to time).
1.156 sturm 527: <li>needs Xorg-current as of may 2005 (and
528: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/x11/855resolution/">
1.116 grunk 529: 855resolution</a> for full 1400x1050 resolution).
530: The laptop only does 1280x1024 by default.
531: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
532: </ul>
533: Contact <a href="mailto:sturm@openbsd.org">Nikolay Sturm</a>.
534: <p align="left">
535: <font size=2>
536: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/dmesg">dmesg</a>
537: ¦
538: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
539: ¦
540: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">if_iwi.c.diff</a>
541: </font>
1.141 grunk 542: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.135 grunk 543: IBM Thinkpad R40
544: </td><td>
545: <p><ul>
546: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
547: <li>Suspend and suspend-to-disk work, but not while X is running.
548: Only in console mode. In X it just seems to lock up.
549: <li>Third mouse button does not work unless trackpad is disabled
550: in the BIOS.
551: <li>S-Video output port does not work.
552: <li>No special xorg.conf needed
553: <li>Everything else works.
554: </ul>
555: Contact <a href="mailto:asveikau@mail.rochester.edu">Andrew Sveikaus</a>.
556: <p align="left">
557: <font size=2>
558: <a href="http://mail.rochester.edu/~asveikau/r40.dmesg">dmesg</a>
559: </font>
560: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 561: IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.
1.92 nick 562: </td><td>
1.97 nick 563: <p><ul>
1.101 nick 564: <li>Works fine with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 565: <li>If using a boot floppy the system may hang when probing ahc.
1.94 nick 566: Workaround: boot with -c and disable ahc.
567: A GENERIC kernel does not have this issue.
1.101 nick 568: <li>Serial ports must be enabled in BIOS.
569: <li>"ctrl:nocaps" in X puts the control key in a proper location
570: <li>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK
571: <li>Hibernation not tested, but should work with
572: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> from the ports collection.
1.97 nick 573: <li>The audio chipset is supported (auich).
574: </ul>
575: Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.
576: <p align="left">
577: <font size=2>
1.101 nick 578: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
579: ¦
580: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.134 grunk 581: ¦
582: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">more info</a>
1.97 nick 583: </font>
1.106 nick 584: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.148 grunk 585: IBM Thinkpad T40, Type 2374-2G7
586: </td><td>
587: <p><ul>
588: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 30, 2005) works.
589: <li>Everything works fine
590: <li><tt>apm -S</tt>, <tt>apm -Z</tt>, <tt>auich</tt> and built-in
591: DVD/CD-RW work fine
592: </ul>
593: Contact <a href="mailto:renaud@llorien.org">Renaud Allard</a>.
594: <p align="left">
595: <font size=2>
596: <a href="http://www.llorien.org/OpenBSD/T40dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
597: ¦
598: <a href="http://www.llorien.org/OpenBSD/T40xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
599: </font>
600: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.125 grunk 601: IBM Thinkpad T41p type 2373-GEU
602: </td><td>
603: <p><ul>
604: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
605: <li>Everything works fine: APM, X, onboard ethernet (em), sound,
606: usb, docking station
607: <li>onboard atheros works in 802.11b mode only
608: </ul>
609: Contact <a href="mailto:matt@arin.net">Matt Rowley</a>.
610: <p align="left">
611: <font size=2>
612: <a href="http://www.damnskippy.org/openbsd/dmesg.t41p-20050610">dmesg</a>
613: ¦
614: <a href="http://www.damnskippy.org/openbsd/xorg.conf.new">xorg.conf</a>
615: </font>
616: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.117 grunk 617: IBM Thinkpad T42 model 2373
618: </td><td>
619: <p><ul>
620: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
621: <li>See entry for the X40 for the built-in
622: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a> or
623: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
624: 802.11 card and APM/Hibernation support.
625: <li>See entry for the X31 for Enhanced SpeedStep and the extra Thinkpad buttons.
626: <li>The alternatively built-in "Atheros AR5212 (IBM MiniPCI)" 802.11 card works with the
627: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>
628: driver.
629: <li>X.org with ATI Radeon Mobility works fine (1024x768, 24bpp).
630: <li>The built-in USB Bluetooth and infrared are not presently supported.
631: <li>The built-in
1.143 grunk 632: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a>
1.117 grunk 633: gigabit ethernet device works fine.
634: <li>The built-in
1.143 grunk 635: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.117 grunk 636: audio device works fine.
637: <li>The built-in fingerprint scanner found in some models is not supported.
638: </ul>
639: Contact <a href="mailto:reyk@openbsd.org">Reyk Floeter</a>.
640: <p align="left">
641: <font size=2>
642: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/dmesg-t42">dmesg</a>
643: ¦
644: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/xorg.conf-t42">xorg.conf</a>
645: </font>
646: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.131 grunk 647: IBM Thinkpad X23
648: </td><td>
649: <p><ul>
650: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
651: <li>Just like the IBM T23, kernels with ahc support may hang when
652: booting. Use "boot -c" and disable ahc support with "disable ahc",
653: followed by "exit" to continue booting.<br>
654: GENERIC does not have this issue.
655: <li>APM appears to work (suspends ok)
656: <li>On-board NIC fxp(4) works, including PXE booting
657: <li>On-board wireless NIC wi(4) works
658: <li>USB works (misc mice, cdrom, usb to serial devices, and memory
659: sticks all successfully tested)
660: <li>PCMCIA works (misc NICs tested)
661: <li>Built-in compact flash reader works
662: </ul>
663: Contact <a href="mailto:andreaso@it.su.se">Andreas Östling</a>.
664: <p align="left">
665: <font size=2>
666: <a href="http://people.su.se/~andreaso/OpenBSD/x23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
667: ¦
668: <a href="http://people.su.se/~andreaso/OpenBSD/x23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
669: </font>
670: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 671: IBM Thinkpad X31
672: </td><td>
1.97 nick 673: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 674: <li>Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
675: <li>Nearly all Hardware is supported, except FireWire.
1.97 nick 676: <li>APM is well supported. Suspend mode (apm -s/zzz) works without
1.94 nick 677: problems. Hibernation (suspend to disk) works also fine but
678: requires a small MS-DOS partition with a hibernation file at the
679: beginning of the harddisk. You can create this file with tphdisk
1.97 nick 680: from ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk).
681:
682: <li>The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via
683: xmodmap.
684: <li>Example:
1.94 nick 685:
1.126 grunk 686: <pre>
1.96 nick 687: xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down"
688: xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"
1.126 grunk 689: </pre>
1.94 nick 690:
1.97 nick 691: <li>The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G)
1.98 nick 692: works with the
693: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
694: driver. But you need to download the unfree firmware first to get
695: it working. For more details read
696: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4#FILES">ipw(4)</a>.
697:
698: <li>I'm planning to replace this card with a
699: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
700: or an
701: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>.
1.94 nick 702: For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
703: I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
1.115 nick 704: <i>special</i> IBM mini-PCI cards to be installed. The bios can
1.97 nick 705: be patched with the tpwireless program
1.115 nick 706: (<tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt>, <b>use on your own risk!</b>).
1.94 nick 707:
1.97 nick 708: <li>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
709: as well.
1.94 nick 710:
1.127 david 711: <li>Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the CPU speed
1.97 nick 712: via sysctl (<tt>sysctl hw.setperf</tt>).
1.94 nick 713:
1.98 nick 714: <li>The on-board
715: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
716: and
717: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.99 nick 718: are working without problems.
1.94 nick 719:
1.97 nick 720: <li>The keys for mute, volume up and volume down are working fine.
1.94 nick 721: No special software is required. If you'd like to get the big
722: "Access IBM" button to work and have a nice on-screen display, you
723: can install tpb from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb) This works just
724: fine and you have nice on-screen messages when you change volume and
1.97 nick 725: brightness settings or enable/disable the ThinkLight.
726: </ul>
1.155 bernd 727: Contact <a href="mailto:bernd@openbsd.org">Bernd Ahlers</a>.
1.97 nick 728: <p align="left">
729: <font size=2>
730: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/dmesg">dmesg</a>
731: ¦
732: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
733: </font>
1.106 nick 734: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.102 nick 735: IBM Thinkpad X40
736: </td><td>
737: <p><ul>
1.133 grunk 738: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 12, 2005) works fine.
1.109 jolan 739: <li>SD Card Slot is not presently supported.
1.102 nick 740: <li>The built-in "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" works only with additional
741: firmware. See
742: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a>
743: for more information.
1.133 grunk 744: <li>The X40 model 2386-8WU 512MB RAM/40GB HD has an Atheros AR5212
745: wireless card built in. It works with 3.7-current, but not with 3.7
746: release.
747: <li>UltraBase X4 works but is not hot-swappable. Machine locks up or
748: becomes unstable when trying to hot-plug the base. Work is being done
749: on a <a href="http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net">Linux ACPI driver</a>.
1.115 nick 750: <li>The use of other mini-PCI cards may be restricted by the BIOS.
1.110 nick 751: However, non-IBM supplied cards can be used after running the
752: <tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility.
1.108 djm 753: <li>APM works fine, including suspend to hard-disk (hibernation)
1.102 nick 754: <li>If you want to use Hibernation, you must have a small
1.103 nick 755: msdos partition with a save2dsk.bin. For this, you can use
1.102 nick 756: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt>.
1.104 nick 757: <li>Perhaps one of the best supported notebooks because several
1.110 nick 758: developers also use it.
1.102 nick 759: </ul>
1.133 grunk 760: Contact <a href="mailto:marcus.popp@paranoidbsd.org">Marcus Popp (1)</a>
761: or <a href="mailto:steve@stevenfettig.com">Steve Fettig (2)</a>.
1.102 nick 762: <p align="left">
763: <font size=2>
1.133 grunk 764: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/dmesg.37.txt">dmesg (1)</a>
1.102 nick 765: ¦
1.133 grunk 766: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/xorg.conf.37.txt">xorg.conf (1)</a>
767: ¦
1.137 grunk 768: <a href="http://anywheretechnology.com/machconfigs/dmesg_tpx40_23868WU.txt">dmesg (2)</a>
1.133 grunk 769: ¦
770: <a href="http://anywheretechnology.com/machconfigs/xorg.conf.tpx40_23868WU">xorg.conf (2)</a>
1.102 nick 771: </font>
1.106 nick 772: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.171 steven 773: IBM Thinkpad X41 (not tablet)
774: </td><td>
775: <p><ul>
1.172 steven 776: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-current (Jan 16, 2006) works fine.
1.171 steven 777: <li>APM works (sleep and suspend).
778: <li>Sound, wireless and accelerometer work.
779: <li>Fingerprint scanner is detected as a ugen(4) device, but I
780: haven't found software for it yet.
1.172 steven 781: <li>Accelerated support for the i915 chipset was added in X.org 6.9
782: (merged into OpenBSD in January 2006), and everything works with
783: the configuration file below.
1.171 steven 784: </ul>
785: Contact <a href="mailto:ramrunner@gmail.com">Spiros Thanasoulas</a>.
786: <p align="left">
787: <font size=2>
1.172 steven 788: <a href="http://www.ics.forth.gr/~dsp/obsd-x41/dmesg-x41">dmesg</a>
1.171 steven 789: ¦
1.172 steven 790: <a href="http://www.ics.forth.gr/~dsp/obsd-x41/xorg.conf-x41">xorg.conf</a>
1.171 steven 791: </font>
792: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.91 nick 793: JVC MP-XP 7250DE
1.92 nick 794: </td><td>
1.97 nick 795: <p><ul>
1.107 nick 796: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (October 2004) works.
1.97 nick 797: <li>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
798: SD card reader.
799: <li>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
1.91 nick 800: USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
1.97 nick 801: boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.
802: <li>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
803: is supported, too.
804: </ul>
805: Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.
1.111 nick 806: <p align="left">
807: <font size=2>
808: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
809: ¦
810: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-xfconfig.txt">xorg.conf</a>
811: ¦
812: <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php">
813: more info</a>.
814: </font>
1.106 nick 815: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.120 grunk 816: Medion MD6100 (model no. FID2040)
817: </td><td>
818: <p><ul>
1.165 grunk 819: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-current (November 2005) works.
1.120 grunk 820: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
821: <li>infrared does not work under OpenBSD.
822: <li>USB2.0 doesn't work (pci_intr_map: no mapping for pin D).
1.165 grunk 823: <li>Onboard networking (sis0) is fixed post 3.8
824: <li>Onboard audio (auich0) works properly post 3.8
1.120 grunk 825: </ul>
826: Overall, this laptop stinks. It's heavy, powerhungry and gets very hot
827: (too hot, often it will shut itself down to prevent meltdown).
828: A lot of hardware works only mediocre. The battery doesn't last long.
829: It's huge/bulky. It's *extremely* noisy. But, it *does* run OpenBSD.
830: And, when properly cooled, it's pretty fast (2.6 GHz). Why anyone
831: would need that much CPU in a laptop is beyond me, but it's there.
832: <p>
833: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
834: <p align="left">
835: <font size=2>
836: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/nugget">dmesg</a>
837: ¦
838: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/nugget">xorg.conf</a>
839: </font>
840: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.173 steven 841: MSI Megabook S270
842: </td><td>
843: <p><ul>
844: <li>OpenBSD 3.9-beta (Jan 18, 2006) works both in i386 and amd64
845: modes.
846: <li>At least
847: <a href="http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=608&kind=11">BIOS
1.174 steven 848: 6.70</a> is needed to fix an interrupt routing problem.
1.173 steven 849: <li>APM doesn't work.
850: <li>X.Org 6.9.0 works on the LCD panel at 1280x800 out of the box
851: (without configuration file). External VGA works if the monitor is
852: connected before starting X.
853: <li>Built-in wireless (ral(4)) works.
854: <li>Sound works on external jack only.
855: <li>Firewire and SD Card reader not supported.
856: </ul>
857: <p>
858: Contact <a href="mailto:matthieu.herrb@laas.fr">Matthieu Herrb</a>.
859: <p align="left">
860: <font size=2>
861: <a href="http://herrb.com/msi-s270.dmesg">dmesg</a>
862: </font>
863: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.146 grunk 864: NEC Lavie C LC600J/5
865: </td><td>
866: <p><ul>
867: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (Apr 26, 2005) works.
868: <li>APM, PCMCIA and USB work.
869: <li>This machine's BIOS uses Ctrl+Alt+F5 as a hotkey to hibernate.
870: So I have to specify a swapctrlcaps variant in <tt>/etc/kbdtype</tt>.
871: <li>No separate xorg.conf needed, <tt>getconfig</tt> works like magic.
872: </ul>
873: Contact <a href="mailto:ttakah@lapis.plala.or.jp">Tamotsu Takahashi</a>.
874: <p align="left">
875: <font size=2>
876: <a href="http://www10.plala.or.jp/sanrinsha/tamo/dmesg">dmesg</a>
877: </font>
878: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.158 grunk 879: NEC Versa S940
880: </td><td>
881: <p><ul>
1.159 grunk 882: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-release works.
883: <li>i810 works ok, 1280x768 wide screen, after enabling the resolution
884: using the ports <tt>x11/855resolution</tt> tool by invoking it in
885: <tt>/etc/rc.securelevel</tt> like:
1.158 grunk 886: <pre>
1.159 grunk 887: /usr/local/sbin/855resolution 4d 1280 768 >/dev/null
1.158 grunk 888: </pre>
889: <li>sound card, iwi (download firmware first) and rl work ok.
890: <li>APM is not detected, <tt>halt -p</tt> does not poweroff.
891: <li><tt>sysctl hw.setperf=..</tt> does not change the CPU speed.
892: <li>lots of "not configured" components in dmesg
893: </ul>
1.159 grunk 894: Contact <a href="mailto:aurelien6545@free.fr">Aurélien</a>.
1.158 grunk 895: <p align="left">
896: <font size=2>
897: <a href="http://aurelien26.free.fr/s940/dmesg">dmesg</a>
898: ¦
899: <a href="http://aurelien26.free.fr/s940/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
900: ¦
901: <a href="http://www.nec-online.com/product/P_Range.asp?id=523#">product info</a>
902: </font>
903: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.89 nick 904: Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
1.92 nick 905: </td><td>
1.97 nick 906: <p><ul>
1.146 grunk 907: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 3, 2005) works.
908: <li>USB and built-in sound (yds) work just fine.
1.110 nick 909: <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card
910: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl">xl(4)</a>
911: works ok.
1.89 nick 912: <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
913: tested them.
914: <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
915: kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
916: cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
917: come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
918: the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
919: partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
920: access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
921: <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
922: system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
923: <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
924: locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
925: causes the problems mentioned above.
926: <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
927: sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
1.97 nick 928: </ul>
1.146 grunk 929: Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@openbsd.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
1.97 nick 930: <p align="left">
931: <font size=2>
932: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a>
933: ¦
1.146 grunk 934: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.97 nick 935: </font>
1.106 nick 936: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.132 grunk 937: Sony VAIO PCG-FX602
938: </td><td>
939: <p><ul>
940: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
941: <li>Audio does not work: you have to disable auvia* in GENERIC
942: after installation.
943: <li>APM, USB and PCMCIA work fine.
944: <li>X.org runs out of the box, so no xorg.conf file supplied
945: <li>Custom hack for <tt>hw.setperf</tt>:
946: <ul>
947: <li>Apply the
948: <a href="http://www.disorder.ru/openbsd/acpi.html">ACPI-patches</a>
949: from Alexander Yurchenko.
950: <li>Then edit /usr/src/sys/conf/files and add in line 21:
951: <pre>
952: define acpibus {}
953: </pre>
954: <li>Add to /usr/src/sys/sys/malloc.conf
955: <pre>
956: #define M_ACPI 122 /* ACPI */
957: </pre>
958: <li>Comment out the Sony SPIC stuff in
959: <tt>/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/files.i386</tt>
960: and <tt>/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/GENERIC_ACPI</tt>
961: (This stuff does not compile for me and i don't care about it;)
962: <li>rebuild kernel, /usr/src/sbin/sysctl, /usr/src/usr.sbin/acpid[ump]
963: <li>You are now able to set hw.setperf via sysctl.
964: </ul>
965:
966: <li>I run additionally a
967: <a href="http://metawire.org/~leopold/files/cpud-0.2.tgz">utility</a>
968: I wrote to control this value automatically depending on cpu-load.
969: It is based on Laurie Tratts' <tt>perfd</tt>.
970: Just unpack and run make && sudo make install.<br>
971: This way you are able to sustain Battery life up to 2 1/2 - 3 hours.
972: And the fan stops to run permanently.
973: </ul>
974: Contact <a href="mailto:a.schlichting@lemarit.com">Alf Schlichting</a>.
975: <p align="left">
976: <font size=2>
977: <a href="http://metawire.org/~leopold/files/lap.dmesg">dmesg</a>
978: </font>
979: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.147 grunk 980: Sony VAIO PCG-K115Z
981: </td><td>
982: <p><ul>
983: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 29, 2005) works.
984: <li>LAN interface ("Realtek 8139"): works.
985: <li>DVD/CDROM ("MATSHITA, UJ-820D, 1.01"): works.
986: <li>touchpad and X just work.
987: <li>APM: no problem, at least for <tt>halt -p</tt>.
1.152 jmc 988: <li>audio (AC'97): works.
1.147 grunk 989: <li>USB works.
990: <li>wlan interface ("Atheros AR5212") doesn't work (see dmesg).
991: </ul>
992: Contact <a href="mailto:izi@club-internet.fr">David JEAN-LOUIS</a>.
993: <p align="left">
994: <font size=2>
995: <a href="http://izimobil.org/PCG-K115Z.dmesg">dmesg</a>
996: ¦
997: <a href="http://izimobil.org/PCG-K115Z.xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
998: </font>
999: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.138 grunk 1000: Sony Vaio PCG-Z505JSK
1.119 grunk 1001: </td><td>
1002: <p><ul>
1.138 grunk 1003: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
1004: <li>APM works fine.
1005: <li>Port extender and memory stick untested.
1006: <li>I had to turn on the software cursor for X to work properly, but
1007: otherwise the xorg configurator worked fine.
1008: <li>Lucent/Orinoco Gold Card for networking works fine.
1.119 grunk 1009: </ul>
1.138 grunk 1010: Contact <a href="mailto:openbsd@exnext.com">John Karabaic</a>.
1.119 grunk 1011: <p align="left">
1012: <font size=2>
1.138 grunk 1013: <a href="http://www.exnext.com/z505dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
1.119 grunk 1014: ¦
1.138 grunk 1015: <a href="http://www.exnext.com/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.119 grunk 1016: </font>
1017: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.138 grunk 1018: Sony VAIO PCG-Z505N
1.119 grunk 1019: </td><td>
1020: <p><ul>
1021: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
1022: cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
1023: <li>Installation by USB floppy:
1024: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
1025: can be brought to boot if one disables the
1026: following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
1.126 grunk 1027: <pre>
1.119 grunk 1028: disable pcibios
1029: disable fxp
1030: disable pcic
1.126 grunk 1031: </pre>
1.119 grunk 1032: <li>After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
1033: and no network. This means that the laptop has
1034: no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
1035: on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
1036: of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
1037: partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
1038: boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
1039: (no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
1040: <li>Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
1041: works without modification.
1042: </ul>
1043: Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
1.138 grunk 1044: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.142 grunk 1045: Toshiba Libretto 70CT
1046: </td><td>
1047: <p><ul>
1.160 grunk 1048: <li>OpenBSD 3.8 works.
1.142 grunk 1049: <li>APM works OK.
1.160 grunk 1050: <li>Sound works once kernal has been configured using config(8).
1051: <li>2 different dmesgs are supplied:
1052: [1] with Xircom Wired network PCMCIA card,
1053: and [2] with wireless PCMCIA card and wss enabled.
1.142 grunk 1054: </ul>
1055: Contact <a href="mailto:fred@crowsons.net">Fred Crowson</a>.
1056: <p align="left">
1057: <font size=2>
1.160 grunk 1058: <a href="http://www.crowsons.net/puters/txt/fcm38.txt">dmesg [1]</a>
1.142 grunk 1059: ¦
1.160 grunk 1060: <a href="http://www.crowsons.net/puters/txt/fcm38wi.txt">dmesg [2]</a>
1.142 grunk 1061: ¦
1.160 grunk 1062: <a href="http://www.crowsons.net/puters/libretto_xorg.conf.txt">xorg.conf</a>
1.142 grunk 1063: ¦
1.160 grunk 1064: <a href="http://www.crowsons.net/puters/fcm.php">more info</a>
1.142 grunk 1065: </font>
1066: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.154 grunk 1067: Toshiba Satellite 2430-101
1068: </td><td>
1069: <p><ul>
1070: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 3, 2005) works.
1071: <li>Cardbus works.
1072: <li>X works.
1073: <li>Sound is recognized (didn't try it).
1074: <li>USB works (new devices are recognized at least).
1075: <li>APM does not work (hard crash when resuming).
1076: Tried APM 1.1 and a few other APM flags without success.
1077: </ul>
1078: Contact <a href="mailto:nilsf@tako.de">Nils Frohberg</a>.
1079: <p align="left">
1080: <font size=2>
1081: <a href="http://www.tako.de/openbsd/dmesg.boot">dmesg</a>
1082: ¦
1083: <a href="http://www.tako.de/openbsd/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1084: </font>
1085: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.149 grunk 1086: Toshiba Tecra A2
1087: </td><td>
1088: <p><ul>
1089: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 1, 2005) just works.
1090: <li>Built in iwi 2200b/g worked after finding firmware.
1091: <li>Sound, PCMCIA and X.org work perfectly.
1092: <li>usb tested with ipod shuffle, usb mouse and memory stick.
1093: <li>The only problem occurs _sometimes_ when using "reboot" from X.
1094: which causes a kernel panic when it tries to boot. Doing a hard power
1095: off, then back on does not cause any problem.
1096: </ul>
1097: Contact <a href="mailto:sbr@gnook.org">Sascha Ramin</a>.
1098: <p align="left">
1099: <font size=2>
1100: <a href="http://gnook.org/~sbr/tobias/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1101: ¦
1102: <a href="http://gnook.org/~sbr/tobias/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1103: </font>
1104: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.121 grunk 1105: Toshiba Tecra 8000
1106: </td><td>
1107: <p><ul>
1108: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (Jan 2005) works ok.
1109: <li>All hardware except infrared works.
1110: <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
1111: <li>Sound required the following change to /bsd :
1112: <ul>
1113: <li>In the system BIOS use the following values
1.126 grunk 1114: <pre>
1.121 grunk 1115: Sound = Enabled
1116: --- SOUND SYSTEM ---
1117: WSS I/O Address = 530H
1118: SBPro I/O Address = 220H
1119: Synthesizer I/O Address = 388H
1120: WSS & SBPro & MPU401 IRQ Level = IRQ5
1121: WSS(Play) DMA = Channel 1
1122: WSS(Rec.) & SBPro DMA = Channel 0
1123: Control I/O Address = 538H
1124: MPU401 (MIDI I/F) = 330H
1.126 grunk 1125: </pre>
1.121 grunk 1126: <li>config -f -e /bsd
1.126 grunk 1127: <pre>
1.121 grunk 1128: ukc> disable sb
1129: 193 sb0 disabled
1130: 241 sb* disabled
1131: ukc> change wss0
1132: 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq 0
1133: +drq2 -1 flags 0x0
1134: change [n] y
1135: port [0x530] ?
1136: size [0] ?
1137: iomem [-1] ?
1138: iosiz [0] ?
1139: irq [10] ? 5
1140: drq [0] ? 1
1141: drq2 [-1] ? 0
1142: flags [0] ?
1143: 197 wss0 changed
1144: 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 5 drq 1
1145: +drq2 0 flags 0x0
1146: ukc> quit
1147: Saving modified kernel.
1.126 grunk 1148: </pre>
1.121 grunk 1149: </ul>
1150: <li>separate xorg.conf not needed, X works perfectly without one
1151: </ul>
1152: An older but still very useable laptop. Not too fast, but fast enough
1153: for some DivX viewing with mplayer and firefox/thunderbird-use (not
1154: for the impatient though, but then again, what is?). The fan can get
1155: a bit loud after many power-on hours. This also impacts battery
1156: lifetime, but that is to be expected. Nice and well supported.
1157: <p>
1158: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
1159: <p align="left">
1160: <font size=2>
1161: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/whopper">dmesg</a>
1162: </font>
1163: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.118 grunk 1164: Toshiba Tecra 8100
1165: </td><td>
1166: <p><ul>
1167: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works ok.
1168: <li>All hardware except infrared works.
1169: <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
1170: </ul>
1171: Very nice laptop indeed. Quiet, boots very fast, most hardware is
1172: supported. Only APM doesn't work very well. Pretty fast, not too
1173: heavy, very OpenBSD-friendly - just like its predecessor, the Tecra
1174: 8000. Battery can get a bit rusty, works good from 100% to 50%, then
1175: drops to ~3% in minutes. Not too strange for an older machine though.
1176: <p>
1177: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
1178: <p align="left">
1179: <font size=2>
1180: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/pizza">dmesg</a>
1181: ¦
1182: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/pizza">xorg.conf</a>
1183: </font>
1.150 grunk 1184: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1185: Twinhead N15RB
1186: </td><td>
1187: <p><ul>
1188: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 12, 2005) works.
1189: <li>apm does not work correctly. "Battery state: absent" and 0 percent
1190: charge when running on AC or battery. <tt>apm -z</tt> does work though.
1191: <li>Cardbus does not work - check dmesg for interrupt mapping error.
1192: <li>The built-in wireless is now working with the iwi firmware from
1193: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/">Damien Bergamini's ipw page</a>.
1194: <li>Everything else seems to work OK.
1195: </ul>
1196: Contact <a href="mailto:jon@brain-box.net">Jon Trembley</a>.
1197: <p align="left">
1198: <font size=2>
1199: <a href="http://open.brain-box.net/src/dmesg.current">dmesg</a>
1200: ¦
1201: <a href="http://open.brain-box.net/src/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1202: </font>
1.92 nick 1203: </td></tr>
1.1 deraadt 1204: </table>
1205:
1.110 nick 1206: <p> If your laptop under OpenBSD is not listed above, feel free to mail
1207: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a> to cure this.
1.111 nick 1208: Please supply as much information as possible, such as:
1.110 nick 1209: <ul>
1210: <li>Notebook exact manufacturer, name and model.
1211: <li>Latest OpenBSD version known to work on it (must be the latest
1.153 aanriot 1212: release, snapshot, or -current).
1.110 nick 1213: <li>List of working/not working things with OpenBSD.
1214: <li>List of hacks you used to get certain things running.
1215: <li>Links to your dmesg and xorg.conf.
1216: <li>Contact name and email address.
1217: </ul>
1218:
1.92 nick 1219: <a href="i386.html"><img height=24 width=24 src="back.gif" border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1220: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a><br>
1.177 ! steven 1221: <small>$OpenBSD: i386-laptop.html,v 1.176 2006/02/06 21:39:08 steven Exp $</small>
1.167 grunk 1222: </body></html>