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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).
1.180 brad 103: <li>Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600, works with resolution
1.176 steven 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>
1.181 steven 357: Dell Latitude c840
358: </td><td>
359: <p><ul>
360: <li>OpenBSD 3.8 works.
361: <li>NIC works.
362: <li>USB 1.0 works.
363: <li>X.org works at 1600x1200, 24bpp.
364: <li>All Fn key combinations work, including numeric keypad, except
365: audio controls, mute, volUp and volDn.
366: </ul>
367: Contact <a href="mailto:obsd-web@slashboot.org">Craig McCormick</a>.
368: <p align="left">
369: <font size=2>
370: <a href="http://slashboot.org/openbsd/dmesg_c840.txt">dmesg</a>
371: ¦
372: <a href="http://slashboot.org/openbsd/xorg-conf-c840.txt">xorg.conf</a>
373: </font>
374: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.164 grunk 375: Dell Latitude D500
376: </td><td>
377: <p><ul>
378: <li>OpenBSD 3.8 works.
379: <li>The onboard NIC (fxp) works fine.
380: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
381: <li>Enhanced SpeedStep works.
382: <li>The touchpad works fine.
383: <li>USB 2.0 works: USB mouse device tested.
1.165 grunk 384: <li>Built-in CD/DVD player and writer works.
1.164 grunk 385: <li>Sound (auich) works, but it's set to maximum volume by default.
386: I've put <tt>outputs.master=100</tt> in /etc/mixerctl.conf.
387: <li>Built-in wireless (ipw) works fine with the firmware, see
388: <a href="faq/faq6.html#Wireless">FAQ 6 - Wireless networking</a>.
389: <li>X.org 6.8.2 at 1024x768 by default. Switching from LCD to external display
1.177 steven 390: works.
391: I've only had issues with MonitorLayout set to <tt>LFP+CRT,LFP</tt>,
392: restarting X helps.
1.164 grunk 393: <li>Adjusting the display brightness with the fn keys works.
1.165 grunk 394: <li>Not tested: PCMCIA and the touchpad on console.
1.164 grunk 395: </ul>
396: Contact <a href="mailto:janus@errornet.de">Simon Dassow</a>.
397: <p align="left">
398: <font size=2>
399: <a href="http://janus.errornet.de/files/configs/codebeta.dmesg">dmesg</a>
400: ¦
401: <a href="http://janus.errornet.de/files/configs/codebeta.xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
402: </font>
403: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.136 grunk 404: Dell Latitude D505
405: </td><td>
406: <p><ul>
1.177 steven 407: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-current (Feb 5, 2006) works.
1.136 grunk 408: <li>The onboard NIC (fxp) works fine.
409: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
410: <li>The touchpad works fine, under X as well as under text consoles.
411: <li>USB 2.0 works fine: DVD writing using an external USB DVD
412: writer, as well as a USB flash device.
413: <li>Built-in CD/DVD player works nicely.
414: <li>Sound (auich) works, but it's very loud by default, especially
415: the beep. For this reason, I've put <tt>outputs.master=30</tt> in
416: /etc/mixerctl.conf.
417: <li>The Broadcom BCM4306 built-in wireless is not supported. Why? See
418: <a href="faq/faq6.html#Wireless">FAQ 6 - Wireless networking</a>.
1.177 steven 419: <li>X.org 6.9 works fine without a xorg.conf file.
420: The maximum resolution of this machine is 1024x768.
421: Switching from LCD to external display works fine, there were
422: problems with this in X.org 6.8.2 (mouse pointer dying etc.) but
423: they have been solved in 6.9.
1.136 grunk 424: <li>Not tested: PCMCIA/Cardbus.
425: </ul>
1.169 steven 426: Contact <a href="mailto:steven@openbsd.org">Steven Mestdagh</a>.
1.136 grunk 427: <p align="left">
428: <font size=2>
1.169 steven 429: <a href="http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~smestdag/openbsd/latitude-d505-dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.136 grunk 430: </font>
431: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.129 grunk 432: Dell Latitude D600
433: </td><td>
434: <p><ul>
1.130 grunk 435: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 15, 2005) works.
1.129 grunk 436: <li>Audio, video (1024x768), and onboard NIC (Gigabit Broadcom
437: 570x) work just fine.
438: <li>Built-in wireless (Dell TrueMobile 1300) not supported.
439: </ul>
440: Contact <a href="mailto:benny@bennyvision.com">Benny</a>.
441: <p align="left">
442: <font size=2>
1.130 grunk 443: <a href="http://www.bennyvision.com/projects/openbsd/dell-latitude-d600/dell_latitude_d600_current.dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.129 grunk 444: ¦
445: <a href="http://www.bennyvision.com/projects/openbsd/dell-latitude-d600/dell_latitude_d600.xorg">xorg.conf</a>
446: </font>
447: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.151 grunk 448: Dell Latitude D610
449: </td><td>
450: <p><ul>
451: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
452: <li>X works fine without custom xorg.conf.
453: <li>USB mouse and kbd work, both connected to the docking station,
454: and built-in.
455: <li>Broadcom ethernet works.
456: <li>CD-ROM, touchpad and trackpoint work fine.
457: <li>Dell 1450 WLAN card does not work.
458: <li>Sound does not work.
459: </ul>
460: Contact <a href="mailto:unixi@freeshell.org">James Boyle</a>.
461: <p align="left">
462: <font size=2>
463: <a href="http://unixi.freeshell.org/OpenBSD/d610/dmesg">dmesg</a>
464: ¦
465: <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>
466: ¦
467: <a href="http://unixi.freeshell.org/OpenBSD/d610/dell-delivery-info">laptop config options</a>
468: </font>
469: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.144 grunk 470: Dell Latitude D800
471: </td><td>
472: <p><ul>
473: <li>There are several variations of this model. This one shipped with
474: 2 GHz Pentium M and GeForce FX Go5650.
475: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
476: <li>LAN, USB 2.0 and serial ports work.
477: <li>Bluetooth and WLAN (Dell TrueMobile 1300 interal b/g mini PCI)
478: not detected.
479: <li>Function keys which control audio and power don't work.
480: <li>Sound works ok.
481: <li>To get Xorg working with 1920x1200 resulution, I used the following
482: <pre>
483: Modeline "1920x1200" 162 1920 1984 2176 2480 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
484: </pre>
485: </ul>
486: Contact <a href="mailto:jyry@helzinki.net">Jyry Suuntala</a>.
487: <p align="left">
488: <font size=2>
489: <a href="http://helzinki.net/dell/dmesg">dmesg</a>
490: ¦
491: <a href="http://helzinki.net/dell/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
492: </font>
493: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.157 grunk 494: Dell Latitude L400
495: </td><td>
496: <p><ul>
497: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works
498: <li>Integrated ethernet (xl), audio (clct), USB and PCMCIA work.
499: <li><tt>apm -z</tt> works, but <tt>apm -S</tt> throws an error:
500: <pre>
501: apm0: APM set power state: unable to enter requested state (96)
502: </pre>
503: <li><tt>halt -p</tt> requires <tt>machdep.apmhalt=1</tt> in
504: <tt>/etc/sysctl.conf</tt>.
505:
506: </ul>
507: Contact <a href="mailto:lteo@metawire.org">Lawrence Teo</a>.
508: <p align="left">
509: <font size=2>
510: <a href="http://metawire.org/~lteo/openbsd/L400/dmesg">dmesg</a>
511: ¦
512: <a href="http://metawire.org/~lteo/openbsd/L400/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
513: </font>
514: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.90 nick 515: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
1.92 nick 516: </td><td>
1.97 nick 517: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 518: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works.
519: <li>APM is not working (boot with boot -c and then disable apm).
1.97 nick 520: <li>Sound works fine.
521: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
522: </ul>
523: Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
524: <p align="left">
525: <font size=2>
1.90 nick 526: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.97 nick 527: ¦
528: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
529: </font>
1.106 nick 530: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.116 grunk 531: Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E8010 with i855/SXGA+
532: </td><td>
533: <p><ul>
534: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
535: <li>SD card reader and SVGA are not supported.
536: <li>Doesn't have APM, so there's no way to suspend
537: or <tt>'halt -p'</tt> the box.
538: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi">iwi(4)</a>
539: needs an increased watchdog timeout of 10 in busy
540: environments, see
541: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">
542: if_iwi.c.diff</a>
543: (with or without this diff, you might still experience 'fatal error'
544: from time to time).
1.156 sturm 545: <li>needs Xorg-current as of may 2005 (and
546: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/x11/855resolution/">
1.116 grunk 547: 855resolution</a> for full 1400x1050 resolution).
548: The laptop only does 1280x1024 by default.
549: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
550: </ul>
551: Contact <a href="mailto:sturm@openbsd.org">Nikolay Sturm</a>.
552: <p align="left">
553: <font size=2>
554: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/dmesg">dmesg</a>
555: ¦
556: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
557: ¦
558: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">if_iwi.c.diff</a>
559: </font>
1.141 grunk 560: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.135 grunk 561: IBM Thinkpad R40
562: </td><td>
563: <p><ul>
564: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
565: <li>Suspend and suspend-to-disk work, but not while X is running.
566: Only in console mode. In X it just seems to lock up.
567: <li>Third mouse button does not work unless trackpad is disabled
568: in the BIOS.
569: <li>S-Video output port does not work.
570: <li>No special xorg.conf needed
571: <li>Everything else works.
572: </ul>
573: Contact <a href="mailto:asveikau@mail.rochester.edu">Andrew Sveikaus</a>.
574: <p align="left">
575: <font size=2>
576: <a href="http://mail.rochester.edu/~asveikau/r40.dmesg">dmesg</a>
577: </font>
578: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.179 steven 579: IBM Thinkpad R50e type 1834-S5G
580: </td><td>
581: <p><ul>
582: <li>OpenBSD 3.9-beta (Feb 5, 2006) works.
583: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
584: <li>The built-in fxp(4) ethernet device works fine.
585: <li>The built-in iwi(4) Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG works fine after
586: downloading firmware files from
587: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/">Damien Bergamini's
588: ipw page</a>.
589: <li>The built-in auich(4) audio device works fine.
590: <li>ThinkLight works as well as volume up/down/mute buttons, for a nice
591: on-screen display you can use tpb (<tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb</tt>).
592: </ul>
593: Contact <a href="mailto:p_nowaczyk@o2.pl">Przemyslaw Nowaczyk</a>.
594: <p align="left">
595: <font size=2>
596: <a href="http://www.student.put.poznan.pl/~przemyslaw.nowaczyk/r50e/dmesg_r50e">dmesg</a>
597: ¦
598: <a href="http://www.student.put.poznan.pl/~przemyslaw.nowaczyk/r50e/xorg.conf_r50e">xorg.conf</a>
599: </font>
600: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 601: IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.
1.92 nick 602: </td><td>
1.97 nick 603: <p><ul>
1.101 nick 604: <li>Works fine with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 605: <li>If using a boot floppy the system may hang when probing ahc.
1.94 nick 606: Workaround: boot with -c and disable ahc.
607: A GENERIC kernel does not have this issue.
1.101 nick 608: <li>Serial ports must be enabled in BIOS.
609: <li>"ctrl:nocaps" in X puts the control key in a proper location
610: <li>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK
611: <li>Hibernation not tested, but should work with
612: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> from the ports collection.
1.97 nick 613: <li>The audio chipset is supported (auich).
614: </ul>
615: Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.
616: <p align="left">
617: <font size=2>
1.101 nick 618: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
619: ¦
620: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.134 grunk 621: ¦
622: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">more info</a>
1.97 nick 623: </font>
1.106 nick 624: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.148 grunk 625: IBM Thinkpad T40, Type 2374-2G7
626: </td><td>
627: <p><ul>
628: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 30, 2005) works.
629: <li>Everything works fine
630: <li><tt>apm -S</tt>, <tt>apm -Z</tt>, <tt>auich</tt> and built-in
631: DVD/CD-RW work fine
632: </ul>
633: Contact <a href="mailto:renaud@llorien.org">Renaud Allard</a>.
634: <p align="left">
635: <font size=2>
636: <a href="http://www.llorien.org/OpenBSD/T40dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
637: ¦
638: <a href="http://www.llorien.org/OpenBSD/T40xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
639: </font>
640: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.125 grunk 641: IBM Thinkpad T41p type 2373-GEU
642: </td><td>
643: <p><ul>
644: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
645: <li>Everything works fine: APM, X, onboard ethernet (em), sound,
646: usb, docking station
647: <li>onboard atheros works in 802.11b mode only
648: </ul>
649: Contact <a href="mailto:matt@arin.net">Matt Rowley</a>.
650: <p align="left">
651: <font size=2>
652: <a href="http://www.damnskippy.org/openbsd/dmesg.t41p-20050610">dmesg</a>
653: ¦
654: <a href="http://www.damnskippy.org/openbsd/xorg.conf.new">xorg.conf</a>
655: </font>
656: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.117 grunk 657: IBM Thinkpad T42 model 2373
658: </td><td>
659: <p><ul>
660: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
661: <li>See entry for the X40 for the built-in
662: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a> or
663: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
664: 802.11 card and APM/Hibernation support.
665: <li>See entry for the X31 for Enhanced SpeedStep and the extra Thinkpad buttons.
666: <li>The alternatively built-in "Atheros AR5212 (IBM MiniPCI)" 802.11 card works with the
667: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>
668: driver.
669: <li>X.org with ATI Radeon Mobility works fine (1024x768, 24bpp).
670: <li>The built-in USB Bluetooth and infrared are not presently supported.
671: <li>The built-in
1.143 grunk 672: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a>
1.117 grunk 673: gigabit ethernet device works fine.
674: <li>The built-in
1.143 grunk 675: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.117 grunk 676: audio device works fine.
677: <li>The built-in fingerprint scanner found in some models is not supported.
678: </ul>
679: Contact <a href="mailto:reyk@openbsd.org">Reyk Floeter</a>.
680: <p align="left">
681: <font size=2>
682: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/dmesg-t42">dmesg</a>
683: ¦
684: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/xorg.conf-t42">xorg.conf</a>
685: </font>
686: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.131 grunk 687: IBM Thinkpad X23
688: </td><td>
689: <p><ul>
690: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
691: <li>Just like the IBM T23, kernels with ahc support may hang when
692: booting. Use "boot -c" and disable ahc support with "disable ahc",
693: followed by "exit" to continue booting.<br>
694: GENERIC does not have this issue.
695: <li>APM appears to work (suspends ok)
696: <li>On-board NIC fxp(4) works, including PXE booting
697: <li>On-board wireless NIC wi(4) works
698: <li>USB works (misc mice, cdrom, usb to serial devices, and memory
699: sticks all successfully tested)
700: <li>PCMCIA works (misc NICs tested)
701: <li>Built-in compact flash reader works
702: </ul>
703: Contact <a href="mailto:andreaso@it.su.se">Andreas Östling</a>.
704: <p align="left">
705: <font size=2>
706: <a href="http://people.su.se/~andreaso/OpenBSD/x23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
707: ¦
708: <a href="http://people.su.se/~andreaso/OpenBSD/x23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
709: </font>
710: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 711: IBM Thinkpad X31
712: </td><td>
1.97 nick 713: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 714: <li>Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
715: <li>Nearly all Hardware is supported, except FireWire.
1.97 nick 716: <li>APM is well supported. Suspend mode (apm -s/zzz) works without
1.94 nick 717: problems. Hibernation (suspend to disk) works also fine but
718: requires a small MS-DOS partition with a hibernation file at the
719: beginning of the harddisk. You can create this file with tphdisk
1.97 nick 720: from ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk).
721:
722: <li>The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via
723: xmodmap.
724: <li>Example:
1.94 nick 725:
1.126 grunk 726: <pre>
1.96 nick 727: xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down"
728: xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"
1.126 grunk 729: </pre>
1.94 nick 730:
1.97 nick 731: <li>The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G)
1.98 nick 732: works with the
733: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
734: driver. But you need to download the unfree firmware first to get
735: it working. For more details read
736: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4#FILES">ipw(4)</a>.
737:
738: <li>I'm planning to replace this card with a
739: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
740: or an
741: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>.
1.94 nick 742: For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
743: I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
1.115 nick 744: <i>special</i> IBM mini-PCI cards to be installed. The bios can
1.97 nick 745: be patched with the tpwireless program
1.115 nick 746: (<tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt>, <b>use on your own risk!</b>).
1.94 nick 747:
1.97 nick 748: <li>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
749: as well.
1.94 nick 750:
1.127 david 751: <li>Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the CPU speed
1.97 nick 752: via sysctl (<tt>sysctl hw.setperf</tt>).
1.94 nick 753:
1.98 nick 754: <li>The on-board
755: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
756: and
757: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.99 nick 758: are working without problems.
1.94 nick 759:
1.97 nick 760: <li>The keys for mute, volume up and volume down are working fine.
1.94 nick 761: No special software is required. If you'd like to get the big
762: "Access IBM" button to work and have a nice on-screen display, you
763: can install tpb from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb) This works just
764: fine and you have nice on-screen messages when you change volume and
1.97 nick 765: brightness settings or enable/disable the ThinkLight.
766: </ul>
1.155 bernd 767: Contact <a href="mailto:bernd@openbsd.org">Bernd Ahlers</a>.
1.97 nick 768: <p align="left">
769: <font size=2>
770: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/dmesg">dmesg</a>
771: ¦
772: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
773: </font>
1.106 nick 774: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.102 nick 775: IBM Thinkpad X40
776: </td><td>
777: <p><ul>
1.133 grunk 778: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 12, 2005) works fine.
1.109 jolan 779: <li>SD Card Slot is not presently supported.
1.102 nick 780: <li>The built-in "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" works only with additional
781: firmware. See
782: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a>
783: for more information.
1.133 grunk 784: <li>The X40 model 2386-8WU 512MB RAM/40GB HD has an Atheros AR5212
785: wireless card built in. It works with 3.7-current, but not with 3.7
786: release.
787: <li>UltraBase X4 works but is not hot-swappable. Machine locks up or
788: becomes unstable when trying to hot-plug the base. Work is being done
789: on a <a href="http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net">Linux ACPI driver</a>.
1.115 nick 790: <li>The use of other mini-PCI cards may be restricted by the BIOS.
1.110 nick 791: However, non-IBM supplied cards can be used after running the
792: <tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility.
1.108 djm 793: <li>APM works fine, including suspend to hard-disk (hibernation)
1.102 nick 794: <li>If you want to use Hibernation, you must have a small
1.103 nick 795: msdos partition with a save2dsk.bin. For this, you can use
1.102 nick 796: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt>.
1.104 nick 797: <li>Perhaps one of the best supported notebooks because several
1.110 nick 798: developers also use it.
1.102 nick 799: </ul>
1.133 grunk 800: Contact <a href="mailto:marcus.popp@paranoidbsd.org">Marcus Popp (1)</a>
801: or <a href="mailto:steve@stevenfettig.com">Steve Fettig (2)</a>.
1.102 nick 802: <p align="left">
803: <font size=2>
1.133 grunk 804: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/dmesg.37.txt">dmesg (1)</a>
1.102 nick 805: ¦
1.133 grunk 806: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/xorg.conf.37.txt">xorg.conf (1)</a>
807: ¦
1.137 grunk 808: <a href="http://anywheretechnology.com/machconfigs/dmesg_tpx40_23868WU.txt">dmesg (2)</a>
1.133 grunk 809: ¦
810: <a href="http://anywheretechnology.com/machconfigs/xorg.conf.tpx40_23868WU">xorg.conf (2)</a>
1.102 nick 811: </font>
1.106 nick 812: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.171 steven 813: IBM Thinkpad X41 (not tablet)
814: </td><td>
815: <p><ul>
1.172 steven 816: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-current (Jan 16, 2006) works fine.
1.171 steven 817: <li>APM works (sleep and suspend).
818: <li>Sound, wireless and accelerometer work.
819: <li>Fingerprint scanner is detected as a ugen(4) device, but I
820: haven't found software for it yet.
1.172 steven 821: <li>Accelerated support for the i915 chipset was added in X.org 6.9
822: (merged into OpenBSD in January 2006), and everything works with
823: the configuration file below.
1.171 steven 824: </ul>
825: Contact <a href="mailto:ramrunner@gmail.com">Spiros Thanasoulas</a>.
826: <p align="left">
827: <font size=2>
1.172 steven 828: <a href="http://www.ics.forth.gr/~dsp/obsd-x41/dmesg-x41">dmesg</a>
1.171 steven 829: ¦
1.172 steven 830: <a href="http://www.ics.forth.gr/~dsp/obsd-x41/xorg.conf-x41">xorg.conf</a>
1.171 steven 831: </font>
832: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.91 nick 833: JVC MP-XP 7250DE
1.92 nick 834: </td><td>
1.97 nick 835: <p><ul>
1.107 nick 836: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (October 2004) works.
1.97 nick 837: <li>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
838: SD card reader.
839: <li>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
1.91 nick 840: USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
1.97 nick 841: boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.
842: <li>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
843: is supported, too.
844: </ul>
845: Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.
1.111 nick 846: <p align="left">
847: <font size=2>
848: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
849: ¦
850: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-xfconfig.txt">xorg.conf</a>
851: ¦
1.182 steven 852: <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php"
853: >more info</a>.
854: </font>
855: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
856: Lenovo Thinkpad T43, "2668-F7G" or "UC3F7xx"
857: </td><td>
858: <p><ul>
859: <li>OpenBSD 3.9-beta (Feb 15, 2006) works.
860: <li>X.Org 6.9.0 works without particular configuration tweaks
861: (1400x1050), configured with <tt>X -configure</tt> and started with
862: <tt>startx -- -depth 24</tt>
863: <li><tt>halt -p</tt> works.
864: <li>iwi(4) Intel 2915 ABG works well, tested in several "b" and "g"
865: networks (firmware and AP config hints from
866: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/">Damien Bergamini's
867: ipw page</a>).
868: <li>bge(4) Gigabit ethernet works, not tested much beyond initial
869: installation.
870: <li>auich(4) sound works with base install and mplayer from packages.
871: <li>aps(4) output is available in sysctl.
872: <li>CardBus works: tested with CF adapter and card.
873: <li>ExpressCard slot (upper card slot) not tested.
874: <li>The system does not handle changes in removable (Ultrabay Slim)
875: storage. When halted and subsequently warm booted, that IDE channel
876: is disabled instead. A cold restart is required for a new device to
877: be detected, this really is no big deal.
878: <li>I'm uncertain whether APM (SpeedStep) works - sysctl(8) lacks
879: hw.setperf, the dmesg identifies some "apm0 at bios0: Power
880: Management spec V1.2" stuff anyway, BIOS settings at factory
881: default of SpeedStep enabled.
882: </ul>
883: Contact <a href="mailto:moose@enting.se">Åke Nordin</a>.
884: <p align="left">
885: <font size=2>
886: <a href="http://www.enting.se/T43/dmesg">dmesg</a>
887: ¦
888: <a href="http://www.enting.se/T43/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.111 nick 889: </font>
1.106 nick 890: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.178 steven 891: Lenovo Thinkpad Z60m (2529-FBG)
892: </td><td>
893: <p><ul>
894: <li>OpenBSD 3.9-beta (Feb 5, 2006) works.
895: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
896: <li>Wireless Intel 2915 ABG (iwi(4)) works after downloading the
897: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/download.html">firmware</a>.
898: <li>X works without config.
899: <li>aps(4) works.
900: <li>SpeedStep is not working.
901: <li>No audio (HD Audio bridge not detected).
902: </ul>
903: I believe this is the first Thinkpad that Lenovo made. Little things
904: have me worried that this might be an end of the Thinkpad quality.
905: Like the lack of APM support and the addition of Windows keys.
906: Also the keyboard feels a little bit cheaper than my R40 but still
907: it feels like a Thinkpad.
908: The screen is better than the other Thinkpads I have seen.
909: <p>
910: Contact <a href="mailto:janj+openbsd@wenf.org">Jan Johansson</a>.
911: <p align="left">
912: <font size=2>
913: <a href="http://www.isk.kth.se/~janjoha/z60m/dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
914: </font>
915: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.120 grunk 916: Medion MD6100 (model no. FID2040)
917: </td><td>
918: <p><ul>
1.165 grunk 919: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-current (November 2005) works.
1.120 grunk 920: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
921: <li>infrared does not work under OpenBSD.
922: <li>USB2.0 doesn't work (pci_intr_map: no mapping for pin D).
1.165 grunk 923: <li>Onboard networking (sis0) is fixed post 3.8
924: <li>Onboard audio (auich0) works properly post 3.8
1.120 grunk 925: </ul>
926: Overall, this laptop stinks. It's heavy, powerhungry and gets very hot
927: (too hot, often it will shut itself down to prevent meltdown).
928: A lot of hardware works only mediocre. The battery doesn't last long.
929: It's huge/bulky. It's *extremely* noisy. But, it *does* run OpenBSD.
930: And, when properly cooled, it's pretty fast (2.6 GHz). Why anyone
931: would need that much CPU in a laptop is beyond me, but it's there.
932: <p>
933: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
934: <p align="left">
935: <font size=2>
936: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/nugget">dmesg</a>
937: ¦
938: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/nugget">xorg.conf</a>
939: </font>
940: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.173 steven 941: MSI Megabook S270
942: </td><td>
943: <p><ul>
944: <li>OpenBSD 3.9-beta (Jan 18, 2006) works both in i386 and amd64
945: modes.
946: <li>At least
947: <a href="http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=608&kind=11">BIOS
1.174 steven 948: 6.70</a> is needed to fix an interrupt routing problem.
1.173 steven 949: <li>APM doesn't work.
950: <li>X.Org 6.9.0 works on the LCD panel at 1280x800 out of the box
951: (without configuration file). External VGA works if the monitor is
952: connected before starting X.
953: <li>Built-in wireless (ral(4)) works.
954: <li>Sound works on external jack only.
955: <li>Firewire and SD Card reader not supported.
956: </ul>
957: <p>
958: Contact <a href="mailto:matthieu.herrb@laas.fr">Matthieu Herrb</a>.
959: <p align="left">
960: <font size=2>
961: <a href="http://herrb.com/msi-s270.dmesg">dmesg</a>
962: </font>
963: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.146 grunk 964: NEC Lavie C LC600J/5
965: </td><td>
966: <p><ul>
967: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (Apr 26, 2005) works.
968: <li>APM, PCMCIA and USB work.
969: <li>This machine's BIOS uses Ctrl+Alt+F5 as a hotkey to hibernate.
970: So I have to specify a swapctrlcaps variant in <tt>/etc/kbdtype</tt>.
971: <li>No separate xorg.conf needed, <tt>getconfig</tt> works like magic.
972: </ul>
973: Contact <a href="mailto:ttakah@lapis.plala.or.jp">Tamotsu Takahashi</a>.
974: <p align="left">
975: <font size=2>
976: <a href="http://www10.plala.or.jp/sanrinsha/tamo/dmesg">dmesg</a>
977: </font>
978: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.158 grunk 979: NEC Versa S940
980: </td><td>
981: <p><ul>
1.159 grunk 982: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-release works.
983: <li>i810 works ok, 1280x768 wide screen, after enabling the resolution
984: using the ports <tt>x11/855resolution</tt> tool by invoking it in
985: <tt>/etc/rc.securelevel</tt> like:
1.158 grunk 986: <pre>
1.159 grunk 987: /usr/local/sbin/855resolution 4d 1280 768 >/dev/null
1.158 grunk 988: </pre>
989: <li>sound card, iwi (download firmware first) and rl work ok.
990: <li>APM is not detected, <tt>halt -p</tt> does not poweroff.
991: <li><tt>sysctl hw.setperf=..</tt> does not change the CPU speed.
992: <li>lots of "not configured" components in dmesg
993: </ul>
1.159 grunk 994: Contact <a href="mailto:aurelien6545@free.fr">Aurélien</a>.
1.158 grunk 995: <p align="left">
996: <font size=2>
997: <a href="http://aurelien26.free.fr/s940/dmesg">dmesg</a>
998: ¦
999: <a href="http://aurelien26.free.fr/s940/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1000: ¦
1001: <a href="http://www.nec-online.com/product/P_Range.asp?id=523#">product info</a>
1002: </font>
1003: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.89 nick 1004: Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
1.92 nick 1005: </td><td>
1.97 nick 1006: <p><ul>
1.146 grunk 1007: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 3, 2005) works.
1008: <li>USB and built-in sound (yds) work just fine.
1.110 nick 1009: <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card
1010: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl">xl(4)</a>
1011: works ok.
1.89 nick 1012: <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
1013: tested them.
1014: <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
1015: kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
1016: cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
1017: come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
1018: the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
1019: partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
1020: access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
1021: <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
1022: system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
1023: <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
1024: locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
1025: causes the problems mentioned above.
1026: <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
1027: sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
1.97 nick 1028: </ul>
1.146 grunk 1029: Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@openbsd.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
1.97 nick 1030: <p align="left">
1031: <font size=2>
1032: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1033: ¦
1.146 grunk 1034: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.97 nick 1035: </font>
1.106 nick 1036: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.132 grunk 1037: Sony VAIO PCG-FX602
1038: </td><td>
1039: <p><ul>
1040: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
1041: <li>Audio does not work: you have to disable auvia* in GENERIC
1042: after installation.
1043: <li>APM, USB and PCMCIA work fine.
1044: <li>X.org runs out of the box, so no xorg.conf file supplied
1045: <li>Custom hack for <tt>hw.setperf</tt>:
1046: <ul>
1047: <li>Apply the
1048: <a href="http://www.disorder.ru/openbsd/acpi.html">ACPI-patches</a>
1049: from Alexander Yurchenko.
1050: <li>Then edit /usr/src/sys/conf/files and add in line 21:
1051: <pre>
1052: define acpibus {}
1053: </pre>
1054: <li>Add to /usr/src/sys/sys/malloc.conf
1055: <pre>
1056: #define M_ACPI 122 /* ACPI */
1057: </pre>
1058: <li>Comment out the Sony SPIC stuff in
1059: <tt>/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/files.i386</tt>
1060: and <tt>/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/GENERIC_ACPI</tt>
1061: (This stuff does not compile for me and i don't care about it;)
1062: <li>rebuild kernel, /usr/src/sbin/sysctl, /usr/src/usr.sbin/acpid[ump]
1063: <li>You are now able to set hw.setperf via sysctl.
1064: </ul>
1065:
1066: <li>I run additionally a
1067: <a href="http://metawire.org/~leopold/files/cpud-0.2.tgz">utility</a>
1068: I wrote to control this value automatically depending on cpu-load.
1069: It is based on Laurie Tratts' <tt>perfd</tt>.
1070: Just unpack and run make && sudo make install.<br>
1071: This way you are able to sustain Battery life up to 2 1/2 - 3 hours.
1072: And the fan stops to run permanently.
1073: </ul>
1074: Contact <a href="mailto:a.schlichting@lemarit.com">Alf Schlichting</a>.
1075: <p align="left">
1076: <font size=2>
1077: <a href="http://metawire.org/~leopold/files/lap.dmesg">dmesg</a>
1078: </font>
1079: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.147 grunk 1080: Sony VAIO PCG-K115Z
1081: </td><td>
1082: <p><ul>
1083: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 29, 2005) works.
1084: <li>LAN interface ("Realtek 8139"): works.
1085: <li>DVD/CDROM ("MATSHITA, UJ-820D, 1.01"): works.
1086: <li>touchpad and X just work.
1087: <li>APM: no problem, at least for <tt>halt -p</tt>.
1.152 jmc 1088: <li>audio (AC'97): works.
1.147 grunk 1089: <li>USB works.
1090: <li>wlan interface ("Atheros AR5212") doesn't work (see dmesg).
1091: </ul>
1092: Contact <a href="mailto:izi@club-internet.fr">David JEAN-LOUIS</a>.
1093: <p align="left">
1094: <font size=2>
1095: <a href="http://izimobil.org/PCG-K115Z.dmesg">dmesg</a>
1096: ¦
1097: <a href="http://izimobil.org/PCG-K115Z.xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1098: </font>
1099: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.138 grunk 1100: Sony Vaio PCG-Z505JSK
1.119 grunk 1101: </td><td>
1102: <p><ul>
1.138 grunk 1103: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
1104: <li>APM works fine.
1105: <li>Port extender and memory stick untested.
1106: <li>I had to turn on the software cursor for X to work properly, but
1107: otherwise the xorg configurator worked fine.
1108: <li>Lucent/Orinoco Gold Card for networking works fine.
1.119 grunk 1109: </ul>
1.138 grunk 1110: Contact <a href="mailto:openbsd@exnext.com">John Karabaic</a>.
1.119 grunk 1111: <p align="left">
1112: <font size=2>
1.138 grunk 1113: <a href="http://www.exnext.com/z505dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
1.119 grunk 1114: ¦
1.138 grunk 1115: <a href="http://www.exnext.com/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.119 grunk 1116: </font>
1117: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.138 grunk 1118: Sony VAIO PCG-Z505N
1.119 grunk 1119: </td><td>
1120: <p><ul>
1121: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
1122: cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
1123: <li>Installation by USB floppy:
1124: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
1125: can be brought to boot if one disables the
1126: following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
1.126 grunk 1127: <pre>
1.119 grunk 1128: disable pcibios
1129: disable fxp
1130: disable pcic
1.126 grunk 1131: </pre>
1.119 grunk 1132: <li>After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
1133: and no network. This means that the laptop has
1134: no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
1135: on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
1136: of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
1137: partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
1138: boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
1139: (no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
1140: <li>Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
1141: works without modification.
1142: </ul>
1143: Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
1.138 grunk 1144: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.142 grunk 1145: Toshiba Libretto 70CT
1146: </td><td>
1147: <p><ul>
1.160 grunk 1148: <li>OpenBSD 3.8 works.
1.142 grunk 1149: <li>APM works OK.
1.160 grunk 1150: <li>Sound works once kernal has been configured using config(8).
1151: <li>2 different dmesgs are supplied:
1152: [1] with Xircom Wired network PCMCIA card,
1153: and [2] with wireless PCMCIA card and wss enabled.
1.142 grunk 1154: </ul>
1155: Contact <a href="mailto:fred@crowsons.net">Fred Crowson</a>.
1156: <p align="left">
1157: <font size=2>
1.160 grunk 1158: <a href="http://www.crowsons.net/puters/txt/fcm38.txt">dmesg [1]</a>
1.142 grunk 1159: ¦
1.160 grunk 1160: <a href="http://www.crowsons.net/puters/txt/fcm38wi.txt">dmesg [2]</a>
1.142 grunk 1161: ¦
1.160 grunk 1162: <a href="http://www.crowsons.net/puters/libretto_xorg.conf.txt">xorg.conf</a>
1.142 grunk 1163: ¦
1.160 grunk 1164: <a href="http://www.crowsons.net/puters/fcm.php">more info</a>
1.142 grunk 1165: </font>
1166: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.154 grunk 1167: Toshiba Satellite 2430-101
1168: </td><td>
1169: <p><ul>
1170: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 3, 2005) works.
1171: <li>Cardbus works.
1172: <li>X works.
1173: <li>Sound is recognized (didn't try it).
1174: <li>USB works (new devices are recognized at least).
1175: <li>APM does not work (hard crash when resuming).
1176: Tried APM 1.1 and a few other APM flags without success.
1177: </ul>
1178: Contact <a href="mailto:nilsf@tako.de">Nils Frohberg</a>.
1179: <p align="left">
1180: <font size=2>
1181: <a href="http://www.tako.de/openbsd/dmesg.boot">dmesg</a>
1182: ¦
1183: <a href="http://www.tako.de/openbsd/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1184: </font>
1185: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.149 grunk 1186: Toshiba Tecra A2
1187: </td><td>
1188: <p><ul>
1189: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 1, 2005) just works.
1190: <li>Built in iwi 2200b/g worked after finding firmware.
1191: <li>Sound, PCMCIA and X.org work perfectly.
1192: <li>usb tested with ipod shuffle, usb mouse and memory stick.
1193: <li>The only problem occurs _sometimes_ when using "reboot" from X.
1194: which causes a kernel panic when it tries to boot. Doing a hard power
1195: off, then back on does not cause any problem.
1196: </ul>
1197: Contact <a href="mailto:sbr@gnook.org">Sascha Ramin</a>.
1198: <p align="left">
1199: <font size=2>
1200: <a href="http://gnook.org/~sbr/tobias/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1201: ¦
1202: <a href="http://gnook.org/~sbr/tobias/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1203: </font>
1204: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.121 grunk 1205: Toshiba Tecra 8000
1206: </td><td>
1207: <p><ul>
1208: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (Jan 2005) works ok.
1209: <li>All hardware except infrared works.
1210: <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
1211: <li>Sound required the following change to /bsd :
1212: <ul>
1213: <li>In the system BIOS use the following values
1.126 grunk 1214: <pre>
1.121 grunk 1215: Sound = Enabled
1216: --- SOUND SYSTEM ---
1217: WSS I/O Address = 530H
1218: SBPro I/O Address = 220H
1219: Synthesizer I/O Address = 388H
1220: WSS & SBPro & MPU401 IRQ Level = IRQ5
1221: WSS(Play) DMA = Channel 1
1222: WSS(Rec.) & SBPro DMA = Channel 0
1223: Control I/O Address = 538H
1224: MPU401 (MIDI I/F) = 330H
1.126 grunk 1225: </pre>
1.121 grunk 1226: <li>config -f -e /bsd
1.126 grunk 1227: <pre>
1.121 grunk 1228: ukc> disable sb
1229: 193 sb0 disabled
1230: 241 sb* disabled
1231: ukc> change wss0
1232: 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq 0
1233: +drq2 -1 flags 0x0
1234: change [n] y
1235: port [0x530] ?
1236: size [0] ?
1237: iomem [-1] ?
1238: iosiz [0] ?
1239: irq [10] ? 5
1240: drq [0] ? 1
1241: drq2 [-1] ? 0
1242: flags [0] ?
1243: 197 wss0 changed
1244: 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 5 drq 1
1245: +drq2 0 flags 0x0
1246: ukc> quit
1247: Saving modified kernel.
1.126 grunk 1248: </pre>
1.121 grunk 1249: </ul>
1250: <li>separate xorg.conf not needed, X works perfectly without one
1251: </ul>
1252: An older but still very useable laptop. Not too fast, but fast enough
1253: for some DivX viewing with mplayer and firefox/thunderbird-use (not
1254: for the impatient though, but then again, what is?). The fan can get
1255: a bit loud after many power-on hours. This also impacts battery
1256: lifetime, but that is to be expected. Nice and well supported.
1257: <p>
1258: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
1259: <p align="left">
1260: <font size=2>
1261: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/whopper">dmesg</a>
1262: </font>
1263: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.118 grunk 1264: Toshiba Tecra 8100
1265: </td><td>
1266: <p><ul>
1267: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works ok.
1268: <li>All hardware except infrared works.
1269: <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
1270: </ul>
1271: Very nice laptop indeed. Quiet, boots very fast, most hardware is
1272: supported. Only APM doesn't work very well. Pretty fast, not too
1273: heavy, very OpenBSD-friendly - just like its predecessor, the Tecra
1274: 8000. Battery can get a bit rusty, works good from 100% to 50%, then
1275: drops to ~3% in minutes. Not too strange for an older machine though.
1276: <p>
1277: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
1278: <p align="left">
1279: <font size=2>
1280: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/pizza">dmesg</a>
1281: ¦
1282: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/pizza">xorg.conf</a>
1283: </font>
1.150 grunk 1284: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1285: Twinhead N15RB
1286: </td><td>
1287: <p><ul>
1288: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 12, 2005) works.
1289: <li>apm does not work correctly. "Battery state: absent" and 0 percent
1290: charge when running on AC or battery. <tt>apm -z</tt> does work though.
1291: <li>Cardbus does not work - check dmesg for interrupt mapping error.
1292: <li>The built-in wireless is now working with the iwi firmware from
1293: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/">Damien Bergamini's ipw page</a>.
1294: <li>Everything else seems to work OK.
1295: </ul>
1296: Contact <a href="mailto:jon@brain-box.net">Jon Trembley</a>.
1297: <p align="left">
1298: <font size=2>
1299: <a href="http://open.brain-box.net/src/dmesg.current">dmesg</a>
1300: ¦
1301: <a href="http://open.brain-box.net/src/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1302: </font>
1.92 nick 1303: </td></tr>
1.1 deraadt 1304: </table>
1305:
1.110 nick 1306: <p> If your laptop under OpenBSD is not listed above, feel free to mail
1307: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a> to cure this.
1.111 nick 1308: Please supply as much information as possible, such as:
1.110 nick 1309: <ul>
1310: <li>Notebook exact manufacturer, name and model.
1311: <li>Latest OpenBSD version known to work on it (must be the latest
1.153 aanriot 1312: release, snapshot, or -current).
1.110 nick 1313: <li>List of working/not working things with OpenBSD.
1314: <li>List of hacks you used to get certain things running.
1315: <li>Contact name and email address.
1.183 ! steven 1316: <li><b>Links</b> to your dmesg and xorg.conf.
! 1317: Please do not mail these files to the www mailing list, but put
! 1318: them online somewhere and provide the URLs.
1.110 nick 1319: </ul>
1.183 ! steven 1320: Finally, don't forget to also send your dmesg to
! 1321: <a href="mailto:dmesg@openbsd.org">dmesg@openbsd.org</a> as explained in
! 1322: <a href="faq/faq4.html#SendDmesg">FAQ 4 - Installation Guide</a>.
1.110 nick 1323:
1.183 ! steven 1324: <p>
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