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1.78 jufi 17: <h2><font color="#e00000">i386 Laptop Status</font></h2>
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1.1 deraadt 19:
1.92 nick 20: <p> This is a list of laptops known to be working with OpenBSD.
1.1 deraadt 21:
1.92 nick 22: <p> If your laptop isn't listed below doesn't mean that it won't work,
1.95 nick 23: and you will most likely find a similar model that is listed below.
24: Most laptops work very well, however some will still have minor issues.
1.92 nick 25:
26: <p> Of those that have problems,
1.1 deraadt 27: <ul>
1.5 deraadt 28: <li>Some exhibit problems with APM support. Note that <strong>apm -S</strong>
1.95 nick 29: fails to suspend some laptops.
1.38 deraadt 30: <li>Some lack sound support
1.84 mickey 31: <li>A few have subtle bugs with their PCMCIA and CardBus support
1.116 grunk 32: <li>There is currently neither Firewire nor ACPI support in OpenBSD
1.92 nick 33: <li>XFree86/X.org does not support some displays properly. Sometimes
1.94 nick 34: switching between both of them helps.
1.95 nick 35: <li>Some other built-in device doesn't work.
1.1 deraadt 36: <li>Some have problems with pcmcia card eject interrupts.
1.95 nick 37: <li>Almost all modern laptops with on-board modems have "winmodems",
38: which are not currently and are unlikely to ever be supported.
1.104 nick 39: Use a PCCard modem if you need one that works. You can
1.95 nick 40: assume any modem on the machines below does NOT work unless
41: indicated.
1.101 nick 42: <li>IBM Thinkpads (and perhaps other notebooks, too) with Phoenix-style
43: BIOSes offer a so-called "hibernation mode", where memory is
44: written to disk. You can use this feature with OpenBSD.
45: Generate the partition for hibernation using the
46: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> utility from the
1.184 grunk 47: ports collection.<br>
48: The hibernation partition requires to be a MS-DOS partition at
49: the beginning of the harddisk. This partition can be of type
50: 16 bit FAT or FAT32 (as such it is possible that a Windows install
51: lives in this partition).
52: <li>IBM Thinkpads with mini-PCI slots will check PCI IDs against a
1.115 nick 53: built-in list of "allowed" devices, and thus will not work with
54: third-party cards. This behavior can be changed by using the
55: <tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility from ports BEFORE
56: inserting the third-party card. This utility sets a "magic bit"
57: in the BIOS to disable this check.
1.1 deraadt 58: </ul>
59:
60: <p>
61: <table border=1>
1.106 nick 62: <tr valign="top">
1.1 deraadt 63: <th>Laptop</th>
64: <th>Notes</th>
1.106 nick 65: </tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 66: Acer Aspire 1360
1.92 nick 67: </td><td>
1.97 nick 68: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 69: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
70: <li>It comes with AMD Sempron 2800+.
1.99 nick 71: <li>Everything works fine (mini-PCI slot, VIA S3 Unichrome PRO, VIA
1.94 nick 72: RhineII-2).
1.97 nick 73: </ul>
74: Contact <a href="mailto:maxim@unixconn.com">Maxim
1.94 nick 75: Bourmistrov</a>.
1.97 nick 76: <p align="left">
77: <font size=2>
78: <a href="http://www.unixconn.com/aa1360-dmesg">dmesg</a>
79: ¦
80: <a href="http://www.unixconn.com/aa1360-xorg">xorg.conf</a>
81: </font>
1.106 nick 82: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.170 steven 83: Acer Aspire 3003WLCi
84: </td><td>
85: <p><ul>
86: <li>OpenBSD 3.8 works (previous versions have DMA problems).
87: <li>Integrated Broadcom wifi doesn't work.
88: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM.
89: <li>Fn keys don't work, except for screen brightness adjustment
90: and backlight switch.
91: <li>USB 2.0 and Cardbus slot untested.
92: <li>Everything else works.
93: </ul>
94: Contact <a href="mailto:perlhaq@gmail.com">Stephen Takacs</a>.
95: <p align="left">
96: <font size=2>
97: <a href="http://perlguru.net/obsd/acer/dmesg-38">dmesg</a>
98: ¦
99: <a href="http://perlguru.net/obsd/acer/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
100: </font>
101: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.176 steven 102: Acer TravelMate 4654LMi
103: </td><td>
104: <p><ul>
105: <li>OpenBSD 3.8 works.
106: <li>Ethernet: Broadcom BCM5788 10/100/1G works (1G is not tested).
1.180 brad 107: <li>Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600, works with resolution
1.176 steven 108: 1400x1050x24.
109: <li>DVD-RW works: burning was not tested, reading both CD and DVD
110: is ok.
111: <li>Touchpad works.
112: <li>USB works: tested with cheap external card reader.
113: <li>Sound works.
114: <li>APM doesn't work:
115: <pre>
116: cannot open device file `/dev/apmctl': Device not configured
117: </pre>
118: <li>Wireless (iwi) doesn't work.
119: Can't enable radio transmitter using button on front panel.
120: <li>Card reader doesn't work.
121: <li>PCMCIA doesn't work: tested with ORINOCO wireless (wi) card that is
122: working on old OpenBSD 3.5 server - not a laptop.
123: <li>Not all functional keys are workable.
124: <li>Bluetooth, IrDA, Firewire, internal modem: not tested.
125: </ul>
126: Contact <a href="mailto:avv@mail.zp.ua">Alexey Vatchenko</a>
127: <p align="left">
128: <font size=2>
129: <a href="http://psytech.h10.ru/dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
130: ¦
131: <a href="http://psytech.h10.ru/xorg.conf.txt">xorg.conf</a>
132: </font>
133: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.114 nick 134: Clevo D410V
135: </td><td>
136: <p><ul>
137: <li>Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (2005 May)
138: <li>CPU: 2.8Ghz with HyperThreading. I use it with GENERIC kernel.
139: <li>Graphics: ATI 9600. It's working fine with Xorg loaded glx.
140: DRI not working. Resolution 1400x1050 works fine.
141: <li>Ethernet: 100/1000 Realtek 8169. Working with re(4) fine.
142: <li>PCMCIA: Working with NetGear WG511T WiFi Card. ath(4)
143: <li>USB: Working. I tried with Lexar JumpDrive.
1.152 jmc 144: <li>Sound: auich(4) working (AC'97)
1.114 nick 145: <li>apm(8) is not working properly. Cannot apm -S:
146: <tt>apm0: APM set power state: unable to enter requested state (96)</tt>
147: <li>apm -z freezes.
148: <li>SD Card reader probably works, although I haven't tested yet.
149: <li>Infra is not working.
150: <li>CD/DVD -
151: <tt>QSI, CDRW/DVD SBW-242, UX02 SCSI0 5/cdrom removable</tt>
152: I can write cd, and view dvd.
153: </ul>
154: Contact <a href="mailto:wooh@wooh.hu">Adam Papai</a>
155: <p align="left">
156: <font size=2>
157: <a href="http://wooh.hu/~wooh/dmesg">dmesg</a>
158: ¦
159: <a href="http://wooh.hu/~wooh/XF86Config">xorg.conf</a>
160: </font>
161: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.140 grunk 162: Compaq Armada 1573DM
163: </td><td>
164: <p><ul>
165: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 1, 2005) works.
166: <li>PCMCIA works fine.
167: <li>XFree 4.2.1 works great (800x600x16).
168: <li>APM not tested.
169: <li>Had to use <tt>boot> machine memory +0x3000000@0x1000000</tt>
170: in order to get all 64M of memory.
171: <li>Sound does not work.
172: </ul>
1.144 grunk 173: Contact <a href="mailto:reidrac@usebox.net">Juan J. Martínez</a>.
1.140 grunk 174: <p align="left">
175: <font size=2>
176: <a href="http://www.usebox.net/jjm/obsd-wifi/laptop/dmesg">dmesg</a>
177: ¦
1.163 grunk 178: <a href="http://www.usebox.net/jjm/obsd-wifi/laptop/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.140 grunk 179: ¦
180: <a href="http://www.usebox.net/jjm/obsd-wifi/laptop/">more info</a>
181: </font>
182: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.145 grunk 183: Compaq NX9005
184: </td><td>
185: <p><ul>
186: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 11, 2005) works.
187: <li>All components are detected.
188: <li>It was not possible to run X.org, so I had to switch back to
189: XFree86. See also my yet unanswered
190: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-x11&m=111930024618914&w=2">post to openbsd-x11@</a>.
191: </ul>
192: Contact <a href="mailto:hdu@qualigo.de">Haluk Durmus</a>.
193: <p align="left">
194: <font size=2>
195: <a href="http://www.millenix.de/openbsd/dmesg">dmesg</a>
196: ¦
197: <a href="http://www.millenix.de/openbsd/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
198: </font>
199: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.124 grunk 200: Dell Inspiron 500m
201: </td><td>
202: <p><ul>
203: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
204: <li>Sound, touchpad, fxp onboard NIC work fine.
205: <li>USB: able to mount flash stick read/write, even able to install
206: OpenBSD on it and boot from it
207: <li>Pressing "Fn" and uparrow/downarrow keys to configure brightness
208: works, as well as switching to external VGA
209: <li>For getting the Intel ipw2100 wireless card to work,
210: use
211: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipwfw/OpenBSD/ipw-firmware-1.3.tgz">
212: Damien Bergamini's firmware package</a>.
213: <li>There was (expected) trouble with the screen resolution in X.
214: Using
215: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/i855vidctl/">i855vidctl</a>,
216: it goes to 1400x1050 as wanted by adding the line:
217: <pre>
218: i855vidctl 5c 1400x1050
219: </pre>
220: into /etc/rc.securelevel.
221: <li>APM does not seem to work at all: Neither <tt>apmd</tt>
222: nor <tt>halt -p</tt> operate ok.
223: For any other experiences on this, contact the submitter.
224: <li>PCMCIA not tested
225: <li>No extra xorg.conf supplied, the default is OK.
226: </ul>
227: Contact <a href="mailto:baldur@pistic.org">Baldur Sigurðsson</a>.
228: <p align="left">
229: <font size=2>
230: <a href="http://pistic.org/dell-inspiron-500m-dmesg">dmesg</a>
231: </font>
232: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.143 grunk 233: Dell Inspiron 1000
234: </td><td>
235: <p><ul>
236: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
237: <li>APM causes kernel panic, no way to disable in BIOS, so disabled in
238: kernel (see dmesg).
239: <li>CD-RW/DVD-ROM works for burning CD-R/W and reading DVD-ROM and playing.
1.152 jmc 240: <li>PCMCIA, Touchpad, USB 2.0, Ethernet sis(4), and Audio (SiS 7012 AC'97) work.
1.143 grunk 241: <li>Video (SiS 650L) works with X driver sis, VGA out works if configured properly in xorg.conf.
242: <li>Fn keys:
243: <ul>
244: <li>Brightness keys work without any special configuration
245: <li>Enable/disable system beep works
246: (mixerctl inputs.phone.mute=off first)
247: <li>Num Lock works (though see additional link for more info
248: on using it)
249: <li>mute and volume up/down don't seem to work (though configuration may
250: be possible)
251: <li>display change works (to a point; see link for more info)
252: <li>SysRq and Break keys not tested
253: </ul>
254: </ul>
255: Contact <a href="mailto:chjones@aleph0.com">Christian Jones</a>.
256: <p align="left">
257: <font size=2>
258: <a href="http://www.aleph0.com/computing/machines/dave/dmesg-OpenBSD-3.7">dmesg</a>
259: ¦
260: <a href="http://www.aleph0.com/computing/machines/dave/xorg.conf-OpenBSD-3.7">xorg.conf</a>
261: ¦
262: <a href="http://www.aleph0.com/computing/machines/dave/">more info</a>
263: </font>
264: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.139 grunk 265: Dell Inspiron 2500
266: </td><td>
267: <p><ul>
268: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
269: <li>You need to boot with option -c and disable apm, then disable aic.
270: <li>Integrated auich(4) works fine.
271: <li>Integrated i815 works fine.
272: <li>USB and PCMCIA work fine.
273: </ul>
274: Contact <a href="mailto:gael@lautre.net">Gael Queri</a>.
275: <p align="left">
276: <font size=2>
277: <a href="http://gael.lautre.net/blobby/dmesg">dmesg</a>
278: ¦
279: <a href="http://gael.lautre.net/blobby/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
280: </font>
281: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 282: Dell Inspiron 4100
1.92 nick 283: </td><td>
1.97 nick 284: <p><ul>
285: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
286: <li>apmd(8) is fully functional.
287: <li>Integrated xl(4) works fine.
288: <li>Integrated auich(4) works fine.
289: <li>USB works fine with my mouse.
290: <li>Both PCMCIA slots work.
291: <li>The Modem does not work.
292: </ul>
1.96 nick 293: Contact <a href="mailto:robert@openbsd.org">Robert Nagy</a>.
1.105 nick 294: <p align="left">
295: <font size=2>
296: <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/dmesg.notebook">dmesg</a>
297: ¦
298: <a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
299: </font>
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1.128 grunk 301: Dell Latitude c400
302: </td><td>
303: <p><ul>
1.162 grunk 304: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-current (Nov 9, 2005) works.
1.128 grunk 305: <li>All hardware (including wi(4), sound, X at 1024x768/24bit) works.
306: <li>Suspend sort of works: the system will go to sleep (either by
307: zzz(8), closing the lid, or Fn-Esc), but it won't wake up properly (I
308: get a flashing _ cursor) ... so, I have to hold down the power button
309: for a few seconds, reboot, and fsck.
310: <li>For some reason, unless specifically told, X will default to a
311: lower resolution. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace kicks it into gear.
312: Hardcoding 1024x768 into xorg.conf fixes it for good though.
313: </ul>
314: Contact <a href="mailto:Mark.Peoples@asu.edu">Mark Peoples</a>.
315: <p align="left">
316: <font size=2>
1.162 grunk 317: <a href="http://www.azbsd.org/~marco/openbsd/laptop/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.128 grunk 318: ¦
1.162 grunk 319: <a href="http://www.azbsd.org/~marco/openbsd/laptop/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.128 grunk 320: </font>
321: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.122 grunk 322: Dell Latitude c610
323: </td><td>
324: <p><ul>
1.166 grunk 325: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-current (Nov 24, 2005) works.
326: <li>Audio, video, PCMCIA, and onboard NIC work.
327: <li>halt -p works
328: <li>apmd works
329: <li>Standby (apm -S) does not work
330: <li>Suspend (zzz, apm -z) works with one caveat: the kernel
331: message that appears upon resume:
332: <pre>"uhci0: interrupt while not operating ignored" </pre>
333: will cause X to hang. If you want to Suspend / Resume with
334: X running, and do not need USB, you may disable uhci* as a
335: circumvention.
1.122 grunk 336: </ul>
1.166 grunk 337: Contact <a href="mailto:josh@jggimi.homeip.net">Josh Grosse</a>.
1.122 grunk 338: <p align="left">
339: <font size=2>
1.166 grunk 340: <a href="http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jggimi/dmesg-c610-3.8-current-Nov-24-05">dmesg</a>
1.122 grunk 341: </font>
342: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.130 grunk 343: Dell Latitude c640
344: </td><td>
345: <p><ul>
346: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 29, 2005) works.
347: <li>Integrated auich works fine, but one can hear a little 'crack'
348: everytime a sound is started and ended.
349: <li>xl, USB, touchpad, Trackpoint, com0, APM, carbus, integrated
350: ATI Radeon Mobility M7 LW all work fine.
351: <li>not tested: tv-out, infrared, microphone
352: </ul>
353: Contact <a href="mailto:jkossen@xs4all.nl">Jochem Kossen</a>.
354: <p align="left">
355: <font size=2>
356: <a href="http://jkossen.nl/openbsd/dmesg_laptop_dell_c640">dmesg</a>
357: ¦
358: <a href="http://jkossen.nl/openbsd/xorg.conf_laptop_dell_c640">xorg.conf</a>
359: </font>
360: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.181 steven 361: Dell Latitude c840
362: </td><td>
363: <p><ul>
364: <li>OpenBSD 3.8 works.
365: <li>NIC works.
366: <li>USB 1.0 works.
367: <li>X.org works at 1600x1200, 24bpp.
368: <li>All Fn key combinations work, including numeric keypad, except
369: audio controls, mute, volUp and volDn.
370: </ul>
371: Contact <a href="mailto:obsd-web@slashboot.org">Craig McCormick</a>.
372: <p align="left">
373: <font size=2>
374: <a href="http://slashboot.org/openbsd/dmesg_c840.txt">dmesg</a>
375: ¦
376: <a href="http://slashboot.org/openbsd/xorg-conf-c840.txt">xorg.conf</a>
377: </font>
378: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.164 grunk 379: Dell Latitude D500
380: </td><td>
381: <p><ul>
382: <li>OpenBSD 3.8 works.
383: <li>The onboard NIC (fxp) works fine.
384: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
385: <li>Enhanced SpeedStep works.
386: <li>The touchpad works fine.
387: <li>USB 2.0 works: USB mouse device tested.
1.165 grunk 388: <li>Built-in CD/DVD player and writer works.
1.164 grunk 389: <li>Sound (auich) works, but it's set to maximum volume by default.
390: I've put <tt>outputs.master=100</tt> in /etc/mixerctl.conf.
391: <li>Built-in wireless (ipw) works fine with the firmware, see
392: <a href="faq/faq6.html#Wireless">FAQ 6 - Wireless networking</a>.
393: <li>X.org 6.8.2 at 1024x768 by default. Switching from LCD to external display
1.177 steven 394: works.
395: I've only had issues with MonitorLayout set to <tt>LFP+CRT,LFP</tt>,
396: restarting X helps.
1.164 grunk 397: <li>Adjusting the display brightness with the fn keys works.
1.165 grunk 398: <li>Not tested: PCMCIA and the touchpad on console.
1.164 grunk 399: </ul>
400: Contact <a href="mailto:janus@errornet.de">Simon Dassow</a>.
401: <p align="left">
402: <font size=2>
403: <a href="http://janus.errornet.de/files/configs/codebeta.dmesg">dmesg</a>
404: ¦
405: <a href="http://janus.errornet.de/files/configs/codebeta.xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
406: </font>
407: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.136 grunk 408: Dell Latitude D505
409: </td><td>
410: <p><ul>
1.177 steven 411: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-current (Feb 5, 2006) works.
1.136 grunk 412: <li>The onboard NIC (fxp) works fine.
413: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
414: <li>The touchpad works fine, under X as well as under text consoles.
415: <li>USB 2.0 works fine: DVD writing using an external USB DVD
416: writer, as well as a USB flash device.
417: <li>Built-in CD/DVD player works nicely.
418: <li>Sound (auich) works, but it's very loud by default, especially
419: the beep. For this reason, I've put <tt>outputs.master=30</tt> in
420: /etc/mixerctl.conf.
421: <li>The Broadcom BCM4306 built-in wireless is not supported. Why? See
422: <a href="faq/faq6.html#Wireless">FAQ 6 - Wireless networking</a>.
1.177 steven 423: <li>X.org 6.9 works fine without a xorg.conf file.
424: The maximum resolution of this machine is 1024x768.
425: Switching from LCD to external display works fine, there were
426: problems with this in X.org 6.8.2 (mouse pointer dying etc.) but
427: they have been solved in 6.9.
1.136 grunk 428: <li>Not tested: PCMCIA/Cardbus.
429: </ul>
1.169 steven 430: Contact <a href="mailto:steven@openbsd.org">Steven Mestdagh</a>.
1.136 grunk 431: <p align="left">
432: <font size=2>
1.169 steven 433: <a href="http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~smestdag/openbsd/latitude-d505-dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.136 grunk 434: </font>
435: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.129 grunk 436: Dell Latitude D600
437: </td><td>
438: <p><ul>
1.130 grunk 439: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 15, 2005) works.
1.129 grunk 440: <li>Audio, video (1024x768), and onboard NIC (Gigabit Broadcom
441: 570x) work just fine.
442: <li>Built-in wireless (Dell TrueMobile 1300) not supported.
443: </ul>
444: Contact <a href="mailto:benny@bennyvision.com">Benny</a>.
445: <p align="left">
446: <font size=2>
1.130 grunk 447: <a href="http://www.bennyvision.com/projects/openbsd/dell-latitude-d600/dell_latitude_d600_current.dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.129 grunk 448: ¦
449: <a href="http://www.bennyvision.com/projects/openbsd/dell-latitude-d600/dell_latitude_d600.xorg">xorg.conf</a>
450: </font>
451: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.151 grunk 452: Dell Latitude D610
453: </td><td>
454: <p><ul>
455: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
456: <li>X works fine without custom xorg.conf.
457: <li>USB mouse and kbd work, both connected to the docking station,
458: and built-in.
459: <li>Broadcom ethernet works.
460: <li>CD-ROM, touchpad and trackpoint work fine.
461: <li>Dell 1450 WLAN card does not work.
462: <li>Sound does not work.
463: </ul>
464: Contact <a href="mailto:unixi@freeshell.org">James Boyle</a>.
465: <p align="left">
466: <font size=2>
467: <a href="http://unixi.freeshell.org/OpenBSD/d610/dmesg">dmesg</a>
468: ¦
469: <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>
470: ¦
471: <a href="http://unixi.freeshell.org/OpenBSD/d610/dell-delivery-info">laptop config options</a>
472: </font>
473: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.144 grunk 474: Dell Latitude D800
475: </td><td>
476: <p><ul>
477: <li>There are several variations of this model. This one shipped with
478: 2 GHz Pentium M and GeForce FX Go5650.
479: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
480: <li>LAN, USB 2.0 and serial ports work.
481: <li>Bluetooth and WLAN (Dell TrueMobile 1300 interal b/g mini PCI)
482: not detected.
483: <li>Function keys which control audio and power don't work.
484: <li>Sound works ok.
485: <li>To get Xorg working with 1920x1200 resulution, I used the following
486: <pre>
487: Modeline "1920x1200" 162 1920 1984 2176 2480 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
488: </pre>
489: </ul>
490: Contact <a href="mailto:jyry@helzinki.net">Jyry Suuntala</a>.
491: <p align="left">
492: <font size=2>
493: <a href="http://helzinki.net/dell/dmesg">dmesg</a>
494: ¦
495: <a href="http://helzinki.net/dell/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
496: </font>
497: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.157 grunk 498: Dell Latitude L400
499: </td><td>
500: <p><ul>
501: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works
502: <li>Integrated ethernet (xl), audio (clct), USB and PCMCIA work.
503: <li><tt>apm -z</tt> works, but <tt>apm -S</tt> throws an error:
504: <pre>
505: apm0: APM set power state: unable to enter requested state (96)
506: </pre>
507: <li><tt>halt -p</tt> requires <tt>machdep.apmhalt=1</tt> in
508: <tt>/etc/sysctl.conf</tt>.
509:
510: </ul>
511: Contact <a href="mailto:lteo@metawire.org">Lawrence Teo</a>.
512: <p align="left">
513: <font size=2>
514: <a href="http://metawire.org/~lteo/openbsd/L400/dmesg">dmesg</a>
515: ¦
516: <a href="http://metawire.org/~lteo/openbsd/L400/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
517: </font>
518: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.90 nick 519: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
1.92 nick 520: </td><td>
1.97 nick 521: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 522: <li>OpenBSD 3.6 works.
523: <li>APM is not working (boot with boot -c and then disable apm).
1.97 nick 524: <li>Sound works fine.
525: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
526: </ul>
527: Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
528: <p align="left">
529: <font size=2>
1.90 nick 530: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1.97 nick 531: ¦
532: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
533: </font>
1.106 nick 534: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.116 grunk 535: Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E8010 with i855/SXGA+
536: </td><td>
537: <p><ul>
538: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
539: <li>SD card reader and SVGA are not supported.
540: <li>Doesn't have APM, so there's no way to suspend
541: or <tt>'halt -p'</tt> the box.
542: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi">iwi(4)</a>
543: needs an increased watchdog timeout of 10 in busy
544: environments, see
545: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">
546: if_iwi.c.diff</a>
547: (with or without this diff, you might still experience 'fatal error'
548: from time to time).
1.156 sturm 549: <li>needs Xorg-current as of may 2005 (and
550: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/x11/855resolution/">
1.116 grunk 551: 855resolution</a> for full 1400x1050 resolution).
552: The laptop only does 1280x1024 by default.
553: <li>Everything else on the machine works.
554: </ul>
555: Contact <a href="mailto:sturm@openbsd.org">Nikolay Sturm</a>.
556: <p align="left">
557: <font size=2>
558: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/dmesg">dmesg</a>
559: ¦
560: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
561: ¦
562: <a href="http://anoncvs.erisiandiscord.de/e8010/if_iwi.c.diff">if_iwi.c.diff</a>
563: </font>
1.141 grunk 564: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.135 grunk 565: IBM Thinkpad R40
566: </td><td>
567: <p><ul>
568: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
569: <li>Suspend and suspend-to-disk work, but not while X is running.
570: Only in console mode. In X it just seems to lock up.
571: <li>Third mouse button does not work unless trackpad is disabled
572: in the BIOS.
573: <li>S-Video output port does not work.
574: <li>No special xorg.conf needed
575: <li>Everything else works.
576: </ul>
577: Contact <a href="mailto:asveikau@mail.rochester.edu">Andrew Sveikaus</a>.
578: <p align="left">
579: <font size=2>
580: <a href="http://mail.rochester.edu/~asveikau/r40.dmesg">dmesg</a>
581: </font>
582: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.179 steven 583: IBM Thinkpad R50e type 1834-S5G
584: </td><td>
585: <p><ul>
586: <li>OpenBSD 3.9-beta (Feb 5, 2006) works.
587: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
588: <li>The built-in fxp(4) ethernet device works fine.
589: <li>The built-in iwi(4) Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG works fine after
590: downloading firmware files from
591: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/">Damien Bergamini's
592: ipw page</a>.
593: <li>The built-in auich(4) audio device works fine.
594: <li>ThinkLight works as well as volume up/down/mute buttons, for a nice
595: on-screen display you can use tpb (<tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb</tt>).
596: </ul>
597: Contact <a href="mailto:p_nowaczyk@o2.pl">Przemyslaw Nowaczyk</a>.
598: <p align="left">
599: <font size=2>
600: <a href="http://www.student.put.poznan.pl/~przemyslaw.nowaczyk/r50e/dmesg_r50e">dmesg</a>
601: ¦
602: <a href="http://www.student.put.poznan.pl/~przemyslaw.nowaczyk/r50e/xorg.conf_r50e">xorg.conf</a>
603: </font>
604: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 605: IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.
1.92 nick 606: </td><td>
1.97 nick 607: <p><ul>
1.101 nick 608: <li>Works fine with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
1.97 nick 609: <li>If using a boot floppy the system may hang when probing ahc.
1.94 nick 610: Workaround: boot with -c and disable ahc.
611: A GENERIC kernel does not have this issue.
1.101 nick 612: <li>Serial ports must be enabled in BIOS.
613: <li>"ctrl:nocaps" in X puts the control key in a proper location
614: <li>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK
615: <li>Hibernation not tested, but should work with
616: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> from the ports collection.
1.97 nick 617: <li>The audio chipset is supported (auich).
618: </ul>
619: Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.
620: <p align="left">
621: <font size=2>
1.101 nick 622: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
623: ¦
624: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.134 grunk 625: ¦
626: <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">more info</a>
1.97 nick 627: </font>
1.106 nick 628: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.148 grunk 629: IBM Thinkpad T40, Type 2374-2G7
630: </td><td>
631: <p><ul>
632: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 30, 2005) works.
633: <li>Everything works fine
634: <li><tt>apm -S</tt>, <tt>apm -Z</tt>, <tt>auich</tt> and built-in
635: DVD/CD-RW work fine
636: </ul>
637: Contact <a href="mailto:renaud@llorien.org">Renaud Allard</a>.
638: <p align="left">
639: <font size=2>
640: <a href="http://www.llorien.org/OpenBSD/T40dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
641: ¦
642: <a href="http://www.llorien.org/OpenBSD/T40xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
643: </font>
644: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.125 grunk 645: IBM Thinkpad T41p type 2373-GEU
646: </td><td>
647: <p><ul>
648: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
649: <li>Everything works fine: APM, X, onboard ethernet (em), sound,
650: usb, docking station
651: <li>onboard atheros works in 802.11b mode only
652: </ul>
653: Contact <a href="mailto:matt@arin.net">Matt Rowley</a>.
654: <p align="left">
655: <font size=2>
656: <a href="http://www.damnskippy.org/openbsd/dmesg.t41p-20050610">dmesg</a>
657: ¦
658: <a href="http://www.damnskippy.org/openbsd/xorg.conf.new">xorg.conf</a>
659: </font>
660: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.117 grunk 661: IBM Thinkpad T42 model 2373
662: </td><td>
663: <p><ul>
664: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
665: <li>See entry for the X40 for the built-in
666: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a> or
667: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
668: 802.11 card and APM/Hibernation support.
669: <li>See entry for the X31 for Enhanced SpeedStep and the extra Thinkpad buttons.
670: <li>The alternatively built-in "Atheros AR5212 (IBM MiniPCI)" 802.11 card works with the
671: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>
672: driver.
673: <li>X.org with ATI Radeon Mobility works fine (1024x768, 24bpp).
674: <li>The built-in USB Bluetooth and infrared are not presently supported.
675: <li>The built-in
1.143 grunk 676: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4">em(4)</a>
1.117 grunk 677: gigabit ethernet device works fine.
678: <li>The built-in
1.143 grunk 679: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.117 grunk 680: audio device works fine.
681: <li>The built-in fingerprint scanner found in some models is not supported.
682: </ul>
683: Contact <a href="mailto:reyk@openbsd.org">Reyk Floeter</a>.
684: <p align="left">
685: <font size=2>
686: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/dmesg-t42">dmesg</a>
687: ¦
688: <a href="http://reyk.wlsec.net/xorg.conf-t42">xorg.conf</a>
689: </font>
690: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.131 grunk 691: IBM Thinkpad X23
692: </td><td>
693: <p><ul>
694: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
695: <li>Just like the IBM T23, kernels with ahc support may hang when
696: booting. Use "boot -c" and disable ahc support with "disable ahc",
697: followed by "exit" to continue booting.<br>
698: GENERIC does not have this issue.
699: <li>APM appears to work (suspends ok)
700: <li>On-board NIC fxp(4) works, including PXE booting
701: <li>On-board wireless NIC wi(4) works
702: <li>USB works (misc mice, cdrom, usb to serial devices, and memory
703: sticks all successfully tested)
704: <li>PCMCIA works (misc NICs tested)
705: <li>Built-in compact flash reader works
706: </ul>
707: Contact <a href="mailto:andreaso@it.su.se">Andreas Östling</a>.
708: <p align="left">
709: <font size=2>
710: <a href="http://people.su.se/~andreaso/OpenBSD/x23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
711: ¦
712: <a href="http://people.su.se/~andreaso/OpenBSD/x23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
713: </font>
714: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.94 nick 715: IBM Thinkpad X31
716: </td><td>
1.97 nick 717: <p><ul>
1.106 nick 718: <li>Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
719: <li>Nearly all Hardware is supported, except FireWire.
1.97 nick 720: <li>APM is well supported. Suspend mode (apm -s/zzz) works without
1.94 nick 721: problems. Hibernation (suspend to disk) works also fine but
722: requires a small MS-DOS partition with a hibernation file at the
723: beginning of the harddisk. You can create this file with tphdisk
1.97 nick 724: from ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk).
725:
726: <li>The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via
727: xmodmap.
728: <li>Example:
1.94 nick 729:
1.126 grunk 730: <pre>
1.96 nick 731: xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down"
732: xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"
1.126 grunk 733: </pre>
1.94 nick 734:
1.97 nick 735: <li>The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G)
1.98 nick 736: works with the
737: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
738: driver. But you need to download the unfree firmware first to get
739: it working. For more details read
740: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4#FILES">ipw(4)</a>.
741:
742: <li>I'm planning to replace this card with a
743: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
744: or an
745: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>.
1.94 nick 746: For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
747: I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
1.115 nick 748: <i>special</i> IBM mini-PCI cards to be installed. The bios can
1.97 nick 749: be patched with the tpwireless program
1.115 nick 750: (<tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt>, <b>use on your own risk!</b>).
1.94 nick 751:
1.97 nick 752: <li>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
753: as well.
1.94 nick 754:
1.127 david 755: <li>Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the CPU speed
1.97 nick 756: via sysctl (<tt>sysctl hw.setperf</tt>).
1.94 nick 757:
1.98 nick 758: <li>The on-board
759: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
760: and
761: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
1.99 nick 762: are working without problems.
1.94 nick 763:
1.97 nick 764: <li>The keys for mute, volume up and volume down are working fine.
1.94 nick 765: No special software is required. If you'd like to get the big
766: "Access IBM" button to work and have a nice on-screen display, you
767: can install tpb from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb) This works just
768: fine and you have nice on-screen messages when you change volume and
1.97 nick 769: brightness settings or enable/disable the ThinkLight.
770: </ul>
1.155 bernd 771: Contact <a href="mailto:bernd@openbsd.org">Bernd Ahlers</a>.
1.97 nick 772: <p align="left">
773: <font size=2>
774: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/dmesg">dmesg</a>
775: ¦
776: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
777: </font>
1.106 nick 778: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.102 nick 779: IBM Thinkpad X40
780: </td><td>
781: <p><ul>
1.133 grunk 782: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 12, 2005) works fine.
1.109 jolan 783: <li>SD Card Slot is not presently supported.
1.102 nick 784: <li>The built-in "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" works only with additional
785: firmware. See
786: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a>
787: for more information.
1.133 grunk 788: <li>The X40 model 2386-8WU 512MB RAM/40GB HD has an Atheros AR5212
789: wireless card built in. It works with 3.7-current, but not with 3.7
790: release.
791: <li>UltraBase X4 works but is not hot-swappable. Machine locks up or
792: becomes unstable when trying to hot-plug the base. Work is being done
793: on a <a href="http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net">Linux ACPI driver</a>.
1.115 nick 794: <li>The use of other mini-PCI cards may be restricted by the BIOS.
1.110 nick 795: However, non-IBM supplied cards can be used after running the
796: <tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility.
1.108 djm 797: <li>APM works fine, including suspend to hard-disk (hibernation)
1.102 nick 798: <li>If you want to use Hibernation, you must have a small
1.103 nick 799: msdos partition with a save2dsk.bin. For this, you can use
1.102 nick 800: <tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt>.
1.104 nick 801: <li>Perhaps one of the best supported notebooks because several
1.110 nick 802: developers also use it.
1.102 nick 803: </ul>
1.133 grunk 804: Contact <a href="mailto:marcus.popp@paranoidbsd.org">Marcus Popp (1)</a>
805: or <a href="mailto:steve@stevenfettig.com">Steve Fettig (2)</a>.
1.102 nick 806: <p align="left">
807: <font size=2>
1.133 grunk 808: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/dmesg.37.txt">dmesg (1)</a>
1.102 nick 809: ¦
1.133 grunk 810: <a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/xorg.conf.37.txt">xorg.conf (1)</a>
811: ¦
1.137 grunk 812: <a href="http://anywheretechnology.com/machconfigs/dmesg_tpx40_23868WU.txt">dmesg (2)</a>
1.133 grunk 813: ¦
814: <a href="http://anywheretechnology.com/machconfigs/xorg.conf.tpx40_23868WU">xorg.conf (2)</a>
1.102 nick 815: </font>
1.106 nick 816: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.171 steven 817: IBM Thinkpad X41 (not tablet)
818: </td><td>
819: <p><ul>
1.172 steven 820: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-current (Jan 16, 2006) works fine.
1.171 steven 821: <li>APM works (sleep and suspend).
1.185 ! grunk 822: <li>Sound, wireless and accelerometer work. In order to switch
! 823: between the speakers and headphone jack, the powerstate of the
! 824: bluetooth module needs to be toggled once (Fn+F5).
1.184 grunk 825: <li>Fingerprint scanner is detected as a
826: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ugen&sektion=4">ugen(4)</a>
827: device, but I haven't found software for it yet.
1.185 ! grunk 828: <li>The built-in bluetooth module (comes from Broadcom) works with
1.184 grunk 829: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ubt&sektion=4">ubt(4)</a>
1.172 steven 830: <li>Accelerated support for the i915 chipset was added in X.org 6.9
831: (merged into OpenBSD in January 2006), and everything works with
832: the configuration file below.
1.171 steven 833: </ul>
1.184 grunk 834: Contact <a href="mailto:ramrunner@gmail.com">Spiros Thanasoulas (1)</a>
835: or <a href="mailto:fkr@hazardous.org">Felix Kronlage (2)</a>.
1.171 steven 836: <p align="left">
837: <font size=2>
1.184 grunk 838: <a href="http://www.ics.forth.gr/~dsp/obsd-x41/dmesg-x41">dmesg (1)</a>
1.171 steven 839: ¦
1.184 grunk 840: <a href="http://www.ics.forth.gr/~dsp/obsd-x41/xorg.conf-x41">xorg.conf (1)</a>
841: ¦
842: <a href="http://hazardous.org/~fkr/openbsd/dmesg-x41">dmesg (2)</a>
1.171 steven 843: </font>
844: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.91 nick 845: JVC MP-XP 7250DE
1.92 nick 846: </td><td>
1.97 nick 847: <p><ul>
1.107 nick 848: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (October 2004) works.
1.97 nick 849: <li>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
850: SD card reader.
851: <li>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
1.91 nick 852: USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
1.97 nick 853: boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.
854: <li>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
855: is supported, too.
856: </ul>
857: Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.
1.111 nick 858: <p align="left">
859: <font size=2>
860: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
861: ¦
862: <a href="http://people.freenet.de/umaxx/jvc-xfconfig.txt">xorg.conf</a>
863: ¦
1.182 steven 864: <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php"
865: >more info</a>.
866: </font>
867: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
868: Lenovo Thinkpad T43, "2668-F7G" or "UC3F7xx"
869: </td><td>
870: <p><ul>
871: <li>OpenBSD 3.9-beta (Feb 15, 2006) works.
872: <li>X.Org 6.9.0 works without particular configuration tweaks
873: (1400x1050), configured with <tt>X -configure</tt> and started with
874: <tt>startx -- -depth 24</tt>
875: <li><tt>halt -p</tt> works.
876: <li>iwi(4) Intel 2915 ABG works well, tested in several "b" and "g"
1.184 grunk 877: networks (firmware and AP config hints from
1.182 steven 878: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/">Damien Bergamini's
879: ipw page</a>).
880: <li>bge(4) Gigabit ethernet works, not tested much beyond initial
881: installation.
882: <li>auich(4) sound works with base install and mplayer from packages.
883: <li>aps(4) output is available in sysctl.
884: <li>CardBus works: tested with CF adapter and card.
885: <li>ExpressCard slot (upper card slot) not tested.
886: <li>The system does not handle changes in removable (Ultrabay Slim)
887: storage. When halted and subsequently warm booted, that IDE channel
888: is disabled instead. A cold restart is required for a new device to
889: be detected, this really is no big deal.
890: <li>I'm uncertain whether APM (SpeedStep) works - sysctl(8) lacks
891: hw.setperf, the dmesg identifies some "apm0 at bios0: Power
892: Management spec V1.2" stuff anyway, BIOS settings at factory
893: default of SpeedStep enabled.
894: </ul>
895: Contact <a href="mailto:moose@enting.se">Åke Nordin</a>.
896: <p align="left">
897: <font size=2>
898: <a href="http://www.enting.se/T43/dmesg">dmesg</a>
899: ¦
900: <a href="http://www.enting.se/T43/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.111 nick 901: </font>
1.106 nick 902: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.178 steven 903: Lenovo Thinkpad Z60m (2529-FBG)
904: </td><td>
905: <p><ul>
906: <li>OpenBSD 3.9-beta (Feb 5, 2006) works.
907: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
908: <li>Wireless Intel 2915 ABG (iwi(4)) works after downloading the
909: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/download.html">firmware</a>.
910: <li>X works without config.
911: <li>aps(4) works.
912: <li>SpeedStep is not working.
913: <li>No audio (HD Audio bridge not detected).
914: </ul>
915: I believe this is the first Thinkpad that Lenovo made. Little things
916: have me worried that this might be an end of the Thinkpad quality.
917: Like the lack of APM support and the addition of Windows keys.
918: Also the keyboard feels a little bit cheaper than my R40 but still
919: it feels like a Thinkpad.
920: The screen is better than the other Thinkpads I have seen.
921: <p>
922: Contact <a href="mailto:janj+openbsd@wenf.org">Jan Johansson</a>.
923: <p align="left">
924: <font size=2>
925: <a href="http://www.isk.kth.se/~janjoha/z60m/dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
926: </font>
927: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.120 grunk 928: Medion MD6100 (model no. FID2040)
929: </td><td>
930: <p><ul>
1.165 grunk 931: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-current (November 2005) works.
1.120 grunk 932: <li>ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
933: <li>infrared does not work under OpenBSD.
934: <li>USB2.0 doesn't work (pci_intr_map: no mapping for pin D).
1.165 grunk 935: <li>Onboard networking (sis0) is fixed post 3.8
936: <li>Onboard audio (auich0) works properly post 3.8
1.120 grunk 937: </ul>
938: Overall, this laptop stinks. It's heavy, powerhungry and gets very hot
939: (too hot, often it will shut itself down to prevent meltdown).
940: A lot of hardware works only mediocre. The battery doesn't last long.
941: It's huge/bulky. It's *extremely* noisy. But, it *does* run OpenBSD.
942: And, when properly cooled, it's pretty fast (2.6 GHz). Why anyone
943: would need that much CPU in a laptop is beyond me, but it's there.
944: <p>
945: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
946: <p align="left">
947: <font size=2>
948: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/nugget">dmesg</a>
949: ¦
950: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/nugget">xorg.conf</a>
951: </font>
952: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.173 steven 953: MSI Megabook S270
954: </td><td>
955: <p><ul>
956: <li>OpenBSD 3.9-beta (Jan 18, 2006) works both in i386 and amd64
957: modes.
958: <li>At least
959: <a href="http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=608&kind=11">BIOS
1.174 steven 960: 6.70</a> is needed to fix an interrupt routing problem.
1.173 steven 961: <li>APM doesn't work.
962: <li>X.Org 6.9.0 works on the LCD panel at 1280x800 out of the box
963: (without configuration file). External VGA works if the monitor is
964: connected before starting X.
965: <li>Built-in wireless (ral(4)) works.
966: <li>Sound works on external jack only.
967: <li>Firewire and SD Card reader not supported.
968: </ul>
969: <p>
970: Contact <a href="mailto:matthieu.herrb@laas.fr">Matthieu Herrb</a>.
971: <p align="left">
972: <font size=2>
973: <a href="http://herrb.com/msi-s270.dmesg">dmesg</a>
974: </font>
975: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.146 grunk 976: NEC Lavie C LC600J/5
977: </td><td>
978: <p><ul>
979: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (Apr 26, 2005) works.
980: <li>APM, PCMCIA and USB work.
981: <li>This machine's BIOS uses Ctrl+Alt+F5 as a hotkey to hibernate.
982: So I have to specify a swapctrlcaps variant in <tt>/etc/kbdtype</tt>.
983: <li>No separate xorg.conf needed, <tt>getconfig</tt> works like magic.
984: </ul>
985: Contact <a href="mailto:ttakah@lapis.plala.or.jp">Tamotsu Takahashi</a>.
986: <p align="left">
987: <font size=2>
988: <a href="http://www10.plala.or.jp/sanrinsha/tamo/dmesg">dmesg</a>
989: </font>
990: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.158 grunk 991: NEC Versa S940
992: </td><td>
993: <p><ul>
1.159 grunk 994: <li>OpenBSD 3.8-release works.
995: <li>i810 works ok, 1280x768 wide screen, after enabling the resolution
996: using the ports <tt>x11/855resolution</tt> tool by invoking it in
997: <tt>/etc/rc.securelevel</tt> like:
1.158 grunk 998: <pre>
1.159 grunk 999: /usr/local/sbin/855resolution 4d 1280 768 >/dev/null
1.158 grunk 1000: </pre>
1001: <li>sound card, iwi (download firmware first) and rl work ok.
1002: <li>APM is not detected, <tt>halt -p</tt> does not poweroff.
1003: <li><tt>sysctl hw.setperf=..</tt> does not change the CPU speed.
1004: <li>lots of "not configured" components in dmesg
1005: </ul>
1.159 grunk 1006: Contact <a href="mailto:aurelien6545@free.fr">Aurélien</a>.
1.158 grunk 1007: <p align="left">
1008: <font size=2>
1009: <a href="http://aurelien26.free.fr/s940/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1010: ¦
1011: <a href="http://aurelien26.free.fr/s940/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1012: ¦
1013: <a href="http://www.nec-online.com/product/P_Range.asp?id=523#">product info</a>
1014: </font>
1015: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.89 nick 1016: Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
1.92 nick 1017: </td><td>
1.97 nick 1018: <p><ul>
1.146 grunk 1019: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 3, 2005) works.
1020: <li>USB and built-in sound (yds) work just fine.
1.110 nick 1021: <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card
1022: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xl">xl(4)</a>
1023: works ok.
1.89 nick 1024: <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
1025: tested them.
1026: <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
1027: kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
1028: cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
1029: come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
1030: the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
1031: partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
1032: access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
1033: <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
1034: system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
1035: <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
1036: locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
1037: causes the problems mentioned above.
1038: <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
1039: sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
1.97 nick 1040: </ul>
1.146 grunk 1041: Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@openbsd.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
1.97 nick 1042: <p align="left">
1043: <font size=2>
1044: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1045: ¦
1.146 grunk 1046: <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.97 nick 1047: </font>
1.106 nick 1048: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.132 grunk 1049: Sony VAIO PCG-FX602
1050: </td><td>
1051: <p><ul>
1052: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
1053: <li>Audio does not work: you have to disable auvia* in GENERIC
1054: after installation.
1055: <li>APM, USB and PCMCIA work fine.
1056: <li>X.org runs out of the box, so no xorg.conf file supplied
1057: <li>Custom hack for <tt>hw.setperf</tt>:
1058: <ul>
1059: <li>Apply the
1060: <a href="http://www.disorder.ru/openbsd/acpi.html">ACPI-patches</a>
1061: from Alexander Yurchenko.
1062: <li>Then edit /usr/src/sys/conf/files and add in line 21:
1063: <pre>
1064: define acpibus {}
1065: </pre>
1066: <li>Add to /usr/src/sys/sys/malloc.conf
1067: <pre>
1068: #define M_ACPI 122 /* ACPI */
1069: </pre>
1070: <li>Comment out the Sony SPIC stuff in
1071: <tt>/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/files.i386</tt>
1072: and <tt>/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/GENERIC_ACPI</tt>
1073: (This stuff does not compile for me and i don't care about it;)
1074: <li>rebuild kernel, /usr/src/sbin/sysctl, /usr/src/usr.sbin/acpid[ump]
1075: <li>You are now able to set hw.setperf via sysctl.
1076: </ul>
1077:
1078: <li>I run additionally a
1079: <a href="http://metawire.org/~leopold/files/cpud-0.2.tgz">utility</a>
1080: I wrote to control this value automatically depending on cpu-load.
1081: It is based on Laurie Tratts' <tt>perfd</tt>.
1082: Just unpack and run make && sudo make install.<br>
1083: This way you are able to sustain Battery life up to 2 1/2 - 3 hours.
1084: And the fan stops to run permanently.
1085: </ul>
1086: Contact <a href="mailto:a.schlichting@lemarit.com">Alf Schlichting</a>.
1087: <p align="left">
1088: <font size=2>
1089: <a href="http://metawire.org/~leopold/files/lap.dmesg">dmesg</a>
1090: </font>
1091: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.147 grunk 1092: Sony VAIO PCG-K115Z
1093: </td><td>
1094: <p><ul>
1095: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 29, 2005) works.
1096: <li>LAN interface ("Realtek 8139"): works.
1097: <li>DVD/CDROM ("MATSHITA, UJ-820D, 1.01"): works.
1098: <li>touchpad and X just work.
1099: <li>APM: no problem, at least for <tt>halt -p</tt>.
1.152 jmc 1100: <li>audio (AC'97): works.
1.147 grunk 1101: <li>USB works.
1102: <li>wlan interface ("Atheros AR5212") doesn't work (see dmesg).
1103: </ul>
1104: Contact <a href="mailto:izi@club-internet.fr">David JEAN-LOUIS</a>.
1105: <p align="left">
1106: <font size=2>
1107: <a href="http://izimobil.org/PCG-K115Z.dmesg">dmesg</a>
1108: ¦
1109: <a href="http://izimobil.org/PCG-K115Z.xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1110: </font>
1111: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.138 grunk 1112: Sony Vaio PCG-Z505JSK
1.119 grunk 1113: </td><td>
1114: <p><ul>
1.138 grunk 1115: <li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
1116: <li>APM works fine.
1117: <li>Port extender and memory stick untested.
1118: <li>I had to turn on the software cursor for X to work properly, but
1119: otherwise the xorg configurator worked fine.
1120: <li>Lucent/Orinoco Gold Card for networking works fine.
1.119 grunk 1121: </ul>
1.138 grunk 1122: Contact <a href="mailto:openbsd@exnext.com">John Karabaic</a>.
1.119 grunk 1123: <p align="left">
1124: <font size=2>
1.138 grunk 1125: <a href="http://www.exnext.com/z505dmesg.txt">dmesg</a>
1.119 grunk 1126: ¦
1.138 grunk 1127: <a href="http://www.exnext.com/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1.119 grunk 1128: </font>
1129: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.138 grunk 1130: Sony VAIO PCG-Z505N
1.119 grunk 1131: </td><td>
1132: <p><ul>
1133: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
1134: cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
1135: <li>Installation by USB floppy:
1136: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
1137: can be brought to boot if one disables the
1138: following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
1.126 grunk 1139: <pre>
1.119 grunk 1140: disable pcibios
1141: disable fxp
1142: disable pcic
1.126 grunk 1143: </pre>
1.119 grunk 1144: <li>After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
1145: and no network. This means that the laptop has
1146: no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
1147: on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
1148: of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
1149: partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
1150: boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
1151: (no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
1152: <li>Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
1153: works without modification.
1154: </ul>
1155: Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
1.138 grunk 1156: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.142 grunk 1157: Toshiba Libretto 70CT
1158: </td><td>
1159: <p><ul>
1.160 grunk 1160: <li>OpenBSD 3.8 works.
1.142 grunk 1161: <li>APM works OK.
1.160 grunk 1162: <li>Sound works once kernal has been configured using config(8).
1163: <li>2 different dmesgs are supplied:
1164: [1] with Xircom Wired network PCMCIA card,
1165: and [2] with wireless PCMCIA card and wss enabled.
1.142 grunk 1166: </ul>
1167: Contact <a href="mailto:fred@crowsons.net">Fred Crowson</a>.
1168: <p align="left">
1169: <font size=2>
1.160 grunk 1170: <a href="http://www.crowsons.net/puters/txt/fcm38.txt">dmesg [1]</a>
1.142 grunk 1171: ¦
1.160 grunk 1172: <a href="http://www.crowsons.net/puters/txt/fcm38wi.txt">dmesg [2]</a>
1.142 grunk 1173: ¦
1.160 grunk 1174: <a href="http://www.crowsons.net/puters/libretto_xorg.conf.txt">xorg.conf</a>
1.142 grunk 1175: ¦
1.160 grunk 1176: <a href="http://www.crowsons.net/puters/fcm.php">more info</a>
1.142 grunk 1177: </font>
1178: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.154 grunk 1179: Toshiba Satellite 2430-101
1180: </td><td>
1181: <p><ul>
1182: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 3, 2005) works.
1183: <li>Cardbus works.
1184: <li>X works.
1185: <li>Sound is recognized (didn't try it).
1186: <li>USB works (new devices are recognized at least).
1187: <li>APM does not work (hard crash when resuming).
1188: Tried APM 1.1 and a few other APM flags without success.
1189: </ul>
1190: Contact <a href="mailto:nilsf@tako.de">Nils Frohberg</a>.
1191: <p align="left">
1192: <font size=2>
1193: <a href="http://www.tako.de/openbsd/dmesg.boot">dmesg</a>
1194: ¦
1195: <a href="http://www.tako.de/openbsd/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1196: </font>
1197: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.149 grunk 1198: Toshiba Tecra A2
1199: </td><td>
1200: <p><ul>
1201: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 1, 2005) just works.
1202: <li>Built in iwi 2200b/g worked after finding firmware.
1203: <li>Sound, PCMCIA and X.org work perfectly.
1204: <li>usb tested with ipod shuffle, usb mouse and memory stick.
1205: <li>The only problem occurs _sometimes_ when using "reboot" from X.
1206: which causes a kernel panic when it tries to boot. Doing a hard power
1207: off, then back on does not cause any problem.
1208: </ul>
1209: Contact <a href="mailto:sbr@gnook.org">Sascha Ramin</a>.
1210: <p align="left">
1211: <font size=2>
1212: <a href="http://gnook.org/~sbr/tobias/dmesg">dmesg</a>
1213: ¦
1214: <a href="http://gnook.org/~sbr/tobias/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1215: </font>
1216: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.121 grunk 1217: Toshiba Tecra 8000
1218: </td><td>
1219: <p><ul>
1220: <li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (Jan 2005) works ok.
1221: <li>All hardware except infrared works.
1222: <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
1223: <li>Sound required the following change to /bsd :
1224: <ul>
1225: <li>In the system BIOS use the following values
1.126 grunk 1226: <pre>
1.121 grunk 1227: Sound = Enabled
1228: --- SOUND SYSTEM ---
1229: WSS I/O Address = 530H
1230: SBPro I/O Address = 220H
1231: Synthesizer I/O Address = 388H
1232: WSS & SBPro & MPU401 IRQ Level = IRQ5
1233: WSS(Play) DMA = Channel 1
1234: WSS(Rec.) & SBPro DMA = Channel 0
1235: Control I/O Address = 538H
1236: MPU401 (MIDI I/F) = 330H
1.126 grunk 1237: </pre>
1.121 grunk 1238: <li>config -f -e /bsd
1.126 grunk 1239: <pre>
1.121 grunk 1240: ukc> disable sb
1241: 193 sb0 disabled
1242: 241 sb* disabled
1243: ukc> change wss0
1244: 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq 0
1245: +drq2 -1 flags 0x0
1246: change [n] y
1247: port [0x530] ?
1248: size [0] ?
1249: iomem [-1] ?
1250: iosiz [0] ?
1251: irq [10] ? 5
1252: drq [0] ? 1
1253: drq2 [-1] ? 0
1254: flags [0] ?
1255: 197 wss0 changed
1256: 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 5 drq 1
1257: +drq2 0 flags 0x0
1258: ukc> quit
1259: Saving modified kernel.
1.126 grunk 1260: </pre>
1.121 grunk 1261: </ul>
1262: <li>separate xorg.conf not needed, X works perfectly without one
1263: </ul>
1264: An older but still very useable laptop. Not too fast, but fast enough
1265: for some DivX viewing with mplayer and firefox/thunderbird-use (not
1266: for the impatient though, but then again, what is?). The fan can get
1267: a bit loud after many power-on hours. This also impacts battery
1268: lifetime, but that is to be expected. Nice and well supported.
1269: <p>
1270: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
1271: <p align="left">
1272: <font size=2>
1273: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/whopper">dmesg</a>
1274: </font>
1275: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1.118 grunk 1276: Toshiba Tecra 8100
1277: </td><td>
1278: <p><ul>
1279: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works ok.
1280: <li>All hardware except infrared works.
1281: <li>Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
1282: </ul>
1283: Very nice laptop indeed. Quiet, boots very fast, most hardware is
1284: supported. Only APM doesn't work very well. Pretty fast, not too
1285: heavy, very OpenBSD-friendly - just like its predecessor, the Tecra
1286: 8000. Battery can get a bit rusty, works good from 100% to 50%, then
1287: drops to ~3% in minutes. Not too strange for an older machine though.
1288: <p>
1289: Contact <a href="mailto:weerd@weirdnet.nl">Paul de Weerd</a>.
1290: <p align="left">
1291: <font size=2>
1292: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/dmesg/pizza">dmesg</a>
1293: ¦
1294: <a href="http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/xorg/pizza">xorg.conf</a>
1295: </font>
1.150 grunk 1296: </td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
1297: Twinhead N15RB
1298: </td><td>
1299: <p><ul>
1300: <li>OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 12, 2005) works.
1301: <li>apm does not work correctly. "Battery state: absent" and 0 percent
1302: charge when running on AC or battery. <tt>apm -z</tt> does work though.
1303: <li>Cardbus does not work - check dmesg for interrupt mapping error.
1304: <li>The built-in wireless is now working with the iwi firmware from
1305: <a href="http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/">Damien Bergamini's ipw page</a>.
1306: <li>Everything else seems to work OK.
1307: </ul>
1308: Contact <a href="mailto:jon@brain-box.net">Jon Trembley</a>.
1309: <p align="left">
1310: <font size=2>
1311: <a href="http://open.brain-box.net/src/dmesg.current">dmesg</a>
1312: ¦
1313: <a href="http://open.brain-box.net/src/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
1314: </font>
1.92 nick 1315: </td></tr>
1.1 deraadt 1316: </table>
1317:
1.110 nick 1318: <p> If your laptop under OpenBSD is not listed above, feel free to mail
1319: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a> to cure this.
1.111 nick 1320: Please supply as much information as possible, such as:
1.110 nick 1321: <ul>
1322: <li>Notebook exact manufacturer, name and model.
1323: <li>Latest OpenBSD version known to work on it (must be the latest
1.153 aanriot 1324: release, snapshot, or -current).
1.110 nick 1325: <li>List of working/not working things with OpenBSD.
1326: <li>List of hacks you used to get certain things running.
1327: <li>Contact name and email address.
1.183 steven 1328: <li><b>Links</b> to your dmesg and xorg.conf.
1329: Please do not mail these files to the www mailing list, but put
1330: them online somewhere and provide the URLs.
1.110 nick 1331: </ul>
1.183 steven 1332: Finally, don't forget to also send your dmesg to
1333: <a href="mailto:dmesg@openbsd.org">dmesg@openbsd.org</a> as explained in
1334: <a href="faq/faq4.html#SendDmesg">FAQ 4 - Installation Guide</a>.
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1338: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a><br>
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