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16: <h2><font color=#e00000>i386 Laptop Status</font><hr></h2>
17:
18: <p>
19: This is a list of laptops known to be working with OpenBSD 2.6.
20:
21: <p>
22: If your laptop isn't listed below that doesn't mean that it isn't working,
23: and you will most likely find a similar model that is listed below. As of
24: OpenBSD 2.6, we know of no laptops that do not work minimally. Of those that
25: have problems..
26: <ul>
1.5 deraadt 27: <li>Some exhibit problems with APM support. Note that <strong>apm -S</strong>
28: fails to suspend some laptops, but this is not a major concern.
1.1 deraadt 29: <li>Many lack sound support
30: <li>A few have subtle bugs with their PCMCIA support
31: <li>XFree86 does not support their displays properly
32: <li>Or some other built-in device doesn't work..
33: <li>Cardbus is not supported at all. However, pcmcia works fine.
34: <li>Some have problems with pcmcia card eject interrupts.
35: </ul>
36:
37: <p>
38: If you have your laptop working (or not working) and it isn't listed below,
1.4 deraadt 39: please mail <a href="mailto:chris@openbsd.org">chris@openbsd.org</a> so that it
1.1 deraadt 40: can be listed. Please supply as much information as possible.
41:
42: <p>
43: APM problem reports should be sent to our APM developers,
44: <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a> and
45: <a href=mailto:weingart@openbsd.org>Tobias Weingartner</a>.
46:
47: <p>
48: <table border=1>
49: <tr>
50: <th>Laptop</th>
51: <th>Notes</th>
52: </tr>
53: </tr><tr>
54: <td>
1.15 beck 55: Sony VAIO F430
56: </td><td>
57: As of OpenBSD 2.6-Current (Feb 17/00)<P>
58:
59: APM: "<strong>zzz</strong>" suspend works, as does the keyboard
60: suspend. "<strong>halt -p</strong>" and "<strong>apm -S</strong>"
61: don't. (but I've yet to look for phdisk utilities below - will be
62: investigating shortly.) <P>
63:
64: DVD drive, floppy all function. Ethernet works after wakeup with
65: the card I'm using (3Com 3c589). <P>
66:
67: Contact <a href=mailto:beck@openbsd.org>Bob Beck</a>.
68: </td>
69: </tr><tr>
70: <td>
1.1 deraadt 71: Sony VAIO z505r
72: </td><td>
73: APM support: "<strong>zzz</strong>", suspend via keyboard, hibernation
74: via keyboard, and "<strong>halt -p</strong>" all work.
75: "<strong>apm -S</strong>" wakes up immediately.<p>
76:
77: Hibernation uses a block at the end of the disk, approximately
78: 3-5MB larger than the memory in your machine. To repair hibernation,
79: use "<strong>phdisk.exe /create /partition</strong>" to setup the
80: partition. The phdisk program is available on the boot
81: floppy image provided on the first recovery CD.<p>
82:
83: Built-in ethernet works fine, but requires reset after suspend using
84: "<strong>ifconfig fxp0 down; ifconfig fxp0 up</strong>".<p>
85:
86: After a suspend, the profiling clock is not running. Patches are
87: being worked on.<p>
88:
89: Sound is not supported.<p>
90:
91: When the memory stick slot is empty, it can cause errors which overflow
92: the dmesg buffer, and thus confuse the OpenBSD install program.
93: The BIOS Setup, (accessed using F2), has an option to disable the
94: memory stick.<p>
95:
1.19 deraadt 96: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
1.21 ! markus 97: found <a href="xf86configs/vaioz505r">here</a>.
1.19 deraadt 98: <p>
99:
1.1 deraadt 100: Contact <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a>.
101: </td>
102: </tr><tr>
103: <td>
104: Sony VAIO z505s
105: </td><td>
106: Similar to the VAIO z505r, except that the provided USB floppy has
107: some problems.<p>
108: Contact <a href=mailto:provos@openbsd.org>Niels Provos</a>.
109: </td>
110: </tr><tr>
111: <td>
112: Sony VAIO 747</td>
113: </td><td>
1.2 markus 114: As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do work.<p>
115:
116: Ships with a PCMCIA modem card (COM One MCC220 Platinium Card), which works.<p>
117:
118: Sound works (8 bit only).<p>
119:
120: APM behaviour similar to the VAIO z505r,
121: except that hibernation has not been tested.<p>
122:
123: USB does not work.<p>
124:
1.21 ! markus 125: An XF86Config file can be found
! 126: <a href="xf86configs/vaio747">here</a>.<p>
! 127:
1.2 markus 128: Contact <a href=mailto:markus@openbsd.org>Markus Friedl</a>.
1.1 deraadt 129: </td>
130: </tr><tr>
131: <td>
132: Sony VAIO PCG 505-FX
133: </td><td>
134: Unknown.
135: </td>
136: </tr><tr>
137: <td>
138: IBM Thinkpad 701C
139: </td><td>
140: All features including hibernation and APM work.<p>
141:
142: Contact <a href=mailto:todd@openbsd.org>Todd Fries</a>.
143: </td>
144: </tr><tr>
145: <td>
146: IBM Thinkpad 770Z
147: </td><td>
148: As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.<p>
149:
150: Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.<p>
151:
152: APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.<p>
153:
1.12 chris 154: Sound works fine.<P>
155:
1.1 deraadt 156: Contact <a href=mailto:angelos@openbsd.org>Angelos Keromytis</a>.
157: </td>
158: </tr><tr>
159: <td>
160: IBM Thinkpad 760
161: </td><td>
162: As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.<p>
163:
164: Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.<p>
165:
166: MWave modem/sound does not work.<p>
167:
168: APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.<p>
169:
170: Contact <a href=mailto:todd@openbsd.org>Todd Fries</a>.
171: </td>
172: </tr><tr>
173: <td>
1.11 millert 174: Toshiba Libretto 50CT
175: </td><td>
176: APM works but you need to be careful not to use the last
177: 32meg or so of the disk since that's where the BIOS dumps
178: the long time hibernation image. You can take a look at
179: the bios geometry in disklabel to see exactly how many sectors
180: it wants. Failure to do so will cause filesystem corruption
181: during suspend.
182: <p>
183: The libretto uses a single IRQ for both <strong>sb</strong>
184: and <strong>wss</strong> so the best thing to do is to
185: choose one and disable the other in the kernel.
186: The pcmcia external floppy drive is not currently supported
187: by OpenBSD, but it can be used during the install.
188: <p>
189: Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia
190: slot. The best way to do this is to do a network install.
191: To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt,
192: enter <em>boot -c</em>. When you see the <em>UKC</em>
193: prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card,
194: and then type exit. The kernel will then probe the network
195: card and you should be able to do a normal network install.
196: You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in
197: the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect
198: your network card.
199: <p>
1.18 millert 200: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
201: found <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct">here</a>.
202: <p>
1.11 millert 203: Contact <a href=mailto:millert@openbsd.org>Todd Miller</a>.
204: </td>
205: </tr><tr>
206: <td>
1.20 millert 207: Toshiba Libretto 100CT
208: </td><td>
209: Most of the information listed in the Libretto 50CT entry
210: apply to the 100CT as well.
211: <p>
212: X11 works in 800x400 mode. An XF86Config file suitable for
213: use with XFree86 3.3.X may be found
214: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct">here</a>.
215: <p>
216: Contact <a href=mailto:marc@snafu.org>Marc Hyman</a>.
217: </td>
218: </tr><tr>
219: <td>
1.1 deraadt 220: Toshiba Portege 660CDT
221: </td><td>
222: APM is completely broken.<p>
223:
224: The mixed <strong>sb</strong> and <strong>wss</strong> sound
225: hardware can cause some grief. Newer versions of the flash
226: BIOS are worse, since they are less flexible about what interrupts
227: they allow.<p>
228:
229: Contact <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a>.
230: </td>
231: </tr><tr>
232: <td>
233: Digital HiNote VP735
234: </td><td>
235: APM works fully.<p>
236:
237: Everything on the machine works except for USB.<p>
238:
239: Contact <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a>.
240: </td>
1.3 deraadt 241: </tr><tr>
242: <td>
243: Fujitsu Lifebook C325
244: </td><td>
245: APM works fully.<p>
246:
247: Sound works when the BIOS is told to activate SB emulation mode.
248:
249: Everything else on the machine works.<p>
250:
251: Contact <a href=mailto:tom@knienieder.com>Tom Knienieder</a>.
252: </td>
1.4 deraadt 253: </tr><tr>
254: <td>
1.14 d 255: Fujitsu Stylistic 500
256: </td><td>
257: APM works.<p>
258:
259: Serial port doesn't work.<p>
260:
261: Some tweaks needed for small memory kernel (4Mb).<p>
262:
263: X 'works' (thrashes like crazy). <p>
264:
265: Contact <a href=mailto:d@openbsd.org>David Leonard</a>.
266: </td>
267: </tr><tr>
268: <td>
1.4 deraadt 269: Siemens SCENIC Mobile 360
270: </td><td>
271: APM works fully.<p>
272:
273: Sound works, using OSS.<p>
274:
275: Contact <a href=mailto:b1000@softhome.net>Dan Carlsson</a>.
276: </td>
1.5 deraadt 277: </tr><tr>
278: <td>
279: Dell Inspiron 3200 D233XT (Bios release: A10)
280: </td><td>
281: APM works fully.<p>
282:
283: Suspend (to ram or disk) does not work under X (X server does not
284: restore screen upon resume), but DPMS do (screen is turned off after
285: a while if the machine isn't used). BIOS APM settings (for automatic
286: suspend) interfere with X server, and should be disabled.<p>
287:
288: Suspend to disk needs a DOS (FAT16) partition containing a file named
289: "SAVE2DSK.BIN". This file which is created via Dell tools under
290: Windows 98 (it's present out of factory), is sized (ram size + 2 or 3
291: MB). An ad hoc DOS partition is thus required (it must be the first
292: partition on disk).<p>
293:
294: PCMCIA: works except "live" card ejection or insertion (which lock
295: the machine, a hard reset is required).<p>
296:
297: USB: does not work, if enabled, kernel hangs at boot during USB
298: controller detection.<p>
299:
300: Contact <a href=mailto:b1000@softhome.net>Dan Carlsson</a>.
301: </td>
1.6 ericj 302: </tr><tr>
303: <td>
304: Toshiba Tecra 500CS
305: </td><td>
1.7 brad 306: APM is broken, However it <b>halt -p</b> does work.<p>
1.6 ericj 307:
1.7 brad 308: Sound works by default with the GENERIC kernel, but with the speakers
309: is not really worth it. X runs nicely as well.<p>
1.6 ericj 310:
1.7 brad 311: Contact <a href=mailto:ericj@monkey.org>Eric Jackson</a>.
1.6 ericj 312: </td>
1.7 brad 313: </tr><tr>
314: <td>
315: Toshiba Tecra 500CDT
316: </td><td>
1.14 d 317: APM is completely broken (and can trash your disk).<p>
318:
319: XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
1.7 brad 320:
1.14 d 321: Sound works (21739 Hz, half duplex stereo).<p>
1.7 brad 322:
1.14 d 323: <!-- Serial IR is said to work, needs verification. -->
1.7 brad 324:
1.14 d 325: Contact <a href=mailto:brad@openbsd.org>Brad Smith</a>,
326: or <a href=mailto:d@openbsd.org>David Leonard</a>.
1.7 brad 327: </td>
1.10 aaron 328: </tr><tr>
329: <td>
330: Toshiba Tecra 550CDT
331: </td><td>
332: APM deep sleep (<b>zzz</b>) works, but <b>-S</b> wakes up immediately.<p>
333:
334: XFree86 works beautifully.<p>
335:
336: Sound works, after some IRQ tinkering in the BIOS.<p>
337:
338: USB works; at least, I plugged a digital camera in, and the <b>ugen</b> driver detected and configured it.<p>
339:
1.16 aaron 340: The built-in modem does not work since it requires software only available in Windows; that is, it does not implement a true RS232 communication port.<p>
1.10 aaron 341:
342: The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment on PCMCIA attach/detach.<p>
343:
344: Contact <a href=mailto:aaron@openbsd.org>Aaron Campbell</a>.
345: </td>
1.13 mickey 346: </tr><tr>
347: <td>
348: NEC Versa 2000
349: </td><td>
350: APM works fully.<p>
1.1 deraadt 351:
1.13 mickey 352: Everything on the machine works.<p>
353:
354: Contact <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a>.
355: </td>
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