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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:
1.26 deraadt 89: Sound is not supported in 2.6. As of mid-April 2000, it is supported
90: with a neomagic device driver.<p>
1.1 deraadt 91:
92: When the memory stick slot is empty, it can cause errors which overflow
93: the dmesg buffer, and thus confuse the OpenBSD install program.
94: The BIOS Setup, (accessed using F2), has an option to disable the
95: memory stick.<p>
96:
1.19 deraadt 97: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
1.21 markus 98: found <a href="xf86configs/vaioz505r">here</a>.
1.19 deraadt 99: <p>
100:
1.1 deraadt 101: Contact <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a>.
102: </td>
103: </tr><tr>
104: <td>
105: Sony VAIO z505s
106: </td><td>
107: Similar to the VAIO z505r, except that the provided USB floppy has
108: some problems.<p>
109: Contact <a href=mailto:provos@openbsd.org>Niels Provos</a>.
110: </td>
111: </tr><tr>
112: <td>
113: Sony VAIO 747</td>
114: </td><td>
1.2 markus 115: As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do work.<p>
116:
117: Ships with a PCMCIA modem card (COM One MCC220 Platinium Card), which works.<p>
118:
119: Sound works (8 bit only).<p>
120:
121: APM behaviour similar to the VAIO z505r,
122: except that hibernation has not been tested.<p>
123:
124: USB does not work.<p>
125:
1.21 markus 126: An XF86Config file can be found
127: <a href="xf86configs/vaio747">here</a>.<p>
128:
1.2 markus 129: Contact <a href=mailto:markus@openbsd.org>Markus Friedl</a>.
1.1 deraadt 130: </td>
131: </tr><tr>
132: <td>
133: Sony VAIO PCG 505-FX
134: </td><td>
135: Unknown.
136: </td>
137: </tr><tr>
138: <td>
139: IBM Thinkpad 701C
140: </td><td>
141: All features including hibernation and APM work.<p>
142:
143: Contact <a href=mailto:todd@openbsd.org>Todd Fries</a>.
144: </td>
145: </tr><tr>
146: <td>
147: IBM Thinkpad 770Z
148: </td><td>
149: As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.<p>
150:
151: Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.<p>
152:
153: APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.<p>
154:
1.12 chris 155: Sound works fine.<P>
156:
1.1 deraadt 157: Contact <a href=mailto:angelos@openbsd.org>Angelos Keromytis</a>.
158: </td>
159: </tr><tr>
160: <td>
161: IBM Thinkpad 760
162: </td><td>
163: As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.<p>
164:
165: Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.<p>
166:
167: MWave modem/sound does not work.<p>
168:
169: APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.<p>
170:
171: Contact <a href=mailto:todd@openbsd.org>Todd Fries</a>.
172: </td>
173: </tr><tr>
174: <td>
1.27 marc 175: IBM Thinkpad T20
176: </td><td>
177: Running OpenBSD 2.7 (and later) apm mostly works. The only
178: thing that failed so far is halt -p (won't power down).
179: Goes into suspend mode when top is closed. Restores nicely
180: when top opened.<p>
181:
182: Built in modem is a winmodem... ignore it. Actually it is on
183: a `mini-pci' card so it can probably be removed.<p>
184:
185: Audio does NOT work. There is a driver that can be enabled,
186: but so far all I get is scratches from the speakers/headphones.
187:
188: Note: I booted Windows once and one of the tasks it did was
189: `prepare the suspend' area. I don't know if that was necessary.
190: Perhaps. The system is now 100% OpenBSD.
191:
1.28 ! marc 192: See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t20/">http://www.snafu.org/t20/</a>
! 193: for info regarding X11 support.
! 194:
1.27 marc 195: Contact <a href=mailto:marc@snafu.org>Marco S Hyman</a>.
196: </td>
197: </tr><tr>
198: <td>
1.11 millert 199: Toshiba Libretto 50CT
200: </td><td>
201: APM works but you need to be careful not to use the last
202: 32meg or so of the disk since that's where the BIOS dumps
203: the long time hibernation image. You can take a look at
204: the bios geometry in disklabel to see exactly how many sectors
205: it wants. Failure to do so will cause filesystem corruption
206: during suspend.
207: <p>
208: The libretto uses a single IRQ for both <strong>sb</strong>
209: and <strong>wss</strong> so the best thing to do is to
210: choose one and disable the other in the kernel.
211: The pcmcia external floppy drive is not currently supported
212: by OpenBSD, but it can be used during the install.
213: <p>
214: Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia
215: slot. The best way to do this is to do a network install.
216: To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt,
217: enter <em>boot -c</em>. When you see the <em>UKC</em>
218: prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card,
219: and then type exit. The kernel will then probe the network
220: card and you should be able to do a normal network install.
221: You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in
222: the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect
223: your network card.
224: <p>
1.18 millert 225: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
226: found <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct">here</a>.
227: <p>
1.11 millert 228: Contact <a href=mailto:millert@openbsd.org>Todd Miller</a>.
229: </td>
230: </tr><tr>
231: <td>
1.20 millert 232: Toshiba Libretto 100CT
233: </td><td>
234: Most of the information listed in the Libretto 50CT entry
235: apply to the 100CT as well.
236: <p>
237: X11 works in 800x400 mode. An XF86Config file suitable for
238: use with XFree86 3.3.X may be found
239: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct">here</a>.
240: <p>
1.27 marc 241: Contact <a href=mailto:millert@openbsd.org>Todd Miller</a>.
1.20 millert 242: </td>
243: </tr><tr>
244: <td>
1.1 deraadt 245: Toshiba Portege 660CDT
246: </td><td>
247: APM is completely broken.<p>
248:
249: The mixed <strong>sb</strong> and <strong>wss</strong> sound
250: hardware can cause some grief. Newer versions of the flash
251: BIOS are worse, since they are less flexible about what interrupts
252: they allow.<p>
253:
254: Contact <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a>.
255: </td>
256: </tr><tr>
257: <td>
258: Digital HiNote VP735
259: </td><td>
260: APM works fully.<p>
261:
1.23 mickey 262: Everything on the machine works.<p>
1.25 mickey 263: The only hint is to enable PCIBIOS, BIOS32, PCIBIOS_INTR_FIXUP,
264: PCIBIOS_BUS_FIXUP, options in the kernel,
1.24 mickey 265: so it would assign irq to USB controller and configure cardbus
266: cotroller.
1.23 mickey 267: <p>
1.1 deraadt 268:
1.22 mickey 269: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
270: found <a href="xf86configs/hinotevp700">here</a>.
271: <p>
272:
1.1 deraadt 273: Contact <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a>.
274: </td>
1.3 deraadt 275: </tr><tr>
276: <td>
277: Fujitsu Lifebook C325
278: </td><td>
279: APM works fully.<p>
280:
281: Sound works when the BIOS is told to activate SB emulation mode.
282:
283: Everything else on the machine works.<p>
284:
285: Contact <a href=mailto:tom@knienieder.com>Tom Knienieder</a>.
286: </td>
1.4 deraadt 287: </tr><tr>
288: <td>
1.14 d 289: Fujitsu Stylistic 500
290: </td><td>
291: APM works.<p>
292:
293: Serial port doesn't work.<p>
294:
295: Some tweaks needed for small memory kernel (4Mb).<p>
296:
297: X 'works' (thrashes like crazy). <p>
298:
299: Contact <a href=mailto:d@openbsd.org>David Leonard</a>.
300: </td>
301: </tr><tr>
302: <td>
1.4 deraadt 303: Siemens SCENIC Mobile 360
304: </td><td>
305: APM works fully.<p>
306:
307: Sound works, using OSS.<p>
308:
309: Contact <a href=mailto:b1000@softhome.net>Dan Carlsson</a>.
310: </td>
1.5 deraadt 311: </tr><tr>
312: <td>
313: Dell Inspiron 3200 D233XT (Bios release: A10)
314: </td><td>
315: APM works fully.<p>
316:
317: Suspend (to ram or disk) does not work under X (X server does not
318: restore screen upon resume), but DPMS do (screen is turned off after
319: a while if the machine isn't used). BIOS APM settings (for automatic
320: suspend) interfere with X server, and should be disabled.<p>
321:
322: Suspend to disk needs a DOS (FAT16) partition containing a file named
323: "SAVE2DSK.BIN". This file which is created via Dell tools under
324: Windows 98 (it's present out of factory), is sized (ram size + 2 or 3
325: MB). An ad hoc DOS partition is thus required (it must be the first
326: partition on disk).<p>
327:
328: PCMCIA: works except "live" card ejection or insertion (which lock
329: the machine, a hard reset is required).<p>
330:
331: USB: does not work, if enabled, kernel hangs at boot during USB
332: controller detection.<p>
333:
334: Contact <a href=mailto:b1000@softhome.net>Dan Carlsson</a>.
335: </td>
1.6 ericj 336: </tr><tr>
337: <td>
338: Toshiba Tecra 500CS
339: </td><td>
1.7 brad 340: APM is broken, However it <b>halt -p</b> does work.<p>
1.6 ericj 341:
1.7 brad 342: Sound works by default with the GENERIC kernel, but with the speakers
343: is not really worth it. X runs nicely as well.<p>
1.6 ericj 344:
1.7 brad 345: Contact <a href=mailto:ericj@monkey.org>Eric Jackson</a>.
1.6 ericj 346: </td>
1.7 brad 347: </tr><tr>
348: <td>
349: Toshiba Tecra 500CDT
350: </td><td>
1.14 d 351: APM is completely broken (and can trash your disk).<p>
352:
353: XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
1.7 brad 354:
1.14 d 355: Sound works (21739 Hz, half duplex stereo).<p>
1.7 brad 356:
1.14 d 357: <!-- Serial IR is said to work, needs verification. -->
1.7 brad 358:
1.14 d 359: Contact <a href=mailto:brad@openbsd.org>Brad Smith</a>,
360: or <a href=mailto:d@openbsd.org>David Leonard</a>.
1.7 brad 361: </td>
1.10 aaron 362: </tr><tr>
363: <td>
364: Toshiba Tecra 550CDT
365: </td><td>
366: APM deep sleep (<b>zzz</b>) works, but <b>-S</b> wakes up immediately.<p>
367:
368: XFree86 works beautifully.<p>
369:
370: Sound works, after some IRQ tinkering in the BIOS.<p>
371:
372: USB works; at least, I plugged a digital camera in, and the <b>ugen</b> driver detected and configured it.<p>
373:
1.16 aaron 374: 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 375:
376: The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment on PCMCIA attach/detach.<p>
377:
378: Contact <a href=mailto:aaron@openbsd.org>Aaron Campbell</a>.
379: </td>
1.13 mickey 380: </tr><tr>
381: <td>
382: NEC Versa 2000
383: </td><td>
384: APM works fully.<p>
1.1 deraadt 385:
1.13 mickey 386: Everything on the machine works.<p>
387:
388: Contact <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a>.
389: </td>
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