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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,
1.38 deraadt 23: and you will most likely find a similar model that is listed below. Starting
24: with OpenBSD 2.6, almost all laptops worked very well, with only minimal
25: issues remaining. Later OpenBSD releases performed even better.
26: <p>
27: Of those that have problems..
1.1 deraadt 28: <ul>
1.5 deraadt 29: <li>Some exhibit problems with APM support. Note that <strong>apm -S</strong>
30: fails to suspend some laptops, but this is not a major concern.
1.38 deraadt 31: <li>Some lack sound support
32: <li>A few have subtle bugs with their PCMCIA and Cardbus support
33: <li>XFree86 does not support some displays properly. Sometimes XFree86 4.x helps.
1.1 deraadt 34: <li>Or some other built-in device doesn't work..
35: <li>Some have problems with pcmcia card eject interrupts.
36: </ul>
37:
38: <p>
39: If you have your laptop working (or not working) and it isn't listed below,
1.4 deraadt 40: please mail <a href="mailto:chris@openbsd.org">chris@openbsd.org</a> so that it
1.1 deraadt 41: can be listed. Please supply as much information as possible.
42:
43: <p>
44: APM problem reports should be sent to our APM developers,
45: <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a> and
46: <a href=mailto:weingart@openbsd.org>Tobias Weingartner</a>.
47:
48: <p>
49: <table border=1>
50: <tr>
51: <th>Laptop</th>
52: <th>Notes</th>
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:
1.38 deraadt 83: Built-in ethernet works fine, but occasionally requires reset
84: after suspend using
1.1 deraadt 85: "<strong>ifconfig fxp0 down; ifconfig fxp0 up</strong>".<p>
86:
87: After a suspend, the profiling clock is not running. Patches are
88: being worked on.<p>
89:
1.38 deraadt 90: Sound is supported using the neo(4) device driver. Sometimes upon
91: boot, a hang happens when trying to determine the AC97 mixer type.<p>
1.1 deraadt 92:
93: When the memory stick slot is empty, it can cause errors which overflow
94: the dmesg buffer, and thus confuse the OpenBSD install program.
95: The BIOS Setup, (accessed using F2), has an option to disable the
96: memory stick.<p>
97:
1.19 deraadt 98: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
1.21 markus 99: found <a href="xf86configs/vaioz505r">here</a>.
1.19 deraadt 100: <p>
101:
1.1 deraadt 102: Contact <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a>.
103: </td>
104: </tr><tr>
105: <td>
106: Sony VAIO z505s
107: </td><td>
108: Similar to the VAIO z505r, except that the provided USB floppy has
109: some problems.<p>
110: Contact <a href=mailto:provos@openbsd.org>Niels Provos</a>.
111: </td>
112: </tr><tr>
113: <td>
114: Sony VAIO 747</td>
115: </td><td>
1.33 markus 116: Ever since OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do work.<p>
1.2 markus 117:
118: Ships with a PCMCIA modem card (COM One MCC220 Platinium Card), which works.<p>
119:
120: Sound works (8 bit only).<p>
121:
122: APM behaviour similar to the VAIO z505r,
123: except that hibernation has not been tested.<p>
124:
125: USB does not work.<p>
126:
1.21 markus 127: An XF86Config file can be found
128: <a href="xf86configs/vaio747">here</a>.<p>
129:
1.2 markus 130: Contact <a href=mailto:markus@openbsd.org>Markus Friedl</a>.
1.1 deraadt 131: </td>
132: </tr><tr>
133: <td>
134: Sony VAIO PCG 505-FX
135: </td><td>
136: Unknown.
137: </td>
138: </tr><tr>
139: <td>
140: IBM Thinkpad 701C
141: </td><td>
142: All features including hibernation and APM work.<p>
143:
144: Contact <a href=mailto:todd@openbsd.org>Todd Fries</a>.
145: </td>
146: </tr><tr>
147: <td>
148: IBM Thinkpad 770Z
149: </td><td>
1.39 ! angelos 150: <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, almost everything works fine.</p>
1.1 deraadt 151:
1.39 ! angelos 152: <p>This laptop does not really have a BIOS; most of the device
! 153: settings, like IRQ assignements etc. have to be done through
! 154: Windows.</p>
! 155:
! 156: <p>You can get the serial and infrared ports to be recognized
! 157: as com* devices by playing with the IRQ assignments in
! 158: Windows. Likewise for the parallel port (it's lpt2).</p>
! 159:
! 160: <p>You will need this line in your kernel configuration file for
! 161: APM to work at all:</p>
! 162:
! 163: <pre>
! 164: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
! 165: </pre>
! 166:
! 167: <p>Hibernation (save to disk) works fine as long as you have a
! 168: Windows partition with enough disk space (a bit more than the
! 169: system memory). Suspend/resume/powerdown all work fine;
! 170: however, doing hibernation while in X windows (tested in
! 171: XFree86 3.3.6) causes framebuffer corruption and it seems that
! 172: the only way to recover is to exit and restart the X server;
! 173: switching virtual terminals doesn't fix it. It has been
! 174: suggested that switching between different resolutions might
! 175: fix it. XFree86 4.0 fixes that problem, but last I checked did
! 176: not have accelerated support for the driver. The best
! 177: work-around is to switch to text mode before hibernating.</p>
! 178:
! 179: <p>If you enable the external monitor (Fn+F7), XFree86 3.3.6
! 180: goes into some weird rainbow pattern and eventually freezes
! 181: the system (unless you switch to text mode or otherwise kill
! 182: the server within a few seconds); if you switch to text mode,
! 183: you have to kill the X server (switching back to graphics mode
! 184: will cause a crash). Enabling the external monitor while in
! 185: video mode causes no side effects; you can then start X or
! 186: switch to it if it's already running.</p>
! 187:
! 188: <p>The clcs driver is somewhat flakey, so you're best off
! 189: disabling it. It doesn't really matter though since the
! 190: soundblaster (sb) will attach and work fine. You may have to
! 191: play with IRQ assignments to get that to work.</p>
1.1 deraadt 192:
1.34 nate 193: An XF86Config file can be found
194: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpad770z">here</a>.<p>
1.12 chris 195:
1.1 deraadt 196: Contact <a href=mailto:angelos@openbsd.org>Angelos Keromytis</a>.
197: </td>
198: </tr><tr>
199: <td>
1.39 ! angelos 200: IBM Thinkpad T21
! 201: </td><td>
! 202: <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, everything works fine.</p>
! 203:
! 204: <p>Here is the fdisk output; the easiest way of getting there is
! 205: to resize the Windows partition (I use PartitionMagic) and move
! 206: it to the end of the disk, then create an OpenBSD partition
! 207: (and ignore the partition resizing fdisk does -- just go ahead
! 208: and create all the filesystems you need with disklabel).</p>
! 209:
! 210: <pre>
! 211: Starting Ending
! 212: #: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
! 213: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
! 214: 0: 1C 1023 1 1 - 1023 239 63 [ 42003423 - 20502657] <Unknown ID>
! 215: *1: A6 0 1 1 - 1021 239 63 [ 63 - 15452577] OpenBSD
! 216: 2: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
! 217: 3: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
! 218: </pre>
! 219:
! 220: <p>To get it to see the serial and infrared ports (both as com*
! 221: devices), you need to play with the IRQ assignments in the
! 222: BIOS; just set them to the default values as found in the
! 223: GENERIC config file. Likewise for the parallel port (OpenBSD
! 224: can see lpt2). You may have to play with the Windows
! 225: assignments for this as well.</p>
! 226:
! 227: <p>The miniPCI card I have is a WinModem, which does not work;
! 228: the ethernet version works under OpenBSD. I have not tested
! 229: the Ethernet-modem combo card.</p>
! 230:
! 231: <p>Sound (CS4614) works fine. To avoid system freeze when using
! 232: Cardbus and audio simultaneously, you need to set at least two
! 233: IRQs for use by PCI devices, in the BIOS; I use 9 and 11.</p>
! 234:
! 235: <p>APM works except for hibernation (requires OS support) and
! 236: powerdown ("halt -p", just sits there after filesystems are
! 237: unmounted). You will need this line in your kernel
! 238: configuration file for APM to work at all:</p>
! 239:
! 240: <pre>
! 241: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
! 242: </pre>
! 243:
! 244: <p>Although the video card is supposed to work with XFree86
! 245: 3.3.6pl8, I've only managed to get it to work with XFree86
! 246: 4.0.1 with the patches found <a
! 247: href="http://www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html">here</a> (you
! 248: can also find binaries of the driver for OpenBSD 2.8 at the
! 249: same location). These patches have supposedly been folded into
! 250: XFree86 4.0.2. You need to have a kernel with "option
! 251: INSECURE" and set the securelevel to -1 in /etc/rc.securelevel
! 252: (so the X server can open /dev/mem and mmap() the BIOS). In
! 253: this configuration, it can do 1400x1050 at 16bpp (at 32bpp I
! 254: see a lot of flickering -- this may be fixed in subsequent
! 255: versions of the driver, so keep trying).</p>
! 256:
! 257: <p>Note that some models only do 1024x768. Those that do
! 258: 1400x1050, can also do 1600x1200 using a virtual screen
! 259: (wherein the whole display shifts as you go "off-screen"); I
! 260: have not tested whether that works (it does in Windows).</p>
! 261:
! 262: <p>If you close the lid of the laptop, the system suspends;
! 263: under XFree86 4.0, resuming works fine with respect to the
! 264: display (XFree86 3.3.6 might not be able to cope with this --
! 265: it couldn't on the ThinkPad 770Z).</p>
! 266:
! 267: <p>An XF86Config file for XFree 4.0 can be found <a
! 268: href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21">here</a>.</p>
! 269:
! 270: <p>Contact <a href=mailto:angelos@openbsd.org>Angelos Keromytis</a>.</p>
! 271: </td>
! 272: </tr><tr>
! 273: <td>
1.1 deraadt 274: IBM Thinkpad 760
275: </td><td>
276: As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.<p>
277:
278: Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.<p>
279:
280: MWave modem/sound does not work.<p>
281:
282: APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.<p>
283:
284: Contact <a href=mailto:todd@openbsd.org>Todd Fries</a>.
285: </td>
286: </tr><tr>
287: <td>
1.27 marc 288: IBM Thinkpad T20
289: </td><td>
290: Running OpenBSD 2.7 (and later) apm mostly works. The only
291: thing that failed so far is halt -p (won't power down).
292: Goes into suspend mode when top is closed. Restores nicely
293: when top opened.<p>
294:
295: Built in modem is a winmodem... ignore it. Actually it is on
296: a `mini-pci' card so it can probably be removed.<p>
297:
1.30 marc 298: Audio works, but you have to turn off PCI sleep mode in the BIOS.<p>
1.27 marc 299:
1.36 marc 300: OpenBSD X11 supports this machine as of 2.8, but there is lots
301: of visual noise at 32bpp. Image is fine at 16 bpp.<p>
302:
1.28 marc 303: See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t20/">http://www.snafu.org/t20/</a>
1.36 marc 304: for more info.<p>
1.28 marc 305:
1.27 marc 306: Contact <a href=mailto:marc@snafu.org>Marco S Hyman</a>.
307: </td>
308: </tr><tr>
309: <td>
1.11 millert 310: Toshiba Libretto 50CT
311: </td><td>
312: APM works but you need to be careful not to use the last
313: 32meg or so of the disk since that's where the BIOS dumps
314: the long time hibernation image. You can take a look at
315: the bios geometry in disklabel to see exactly how many sectors
316: it wants. Failure to do so will cause filesystem corruption
317: during suspend.
318: <p>
319: The libretto uses a single IRQ for both <strong>sb</strong>
320: and <strong>wss</strong> so the best thing to do is to
321: choose one and disable the other in the kernel.
322: The pcmcia external floppy drive is not currently supported
323: by OpenBSD, but it can be used during the install.
324: <p>
325: Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia
326: slot. The best way to do this is to do a network install.
327: To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt,
328: enter <em>boot -c</em>. When you see the <em>UKC</em>
329: prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card,
330: and then type exit. The kernel will then probe the network
331: card and you should be able to do a normal network install.
332: You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in
333: the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect
334: your network card.
335: <p>
1.18 millert 336: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
337: found <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct">here</a>.
338: <p>
1.11 millert 339: Contact <a href=mailto:millert@openbsd.org>Todd Miller</a>.
340: </td>
341: </tr><tr>
342: <td>
1.20 millert 343: Toshiba Libretto 100CT
344: </td><td>
345: Most of the information listed in the Libretto 50CT entry
346: apply to the 100CT as well.
347: <p>
348: X11 works in 800x400 mode. An XF86Config file suitable for
349: use with XFree86 3.3.X may be found
350: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct">here</a>.
351: <p>
1.27 marc 352: Contact <a href=mailto:millert@openbsd.org>Todd Miller</a>.
1.20 millert 353: </td>
354: </tr><tr>
355: <td>
1.1 deraadt 356: Toshiba Portege 660CDT
357: </td><td>
358: APM is completely broken.<p>
359:
360: The mixed <strong>sb</strong> and <strong>wss</strong> sound
361: hardware can cause some grief. Newer versions of the flash
362: BIOS are worse, since they are less flexible about what interrupts
363: they allow.<p>
364:
365: Contact <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a>.
366: </td>
367: </tr><tr>
368: <td>
369: Digital HiNote VP735
370: </td><td>
371: APM works fully.<p>
372:
1.23 mickey 373: Everything on the machine works.<p>
1.1 deraadt 374:
1.22 mickey 375: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
376: found <a href="xf86configs/hinotevp700">here</a>.
377: <p>
378:
1.1 deraadt 379: Contact <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a>.
380: </td>
1.3 deraadt 381: </tr><tr>
382: <td>
383: Fujitsu Lifebook C325
384: </td><td>
385: APM works fully.<p>
386:
387: Sound works when the BIOS is told to activate SB emulation mode.
388:
389: Everything else on the machine works.<p>
390:
391: Contact <a href=mailto:tom@knienieder.com>Tom Knienieder</a>.
392: </td>
1.4 deraadt 393: </tr><tr>
394: <td>
1.14 d 395: Fujitsu Stylistic 500
396: </td><td>
397: APM works.<p>
398:
399: Serial port doesn't work.<p>
400:
401: Some tweaks needed for small memory kernel (4Mb).<p>
402:
403: X 'works' (thrashes like crazy). <p>
404:
405: Contact <a href=mailto:d@openbsd.org>David Leonard</a>.
406: </td>
407: </tr><tr>
408: <td>
1.4 deraadt 409: Siemens SCENIC Mobile 360
410: </td><td>
411: APM works fully.<p>
412:
413: Sound works, using OSS.<p>
414:
415: Contact <a href=mailto:b1000@softhome.net>Dan Carlsson</a>.
416: </td>
1.5 deraadt 417: </tr><tr>
418: <td>
419: Dell Inspiron 3200 D233XT (Bios release: A10)
420: </td><td>
421: APM works fully.<p>
422:
423: Suspend (to ram or disk) does not work under X (X server does not
424: restore screen upon resume), but DPMS do (screen is turned off after
425: a while if the machine isn't used). BIOS APM settings (for automatic
426: suspend) interfere with X server, and should be disabled.<p>
427:
428: Suspend to disk needs a DOS (FAT16) partition containing a file named
429: "SAVE2DSK.BIN". This file which is created via Dell tools under
430: Windows 98 (it's present out of factory), is sized (ram size + 2 or 3
431: MB). An ad hoc DOS partition is thus required (it must be the first
432: partition on disk).<p>
433:
434: PCMCIA: works except "live" card ejection or insertion (which lock
435: the machine, a hard reset is required).<p>
436:
437: USB: does not work, if enabled, kernel hangs at boot during USB
438: controller detection.<p>
439:
440: Contact <a href=mailto:b1000@softhome.net>Dan Carlsson</a>.
441: </td>
1.6 ericj 442: </tr><tr>
443: <td>
444: Toshiba Tecra 500CS
445: </td><td>
1.7 brad 446: APM is broken, However it <b>halt -p</b> does work.<p>
1.6 ericj 447:
1.7 brad 448: Sound works by default with the GENERIC kernel, but with the speakers
449: is not really worth it. X runs nicely as well.<p>
1.6 ericj 450:
1.7 brad 451: Contact <a href=mailto:ericj@monkey.org>Eric Jackson</a>.
1.6 ericj 452: </td>
1.7 brad 453: </tr><tr>
454: <td>
455: Toshiba Tecra 500CDT
456: </td><td>
1.14 d 457: APM is completely broken (and can trash your disk).<p>
458:
459: XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
1.7 brad 460:
1.14 d 461: Sound works (21739 Hz, half duplex stereo).<p>
1.7 brad 462:
1.14 d 463: <!-- Serial IR is said to work, needs verification. -->
1.7 brad 464:
1.14 d 465: Contact <a href=mailto:brad@openbsd.org>Brad Smith</a>,
466: or <a href=mailto:d@openbsd.org>David Leonard</a>.
1.7 brad 467: </td>
1.10 aaron 468: </tr><tr>
469: <td>
470: Toshiba Tecra 550CDT
471: </td><td>
472: APM deep sleep (<b>zzz</b>) works, but <b>-S</b> wakes up immediately.<p>
473:
474: XFree86 works beautifully.<p>
475:
476: Sound works, after some IRQ tinkering in the BIOS.<p>
477:
478: USB works; at least, I plugged a digital camera in, and the <b>ugen</b> driver detected and configured it.<p>
479:
1.16 aaron 480: 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 481:
482: The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment on PCMCIA attach/detach.<p>
483:
484: Contact <a href=mailto:aaron@openbsd.org>Aaron Campbell</a>.
485: </td>
1.13 mickey 486: </tr><tr>
487: <td>
488: NEC Versa 2000
489: </td><td>
490: APM works fully.<p>
1.1 deraadt 491:
1.13 mickey 492: Everything on the machine works.<p>
493:
494: Contact <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a>.
495: </td>
1.29 kevlo 496: </tr><tr>
497: <td>
498: Acer TravelMate 345
499: </td><td>
500: As of OpenBSD 2.7-CURRENT, APM works.<p>
501:
502: XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
503:
504: Sounds works.<p>
505:
506: Lucent modem does not work.<p>
507:
508: Contact <a href=mailto:kevlo@openbsd.org>Kevin Lo</a>.
1.32 nate 509: </td>
510: </tr><tr>
511: <td>
512: Compaq Armada M700<p>
513: </td><td>
514: APM works correctly, but you cannot suspend while in X. You
515: must suspend from the console.
516:
517: CardBus works.<p>
518:
519: Internal 10/100 Ethernet (for those models that have it).
520: Works beautifully with the fxp driver. <p>
521:
522: No sound support as of now. People are supposedly working on
523: this.<p>
524:
525: No internal modem support as of now. (It's a winmodem.)
526: There is a binary only driver for Linux. There is also the
527: <a href="http://linmodems.org">linmodem project</a> that is
528: trying to make an opensource winmodem driver.<p>
529:
1.35 nate 530: An XF86Config file can be found
531: <a href="xf86configs/armadam700">here</a>.<p>
532:
1.32 nate 533: Contact <a href=mailto:nate@openbsd.org>Nathan Binkert</a>.
1.31 jufi 534: </td></tr>
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