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16: <h2><font color=#e00000>i386 Laptop Status</font><hr></h2>
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1.51 jufi 19: This is a list of laptops known to be working with OpenBSD 2.9
1.1 deraadt 20:
21: <p>
1.53 ian 22: If your laptop isn't listed below that doesn't mean that it won't work,
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
1.45 chris 25: issues remaining. Later OpenBSD releases perform even better.
1.38 deraadt 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,
1.45 chris 40: please mail <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@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>
1.54 ian 53: </tr>
54: <tr>
1.1 deraadt 55: <td>
1.54 ian 56: Acer TravelMate 345
1.15 beck 57: </td><td>
1.54 ian 58: As of OpenBSD 2.7-CURRENT, APM works.<p>
59:
60: XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
61:
62: Sounds works.<p>
63:
64: Lucent modem does not work.<p>
1.15 beck 65:
1.54 ian 66: Contact <a href=mailto:kevlo@openbsd.org>Kevin Lo</a>.
1.15 beck 67: </td>
1.53 ian 68: </tr>
69: <tr>
1.15 beck 70: <td>
1.54 ian 71: Compaq Armada M700<p>
1.1 deraadt 72: </td><td>
1.54 ian 73: APM works correctly, but you cannot suspend while in X. You
74: must suspend from the console.
75:
76: CardBus works.<p>
77:
78: Internal 10/100 Ethernet (for those models that have it).
79: Works beautifully with the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a> driver. <p>
80:
81: No sound support as of now. People are supposedly working on
82: this.<p>
83:
84: No internal modem support as of now. (It's a winmodem.)
85: There is a binary only driver for Linux. There is also the
86: <a href="http://linmodems.org">linmodem project</a> that is
87: trying to make an opensource winmodem driver.<p>
1.1 deraadt 88:
1.54 ian 89: An XF86Config file can be found
90: <a href="xf86configs/armadam700">here</a>.<p>
1.1 deraadt 91:
1.54 ian 92: Contact <a href=mailto:nate@openbsd.org>Nathan Binkert</a>.
93: </td>
94: </tr>
95: <tr>
96: <td>
97: Dell Inspiron 3200 D233XT (Bios release: A10)
98: </td><td>
99: APM works fully.<p>
1.1 deraadt 100:
1.54 ian 101: Suspend (to ram or disk) does not work under X (X server does not
102: restore screen upon resume), but DPMS do (screen is turned off after
103: a while if the machine isn't used). BIOS APM settings (for automatic
104: suspend) interfere with X server, and should be disabled.<p>
1.1 deraadt 105:
1.54 ian 106: Suspend to disk needs a DOS (FAT16) partition containing a file named
107: "SAVE2DSK.BIN". This file which is created via Dell tools under
108: Windows 98 (it's present out of factory), is sized (ram size + 2 or 3
109: MB). An ad hoc DOS partition is thus required (it must be the first
110: partition on disk).<p>
1.1 deraadt 111:
1.54 ian 112: PCMCIA: works except "live" card ejection or insertion (which lock
113: the machine, a hard reset is required).<p>
1.1 deraadt 114:
1.54 ian 115: USB: does not work, if enabled, kernel hangs at boot during USB
116: controller detection.<p>
1.19 deraadt 117:
1.54 ian 118: Contact <a href=mailto:b1000@softhome.net>Dan Carlsson</a>.
1.1 deraadt 119: </td>
1.53 ian 120: </tr>
121: <tr>
1.1 deraadt 122: <td>
1.54 ian 123: Dell Latitude CPt<p>
1.1 deraadt 124: </td><td>
1.54 ian 125: apm -z and -S work.<p>
1.2 markus 126:
1.54 ian 127: Sound works.<p>
1.2 markus 128:
1.54 ian 129: XFree86 v3 works in 1024x768x24bpp. XF4 looks better in 16bpp.<p>
1.2 markus 130:
1.54 ian 131: Both PCMCIA slots work.<p>
1.2 markus 132:
1.54 ian 133: USB is detected, but untested. It does not appear to work after
134: a suspend.<p>
1.2 markus 135:
1.54 ian 136: An XF4 config file can be found
137: <a href="xf86configs/latitudecpt">here</a>.<p>
1.21 markus 138:
1.54 ian 139: Contact <a href=mailto:op21@squish.org>Paul Wang</a>.
1.1 deraadt 140: </td>
1.53 ian 141: </tr>
142: <tr>
1.1 deraadt 143: <td>
1.55 ! ian 144: Dell Lattitude LMP-133ST
! 145: </td><td>
! 146: Generic kernel works. APM mostly works.
! 147: XFree86 v3 worked fine (8 bit only).
! 148: XF4.0 works with several problems, a band of pixels shifted down
! 149: and unreadability of the alternate virtual consoles (the latter
! 150: apparently fixed in current XF4; not tested on this machine).
! 151: <p>
! 152: An XF4 config file can be found
! 153: <a href="xf86configs/latitudelmp">here</a> and one for XFree86 R3
! 154: <a href="xf86configs/latitudelmp-xf3">here</a>.
! 155: <p>
! 156: Contact Ian Darwin.
! 157: </td>
! 158: </tr>
! 159: <tr>
! 160: <td>
1.54 ian 161: Digital HiNote VP735
1.1 deraadt 162: </td><td>
1.54 ian 163: APM works fully.<p>
164:
165: Everything on the machine works.<p>
166:
167: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
168: found <a href="xf86configs/hinotevp700">here</a>.
169: <p>
170:
171: Contact <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a>.
1.1 deraadt 172: </td>
1.54 ian 173: </tr><tr>
174: <td>
175: Fujitsu Lifebook C325
176: </td><td>
177: APM works fully.<p>
1.53 ian 178:
1.54 ian 179: Sound works when the BIOS is told to activate SB emulation mode.
1.53 ian 180:
1.54 ian 181: Everything else on the machine works.<p>
1.53 ian 182:
1.54 ian 183: Contact <a href=mailto:tom@knienieder.com>Tom Knienieder</a>.
184: </td>
185: </tr><tr>
186: <td>
187: Fujitsu Stylistic 500
188: </td><td>
189: APM works.<p>
1.53 ian 190:
1.54 ian 191: Serial port doesn't work.<p>
1.53 ian 192:
1.54 ian 193: Some tweaks needed for small memory kernel (4Mb).<p>
1.53 ian 194:
1.54 ian 195: X 'works' (thrashes like crazy). <p>
1.53 ian 196:
1.54 ian 197: Contact <a href=mailto:d@openbsd.org>David Leonard</a>.
198: </td>
1.53 ian 199: </tr>
200: <tr>
1.1 deraadt 201: <td>
202: IBM Thinkpad 701C
203: </td><td>
204: All features including hibernation and APM work.<p>
205:
206: Contact <a href=mailto:todd@openbsd.org>Todd Fries</a>.
207: </td>
208: </tr><tr>
209: <td>
210: IBM Thinkpad 770Z
211: </td><td>
1.39 angelos 212: <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, almost everything works fine.</p>
1.1 deraadt 213:
1.39 angelos 214: <p>This laptop does not really have a BIOS; most of the device
1.48 jufi 215: settings, like IRQ assignments etc. have to be done through
1.39 angelos 216: Windows.</p>
217:
218: <p>You can get the serial and infrared ports to be recognized
219: as com* devices by playing with the IRQ assignments in
220: Windows. Likewise for the parallel port (it's lpt2).</p>
221:
222: <p>You will need this line in your kernel configuration file for
223: APM to work at all:</p>
224:
225: <pre>
226: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
227: </pre>
228:
229: <p>Hibernation (save to disk) works fine as long as you have a
230: Windows partition with enough disk space (a bit more than the
231: system memory). Suspend/resume/powerdown all work fine;
232: however, doing hibernation while in X windows (tested in
233: XFree86 3.3.6) causes framebuffer corruption and it seems that
234: the only way to recover is to exit and restart the X server;
235: switching virtual terminals doesn't fix it. It has been
236: suggested that switching between different resolutions might
237: fix it. XFree86 4.0 fixes that problem, but last I checked did
238: not have accelerated support for the driver. The best
239: work-around is to switch to text mode before hibernating.</p>
240:
241: <p>If you enable the external monitor (Fn+F7), XFree86 3.3.6
242: goes into some weird rainbow pattern and eventually freezes
243: the system (unless you switch to text mode or otherwise kill
244: the server within a few seconds); if you switch to text mode,
245: you have to kill the X server (switching back to graphics mode
246: will cause a crash). Enabling the external monitor while in
247: video mode causes no side effects; you can then start X or
248: switch to it if it's already running.</p>
249:
1.50 horacio 250: <p>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=clcs&sektion=4">clcs(4)</a> driver is somewhat flakey, so you're best off
1.39 angelos 251: disabling it. It doesn't really matter though since the
1.50 horacio 252: soundblaster (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sb&sektion=4%2fi386&apropos=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Curren&arch=i386">sb(4)</a>) will attach and work fine. You may have to play with IRQ assignments
253: to get that to work.</p>
1.1 deraadt 254:
1.34 nate 255: An XF86Config file can be found
256: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpad770z">here</a>.<p>
1.12 chris 257:
1.1 deraadt 258: Contact <a href=mailto:angelos@openbsd.org>Angelos Keromytis</a>.
259: </td>
260: </tr><tr>
261: <td>
1.43 angelos 262: IBM Thinkpad A21p
263: </td><td>
264: See the entry for the T21. Everything is the same except for
265: the video card, which is an ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF. OpenBSD
266: 2.8 post mid-December with XFree86 4.0.2 works great at
267: 1600x1200 24bpp. You need to:
268: <pre>
269: sysctl -w machdep.allowaperture=2
270: </pre>
271: and enter the correct frequency ranges in the Monitor section
272: of XF86Config. Here's a sample working
273: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpada21p">XF86Config.</a>
274: </td>
275: </tr><tr>
276: <td>
1.39 angelos 277: IBM Thinkpad T21
278: </td><td>
279: <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, everything works fine.</p>
280:
281: <p>Here is the fdisk output; the easiest way of getting there is
282: to resize the Windows partition (I use PartitionMagic) and move
283: it to the end of the disk, then create an OpenBSD partition
284: (and ignore the partition resizing fdisk does -- just go ahead
285: and create all the filesystems you need with disklabel).</p>
286:
287: <pre>
288: Starting Ending
289: #: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
290: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.50 horacio 291: 0: 1C 1023 1 1 - 1023 239 63 [ 42003423 - 20502657] <Unknown ID>
1.39 angelos 292: *1: A6 0 1 1 - 1021 239 63 [ 63 - 15452577] OpenBSD
293: 2: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
294: 3: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
295: </pre>
296:
297: <p>To get it to see the serial and infrared ports (both as com*
298: devices), you need to play with the IRQ assignments in the
299: BIOS; just set them to the default values as found in the
300: GENERIC config file. Likewise for the parallel port (OpenBSD
301: can see lpt2). You may have to play with the Windows
302: assignments for this as well.</p>
303:
1.44 angelos 304: <p>There's at least two miniPCI cards available at this point:
305: one is an (unsupported) WinModem, and the other is a combo
306: ethernet/modem card. The ethernet works just fine (detected
307: as an fxp/inphy card); the modem looks like it's a real one,
308: but it's not yet supported.</p>
1.39 angelos 309:
310: <p>Sound (CS4614) works fine. To avoid system freeze when using
1.44 angelos 311: Cardbus and audio simultaneously, you *may* need to set at least
312: two IRQs for use by PCI devices, in the BIOS; I use 9 and 11. It
313: is also necessary to turn off PCI Power Management in the BIOS
314: Power configuration (that's the only menu that scrolls, so make
315: sure you go to the bottom of the page :-)</p>
1.39 angelos 316:
1.41 angelos 317: <p>APM works except for hibernation (requires OS support). To
318: get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable
319: machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with
320: sources from mid-January, or later). You will need this line
321: in your kernel configuration file for APM to work at all:</p>
1.39 angelos 322:
323: <pre>
324: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
325: </pre>
326:
327: <p>Although the video card is supposed to work with XFree86
328: 3.3.6pl8, I've only managed to get it to work with XFree86
329: 4.0.1 with the patches found <a
330: href="http://www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html">here</a> (you
331: can also find binaries of the driver for OpenBSD 2.8 at the
1.40 angelos 332: same location). You need to have a kernel with "option
1.39 angelos 333: INSECURE" and set the securelevel to -1 in /etc/rc.securelevel
334: (so the X server can open /dev/mem and mmap() the BIOS). In
1.46 angelos 335: this configuration, it can do 1400x1050 at 16bpp (version 1.1.13
336: of the savage driver works fine at 24bpp as well).</p>
1.39 angelos 337:
1.41 angelos 338: <p><b>UPDATE:</b> The above-mentioned patches have been
339: included in XFree86 4.0.2, and work out of the box. You don'
340: need a kernel with the option INSECURE set, just set the
1.40 angelos 341: machdep.allowaperture sysctl variable to 2, typically in
342: /etc/sysctl.conf, if you have an OpenBSD 2.8 (or later) built
343: from sources updated after December 15th 2000.</p>
344:
1.39 angelos 345: <p>Note that some models only do 1024x768. Those that do
346: 1400x1050, can also do 1600x1200 using a virtual screen
347: (wherein the whole display shifts as you go "off-screen"); I
348: have not tested whether that works (it does in Windows).</p>
349:
350: <p>If you close the lid of the laptop, the system suspends;
351: under XFree86 4.0, resuming works fine with respect to the
352: display (XFree86 3.3.6 might not be able to cope with this --
353: it couldn't on the ThinkPad 770Z).</p>
354:
1.49 angelos 355: <p>An XF86Config file for XFree86 4.0 can be found <a
1.39 angelos 356: href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21">here</a>.</p>
357:
1.49 angelos 358: <p><b>UPDATE</b> Apparently, recent T21s have the ATI Rage
359: 3D Rage Mobility instead.
360: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21-2">Here's</a> an XF86Config
361: for XFree86 4.0 for this configuration.</p>
362:
1.40 angelos 363: <p>One annoying thing is when you take out one of the UltraBay
364: 2000 devices; the system starts beeping. The only way to make it
365: stop is to suspend and then plug in a device in the UltraBay (not
366: necessarily the same one). Note that hot-swap of UltraBay 2000
367: devices is not currently supported in OpenBSD (as of 2.8), thus
368: it's only safe to hot-swap batteries.</p>
369:
1.39 angelos 370: <p>Contact <a href=mailto:angelos@openbsd.org>Angelos Keromytis</a>.</p>
371: </td>
372: </tr><tr>
373: <td>
1.1 deraadt 374: IBM Thinkpad 760
375: </td><td>
376: As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.<p>
377:
378: Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.<p>
379:
380: MWave modem/sound does not work.<p>
381:
382: APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.<p>
383:
384: Contact <a href=mailto:todd@openbsd.org>Todd Fries</a>.
385: </td>
386: </tr><tr>
387: <td>
1.27 marc 388: IBM Thinkpad T20
389: </td><td>
1.42 marc 390: Running OpenBSD 2.7 (and later) apm mostly works. To
391: get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable
392: machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with
393: sources from mid-January, or later). The unit goes into
394: suspend mode when top is closed. Restores nicely
1.27 marc 395: when top opened.<p>
396:
397: Built in modem is a winmodem... ignore it. Actually it is on
398: a `mini-pci' card so it can probably be removed.<p>
399:
1.30 marc 400: Audio works, but you have to turn off PCI sleep mode in the BIOS.<p>
1.27 marc 401:
1.36 marc 402: OpenBSD X11 supports this machine as of 2.8, but there is lots
1.47 marc 403: of visual noise at 32bpp. Image is fine at 16 bpp. XF4 config
404: file for OpenBSD 2.9 can be found
405: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt20">here</a><p>
1.36 marc 406:
1.28 marc 407: See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t20/">http://www.snafu.org/t20/</a>
1.36 marc 408: for more info.<p>
1.28 marc 409:
1.27 marc 410: Contact <a href=mailto:marc@snafu.org>Marco S Hyman</a>.
411: </td>
1.54 ian 412: </tr>
413: <tr>
414: <td>
415: NEC Versa 2000
416: </td><td>
417: APM works fully.<p>
418:
419: Everything on the machine works.<p>
420:
421: Contact <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a>.
422: </td>
423: </tr>
424: <tr>
425: <td>
426: Siemens SCENIC Mobile 360
427: </td><td>
428: APM works fully.<p>
429:
430: Sound works, using OSS.<p>
431:
432: Contact <a href=mailto:b1000@softhome.net>Dan Carlsson</a>.
433: </td>
434: </tr>
435: <tr>
436: <td>
437: Sony VAIO F430
438: </td><td>
439: As of OpenBSD 2.6-Current (Feb 17/00)<P>
440:
441: APM: "<strong>zzz</strong>" suspend works, as does the keyboard
442: suspend. "<strong>halt -p</strong>" and "<strong>apm -S</strong>"
443: don't. (but I've yet to look for phdisk utilities below - will be
444: investigating shortly.) <P>
445:
446: DVD drive, floppy all function. Ethernet works after wakeup with
447: the card I'm using (3Com 3c589). <P>
448:
449: Contact <a href=mailto:beck@openbsd.org>Bob Beck</a>.
450: </td>
451: </tr>
452: <tr>
453: <td>
454: Sony VAIO z505r
455: </td><td>
456: APM support: "<strong>zzz</strong>", suspend via keyboard, hibernation
457: via keyboard, and "<strong>halt -p</strong>" all work.
458: "<strong>apm -S</strong>" wakes up immediately.<p>
459:
460: Hibernation uses a block at the end of the disk, approximately
461: 3-5MB larger than the memory in your machine. To repair hibernation,
462: use "<strong>phdisk.exe /create /partition</strong>" to setup the
463: partition. The phdisk program is available on the boot
464: floppy image provided on the first recovery CD.<p>
465:
466: Built-in ethernet works fine, but occasionally requires reset
467: after suspend using
468: "<strong>ifconfig fxp0 down; ifconfig fxp0 up</strong>".<p>
469:
470: After a suspend, the profiling clock is not running. Patches are
471: being worked on.<p>
472:
473: Sound is supported using the <a
474: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=neo&sektion=4">
475: neo(4)</a> device driver. Sometimes upon boot, a hang happens
476: when trying to determine the AC97 mixer type.<p>
477:
478: When the memory stick slot is empty, it can cause errors which overflow
479: the dmesg buffer, and thus confuse the OpenBSD install program.
480: The BIOS Setup, (accessed using F2), has an option to disable the
481: memory stick.<p>
482:
483: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
484: found <a href="xf86configs/vaioz505r">here</a>.
485: <p>
486:
487: Contact <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a>.
488: </td>
489: </tr>
490: <tr>
491: <td>
492: Sony VAIO z505s
493: </td><td>
494: Similar to the VAIO z505r, except that the provided USB floppy has
495: some problems.<p>
496: Contact <a href=mailto:provos@openbsd.org>Niels Provos</a>.
497: </td>
1.27 marc 498: </tr><tr>
499: <td>
1.54 ian 500: Sony VAIO 747</td>
501: </td><td>
502: Ever since OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do work.<p>
503:
504: Ships with a PCMCIA modem card (COM One MCC220 Platinium Card), which works.<p>
505:
506: Sound works (8 bit only).<p>
507:
508: APM behaviour similar to the VAIO z505r,
509: except that hibernation has not been tested.<p>
510:
511: USB does not work.<p>
512:
513: An XF86Config file can be found
514: <a href="xf86configs/vaio747">here</a>.<p>
515:
516: Contact <a href=mailto:markus@openbsd.org>Markus Friedl</a>.
517: </td>
518: </tr>
519: <tr>
520: <td>
521: Sony VAIO PCG 505-FX
522: </td><td>
523: Unknown.
524: </td>
525: </tr>
526: <tr>
527: <td>Sony VAIO PCG XG700K</td>
528: <td>
529: <p>2.9 (current as of July 2001) basically works fine except for
530: halt -p, which doesn't power off.
531:
532: <p>apm -z only puts the system into light sleep
533: (this may be fixable with phdisk); apm -s does nothing.
534:
535: <p>XFree86 4.0 using the S3 savage driver works fine at 1024x768.
536: 1200x1024 should be possible but I haven't tried it.
537: My XF86Config for XFree86 4.0 may be found
538: <a href="xf86configs/vaioxg700k">here</a>.
539:
540: <p>Sound works nicely as yds, ac97 and audio0.
541:
542: <p>USB is detected but haven't tested it yet.
543:
544: <p>All three cardbus slots are configured when docked (two when undocked).
545: Sometimes locks up when removing my cheap NE card.
546:
547: <p>The internal WinModem is not supported, nor is there yet
548: any support for Firewire or the "Jog Dialer".
549:
550: <p>Contact Ian Darwin.
551: </td>
552: </tr>
553: <tr>
554: <td>
1.11 millert 555: Toshiba Libretto 50CT
556: </td><td>
557: APM works but you need to be careful not to use the last
558: 32meg or so of the disk since that's where the BIOS dumps
559: the long time hibernation image. You can take a look at
560: the bios geometry in disklabel to see exactly how many sectors
561: it wants. Failure to do so will cause filesystem corruption
562: during suspend.
563: <p>
1.50 horacio 564: The libretto uses a single IRQ for both
565: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sb&sektion=4%2fi386&apropos=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">sb(4)</a>
566: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wss&sektion=4%2fi386&apropos=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">wss</a>
567: so the best thing to do is to choose one and disable the other
568: in the kernel.
1.11 millert 569: The pcmcia external floppy drive is not currently supported
570: by OpenBSD, but it can be used during the install.
571: <p>
572: Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia
573: slot. The best way to do this is to do a network install.
574: To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt,
575: enter <em>boot -c</em>. When you see the <em>UKC</em>
576: prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card,
577: and then type exit. The kernel will then probe the network
578: card and you should be able to do a normal network install.
579: You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in
580: the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect
581: your network card.
582: <p>
1.18 millert 583: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
584: found <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct">here</a>.
585: <p>
1.11 millert 586: Contact <a href=mailto:millert@openbsd.org>Todd Miller</a>.
587: </td>
588: </tr><tr>
589: <td>
1.20 millert 590: Toshiba Libretto 100CT
591: </td><td>
592: Most of the information listed in the Libretto 50CT entry
593: apply to the 100CT as well.
594: <p>
595: X11 works in 800x400 mode. An XF86Config file suitable for
596: use with XFree86 3.3.X may be found
597: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct">here</a>.
598: <p>
1.27 marc 599: Contact <a href=mailto:millert@openbsd.org>Todd Miller</a>.
1.20 millert 600: </td>
601: </tr><tr>
602: <td>
1.1 deraadt 603: Toshiba Portege 660CDT
604: </td><td>
605: APM is completely broken.<p>
606:
1.50 horacio 607: The mixed <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sb&sektion=4%2fi386&apropos=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">sb(4)</a>
608: and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wss&sektion=4%2fi386&apropos=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">wss(4)</a> sound
1.1 deraadt 609: hardware can cause some grief. Newer versions of the flash
610: BIOS are worse, since they are less flexible about what interrupts
611: they allow.<p>
612:
613: Contact <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a>.
614: </td>
1.54 ian 615: </tr>
616: <tr>
1.6 ericj 617: <td>
618: Toshiba Tecra 500CS
619: </td><td>
1.7 brad 620: APM is broken, However it <b>halt -p</b> does work.<p>
1.6 ericj 621:
1.7 brad 622: Sound works by default with the GENERIC kernel, but with the speakers
623: is not really worth it. X runs nicely as well.<p>
1.6 ericj 624:
1.7 brad 625: Contact <a href=mailto:ericj@monkey.org>Eric Jackson</a>.
1.6 ericj 626: </td>
1.7 brad 627: </tr><tr>
628: <td>
629: Toshiba Tecra 500CDT
630: </td><td>
1.14 d 631: APM is completely broken (and can trash your disk).<p>
632:
633: XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
1.7 brad 634:
1.14 d 635: Sound works (21739 Hz, half duplex stereo).<p>
1.7 brad 636:
1.14 d 637: <!-- Serial IR is said to work, needs verification. -->
1.7 brad 638:
1.14 d 639: Contact <a href=mailto:brad@openbsd.org>Brad Smith</a>,
640: or <a href=mailto:d@openbsd.org>David Leonard</a>.
1.7 brad 641: </td>
1.10 aaron 642: </tr><tr>
643: <td>
644: Toshiba Tecra 550CDT
645: </td><td>
646: APM deep sleep (<b>zzz</b>) works, but <b>-S</b> wakes up immediately.<p>
647:
648: XFree86 works beautifully.<p>
649:
650: Sound works, after some IRQ tinkering in the BIOS.<p>
651:
1.50 horacio 652: USB works; at least, I plugged a digital camera in, and the
653: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ugen&sektion=4">ugen(4)</a> driver detected and configured it.<p>
1.10 aaron 654:
1.16 aaron 655: 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 656:
657: The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment on PCMCIA attach/detach.<p>
658:
659: Contact <a href=mailto:aaron@openbsd.org>Aaron Campbell</a>.
660: </td>
1.54 ian 661: </tr>
1.1 deraadt 662: </table>
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