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16: <h2><font color=#e00000>i386 Laptop Status</font><hr></h2>
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18: <p>
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>
1.57 ! ian 69: <td>
! 70: Acer Travelmate 524TEV Laptop
! 71: </td>
! 72: <td>
! 73: <p>APM support works fully (under console and X)
! 74: <p>PCMCIA Card support (ne0) works fine
! 75: <p>Internal Intel Ethernet Express Pro 10/100 works
! 76: <p>XFree86 with ATI Rage Mobility AGP works (1024x768, 16bpp)
! 77: <p>Sound and winmodem do not work.
! 78: <p>Contact Matthias Schmidt <xhr@gmx.net>
! 79: </td>
! 80: </tr>
1.53 ian 81: <tr>
1.15 beck 82: <td>
1.54 ian 83: Compaq Armada M700<p>
1.1 deraadt 84: </td><td>
1.54 ian 85: APM works correctly, but you cannot suspend while in X. You
86: must suspend from the console.
87:
88: CardBus works.<p>
89:
90: Internal 10/100 Ethernet (for those models that have it).
91: Works beautifully with the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a> driver. <p>
92:
93: No sound support as of now. People are supposedly working on
94: this.<p>
95:
96: No internal modem support as of now. (It's a winmodem.)
97: There is a binary only driver for Linux. There is also the
98: <a href="http://linmodems.org">linmodem project</a> that is
99: trying to make an opensource winmodem driver.<p>
1.1 deraadt 100:
1.54 ian 101: An XF86Config file can be found
102: <a href="xf86configs/armadam700">here</a>.<p>
1.1 deraadt 103:
1.54 ian 104: Contact <a href=mailto:nate@openbsd.org>Nathan Binkert</a>.
105: </td>
106: </tr>
107: <tr>
108: <td>
109: Dell Inspiron 3200 D233XT (Bios release: A10)
110: </td><td>
111: APM works fully.<p>
1.1 deraadt 112:
1.54 ian 113: Suspend (to ram or disk) does not work under X (X server does not
114: restore screen upon resume), but DPMS do (screen is turned off after
115: a while if the machine isn't used). BIOS APM settings (for automatic
116: suspend) interfere with X server, and should be disabled.<p>
1.1 deraadt 117:
1.54 ian 118: Suspend to disk needs a DOS (FAT16) partition containing a file named
119: "SAVE2DSK.BIN". This file which is created via Dell tools under
120: Windows 98 (it's present out of factory), is sized (ram size + 2 or 3
121: MB). An ad hoc DOS partition is thus required (it must be the first
122: partition on disk).<p>
1.1 deraadt 123:
1.54 ian 124: PCMCIA: works except "live" card ejection or insertion (which lock
125: the machine, a hard reset is required).<p>
1.1 deraadt 126:
1.54 ian 127: USB: does not work, if enabled, kernel hangs at boot during USB
128: controller detection.<p>
1.19 deraadt 129:
1.54 ian 130: Contact <a href=mailto:b1000@softhome.net>Dan Carlsson</a>.
1.1 deraadt 131: </td>
1.53 ian 132: </tr>
133: <tr>
1.1 deraadt 134: <td>
1.54 ian 135: Dell Latitude CPt<p>
1.1 deraadt 136: </td><td>
1.54 ian 137: apm -z and -S work.<p>
1.2 markus 138:
1.54 ian 139: Sound works.<p>
1.2 markus 140:
1.54 ian 141: XFree86 v3 works in 1024x768x24bpp. XF4 looks better in 16bpp.<p>
1.2 markus 142:
1.54 ian 143: Both PCMCIA slots work.<p>
1.2 markus 144:
1.54 ian 145: USB is detected, but untested. It does not appear to work after
146: a suspend.<p>
1.2 markus 147:
1.54 ian 148: An XF4 config file can be found
149: <a href="xf86configs/latitudecpt">here</a>.<p>
1.21 markus 150:
1.54 ian 151: Contact <a href=mailto:op21@squish.org>Paul Wang</a>.
1.1 deraadt 152: </td>
1.53 ian 153: </tr>
154: <tr>
1.1 deraadt 155: <td>
1.55 ian 156: Dell Lattitude LMP-133ST
157: </td><td>
158: Generic kernel works. APM mostly works.
159: XFree86 v3 worked fine (8 bit only).
160: XF4.0 works with several problems, a band of pixels shifted down
161: and unreadability of the alternate virtual consoles (the latter
162: apparently fixed in current XF4; not tested on this machine).
163: <p>
164: An XF4 config file can be found
165: <a href="xf86configs/latitudelmp">here</a> and one for XFree86 R3
166: <a href="xf86configs/latitudelmp-xf3">here</a>.
167: <p>
168: Contact Ian Darwin.
169: </td>
170: </tr>
171: <tr>
172: <td>
1.54 ian 173: Digital HiNote VP735
1.1 deraadt 174: </td><td>
1.54 ian 175: APM works fully.<p>
176:
177: Everything on the machine works.<p>
178:
179: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
180: found <a href="xf86configs/hinotevp700">here</a>.
181: <p>
182:
183: Contact <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a>.
1.1 deraadt 184: </td>
1.54 ian 185: </tr><tr>
186: <td>
187: Fujitsu Lifebook C325
188: </td><td>
189: APM works fully.<p>
1.53 ian 190:
1.54 ian 191: Sound works when the BIOS is told to activate SB emulation mode.
1.53 ian 192:
1.54 ian 193: Everything else on the machine works.<p>
1.53 ian 194:
1.54 ian 195: Contact <a href=mailto:tom@knienieder.com>Tom Knienieder</a>.
196: </td>
197: </tr><tr>
198: <td>
199: Fujitsu Stylistic 500
200: </td><td>
201: APM works.<p>
1.53 ian 202:
1.54 ian 203: Serial port doesn't work.<p>
1.53 ian 204:
1.54 ian 205: Some tweaks needed for small memory kernel (4Mb).<p>
1.53 ian 206:
1.54 ian 207: X 'works' (thrashes like crazy). <p>
1.53 ian 208:
1.54 ian 209: Contact <a href=mailto:d@openbsd.org>David Leonard</a>.
210: </td>
1.53 ian 211: </tr>
212: <tr>
1.1 deraadt 213: <td>
214: IBM Thinkpad 701C
215: </td><td>
216: All features including hibernation and APM work.<p>
217:
218: Contact <a href=mailto:todd@openbsd.org>Todd Fries</a>.
219: </td>
220: </tr><tr>
221: <td>
222: IBM Thinkpad 770Z
223: </td><td>
1.39 angelos 224: <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, almost everything works fine.</p>
1.1 deraadt 225:
1.39 angelos 226: <p>This laptop does not really have a BIOS; most of the device
1.48 jufi 227: settings, like IRQ assignments etc. have to be done through
1.39 angelos 228: Windows.</p>
229:
230: <p>You can get the serial and infrared ports to be recognized
231: as com* devices by playing with the IRQ assignments in
232: Windows. Likewise for the parallel port (it's lpt2).</p>
233:
234: <p>You will need this line in your kernel configuration file for
235: APM to work at all:</p>
236:
237: <pre>
238: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
239: </pre>
240:
241: <p>Hibernation (save to disk) works fine as long as you have a
242: Windows partition with enough disk space (a bit more than the
243: system memory). Suspend/resume/powerdown all work fine;
244: however, doing hibernation while in X windows (tested in
245: XFree86 3.3.6) causes framebuffer corruption and it seems that
246: the only way to recover is to exit and restart the X server;
247: switching virtual terminals doesn't fix it. It has been
248: suggested that switching between different resolutions might
249: fix it. XFree86 4.0 fixes that problem, but last I checked did
250: not have accelerated support for the driver. The best
251: work-around is to switch to text mode before hibernating.</p>
252:
253: <p>If you enable the external monitor (Fn+F7), XFree86 3.3.6
254: goes into some weird rainbow pattern and eventually freezes
255: the system (unless you switch to text mode or otherwise kill
256: the server within a few seconds); if you switch to text mode,
257: you have to kill the X server (switching back to graphics mode
258: will cause a crash). Enabling the external monitor while in
259: video mode causes no side effects; you can then start X or
260: switch to it if it's already running.</p>
261:
1.50 horacio 262: <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 263: disabling it. It doesn't really matter though since the
1.50 horacio 264: 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
265: to get that to work.</p>
1.1 deraadt 266:
1.34 nate 267: An XF86Config file can be found
268: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpad770z">here</a>.<p>
1.12 chris 269:
1.1 deraadt 270: Contact <a href=mailto:angelos@openbsd.org>Angelos Keromytis</a>.
271: </td>
272: </tr><tr>
273: <td>
1.43 angelos 274: IBM Thinkpad A21p
275: </td><td>
276: See the entry for the T21. Everything is the same except for
277: the video card, which is an ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF. OpenBSD
278: 2.8 post mid-December with XFree86 4.0.2 works great at
279: 1600x1200 24bpp. You need to:
280: <pre>
281: sysctl -w machdep.allowaperture=2
282: </pre>
283: and enter the correct frequency ranges in the Monitor section
284: of XF86Config. Here's a sample working
285: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpada21p">XF86Config.</a>
286: </td>
287: </tr><tr>
288: <td>
1.39 angelos 289: IBM Thinkpad T21
290: </td><td>
291: <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, everything works fine.</p>
292:
293: <p>Here is the fdisk output; the easiest way of getting there is
294: to resize the Windows partition (I use PartitionMagic) and move
295: it to the end of the disk, then create an OpenBSD partition
296: (and ignore the partition resizing fdisk does -- just go ahead
297: and create all the filesystems you need with disklabel).</p>
298:
299: <pre>
300: Starting Ending
301: #: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
302: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.50 horacio 303: 0: 1C 1023 1 1 - 1023 239 63 [ 42003423 - 20502657] <Unknown ID>
1.39 angelos 304: *1: A6 0 1 1 - 1021 239 63 [ 63 - 15452577] OpenBSD
305: 2: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
306: 3: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
307: </pre>
308:
309: <p>To get it to see the serial and infrared ports (both as com*
310: devices), you need to play with the IRQ assignments in the
311: BIOS; just set them to the default values as found in the
312: GENERIC config file. Likewise for the parallel port (OpenBSD
313: can see lpt2). You may have to play with the Windows
314: assignments for this as well.</p>
315:
1.44 angelos 316: <p>There's at least two miniPCI cards available at this point:
317: one is an (unsupported) WinModem, and the other is a combo
318: ethernet/modem card. The ethernet works just fine (detected
319: as an fxp/inphy card); the modem looks like it's a real one,
320: but it's not yet supported.</p>
1.39 angelos 321:
322: <p>Sound (CS4614) works fine. To avoid system freeze when using
1.44 angelos 323: Cardbus and audio simultaneously, you *may* need to set at least
324: two IRQs for use by PCI devices, in the BIOS; I use 9 and 11. It
325: is also necessary to turn off PCI Power Management in the BIOS
326: Power configuration (that's the only menu that scrolls, so make
327: sure you go to the bottom of the page :-)</p>
1.39 angelos 328:
1.41 angelos 329: <p>APM works except for hibernation (requires OS support). To
330: get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable
331: machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with
332: sources from mid-January, or later). You will need this line
333: in your kernel configuration file for APM to work at all:</p>
1.39 angelos 334:
335: <pre>
336: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
337: </pre>
338:
339: <p>Although the video card is supposed to work with XFree86
340: 3.3.6pl8, I've only managed to get it to work with XFree86
341: 4.0.1 with the patches found <a
342: href="http://www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html">here</a> (you
343: can also find binaries of the driver for OpenBSD 2.8 at the
1.40 angelos 344: same location). You need to have a kernel with "option
1.39 angelos 345: INSECURE" and set the securelevel to -1 in /etc/rc.securelevel
346: (so the X server can open /dev/mem and mmap() the BIOS). In
1.46 angelos 347: this configuration, it can do 1400x1050 at 16bpp (version 1.1.13
348: of the savage driver works fine at 24bpp as well).</p>
1.39 angelos 349:
1.41 angelos 350: <p><b>UPDATE:</b> The above-mentioned patches have been
351: included in XFree86 4.0.2, and work out of the box. You don'
352: need a kernel with the option INSECURE set, just set the
1.40 angelos 353: machdep.allowaperture sysctl variable to 2, typically in
354: /etc/sysctl.conf, if you have an OpenBSD 2.8 (or later) built
355: from sources updated after December 15th 2000.</p>
356:
1.39 angelos 357: <p>Note that some models only do 1024x768. Those that do
358: 1400x1050, can also do 1600x1200 using a virtual screen
359: (wherein the whole display shifts as you go "off-screen"); I
360: have not tested whether that works (it does in Windows).</p>
361:
362: <p>If you close the lid of the laptop, the system suspends;
363: under XFree86 4.0, resuming works fine with respect to the
364: display (XFree86 3.3.6 might not be able to cope with this --
365: it couldn't on the ThinkPad 770Z).</p>
366:
1.49 angelos 367: <p>An XF86Config file for XFree86 4.0 can be found <a
1.39 angelos 368: href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21">here</a>.</p>
369:
1.49 angelos 370: <p><b>UPDATE</b> Apparently, recent T21s have the ATI Rage
371: 3D Rage Mobility instead.
372: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21-2">Here's</a> an XF86Config
373: for XFree86 4.0 for this configuration.</p>
374:
1.40 angelos 375: <p>One annoying thing is when you take out one of the UltraBay
376: 2000 devices; the system starts beeping. The only way to make it
377: stop is to suspend and then plug in a device in the UltraBay (not
378: necessarily the same one). Note that hot-swap of UltraBay 2000
379: devices is not currently supported in OpenBSD (as of 2.8), thus
380: it's only safe to hot-swap batteries.</p>
381:
1.39 angelos 382: <p>Contact <a href=mailto:angelos@openbsd.org>Angelos Keromytis</a>.</p>
383: </td>
384: </tr><tr>
385: <td>
1.1 deraadt 386: IBM Thinkpad 760
387: </td><td>
388: As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.<p>
389:
390: Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.<p>
391:
392: MWave modem/sound does not work.<p>
393:
394: APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.<p>
395:
396: Contact <a href=mailto:todd@openbsd.org>Todd Fries</a>.
397: </td>
398: </tr><tr>
399: <td>
1.27 marc 400: IBM Thinkpad T20
401: </td><td>
1.42 marc 402: Running OpenBSD 2.7 (and later) apm mostly works. To
403: get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable
404: machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with
405: sources from mid-January, or later). The unit goes into
406: suspend mode when top is closed. Restores nicely
1.27 marc 407: when top opened.<p>
408:
409: Built in modem is a winmodem... ignore it. Actually it is on
410: a `mini-pci' card so it can probably be removed.<p>
411:
1.30 marc 412: Audio works, but you have to turn off PCI sleep mode in the BIOS.<p>
1.27 marc 413:
1.36 marc 414: OpenBSD X11 supports this machine as of 2.8, but there is lots
1.47 marc 415: of visual noise at 32bpp. Image is fine at 16 bpp. XF4 config
416: file for OpenBSD 2.9 can be found
417: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt20">here</a><p>
1.36 marc 418:
1.28 marc 419: See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t20/">http://www.snafu.org/t20/</a>
1.36 marc 420: for more info.<p>
1.28 marc 421:
1.27 marc 422: Contact <a href=mailto:marc@snafu.org>Marco S Hyman</a>.
423: </td>
1.54 ian 424: </tr>
425: <tr>
426: <td>
427: NEC Versa 2000
428: </td><td>
429: APM works fully.<p>
430:
431: Everything on the machine works.<p>
432:
433: Contact <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a>.
434: </td>
435: </tr>
436: <tr>
437: <td>
438: Siemens SCENIC Mobile 360
439: </td><td>
440: APM works fully.<p>
441:
442: Sound works, using OSS.<p>
443:
444: Contact <a href=mailto:b1000@softhome.net>Dan Carlsson</a>.
445: </td>
446: </tr>
447: <tr>
448: <td>
449: Sony VAIO F430
450: </td><td>
451: As of OpenBSD 2.6-Current (Feb 17/00)<P>
452:
453: APM: "<strong>zzz</strong>" suspend works, as does the keyboard
454: suspend. "<strong>halt -p</strong>" and "<strong>apm -S</strong>"
455: don't. (but I've yet to look for phdisk utilities below - will be
456: investigating shortly.) <P>
457:
458: DVD drive, floppy all function. Ethernet works after wakeup with
459: the card I'm using (3Com 3c589). <P>
460:
461: Contact <a href=mailto:beck@openbsd.org>Bob Beck</a>.
462: </td>
463: </tr>
464: <tr>
465: <td>
466: Sony VAIO z505r
467: </td><td>
468: APM support: "<strong>zzz</strong>", suspend via keyboard, hibernation
469: via keyboard, and "<strong>halt -p</strong>" all work.
470: "<strong>apm -S</strong>" wakes up immediately.<p>
471:
472: Hibernation uses a block at the end of the disk, approximately
473: 3-5MB larger than the memory in your machine. To repair hibernation,
474: use "<strong>phdisk.exe /create /partition</strong>" to setup the
475: partition. The phdisk program is available on the boot
476: floppy image provided on the first recovery CD.<p>
477:
478: Built-in ethernet works fine, but occasionally requires reset
479: after suspend using
480: "<strong>ifconfig fxp0 down; ifconfig fxp0 up</strong>".<p>
481:
482: After a suspend, the profiling clock is not running. Patches are
483: being worked on.<p>
484:
485: Sound is supported using the <a
486: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=neo&sektion=4">
487: neo(4)</a> device driver. Sometimes upon boot, a hang happens
488: when trying to determine the AC97 mixer type.<p>
489:
490: When the memory stick slot is empty, it can cause errors which overflow
491: the dmesg buffer, and thus confuse the OpenBSD install program.
492: The BIOS Setup, (accessed using F2), has an option to disable the
493: memory stick.<p>
494:
495: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
496: found <a href="xf86configs/vaioz505r">here</a>.
497: <p>
498:
499: Contact <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a>.
500: </td>
501: </tr>
502: <tr>
503: <td>
504: Sony VAIO z505s
505: </td><td>
506: Similar to the VAIO z505r, except that the provided USB floppy has
507: some problems.<p>
508: Contact <a href=mailto:provos@openbsd.org>Niels Provos</a>.
509: </td>
1.27 marc 510: </tr><tr>
511: <td>
1.54 ian 512: Sony VAIO 747</td>
513: </td><td>
514: Ever since OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do work.<p>
515:
516: Ships with a PCMCIA modem card (COM One MCC220 Platinium Card), which works.<p>
517:
518: Sound works (8 bit only).<p>
519:
520: APM behaviour similar to the VAIO z505r,
521: except that hibernation has not been tested.<p>
522:
523: USB does not work.<p>
524:
525: An XF86Config file can be found
526: <a href="xf86configs/vaio747">here</a>.<p>
527:
528: Contact <a href=mailto:markus@openbsd.org>Markus Friedl</a>.
529: </td>
530: </tr>
531: <tr>
532: <td>
533: Sony VAIO PCG 505-FX
534: </td><td>
535: Unknown.
536: </td>
537: </tr>
538: <tr>
539: <td>Sony VAIO PCG XG700K</td>
540: <td>
1.57 ! ian 541: <p>OpenBSD 2.9 works but had some problems with disklabel/fdisk,
! 542: similar to those reported for Thinkpad T21.
! 543: <p>Requires sysctl machdep.apmhalt=1 in order to power off.
1.54 ian 544:
545: <p>apm -z only puts the system into light sleep
546: (this may be fixable with phdisk); apm -s does nothing.
547:
548: <p>XFree86 4.0 using the S3 savage driver works fine at 1024x768.
549: 1200x1024 should be possible but I haven't tried it.
550: My XF86Config for XFree86 4.0 may be found
551: <a href="xf86configs/vaioxg700k">here</a>.
552:
1.56 ian 553: <p>Sound and USB work nicely.
1.54 ian 554:
555: <p>All three cardbus slots are configured when docked (two when undocked).
556: Sometimes locks up when removing my cheap NE card.
557:
558: <p>The internal WinModem is not supported, nor is there yet
559: any support for Firewire or the "Jog Dialer".
560:
561: <p>Contact Ian Darwin.
562: </td>
563: </tr>
564: <tr>
565: <td>
1.11 millert 566: Toshiba Libretto 50CT
567: </td><td>
568: APM works but you need to be careful not to use the last
569: 32meg or so of the disk since that's where the BIOS dumps
570: the long time hibernation image. You can take a look at
571: the bios geometry in disklabel to see exactly how many sectors
572: it wants. Failure to do so will cause filesystem corruption
573: during suspend.
574: <p>
1.50 horacio 575: The libretto uses a single IRQ for both
576: <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>
577: 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>
578: so the best thing to do is to choose one and disable the other
579: in the kernel.
1.11 millert 580: The pcmcia external floppy drive is not currently supported
581: by OpenBSD, but it can be used during the install.
582: <p>
583: Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia
584: slot. The best way to do this is to do a network install.
585: To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt,
586: enter <em>boot -c</em>. When you see the <em>UKC</em>
587: prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card,
588: and then type exit. The kernel will then probe the network
589: card and you should be able to do a normal network install.
590: You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in
591: the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect
592: your network card.
593: <p>
1.18 millert 594: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
595: found <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct">here</a>.
596: <p>
1.11 millert 597: Contact <a href=mailto:millert@openbsd.org>Todd Miller</a>.
598: </td>
599: </tr><tr>
600: <td>
1.20 millert 601: Toshiba Libretto 100CT
602: </td><td>
603: Most of the information listed in the Libretto 50CT entry
604: apply to the 100CT as well.
605: <p>
606: X11 works in 800x400 mode. An XF86Config file suitable for
607: use with XFree86 3.3.X may be found
608: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct">here</a>.
609: <p>
1.27 marc 610: Contact <a href=mailto:millert@openbsd.org>Todd Miller</a>.
1.20 millert 611: </td>
612: </tr><tr>
613: <td>
1.1 deraadt 614: Toshiba Portege 660CDT
615: </td><td>
616: APM is completely broken.<p>
617:
1.50 horacio 618: 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>
619: 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 620: hardware can cause some grief. Newer versions of the flash
621: BIOS are worse, since they are less flexible about what interrupts
622: they allow.<p>
623:
624: Contact <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a>.
625: </td>
1.54 ian 626: </tr>
627: <tr>
1.6 ericj 628: <td>
629: Toshiba Tecra 500CS
630: </td><td>
1.7 brad 631: APM is broken, However it <b>halt -p</b> does work.<p>
1.6 ericj 632:
1.7 brad 633: Sound works by default with the GENERIC kernel, but with the speakers
634: is not really worth it. X runs nicely as well.<p>
1.6 ericj 635:
1.7 brad 636: Contact <a href=mailto:ericj@monkey.org>Eric Jackson</a>.
1.6 ericj 637: </td>
1.7 brad 638: </tr><tr>
639: <td>
640: Toshiba Tecra 500CDT
641: </td><td>
1.14 d 642: APM is completely broken (and can trash your disk).<p>
643:
644: XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
1.7 brad 645:
1.14 d 646: Sound works (21739 Hz, half duplex stereo).<p>
1.7 brad 647:
1.14 d 648: <!-- Serial IR is said to work, needs verification. -->
1.7 brad 649:
1.14 d 650: Contact <a href=mailto:brad@openbsd.org>Brad Smith</a>,
651: or <a href=mailto:d@openbsd.org>David Leonard</a>.
1.7 brad 652: </td>
1.10 aaron 653: </tr><tr>
654: <td>
655: Toshiba Tecra 550CDT
656: </td><td>
657: APM deep sleep (<b>zzz</b>) works, but <b>-S</b> wakes up immediately.<p>
658:
659: XFree86 works beautifully.<p>
660:
661: Sound works, after some IRQ tinkering in the BIOS.<p>
662:
1.50 horacio 663: USB works; at least, I plugged a digital camera in, and the
664: <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 665:
1.16 aaron 666: 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 667:
668: The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment on PCMCIA attach/detach.<p>
669:
670: Contact <a href=mailto:aaron@openbsd.org>Aaron Campbell</a>.
671: </td>
1.54 ian 672: </tr>
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