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1.1 deraadt 15: <p>
16: <h2><font color=#e00000>i386 Laptop Status</font><hr></h2>
17:
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>
1.59 jufi 81:
82: <tr>
83: <td>
84: Asus L8400<p>
85: </td>
86: <td>
87: APM and suspend work completely (both in X and under console).<br>
88: Internal 10/100 Ethernet (Realtek 8139) works fine as well,
89: and so does the S3 Savage MX-MV graphics chip under XFree86 4.1.0.
90: <p>
1.75 jufi 91: Sound (ESS ES1989) works, while the winmodem does not.
1.59 jufi 92: <p>
1.60 jufi 93: The rest (PCMCIA, Infrared, USB) is untested.
1.59 jufi 94: <p>
95: Contact <a href="mailto:jufi@openbsd.org">Jan-Uwe Finck</a>.
96: </tr>
97:
1.53 ian 98: <tr>
1.15 beck 99: <td>
1.54 ian 100: Compaq Armada M700<p>
1.1 deraadt 101: </td><td>
1.54 ian 102: APM works correctly, but you cannot suspend while in X. You
103: must suspend from the console.
104:
105: CardBus works.<p>
106:
107: Internal 10/100 Ethernet (for those models that have it).
108: Works beautifully with the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a> driver. <p>
109:
110: No sound support as of now. People are supposedly working on
111: this.<p>
112:
113: No internal modem support as of now. (It's a winmodem.)
114: There is a binary only driver for Linux. There is also the
115: <a href="http://linmodems.org">linmodem project</a> that is
116: trying to make an opensource winmodem driver.<p>
1.1 deraadt 117:
1.54 ian 118: An XF86Config file can be found
119: <a href="xf86configs/armadam700">here</a>.<p>
1.1 deraadt 120:
1.54 ian 121: Contact <a href=mailto:nate@openbsd.org>Nathan Binkert</a>.
122: </td>
123: </tr>
124: <tr>
125: <td>
126: Dell Inspiron 3200 D233XT (Bios release: A10)
127: </td><td>
128: APM works fully.<p>
1.1 deraadt 129:
1.54 ian 130: Suspend (to ram or disk) does not work under X (X server does not
131: restore screen upon resume), but DPMS do (screen is turned off after
132: a while if the machine isn't used). BIOS APM settings (for automatic
133: suspend) interfere with X server, and should be disabled.<p>
1.1 deraadt 134:
1.54 ian 135: Suspend to disk needs a DOS (FAT16) partition containing a file named
136: "SAVE2DSK.BIN". This file which is created via Dell tools under
137: Windows 98 (it's present out of factory), is sized (ram size + 2 or 3
138: MB). An ad hoc DOS partition is thus required (it must be the first
139: partition on disk).<p>
1.1 deraadt 140:
1.54 ian 141: PCMCIA: works except "live" card ejection or insertion (which lock
142: the machine, a hard reset is required).<p>
1.1 deraadt 143:
1.54 ian 144: USB: does not work, if enabled, kernel hangs at boot during USB
145: controller detection.<p>
1.19 deraadt 146:
1.54 ian 147: Contact <a href=mailto:b1000@softhome.net>Dan Carlsson</a>.
1.1 deraadt 148: </td>
1.53 ian 149: </tr>
150: <tr>
1.1 deraadt 151: <td>
1.54 ian 152: Dell Latitude CPt<p>
1.1 deraadt 153: </td><td>
1.54 ian 154: apm -z and -S work.<p>
1.2 markus 155:
1.54 ian 156: Sound works.<p>
1.2 markus 157:
1.54 ian 158: XFree86 v3 works in 1024x768x24bpp. XF4 looks better in 16bpp.<p>
1.2 markus 159:
1.54 ian 160: Both PCMCIA slots work.<p>
1.2 markus 161:
1.54 ian 162: USB is detected, but untested. It does not appear to work after
163: a suspend.<p>
1.2 markus 164:
1.54 ian 165: An XF4 config file can be found
166: <a href="xf86configs/latitudecpt">here</a>.<p>
1.21 markus 167:
1.54 ian 168: Contact <a href=mailto:op21@squish.org>Paul Wang</a>.
1.1 deraadt 169: </td>
1.53 ian 170: </tr>
171: <tr>
1.1 deraadt 172: <td>
1.55 ian 173: Dell Lattitude LMP-133ST
174: </td><td>
175: Generic kernel works. APM mostly works.
176: XFree86 v3 worked fine (8 bit only).
177: XF4.0 works with several problems, a band of pixels shifted down
178: and unreadability of the alternate virtual consoles (the latter
179: apparently fixed in current XF4; not tested on this machine).
180: <p>
181: An XF4 config file can be found
182: <a href="xf86configs/latitudelmp">here</a> and one for XFree86 R3
183: <a href="xf86configs/latitudelmp-xf3">here</a>.
184: <p>
185: Contact Ian Darwin.
186: </td>
187: </tr>
188: <tr>
189: <td>
1.54 ian 190: Digital HiNote VP735
1.1 deraadt 191: </td><td>
1.54 ian 192: APM works fully.<p>
193:
194: Everything on the machine works.<p>
195:
196: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
197: found <a href="xf86configs/hinotevp700">here</a>.
198: <p>
199:
200: Contact <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a>.
1.1 deraadt 201: </td>
1.54 ian 202: </tr><tr>
203: <td>
204: Fujitsu Lifebook C325
205: </td><td>
206: APM works fully.<p>
1.53 ian 207:
1.54 ian 208: Sound works when the BIOS is told to activate SB emulation mode.
1.53 ian 209:
1.54 ian 210: Everything else on the machine works.<p>
1.53 ian 211:
1.54 ian 212: Contact <a href=mailto:tom@knienieder.com>Tom Knienieder</a>.
213: </td>
214: </tr><tr>
215: <td>
216: Fujitsu Stylistic 500
217: </td><td>
218: APM works.<p>
1.53 ian 219:
1.54 ian 220: Serial port doesn't work.<p>
1.53 ian 221:
1.54 ian 222: Some tweaks needed for small memory kernel (4Mb).<p>
1.53 ian 223:
1.54 ian 224: X 'works' (thrashes like crazy). <p>
1.53 ian 225:
1.54 ian 226: Contact <a href=mailto:d@openbsd.org>David Leonard</a>.
227: </td>
1.53 ian 228: </tr>
229: <tr>
1.1 deraadt 230: <td>
231: IBM Thinkpad 701C
232: </td><td>
233: All features including hibernation and APM work.<p>
234:
235: Contact <a href=mailto:todd@openbsd.org>Todd Fries</a>.
236: </td>
237: </tr><tr>
238: <td>
239: IBM Thinkpad 770Z
240: </td><td>
1.39 angelos 241: <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, almost everything works fine.</p>
1.1 deraadt 242:
1.39 angelos 243: <p>This laptop does not really have a BIOS; most of the device
1.48 jufi 244: settings, like IRQ assignments etc. have to be done through
1.39 angelos 245: Windows.</p>
246:
247: <p>You can get the serial and infrared ports to be recognized
248: as com* devices by playing with the IRQ assignments in
249: Windows. Likewise for the parallel port (it's lpt2).</p>
250:
251: <p>You will need this line in your kernel configuration file for
252: APM to work at all:</p>
253:
254: <pre>
255: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
256: </pre>
257:
258: <p>Hibernation (save to disk) works fine as long as you have a
259: Windows partition with enough disk space (a bit more than the
260: system memory). Suspend/resume/powerdown all work fine;
1.64 jufi 261: however, doing hibernation while in X Window System (tested in
1.39 angelos 262: XFree86 3.3.6) causes framebuffer corruption and it seems that
263: the only way to recover is to exit and restart the X server;
264: switching virtual terminals doesn't fix it. It has been
265: suggested that switching between different resolutions might
266: fix it. XFree86 4.0 fixes that problem, but last I checked did
267: not have accelerated support for the driver. The best
268: work-around is to switch to text mode before hibernating.</p>
269:
270: <p>If you enable the external monitor (Fn+F7), XFree86 3.3.6
271: goes into some weird rainbow pattern and eventually freezes
272: the system (unless you switch to text mode or otherwise kill
273: the server within a few seconds); if you switch to text mode,
274: you have to kill the X server (switching back to graphics mode
275: will cause a crash). Enabling the external monitor while in
276: video mode causes no side effects; you can then start X or
277: switch to it if it's already running.</p>
278:
1.50 horacio 279: <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 280: disabling it. It doesn't really matter though since the
1.50 horacio 281: 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
282: to get that to work.</p>
1.1 deraadt 283:
1.34 nate 284: An XF86Config file can be found
285: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpad770z">here</a>.<p>
1.12 chris 286:
1.1 deraadt 287: Contact <a href=mailto:angelos@openbsd.org>Angelos Keromytis</a>.
288: </td>
289: </tr><tr>
290: <td>
1.43 angelos 291: IBM Thinkpad A21p
292: </td><td>
293: See the entry for the T21. Everything is the same except for
294: the video card, which is an ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF. OpenBSD
295: 2.8 post mid-December with XFree86 4.0.2 works great at
296: 1600x1200 24bpp. You need to:
297: <pre>
298: sysctl -w machdep.allowaperture=2
299: </pre>
300: and enter the correct frequency ranges in the Monitor section
301: of XF86Config. Here's a sample working
302: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpada21p">XF86Config.</a>
303: </td>
304: </tr><tr>
305: <td>
1.76 espie 306: IBM Thinkpad A30p
307: </td><td>
308: <p>On my model, most things work fine with OpenBSD 3.1 and later. </p>
309: <p>Beware that IBM does ship variations of the basic model, though.</p>
310: <p>The usual setup as other Thinkpad models is required if one wishes
311: to keep Windows around. As usual, multibooting Windows NT works. I
312: have kept the restore partition around for now, and I recommend
313: burning the recovery partition to CD, as a backup. </p>
314: <p>The video card (ATI Radeon Mobility) needs to be told explicitly
315: to run in 1600x1200 (which is just a two line addition to XF86Config).
316: Sometimes, X doesn't start correctly, and needs to be killed and
317: restarted.
318: The XVideo extension works, so DVDs can be run full-screen with ogle.
319: In -current, mplayer can display most other kinds of video as well.</p>
320: <p>Sound works. The integrated Ethernet card works.
321: The integrated Prism WiFi works. Suspend works.
322: The special keys (sound volume, light intensity...) are handled
323: by the hardware and work under OpenBSD as well.
324: The CD Burner works.</p>
325: <p>IDE dma is not recognized in 3.1, as the chipset is a new revision
326: of the Intel 82801. This was fixed right after I got the laptop.
327: I haven't even tried to get the modem or the infrared working.</p>
328: Contact <a href="mailto:espie@openbsd.org">Marc Espie</a>.
329: </td>
330: </tr><tr>
331: <td>
1.39 angelos 332: IBM Thinkpad T21
333: </td><td>
334: <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, everything works fine.</p>
335:
336: <p>Here is the fdisk output; the easiest way of getting there is
337: to resize the Windows partition (I use PartitionMagic) and move
338: it to the end of the disk, then create an OpenBSD partition
339: (and ignore the partition resizing fdisk does -- just go ahead
340: and create all the filesystems you need with disklabel).</p>
341:
342: <pre>
343: Starting Ending
344: #: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
345: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.50 horacio 346: 0: 1C 1023 1 1 - 1023 239 63 [ 42003423 - 20502657] <Unknown ID>
1.39 angelos 347: *1: A6 0 1 1 - 1021 239 63 [ 63 - 15452577] OpenBSD
348: 2: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
349: 3: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
350: </pre>
351:
352: <p>To get it to see the serial and infrared ports (both as com*
353: devices), you need to play with the IRQ assignments in the
354: BIOS; just set them to the default values as found in the
355: GENERIC config file. Likewise for the parallel port (OpenBSD
356: can see lpt2). You may have to play with the Windows
357: assignments for this as well.</p>
358:
1.44 angelos 359: <p>There's at least two miniPCI cards available at this point:
360: one is an (unsupported) WinModem, and the other is a combo
361: ethernet/modem card. The ethernet works just fine (detected
362: as an fxp/inphy card); the modem looks like it's a real one,
363: but it's not yet supported.</p>
1.39 angelos 364:
365: <p>Sound (CS4614) works fine. To avoid system freeze when using
1.44 angelos 366: Cardbus and audio simultaneously, you *may* need to set at least
367: two IRQs for use by PCI devices, in the BIOS; I use 9 and 11. It
368: is also necessary to turn off PCI Power Management in the BIOS
369: Power configuration (that's the only menu that scrolls, so make
370: sure you go to the bottom of the page :-)</p>
1.39 angelos 371:
1.41 angelos 372: <p>APM works except for hibernation (requires OS support). To
373: get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable
374: machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with
375: sources from mid-January, or later). You will need this line
376: in your kernel configuration file for APM to work at all:</p>
1.39 angelos 377:
378: <pre>
379: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
380: </pre>
381:
382: <p>Although the video card is supposed to work with XFree86
383: 3.3.6pl8, I've only managed to get it to work with XFree86
384: 4.0.1 with the patches found <a
385: href="http://www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html">here</a> (you
386: can also find binaries of the driver for OpenBSD 2.8 at the
1.40 angelos 387: same location). You need to have a kernel with "option
1.39 angelos 388: INSECURE" and set the securelevel to -1 in /etc/rc.securelevel
389: (so the X server can open /dev/mem and mmap() the BIOS). In
1.46 angelos 390: this configuration, it can do 1400x1050 at 16bpp (version 1.1.13
391: of the savage driver works fine at 24bpp as well).</p>
1.39 angelos 392:
1.41 angelos 393: <p><b>UPDATE:</b> The above-mentioned patches have been
394: included in XFree86 4.0.2, and work out of the box. You don'
395: need a kernel with the option INSECURE set, just set the
1.40 angelos 396: machdep.allowaperture sysctl variable to 2, typically in
397: /etc/sysctl.conf, if you have an OpenBSD 2.8 (or later) built
398: from sources updated after December 15th 2000.</p>
399:
1.39 angelos 400: <p>Note that some models only do 1024x768. Those that do
401: 1400x1050, can also do 1600x1200 using a virtual screen
402: (wherein the whole display shifts as you go "off-screen"); I
403: have not tested whether that works (it does in Windows).</p>
404:
405: <p>If you close the lid of the laptop, the system suspends;
406: under XFree86 4.0, resuming works fine with respect to the
407: display (XFree86 3.3.6 might not be able to cope with this --
408: it couldn't on the ThinkPad 770Z).</p>
409:
1.49 angelos 410: <p>An XF86Config file for XFree86 4.0 can be found <a
1.39 angelos 411: href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21">here</a>.</p>
412:
1.49 angelos 413: <p><b>UPDATE</b> Apparently, recent T21s have the ATI Rage
414: 3D Rage Mobility instead.
415: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21-2">Here's</a> an XF86Config
416: for XFree86 4.0 for this configuration.</p>
417:
1.40 angelos 418: <p>One annoying thing is when you take out one of the UltraBay
419: 2000 devices; the system starts beeping. The only way to make it
420: stop is to suspend and then plug in a device in the UltraBay (not
421: necessarily the same one). Note that hot-swap of UltraBay 2000
422: devices is not currently supported in OpenBSD (as of 2.8), thus
423: it's only safe to hot-swap batteries.</p>
424:
1.39 angelos 425: <p>Contact <a href=mailto:angelos@openbsd.org>Angelos Keromytis</a>.</p>
426: </td>
427: </tr><tr>
428: <td>
1.1 deraadt 429: IBM Thinkpad 760
430: </td><td>
431: As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.<p>
432:
433: Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.<p>
434:
435: MWave modem/sound does not work.<p>
436:
437: APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.<p>
438:
439: Contact <a href=mailto:todd@openbsd.org>Todd Fries</a>.
440: </td>
441: </tr><tr>
442: <td>
1.27 marc 443: IBM Thinkpad T20
444: </td><td>
1.42 marc 445: Running OpenBSD 2.7 (and later) apm mostly works. To
446: get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable
447: machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with
448: sources from mid-January, or later). The unit goes into
449: suspend mode when top is closed. Restores nicely
1.27 marc 450: when top opened.<p>
451:
452: Built in modem is a winmodem... ignore it. Actually it is on
453: a `mini-pci' card so it can probably be removed.<p>
454:
1.30 marc 455: Audio works, but you have to turn off PCI sleep mode in the BIOS.<p>
1.27 marc 456:
1.36 marc 457: OpenBSD X11 supports this machine as of 2.8, but there is lots
1.47 marc 458: of visual noise at 32bpp. Image is fine at 16 bpp. XF4 config
459: file for OpenBSD 2.9 can be found
460: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt20">here</a><p>
1.36 marc 461:
1.28 marc 462: See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t20/">http://www.snafu.org/t20/</a>
1.36 marc 463: for more info.<p>
1.28 marc 464:
1.27 marc 465: Contact <a href=mailto:marc@snafu.org>Marco S Hyman</a>.
466: </td>
1.72 marc 467: </tr><tr>
468: <td>
469: IBM Thinkpad T23
470: </td><td>
471: Tested with OpenBSD 3.1-beta and later. Problem with boot floppy:
472: must boot with -c and disable ahc or the machine hangs booting.
473: This is not a problem with a GENERIC kernel.<p>
474:
475: Apm mostly works -- suspends OK, doesn't hibernate (needs OS
476: support). Attempts to hibernate results in nothing more than a
1.73 marc 477: keyboard beep. The audio chipset is supported (auich). Note:
478: there are 16 different mutes and most of them are set by default.
479: Best feature: built in 802.11b and fxp ethernet. Wireless
1.72 marc 480: uses PRISM 2.5 ISL3874A(PCI), Firmware 1.0.7 (primary), 1.3.6
481: (station).<p>
482:
483: X works (XF4). XF4 config file for OpenBSD can be found
484: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt23">here</a>. All X applications tried
1.73 marc 485: so far work. Ogle (DVD player) does not work at 24 bpp. It works
486: fine at 16 bpp.<p>
1.72 marc 487:
488: See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">http://www.snafu.org/t23/</a>
489: for more info.<p>
490:
491: Contact <a href=mailto:marc@snafu.org>Marco S Hyman</a>.
492: </td>
1.54 ian 493: </tr>
494: <tr>
495: <td>
496: NEC Versa 2000
497: </td><td>
498: APM works fully.<p>
499:
500: Everything on the machine works.<p>
501:
502: Contact <a href=mailto:mickey@openbsd.org>Michael Shalayeff</a>.
503: </td>
504: </tr>
505: <tr>
506: <td>
507: Siemens SCENIC Mobile 360
508: </td><td>
509: APM works fully.<p>
510:
511: Sound works, using OSS.<p>
512:
513: Contact <a href=mailto:b1000@softhome.net>Dan Carlsson</a>.
514: </td>
515: </tr>
516: <tr>
517: <td>
518: Sony VAIO F430
519: </td><td>
520: As of OpenBSD 2.6-Current (Feb 17/00)<P>
521:
522: APM: "<strong>zzz</strong>" suspend works, as does the keyboard
523: suspend. "<strong>halt -p</strong>" and "<strong>apm -S</strong>"
524: don't. (but I've yet to look for phdisk utilities below - will be
525: investigating shortly.) <P>
526:
527: DVD drive, floppy all function. Ethernet works after wakeup with
528: the card I'm using (3Com 3c589). <P>
529:
530: Contact <a href=mailto:beck@openbsd.org>Bob Beck</a>.
531: </td>
532: </tr>
533: <tr>
534: <td>
535: Sony VAIO z505r
536: </td><td>
537: APM support: "<strong>zzz</strong>", suspend via keyboard, hibernation
538: via keyboard, and "<strong>halt -p</strong>" all work.
539: "<strong>apm -S</strong>" wakes up immediately.<p>
540:
541: Hibernation uses a block at the end of the disk, approximately
542: 3-5MB larger than the memory in your machine. To repair hibernation,
543: use "<strong>phdisk.exe /create /partition</strong>" to setup the
544: partition. The phdisk program is available on the boot
545: floppy image provided on the first recovery CD.<p>
546:
547: Built-in ethernet works fine, but occasionally requires reset
548: after suspend using
549: "<strong>ifconfig fxp0 down; ifconfig fxp0 up</strong>".<p>
550:
551: After a suspend, the profiling clock is not running. Patches are
552: being worked on.<p>
553:
554: Sound is supported using the <a
555: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=neo&sektion=4">
556: neo(4)</a> device driver. Sometimes upon boot, a hang happens
557: when trying to determine the AC97 mixer type.<p>
558:
559: When the memory stick slot is empty, it can cause errors which overflow
560: the dmesg buffer, and thus confuse the OpenBSD install program.
561: The BIOS Setup, (accessed using F2), has an option to disable the
562: memory stick.<p>
563:
564: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
565: found <a href="xf86configs/vaioz505r">here</a>.
566: <p>
567:
568: Contact <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a>.
569: </td>
570: </tr>
571: <tr>
572: <td>
573: Sony VAIO z505s
574: </td><td>
575: Similar to the VAIO z505r, except that the provided USB floppy has
576: some problems.<p>
577: Contact <a href=mailto:provos@openbsd.org>Niels Provos</a>.
578: </td>
1.27 marc 579: </tr><tr>
580: <td>
1.54 ian 581: Sony VAIO 747</td>
582: </td><td>
583: Ever since OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do work.<p>
584:
1.58 jsyn 585: Ships with a PCMCIA modem card (COM One MCC220 Platinum Card), which works.<p>
1.54 ian 586:
587: Sound works (8 bit only).<p>
588:
589: APM behaviour similar to the VAIO z505r,
590: except that hibernation has not been tested.<p>
591:
592: USB does not work.<p>
593:
594: An XF86Config file can be found
595: <a href="xf86configs/vaio747">here</a>.<p>
596:
597: Contact <a href=mailto:markus@openbsd.org>Markus Friedl</a>.
598: </td>
599: </tr>
600: <tr>
601: <td>
602: Sony VAIO PCG 505-FX
603: </td><td>
604: Unknown.
605: </td>
606: </tr>
607: <tr>
608: <td>Sony VAIO PCG XG700K</td>
609: <td>
1.57 ian 610: <p>OpenBSD 2.9 works but had some problems with disklabel/fdisk,
611: similar to those reported for Thinkpad T21.
612: <p>Requires sysctl machdep.apmhalt=1 in order to power off.
1.54 ian 613:
614: <p>apm -z only puts the system into light sleep
615: (this may be fixable with phdisk); apm -s does nothing.
616:
617: <p>XFree86 4.0 using the S3 savage driver works fine at 1024x768.
618: 1200x1024 should be possible but I haven't tried it.
619: My XF86Config for XFree86 4.0 may be found
620: <a href="xf86configs/vaioxg700k">here</a>.
621:
1.56 ian 622: <p>Sound and USB work nicely.
1.54 ian 623:
624: <p>All three cardbus slots are configured when docked (two when undocked).
625: Sometimes locks up when removing my cheap NE card.
626:
627: <p>The internal WinModem is not supported, nor is there yet
628: any support for Firewire or the "Jog Dialer".
629:
630: <p>Contact Ian Darwin.
631: </td>
632: </tr>
633: <tr>
634: <td>
1.11 millert 635: Toshiba Libretto 50CT
636: </td><td>
637: APM works but you need to be careful not to use the last
638: 32meg or so of the disk since that's where the BIOS dumps
639: the long time hibernation image. You can take a look at
640: the bios geometry in disklabel to see exactly how many sectors
641: it wants. Failure to do so will cause filesystem corruption
642: during suspend.
643: <p>
1.50 horacio 644: The libretto uses a single IRQ for both
645: <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>
646: 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>
647: so the best thing to do is to choose one and disable the other
648: in the kernel.
1.11 millert 649: The pcmcia external floppy drive is not currently supported
650: by OpenBSD, but it can be used during the install.
651: <p>
652: Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia
653: slot. The best way to do this is to do a network install.
654: To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt,
655: enter <em>boot -c</em>. When you see the <em>UKC</em>
656: prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card,
657: and then type exit. The kernel will then probe the network
658: card and you should be able to do a normal network install.
659: You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in
660: the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect
661: your network card.
662: <p>
1.62 millert 663: There are sample XF86Config files for both
664: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct">XFree86 4.X</a> and
665: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>.
1.18 millert 666: <p>
1.65 millert 667: Note that the chips driver was broken in XFree86 4.1 (it
668: is fixed in XFree86 4.2) and hence the XFree86 that ships
669: with OpenBSD 3.0 does not work on the libretto. I have
1.66 jufi 670: compiled the old XFree86 4.01 chips driver (which does work)
1.65 millert 671: for XFree86 4.1. Just grab <a
672: href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/todd/OpenBSD/chips_drv.o">
673: chips_drv.o</a> and copy it to
674: <pre>
675: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/chips_drv.o
676: </pre>
677: That will make XFree86 4.1 work on the 50CT and 70CT.
678: <p>
1.11 millert 679: Contact <a href=mailto:millert@openbsd.org>Todd Miller</a>.
680: </td>
681: </tr><tr>
682: <td>
1.20 millert 683: Toshiba Libretto 100CT
684: </td><td>
685: Most of the information listed in the Libretto 50CT entry
686: apply to the 100CT as well.
687: <p>
1.62 millert 688: X11 works in 800x400 mode. There are sample XF86Config files for both
689: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct">XFree86 4.X</a> and
690: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>.
1.20 millert 691: <p>
1.27 marc 692: Contact <a href=mailto:millert@openbsd.org>Todd Miller</a>.
1.20 millert 693: </td>
694: </tr><tr>
695: <td>
1.68 millert 696: Toshiba Portege 2000
697: </td><td>
698: Builtin wavelan and 10/100 ethernet (fxp) work.<p>
699: Audio is not supported.<p>
1.71 millert 700: APM works ("<strong>zzz</strong>"), as does "<strong>halt -p</strong>".
701: However, battery life is reported incorrectly--it always reports
702: that the laptop is connected to A/C power.<p>
1.68 millert 703: USB attaches but is currently untested.<p>
1.70 millert 704: The bundled pcmcia CD-ROM does not currently work.<p>
1.71 millert 705: XFree86 4.2 and higher works. There is a sample
1.68 millert 706: <a href="xf86configs/portege2000">XF86Config</a> file.
707: However, the keyboard repeat rate is a little too fast.
708: </td>
709: </tr><tr>
710: <td>
1.1 deraadt 711: Toshiba Portege 660CDT
712: </td><td>
713: APM is completely broken.<p>
714:
1.50 horacio 715: 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>
716: 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 717: hardware can cause some grief. Newer versions of the flash
718: BIOS are worse, since they are less flexible about what interrupts
719: they allow.<p>
720:
721: Contact <a href=mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org>Theo de Raadt</a>.
722: </td>
1.77 ! espie 723: </tr><tr>
! 724: <td>
! 725: Toshiba Satellite 320CDS
! 726: </td><td>
! 727: <p>
! 728: Trusty old model. Keep windows around, in at least a minimal
! 729: incarnation, as the BIOS setup is done in software, through a
! 730: <code>TSETUP</code> program.</p>
! 731: <p>X works fine in 800x600, 16 bits.</p>
! 732: <p>The sound chip can be handled as a windows sound system clone (wss).
! 733: This entails disabling the soundblaster clone recognition.
! 734: The BIOS setup must also be set to separate channels for playing
! 735: and recording. I haven't tried recording.</p>
! 736: <p>
! 737: PCMCIA cards work. Cardbus models work as well, provided the BIOS
! 738: is set to cardbus mode, and not auto-detection.
! 739: </p>
! 740: Contact <a href="mailto:espie@openbsd.org">Marc Espie</a>.
! 741: </td>
1.54 ian 742: </tr>
743: <tr>
1.6 ericj 744: <td>
745: Toshiba Tecra 500CS
746: </td><td>
1.7 brad 747: APM is broken, However it <b>halt -p</b> does work.<p>
1.6 ericj 748:
1.7 brad 749: Sound works by default with the GENERIC kernel, but with the speakers
750: is not really worth it. X runs nicely as well.<p>
1.6 ericj 751:
1.7 brad 752: Contact <a href=mailto:ericj@monkey.org>Eric Jackson</a>.
1.6 ericj 753: </td>
1.7 brad 754: </tr><tr>
755: <td>
756: Toshiba Tecra 500CDT
757: </td><td>
1.14 d 758: APM is completely broken (and can trash your disk).<p>
759:
760: XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
1.7 brad 761:
1.14 d 762: Sound works (21739 Hz, half duplex stereo).<p>
1.7 brad 763:
1.14 d 764: <!-- Serial IR is said to work, needs verification. -->
1.7 brad 765:
1.63 brad 766: Contact <a href=mailto:d@openbsd.org>David Leonard</a>.
1.7 brad 767: </td>
1.10 aaron 768: </tr><tr>
769: <td>
770: Toshiba Tecra 550CDT
771: </td><td>
772: APM deep sleep (<b>zzz</b>) works, but <b>-S</b> wakes up immediately.<p>
773:
774: XFree86 works beautifully.<p>
775:
776: Sound works, after some IRQ tinkering in the BIOS.<p>
777:
1.50 horacio 778: USB works; at least, I plugged a digital camera in, and the
779: <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 780:
1.16 aaron 781: 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 782:
783: The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment on PCMCIA attach/detach.<p>
784:
785: Contact <a href=mailto:aaron@openbsd.org>Aaron Campbell</a>.
786: </td>
1.54 ian 787: </tr>
1.1 deraadt 788: </table>
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