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1.78 jufi 17: <h2><font color="#e00000">i386 Laptop Status</font></h2>
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1.1 deraadt 19:
1.92 ! nick 20: <p> This is a list of laptops known to be working with OpenBSD.
1.1 deraadt 21:
1.92 ! nick 22: <p> If your laptop isn't listed below 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.
1.92 ! nick 26:
! 27: <p> 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
1.84 mickey 32: <li>A few have subtle bugs with their PCMCIA and CardBus support
1.92 ! nick 33: <li>XFree86/X.org does not support some displays properly. Sometimes
! 34: switching between both of them helps.
1.1 deraadt 35: <li>Or some other built-in device doesn't work..
36: <li>Some have problems with pcmcia card eject interrupts.
37: </ul>
38:
39: <p>
40: If you have your laptop working (or not working) and it isn't listed below,
1.45 chris 41: please mail <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a> so that it
1.1 deraadt 42: can be listed. Please supply as much information as possible.
43:
1.92 ! nick 44: <p> APM problem reports should be sent to our APM developers,
1.78 jufi 45: <a href="mailto:mickey@openbsd.org">Michael Shalayeff</a> and
46: <a href="mailto:weingart@openbsd.org">Tobias Weingartner</a>.
1.1 deraadt 47:
48: <p>
49: <table border=1>
50: <tr>
51: <th>Laptop</th>
52: <th>Notes</th>
1.92 ! nick 53: </tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 54: Acer TravelMate 345
1.92 ! nick 55: </td><td>
1.54 ian 56: As of OpenBSD 2.7-CURRENT, APM works.<p>
57: XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
58: Sounds works.<p>
59: Lucent modem does not work.<p>
1.78 jufi 60: Contact <a href="mailto:kevlo@openbsd.org">Kevin Lo</a>.
1.92 ! nick 61: </td></tr><tr><td>
! 62: Acer Travelmate 524TEV Laptop
! 63: </td><td>
1.57 ian 64: <p>APM support works fully (under console and X)
65: <p>PCMCIA Card support (ne0) works fine
66: <p>Internal Intel Ethernet Express Pro 10/100 works
67: <p>XFree86 with ATI Rage Mobility AGP works (1024x768, 16bpp)
68: <p>Sound and winmodem do not work.
69: <p>Contact Matthias Schmidt <xhr@gmx.net>
1.92 ! nick 70: </td></tr><tr><td>
! 71: Asus L8400<p>
! 72: </td><td>
1.59 jufi 73: APM and suspend work completely (both in X and under console).<br>
74: Internal 10/100 Ethernet (Realtek 8139) works fine as well,
75: and so does the S3 Savage MX-MV graphics chip under XFree86 4.1.0.
1.92 ! nick 76: <p> Sound (ESS ES1989) works, while the winmodem does not.
! 77: <p> The rest (PCMCIA, Infrared, USB) is untested.
! 78: <p> Contact <a href="mailto:jufi@openbsd.org">Jan-Uwe Finck</a>.
! 79: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 80: Compaq Armada M700<p>
1.92 ! nick 81: </td><td>
1.54 ian 82: APM works correctly, but you cannot suspend while in X. You
1.92 ! nick 83: must suspend from the console. CardBus works.<p>
1.54 ian 84:
85: Internal 10/100 Ethernet (for those models that have it).
1.92 ! nick 86: Works beautifully with the
! 87: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a> driver. <p>
1.54 ian 88:
89: No sound support as of now. People are supposedly working on
90: this.<p>
1.92 ! nick 91:
1.54 ian 92: No internal modem support as of now. (It's a winmodem.)
93: There is a binary only driver for Linux. There is also the
94: <a href="http://linmodems.org">linmodem project</a> that is
95: trying to make an opensource winmodem driver.<p>
1.1 deraadt 96:
1.54 ian 97: An XF86Config file can be found
98: <a href="xf86configs/armadam700">here</a>.<p>
1.1 deraadt 99:
1.78 jufi 100: Contact <a href="mailto:nate@openbsd.org">Nathan Binkert</a>.
1.92 ! nick 101: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 102: Dell Inspiron 3200 D233XT (Bios release: A10)
1.92 ! nick 103: </td><td>
1.54 ian 104: APM works fully.<p>
1.1 deraadt 105:
1.54 ian 106: Suspend (to ram or disk) does not work under X (X server does not
107: restore screen upon resume), but DPMS do (screen is turned off after
108: a while if the machine isn't used). BIOS APM settings (for automatic
109: suspend) interfere with X server, and should be disabled.<p>
1.1 deraadt 110:
1.54 ian 111: Suspend to disk needs a DOS (FAT16) partition containing a file named
112: "SAVE2DSK.BIN". This file which is created via Dell tools under
113: Windows 98 (it's present out of factory), is sized (ram size + 2 or 3
114: MB). An ad hoc DOS partition is thus required (it must be the first
115: partition on disk).<p>
1.1 deraadt 116:
1.54 ian 117: PCMCIA: works except "live" card ejection or insertion (which lock
118: the machine, a hard reset is required).<p>
1.1 deraadt 119:
1.54 ian 120: USB: does not work, if enabled, kernel hangs at boot during USB
121: controller detection.<p>
1.19 deraadt 122:
1.78 jufi 123: Contact <a href="mailto:b1000@softhome.net">Dan Carlsson</a>.
1.92 ! nick 124: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.85 robert 125: Dell Inspiron 4100
1.92 ! nick 126: </td><td>
1.85 robert 127: apmd(8) is fully functional.<p>
1.92 ! nick 128:
1.85 robert 129: Integrated xl(4) works fine.
130: Integrated auich(4) works fine.<p>
131:
132: USB works fine with my mouse.
133: Both PCMCIA slots work.<p>
1.92 ! nick 134:
1.86 robert 135: The Modem does not work.<p>
1.92 ! nick 136:
1.86 robert 137: Contact <a href="mailto:robert@openbsd.org">Robert Nagy</a>
1.92 ! nick 138: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 139: Dell Latitude CPt<p>
1.92 ! nick 140: </td><td>
1.54 ian 141: apm -z and -S work.<p>
142: Sound works.<p>
143: XFree86 v3 works in 1024x768x24bpp. XF4 looks better in 16bpp.<p>
144: Both PCMCIA slots work.<p>
145: USB is detected, but untested. It does not appear to work after
146: a suspend.<p>
147: An XF4 config file can be found
148: <a href="xf86configs/latitudecpt">here</a>.<p>
1.78 jufi 149: Contact <a href="mailto:op21@squish.org">Paul Wang</a>.
1.92 ! nick 150: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.55 ian 151: Dell Lattitude LMP-133ST
1.92 ! nick 152: </td><td>
! 153: Generic kernel works. APM mostly works.
1.55 ian 154: XFree86 v3 worked fine (8 bit only).
155: XF4.0 works with several problems, a band of pixels shifted down
156: and unreadability of the alternate virtual consoles (the latter
157: apparently fixed in current XF4; not tested on this machine).
1.92 ! nick 158: <p> An XF4 config file can be found
1.55 ian 159: <a href="xf86configs/latitudelmp">here</a> and one for XFree86 R3
160: <a href="xf86configs/latitudelmp-xf3">here</a>.
1.92 ! nick 161: <p> Contact Ian Darwin.
! 162: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 163: Digital HiNote VP735
1.92 ! nick 164: </td><td>
1.54 ian 165: APM works fully.<p>
166: Everything on the machine works.<p>
167: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
1.92 ! nick 168: found <a href="xf86configs/hinotevp700">here</a>.<p>
1.78 jufi 169: Contact <a href="mailto:mickey@openbsd.org">Michael Shalayeff</a>.
1.92 ! nick 170: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 171: Fujitsu Lifebook C325
1.92 ! nick 172: </td><td>
1.54 ian 173: APM works fully.<p>
174: Sound works when the BIOS is told to activate SB emulation mode.
175: Everything else on the machine works.<p>
1.78 jufi 176: Contact <a href="mailto:tom@knienieder.com">Tom Knienieder</a>.
1.92 ! nick 177: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.90 nick 178: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
1.92 ! nick 179: </td><td>
1.90 nick 180: APM is not working with 3.6<br>
181: (Boot with boot -c and then disable apm)<p>
182: Sound works fine.<br>
183: Everything else on the machine works.<p>
184: For OpenBSD 3.6, you can download
185: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
186: and
187: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>.<p>
188: Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
1.92 ! nick 189: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 190: Fujitsu Stylistic 500
1.92 ! nick 191: </td><td>
1.54 ian 192: APM works.<p>
193: Serial port doesn't work.<p>
194: Some tweaks needed for small memory kernel (4Mb).<p>
195: X 'works' (thrashes like crazy). <p>
1.78 jufi 196: Contact <a href="mailto:d@openbsd.org">David Leonard</a>.
1.92 ! nick 197: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 198: IBM Thinkpad 701C
1.92 ! nick 199: </td><td>
1.1 deraadt 200: All features including hibernation and APM work.<p>
1.78 jufi 201: Contact <a href="mailto:todd@openbsd.org">Todd Fries</a>.
1.92 ! nick 202: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 203: IBM Thinkpad 770Z
1.92 ! nick 204: </td><td>
1.39 angelos 205: <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, almost everything works fine.</p>
1.1 deraadt 206:
1.39 angelos 207: <p>This laptop does not really have a BIOS; most of the device
1.48 jufi 208: settings, like IRQ assignments etc. have to be done through
1.39 angelos 209: Windows.</p>
210:
211: <p>You can get the serial and infrared ports to be recognized
212: as com* devices by playing with the IRQ assignments in
213: Windows. Likewise for the parallel port (it's lpt2).</p>
214:
215: <p>You will need this line in your kernel configuration file for
216: APM to work at all:</p>
217:
218: <pre>
219: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
220: </pre>
221:
222: <p>Hibernation (save to disk) works fine as long as you have a
223: Windows partition with enough disk space (a bit more than the
224: system memory). Suspend/resume/powerdown all work fine;
1.64 jufi 225: however, doing hibernation while in X Window System (tested in
1.39 angelos 226: XFree86 3.3.6) causes framebuffer corruption and it seems that
227: the only way to recover is to exit and restart the X server;
228: switching virtual terminals doesn't fix it. It has been
229: suggested that switching between different resolutions might
230: fix it. XFree86 4.0 fixes that problem, but last I checked did
231: not have accelerated support for the driver. The best
232: work-around is to switch to text mode before hibernating.</p>
233:
234: <p>If you enable the external monitor (Fn+F7), XFree86 3.3.6
235: goes into some weird rainbow pattern and eventually freezes
236: the system (unless you switch to text mode or otherwise kill
237: the server within a few seconds); if you switch to text mode,
238: you have to kill the X server (switching back to graphics mode
239: will cause a crash). Enabling the external monitor while in
240: video mode causes no side effects; you can then start X or
241: switch to it if it's already running.</p>
242:
1.78 jufi 243: <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 244: disabling it. It doesn't really matter though since the
1.78 jufi 245: 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
1.50 horacio 246: to get that to work.</p>
1.1 deraadt 247:
1.34 nate 248: An XF86Config file can be found
249: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpad770z">here</a>.<p>
1.12 chris 250:
1.78 jufi 251: Contact <a href="mailto:angelos@openbsd.org">Angelos Keromytis</a>.
1.92 ! nick 252: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.43 angelos 253: IBM Thinkpad A21p
1.92 ! nick 254: </td><td>
1.43 angelos 255: See the entry for the T21. Everything is the same except for
256: the video card, which is an ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF. OpenBSD
257: 2.8 post mid-December with XFree86 4.0.2 works great at
258: 1600x1200 24bpp. You need to:
259: <pre>
260: sysctl -w machdep.allowaperture=2
261: </pre>
262: and enter the correct frequency ranges in the Monitor section
263: of XF86Config. Here's a sample working
264: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpada21p">XF86Config.</a>
1.92 ! nick 265: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.76 espie 266: IBM Thinkpad A30p
1.92 ! nick 267: </td><td>
! 268: <p>On my model, most things work fine with OpenBSD 3.1 and later. </p>
1.76 espie 269: <p>Beware that IBM does ship variations of the basic model, though.</p>
270: <p>The usual setup as other Thinkpad models is required if one wishes
271: to keep Windows around. As usual, multibooting Windows NT works. I
1.92 ! nick 272: have kept the restore partition around for now, and I recommend
1.76 espie 273: burning the recovery partition to CD, as a backup. </p>
1.92 ! nick 274: <p>The video card (ATI Radeon Mobility) needs to be told explicitly
! 275: to run in 1600x1200 (which is just a two line addition to XF86Config).
! 276: Sometimes, X doesn't start correctly, and needs to be killed and
1.76 espie 277: restarted.
1.92 ! nick 278: The XVideo extension works, so DVDs can be run full-screen with ogle.
1.76 espie 279: In -current, mplayer can display most other kinds of video as well.</p>
1.92 ! nick 280: <p>Sound works. The integrated Ethernet card works.
! 281: The integrated Prism WiFi works. Suspend works.
! 282: The special keys (sound volume, light intensity...) are handled
1.76 espie 283: by the hardware and work under OpenBSD as well.
284: The CD Burner works.</p>
1.92 ! nick 285: <p>IDE dma is not recognized in 3.1, as the chipset is a new revision
! 286: of the Intel 82801. This was fixed right after I got the laptop.
1.76 espie 287: I haven't even tried to get the modem or the infrared working.</p>
288: Contact <a href="mailto:espie@openbsd.org">Marc Espie</a>.
1.92 ! nick 289: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.39 angelos 290: IBM Thinkpad T21
1.92 ! nick 291: </td><td>
1.39 angelos 292: <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, everything works fine.</p>
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: <pre>
299: Starting Ending
300: #: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
301: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.50 horacio 302: 0: 1C 1023 1 1 - 1023 239 63 [ 42003423 - 20502657] <Unknown ID>
1.92 ! nick 303: *1: A6 0 1 1 - 1021 239 63 [ 63 - 15452577] OpenBSD
! 304: 2: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
! 305: 3: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
1.39 angelos 306: </pre>
307: <p>To get it to see the serial and infrared ports (both as com*
308: devices), you need to play with the IRQ assignments in the
309: BIOS; just set them to the default values as found in the
310: GENERIC config file. Likewise for the parallel port (OpenBSD
311: can see lpt2). You may have to play with the Windows
312: assignments for this as well.</p>
313:
1.44 angelos 314: <p>There's at least two miniPCI cards available at this point:
315: one is an (unsupported) WinModem, and the other is a combo
316: ethernet/modem card. The ethernet works just fine (detected
317: as an fxp/inphy card); the modem looks like it's a real one,
318: but it's not yet supported.</p>
1.39 angelos 319:
320: <p>Sound (CS4614) works fine. To avoid system freeze when using
1.84 mickey 321: CardBus and audio simultaneously, you *may* need to set at least
1.92 ! nick 322: two IRQs for use by PCI devices, in the BIOS; I use 9 and 11. It
1.44 angelos 323: is also necessary to turn off PCI Power Management in the BIOS
324: Power configuration (that's the only menu that scrolls, so make
325: sure you go to the bottom of the page :-)</p>
1.39 angelos 326:
1.41 angelos 327: <p>APM works except for hibernation (requires OS support). To
328: get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable
329: machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with
330: sources from mid-January, or later). You will need this line
1.92 ! nick 331: in your kernel configuration file for APM to work at all:</p>
1.39 angelos 332:
333: <pre>
334: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
335: </pre>
336:
337: <p>Although the video card is supposed to work with XFree86
338: 3.3.6pl8, I've only managed to get it to work with XFree86
1.92 ! nick 339: 4.0.1 with the patches found
! 340: <a href="http://www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html">here</a> (you
1.39 angelos 341: can also find binaries of the driver for OpenBSD 2.8 at the
1.40 angelos 342: same location). You need to have a kernel with "option
1.39 angelos 343: INSECURE" and set the securelevel to -1 in /etc/rc.securelevel
344: (so the X server can open /dev/mem and mmap() the BIOS). In
1.46 angelos 345: this configuration, it can do 1400x1050 at 16bpp (version 1.1.13
346: of the savage driver works fine at 24bpp as well).</p>
1.39 angelos 347:
1.41 angelos 348: <p><b>UPDATE:</b> The above-mentioned patches have been
349: included in XFree86 4.0.2, and work out of the box. You don'
350: need a kernel with the option INSECURE set, just set the
1.40 angelos 351: machdep.allowaperture sysctl variable to 2, typically in
352: /etc/sysctl.conf, if you have an OpenBSD 2.8 (or later) built
353: from sources updated after December 15th 2000.</p>
354:
1.39 angelos 355: <p>Note that some models only do 1024x768. Those that do
356: 1400x1050, can also do 1600x1200 using a virtual screen
357: (wherein the whole display shifts as you go "off-screen"); I
358: have not tested whether that works (it does in Windows).</p>
359:
360: <p>If you close the lid of the laptop, the system suspends;
361: under XFree86 4.0, resuming works fine with respect to the
362: display (XFree86 3.3.6 might not be able to cope with this --
363: it couldn't on the ThinkPad 770Z).</p>
364:
1.49 angelos 365: <p>An XF86Config file for XFree86 4.0 can be found <a
1.39 angelos 366: href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21">here</a>.</p>
367:
1.49 angelos 368: <p><b>UPDATE</b> Apparently, recent T21s have the ATI Rage
369: 3D Rage Mobility instead.
370: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21-2">Here's</a> an XF86Config
371: for XFree86 4.0 for this configuration.</p>
372:
1.40 angelos 373: <p>One annoying thing is when you take out one of the UltraBay
374: 2000 devices; the system starts beeping. The only way to make it
375: stop is to suspend and then plug in a device in the UltraBay (not
376: necessarily the same one). Note that hot-swap of UltraBay 2000
377: devices is not currently supported in OpenBSD (as of 2.8), thus
378: it's only safe to hot-swap batteries.</p>
379:
1.78 jufi 380: <p>Contact <a href="mailto:angelos@openbsd.org">Angelos Keromytis</a>.</p>
1.92 ! nick 381: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 382: IBM Thinkpad 760
1.92 ! nick 383: </td><td>
1.1 deraadt 384: As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.<p>
385: Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.<p>
386: MWave modem/sound does not work.<p>
387: APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.<p>
1.78 jufi 388: Contact <a href="mailto:todd@openbsd.org">Todd Fries</a>.
1.92 ! nick 389: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.27 marc 390: IBM Thinkpad T20
1.92 ! nick 391: </td><td>
1.82 marc 392: <p>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t20/">http://www.snafu.org/t20/</a>
393: for out-of-date info on this laptop.</p>
394: <p>Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.</p>
1.92 ! nick 395: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.72 marc 396: IBM Thinkpad T23
1.92 ! nick 397: </td><td>
1.82 marc 398: <p>Problem with some boot floppies: must boot with -c and disable ahc
1.81 marc 399: or the machine hangs booting. This has not been a problem with
1.82 marc 400: bootable CDs or the GENERIC kernel.</p>
1.72 marc 401:
1.82 marc 402: <p>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK, doesn't hibernate (needs OS
1.72 marc 403: support). Attempts to hibernate results in nothing more than a
1.73 marc 404: keyboard beep. The audio chipset is supported (auich). Note:
405: there are 16 different mutes and most of them are set by default.
406: Best feature: built in 802.11b and fxp ethernet. Wireless
1.72 marc 407: uses PRISM 2.5 ISL3874A(PCI), Firmware 1.0.7 (primary), 1.3.6
1.82 marc 408: (station).</p>
1.72 marc 409:
1.82 marc 410: <p>X works (XF4). XF4 config file for OpenBSD can be found
1.81 marc 411: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt23">here</a>.</p>
1.72 marc 412:
1.82 marc 413: <p>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">http://www.snafu.org/t23/</a>
414: for more info.</p>
1.72 marc 415:
1.82 marc 416: <p>Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.</p>
1.92 ! nick 417: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.91 nick 418: JVC MP-XP 7250DE
1.92 ! nick 419: </td><td>
1.91 nick 420: <p>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
421: SD card reader.</p>
422:
423: <p>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
424: USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
425: boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.</p>
426:
427: <p>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
428: is supported, too.</p>
429:
430: <p>X (XF4) works fine. More infos (dmesg and XF86Config)
431: can be found
432: <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php">
433: here</a>.</p>
434:
435: <p>Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.</p>
1.92 ! nick 436: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 437: NEC Versa 2000
1.92 ! nick 438: </td><td>
1.54 ian 439: APM works fully.<p>
440: Everything on the machine works.<p>
1.78 jufi 441: Contact <a href="mailto:mickey@openbsd.org">Michael Shalayeff</a>.
1.92 ! nick 442: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 443: Siemens SCENIC Mobile 360
1.92 ! nick 444: </td><td>
1.54 ian 445: APM works fully.<p>
446: Sound works, using OSS.<p>
1.78 jufi 447: Contact <a href="mailto:b1000@softhome.net">Dan Carlsson</a>.
1.92 ! nick 448: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 449: Sony VAIO F430
1.92 ! nick 450: </td><td>
1.80 david 451: As of OpenBSD 2.6-Current (Feb 17/00)<p>
1.92 ! nick 452:
1.54 ian 453: APM: "<strong>zzz</strong>" suspend works, as does the keyboard
1.92 ! nick 454: suspend. "<strong>halt -p</strong>" and "<strong>apm -S</strong>"
1.54 ian 455: don't. (but I've yet to look for phdisk utilities below - will be
1.80 david 456: investigating shortly.) <p>
1.54 ian 457:
458: DVD drive, floppy all function. Ethernet works after wakeup with
1.80 david 459: the card I'm using (3Com 3c589). <p>
1.54 ian 460:
1.78 jufi 461: Contact <a href="mailto:beck@openbsd.org">Bob Beck</a>.
1.92 ! nick 462: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 463: Sony VAIO z505r
1.92 ! nick 464: </td><td>
1.54 ian 465: APM support: "<strong>zzz</strong>", suspend via keyboard, hibernation
466: via keyboard, and "<strong>halt -p</strong>" all work.
467: "<strong>apm -S</strong>" wakes up immediately.<p>
468:
469: Hibernation uses a block at the end of the disk, approximately
470: 3-5MB larger than the memory in your machine. To repair hibernation,
471: use "<strong>phdisk.exe /create /partition</strong>" to setup the
472: partition. The phdisk program is available on the boot
473: floppy image provided on the first recovery CD.<p>
474:
475: Built-in ethernet works fine, but occasionally requires reset
476: after suspend using
477: "<strong>ifconfig fxp0 down; ifconfig fxp0 up</strong>".<p>
478:
479: After a suspend, the profiling clock is not running. Patches are
480: being worked on.<p>
481:
482: Sound is supported using the <a
1.78 jufi 483: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=neo&sektion=4">
1.54 ian 484: neo(4)</a> device driver. Sometimes upon boot, a hang happens
485: when trying to determine the AC97 mixer type.<p>
486:
487: When the memory stick slot is empty, it can cause errors which overflow
488: the dmesg buffer, and thus confuse the OpenBSD install program.
489: The BIOS Setup, (accessed using F2), has an option to disable the
490: memory stick.<p>
491:
492: An XF86Config file suitable for use with XFree86 3.3.X may be
1.92 ! nick 493: found <a href="xf86configs/vaioz505r">here</a>.<p>
1.54 ian 494:
1.78 jufi 495: Contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a>.
1.92 ! nick 496: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.89 nick 497: Sony Vaio z505n:
1.92 ! nick 498: </td><td>
! 499: <p> OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
! 500: cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
! 501: <p>Installation by USB floppy:
1.89 nick 502: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
1.92 ! nick 503: can be brought to boot if one disables the
! 504: following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
1.89 nick 505: <pre>
506: disable pcibios
507: disable fxp
508: disable pcic
509: </pre>
510: After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
511: and no network. This means that the laptop has
512: no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
513: on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
514: of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
515: partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
516: boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
517: (no softmodem, no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
518: Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
1.92 ! nick 519: works without modification.<p>
1.89 nick 520: Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
1.92 ! nick 521: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 522: Sony VAIO z505s
1.92 ! nick 523: </td><td>
1.54 ian 524: Similar to the VAIO z505r, except that the provided USB floppy has
525: some problems.<p>
1.78 jufi 526: Contact <a href="mailto:provos@openbsd.org">Niels Provos</a>.
1.92 ! nick 527: </td></tr><tr><td>
! 528: Sony VAIO 747
! 529: </td><td>
1.54 ian 530: Ever since OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do work.<p>
1.92 ! nick 531: Ships with a PCMCIA modem card (COM One MCC220 Platinum Card),
! 532: which works.<p>
1.54 ian 533: Sound works (8 bit only).<p>
534: APM behaviour similar to the VAIO z505r,
535: except that hibernation has not been tested.<p>
536: USB does not work.<p>
537: An XF86Config file can be found
538: <a href="xf86configs/vaio747">here</a>.<p>
1.78 jufi 539: Contact <a href="mailto:markus@openbsd.org">Markus Friedl</a>.
1.92 ! nick 540: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.89 nick 541: Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
1.92 ! nick 542: </td><td>
1.89 nick 543: OpenBSD 3.6 works, but there are some minor issues:
544: <ul>
545: <li>USB and built-in sound (Yamaha) work just fine.
546: <li>Firewire works with the experimental kernel support
547: <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card works ok.
548: <li>Here are my <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a> with -current and my <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>.
549: <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
550: tested them.
551: <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
552: kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
553: cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
554: come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
555: the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
556: partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
557: access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
558: <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
559: system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
560: <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
561: locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
562: causes the problems mentioned above.
563: <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
564: sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
565: </ul>
566: Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@pestilenz.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
1.92 ! nick 567: </td></tr><tr><td>
! 568: Sony VAIO PCG XG700K
! 569: </td><td>
1.57 ian 570: <p>OpenBSD 2.9 works but had some problems with disklabel/fdisk,
571: similar to those reported for Thinkpad T21.
572: <p>Requires sysctl machdep.apmhalt=1 in order to power off.
1.54 ian 573: <p>apm -z only puts the system into light sleep
574: (this may be fixable with phdisk); apm -s does nothing.
575: <p>XFree86 4.0 using the S3 savage driver works fine at 1024x768.
576: 1200x1024 should be possible but I haven't tried it.
577: My XF86Config for XFree86 4.0 may be found
578: <a href="xf86configs/vaioxg700k">here</a>.
1.56 ian 579: <p>Sound and USB work nicely.
1.92 ! nick 580: <p>All three cardbus slots are configured when docked (two when
! 581: undocked). Sometimes locks up when removing my cheap NE card.
1.54 ian 582: <p>The internal WinModem is not supported, nor is there yet
583: any support for Firewire or the "Jog Dialer".
584: <p>Contact Ian Darwin.
1.92 ! nick 585: </td></tr><tr><td>
! 586: Sony VAIO PCG-SRX77
! 587: </td><td>
1.79 millert 588: <p>OpenBSD 3.3 works but there are some quirks.
589: <ul>
590: <li>XFree86 works, I use the following
591: <a href="xf86configs/sonysrx77">XF86Config</a>.
1.92 ! nick 592: <li>Audio works, using the
1.79 millert 593: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4%2fi386&apropos=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">auich(4)</a>
594: driver.
595: <li>The built-in ethernet works, using the
596: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4%2fi386&apropos=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">fxp(4)</a>
597: driver.
598: <li>The cardbus and built-in wireless do <strong>not</strong> work
599: without an <a href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/millert/OpenBSD/srx77/cardbus.diff">awful hack</a>.
600: <li>USB and the memory stick port work.
601: <li>Firewire is currently untested.
602: <li>The jog dial is not currently supported.
603: <li>The built-in software modem does not work.
604: <li>APM does not work; the laptop goes to sleep but does not wake up.
605: <li>"halt -p" does halt the machine.
606: </ul>
607: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.92 ! nick 608: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.11 millert 609: Toshiba Libretto 50CT
1.92 ! nick 610: </td><td>
1.11 millert 611: APM works but you need to be careful not to use the last
612: 32meg or so of the disk since that's where the BIOS dumps
613: the long time hibernation image. You can take a look at
614: the bios geometry in disklabel to see exactly how many sectors
615: it wants. Failure to do so will cause filesystem corruption
616: during suspend.
617: <p>
1.50 horacio 618: The libretto uses a single IRQ for both
1.78 jufi 619: <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>
620: 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>
1.50 horacio 621: so the best thing to do is to choose one and disable the other
622: in the kernel.
1.11 millert 623: The pcmcia external floppy drive is not currently supported
624: by OpenBSD, but it can be used during the install.
625: <p>
1.92 ! nick 626: Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia
! 627: slot. The best way to do this is to do a network install.
! 628: To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt,
! 629: enter <em>boot -c</em>. When you see the <em>UKC</em>
! 630: prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card,
! 631: and then type exit. The kernel will then probe the network
! 632: card and you should be able to do a normal network install.
1.11 millert 633: You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in
634: the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect
635: your network card.
636: <p>
1.62 millert 637: There are sample XF86Config files for both
638: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct">XFree86 4.X</a> and
639: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>.
1.18 millert 640: <p>
1.92 ! nick 641: Note that the chips driver was broken in XFree86 4.1 (it
! 642: is fixed in XFree86 4.2) and hence the XFree86 that ships
! 643: with OpenBSD 3.0 does not work on the libretto. I have
! 644: compiled the old XFree86 4.01 chips driver (which does work)
! 645: for XFree86 4.1. Just grab
! 646: <a href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/todd/OpenBSD/chips_drv.o">
1.65 millert 647: chips_drv.o</a> and copy it to
648: <pre>
649: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/chips_drv.o
650: </pre>
651: That will make XFree86 4.1 work on the 50CT and 70CT.
652: <p>
1.78 jufi 653: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.92 ! nick 654: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.20 millert 655: Toshiba Libretto 100CT
1.92 ! nick 656: </td><td>
1.20 millert 657: Most of the information listed in the Libretto 50CT entry
658: apply to the 100CT as well.
659: <p>
1.62 millert 660: X11 works in 800x400 mode. There are sample XF86Config files for both
661: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct">XFree86 4.X</a> and
662: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>.
1.20 millert 663: <p>
1.78 jufi 664: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.92 ! nick 665: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.68 millert 666: Toshiba Portege 2000
1.92 ! nick 667: </td><td>
1.68 millert 668: Builtin wavelan and 10/100 ethernet (fxp) work.<p>
669: Audio is not supported.<p>
1.71 millert 670: APM works ("<strong>zzz</strong>"), as does "<strong>halt -p</strong>".
671: However, battery life is reported incorrectly--it always reports
672: that the laptop is connected to A/C power.<p>
1.68 millert 673: USB attaches but is currently untested.<p>
1.70 millert 674: The bundled pcmcia CD-ROM does not currently work.<p>
1.71 millert 675: XFree86 4.2 and higher works. There is a sample
1.68 millert 676: <a href="xf86configs/portege2000">XF86Config</a> file.
677: However, the keyboard repeat rate is a little too fast.
1.92 ! nick 678: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 679: Toshiba Portege 660CDT
1.92 ! nick 680: </td><td>
1.1 deraadt 681: APM is completely broken.<p>
1.78 jufi 682: 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>
683: 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 684: hardware can cause some grief. Newer versions of the flash
685: BIOS are worse, since they are less flexible about what interrupts
686: they allow.<p>
1.78 jufi 687: Contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a>.
1.92 ! nick 688: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.91 nick 689: Toshiba Satellite 2410S
1.92 ! nick 690: </td><td>
1.91 nick 691: <p>
692: All stuff tested are working fine (Graphics, Sound, PCMCIA, APM, ethernet).
1.92 ! nick 693: <p> Infrared and 56K modem are untested.
! 694: <p> There's a bug with certain toshiba laptops and XFree/X.org. Ratio is
1.91 nick 695: too quick, and some chars are repeated. To avoid that, disable
696: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=X&format=html">X</a>'s
697: kbd handling, and load a modmap with xmodmap. A sample Xorg config
698: file can be found
699: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/repository/config/xorg.conf">here</a>.
1.92 ! nick 700: <p> Contact <a href="mailto:aanriot@atlantilde.com">Alexandre Anriot</a>.
! 701: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.77 espie 702: Toshiba Satellite 320CDS
1.92 ! nick 703: </td><td>
! 704: <p> Trusty old model. Keep windows around, in at least a minimal
! 705: incarnation, as the BIOS setup is done in software, through a
1.77 espie 706: <code>TSETUP</code> program.</p>
1.92 ! nick 707: <p>X works fine in 800x600, 16 bits.</p>
! 708: <p>The sound chip can be handled as a windows sound system clone (wss).
! 709: This entails disabling the soundblaster clone recognition.
! 710: The BIOS setup must also be set to separate channels for playing
1.77 espie 711: and recording. I haven't tried recording.</p>
1.92 ! nick 712: <p> PCMCIA cards work. Cardbus models work as well, provided the BIOS
1.77 espie 713: is set to cardbus mode, and not auto-detection.
714: Contact <a href="mailto:espie@openbsd.org">Marc Espie</a>.
1.92 ! nick 715: </td></tr><tr><td>
! 716: Toshiba Tecra 500CS
! 717: </td><td>
1.7 brad 718: APM is broken, However it <b>halt -p</b> does work.<p>
719: Sound works by default with the GENERIC kernel, but with the speakers
720: is not really worth it. X runs nicely as well.<p>
1.78 jufi 721: Contact <a href="mailto:ericj@monkey.org">Eric Jackson</a>.
1.92 ! nick 722: </td></tr><tr><td>
! 723: Toshiba Tecra 500CDT
! 724: </td><td>
1.14 d 725: APM is completely broken (and can trash your disk).<p>
726: XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
727: Sound works (21739 Hz, half duplex stereo).<p>
1.78 jufi 728: Contact <a href="mailto:d@openbsd.org">David Leonard</a>.
1.92 ! nick 729: </td></tr><tr><td>
! 730: Toshiba Tecra 550CDT
! 731: </td><td>
! 732: APM deep sleep (<b>zzz</b>) works, but <b>-S</b> wakes up
! 733: immediately.<p>
1.10 aaron 734: XFree86 works beautifully.<p>
735: Sound works, after some IRQ tinkering in the BIOS.<p>
1.50 horacio 736: USB works; at least, I plugged a digital camera in, and the
1.78 jufi 737: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ugen&sektion=4">ugen(4)</a> driver detected and configured it.<p>
1.92 ! nick 738: The built-in modem does not work since it requires software only
! 739: available in Windows; that is, it does not implement a true RS232
! 740: communication port.<p>
! 741: The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment
! 742: on PCMCIA attach/detach.<p>
1.78 jufi 743: Contact <a href="mailto:aaron@openbsd.org">Aaron Campbell</a>.
1.92 ! nick 744: </td></tr>
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