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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>
1.94 ! nick 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
1.94 ! nick 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>
1.94 ! nick 54: Acer Aspire 1360
1.92 nick 55: </td><td>
1.94 ! nick 56: <p> It comes with AMD Sempron 2800+. Running OpenBSD 3.7.
! 57: <p> Everything woks fine (mini-PCI slot, VIA S3 Unichrome PRO, VIA
! 58: RhineII-2).
! 59: <p> Here is the
! 60: <a href="http://www. unixconn.com/aa1360-dmesg">dmesg</a>.
! 61: <p> Here is the
! 62: <a href="http://www.unixconn.com/aa1360-xorg">xorg.conf</a> file.
! 63: <p> Contact <a href="mailto:maxim@unixconn.com">Maxim
! 64: Bourmistrov</a>.
! 65: </td></tr><tr><td>
! 66: Acer TravelMate 345
! 67: </td><td>
! 68: As of OpenBSD 2.7-CURRENT, APM works.<p>
1.54 ian 69: XFree86 works (800x600 16bpp).<p>
70: Sounds works.<p>
71: Lucent modem does not work.<p>
1.78 jufi 72: Contact <a href="mailto:kevlo@openbsd.org">Kevin Lo</a>.
1.92 nick 73: </td></tr><tr><td>
74: Acer Travelmate 524TEV Laptop
75: </td><td>
1.57 ian 76: <p>APM support works fully (under console and X)
77: <p>PCMCIA Card support (ne0) works fine
78: <p>Internal Intel Ethernet Express Pro 10/100 works
79: <p>XFree86 with ATI Rage Mobility AGP works (1024x768, 16bpp)
80: <p>Sound and winmodem do not work.
81: <p>Contact Matthias Schmidt <xhr@gmx.net>
1.92 nick 82: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.94 ! nick 83: Asus L8400
1.92 nick 84: </td><td>
1.59 jufi 85: APM and suspend work completely (both in X and under console).<br>
86: Internal 10/100 Ethernet (Realtek 8139) works fine as well,
87: and so does the S3 Savage MX-MV graphics chip under XFree86 4.1.0.
1.92 nick 88: <p> Sound (ESS ES1989) works, while the winmodem does not.
89: <p> The rest (PCMCIA, Infrared, USB) is untested.
90: <p> Contact <a href="mailto:jufi@openbsd.org">Jan-Uwe Finck</a>.
91: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.94 ! nick 92: Dell Inspiron 4100
1.92 nick 93: </td><td>
1.94 ! nick 94: apmd(8) is fully functional.<p>
1.92 nick 95:
1.85 robert 96: Integrated xl(4) works fine.
97: Integrated auich(4) works fine.<p>
98:
99: USB works fine with my mouse.
100: Both PCMCIA slots work.<p>
1.92 nick 101:
1.86 robert 102: The Modem does not work.<p>
1.92 nick 103:
1.86 robert 104: Contact <a href="mailto:robert@openbsd.org">Robert Nagy</a>
1.92 nick 105: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 106: Dell Latitude CPt<p>
1.92 nick 107: </td><td>
1.54 ian 108: apm -z and -S work.<p>
109: Sound works.<p>
110: XFree86 v3 works in 1024x768x24bpp. XF4 looks better in 16bpp.<p>
111: Both PCMCIA slots work.<p>
112: USB is detected, but untested. It does not appear to work after
113: a suspend.<p>
1.94 ! nick 114: Here is an
! 115: <a href="xf86configs/latitudecpt">XF4 config</a>.<p>
1.78 jufi 116: Contact <a href="mailto:op21@squish.org">Paul Wang</a>.
1.92 nick 117: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 118: Fujitsu Lifebook C325
1.92 nick 119: </td><td>
1.54 ian 120: APM works fully.<p>
121: Sound works when the BIOS is told to activate SB emulation mode.
122: Everything else on the machine works.<p>
1.78 jufi 123: Contact <a href="mailto:tom@knienieder.com">Tom Knienieder</a>.
1.92 nick 124: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.90 nick 125: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
1.92 nick 126: </td><td>
1.90 nick 127: APM is not working with 3.6<br>
128: (Boot with boot -c and then disable apm)<p>
129: Sound works fine.<br>
130: Everything else on the machine works.<p>
131: For OpenBSD 3.6, you can download
132: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
133: and
134: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>.<p>
135: Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
1.92 nick 136: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 137: IBM Thinkpad 701C
1.92 nick 138: </td><td>
1.1 deraadt 139: All features including hibernation and APM work.<p>
1.78 jufi 140: Contact <a href="mailto:todd@openbsd.org">Todd Fries</a>.
1.92 nick 141: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 142: IBM Thinkpad 770Z
1.92 nick 143: </td><td>
1.39 angelos 144: <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, almost everything works fine.</p>
1.1 deraadt 145:
1.39 angelos 146: <p>This laptop does not really have a BIOS; most of the device
1.48 jufi 147: settings, like IRQ assignments etc. have to be done through
1.39 angelos 148: Windows.</p>
149:
150: <p>You can get the serial and infrared ports to be recognized
151: as com* devices by playing with the IRQ assignments in
152: Windows. Likewise for the parallel port (it's lpt2).</p>
153:
154: <p>You will need this line in your kernel configuration file for
155: APM to work at all:</p>
156:
157: <pre>
1.94 ! nick 158: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
1.39 angelos 159: </pre>
160:
1.94 ! nick 161: <p>Hibernation (save to disk) works fine as long as you have a
! 162: Windows partition with enough disk space (a bit more than the
! 163: system memory). Suspend/resume/powerdown all work fine;
! 164: however, doing hibernation while in X Window System (tested in
! 165: XFree86 3.3.6) causes framebuffer corruption and it seems that
! 166: the only way to recover is to exit and restart the X server;
! 167: switching virtual terminals doesn't fix it. It has been
! 168: suggested that switching between different resolutions might
! 169: fix it. XFree86 4.0 fixes that problem, but last I checked did
! 170: not have accelerated support for the driver. The best
! 171: work-around is to switch to text mode before hibernating.</p>
1.39 angelos 172:
173: <p>If you enable the external monitor (Fn+F7), XFree86 3.3.6
174: goes into some weird rainbow pattern and eventually freezes
175: the system (unless you switch to text mode or otherwise kill
176: the server within a few seconds); if you switch to text mode,
177: you have to kill the X server (switching back to graphics mode
178: will cause a crash). Enabling the external monitor while in
179: video mode causes no side effects; you can then start X or
180: switch to it if it's already running.</p>
181:
1.78 jufi 182: <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 183: disabling it. It doesn't really matter though since the
1.78 jufi 184: 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 185: to get that to work.</p>
1.1 deraadt 186:
1.94 ! nick 187: Here is the
! 188: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpad770z">XF86Config</a>.<p>
1.12 chris 189:
1.78 jufi 190: Contact <a href="mailto:angelos@openbsd.org">Angelos Keromytis</a>.
1.92 nick 191: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.43 angelos 192: IBM Thinkpad A21p
1.92 nick 193: </td><td>
1.43 angelos 194: See the entry for the T21. Everything is the same except for
195: the video card, which is an ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF. OpenBSD
1.94 ! nick 196: 2.8 works great with XFree86 4.0.2. You only have to
! 197: enter the correct frequency ranges in the Monitor section
1.43 angelos 198: of XF86Config. Here's a sample working
199: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpada21p">XF86Config.</a>
1.92 nick 200: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.76 espie 201: IBM Thinkpad A30p
1.92 nick 202: </td><td>
203: <p>On my model, most things work fine with OpenBSD 3.1 and later. </p>
1.76 espie 204: <p>Beware that IBM does ship variations of the basic model, though.</p>
205: <p>The usual setup as other Thinkpad models is required if one wishes
206: to keep Windows around. As usual, multibooting Windows NT works. I
1.92 nick 207: have kept the restore partition around for now, and I recommend
1.76 espie 208: burning the recovery partition to CD, as a backup. </p>
1.92 nick 209: <p>The video card (ATI Radeon Mobility) needs to be told explicitly
210: to run in 1600x1200 (which is just a two line addition to XF86Config).
211: Sometimes, X doesn't start correctly, and needs to be killed and
1.76 espie 212: restarted.
1.92 nick 213: The XVideo extension works, so DVDs can be run full-screen with ogle.
1.76 espie 214: In -current, mplayer can display most other kinds of video as well.</p>
1.92 nick 215: <p>Sound works. The integrated Ethernet card works.
216: The integrated Prism WiFi works. Suspend works.
217: The special keys (sound volume, light intensity...) are handled
1.76 espie 218: by the hardware and work under OpenBSD as well.
219: The CD Burner works.</p>
1.92 nick 220: <p>IDE dma is not recognized in 3.1, as the chipset is a new revision
221: of the Intel 82801. This was fixed right after I got the laptop.
1.76 espie 222: I haven't even tried to get the modem or the infrared working.</p>
223: Contact <a href="mailto:espie@openbsd.org">Marc Espie</a>.
1.92 nick 224: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.39 angelos 225: IBM Thinkpad T21
1.92 nick 226: </td><td>
1.39 angelos 227: <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, everything works fine.</p>
1.94 ! nick 228: <p>Here is the fdisk output; the easiest way of getting there is
! 229: to resize the Windows partition (I use PartitionMagic) and move
! 230: it to the end of the disk, then create an OpenBSD partition
! 231: (and ignore the partition resizing fdisk does -- just go ahead
! 232: and create all the filesystems you need with disklabel).</p>
1.39 angelos 233: <pre>
1.94 ! nick 234: Starting Ending
1.39 angelos 235: #: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
236: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.50 horacio 237: 0: 1C 1023 1 1 - 1023 239 63 [ 42003423 - 20502657] <Unknown ID>
1.92 nick 238: *1: A6 0 1 1 - 1021 239 63 [ 63 - 15452577] OpenBSD
239: 2: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
240: 3: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
1.39 angelos 241: </pre>
242: <p>To get it to see the serial and infrared ports (both as com*
243: devices), you need to play with the IRQ assignments in the
244: BIOS; just set them to the default values as found in the
245: GENERIC config file. Likewise for the parallel port (OpenBSD
246: can see lpt2). You may have to play with the Windows
247: assignments for this as well.</p>
248:
1.44 angelos 249: <p>There's at least two miniPCI cards available at this point:
250: one is an (unsupported) WinModem, and the other is a combo
251: ethernet/modem card. The ethernet works just fine (detected
252: as an fxp/inphy card); the modem looks like it's a real one,
253: but it's not yet supported.</p>
1.39 angelos 254:
255: <p>Sound (CS4614) works fine. To avoid system freeze when using
1.84 mickey 256: CardBus and audio simultaneously, you *may* need to set at least
1.92 nick 257: two IRQs for use by PCI devices, in the BIOS; I use 9 and 11. It
1.44 angelos 258: is also necessary to turn off PCI Power Management in the BIOS
259: Power configuration (that's the only menu that scrolls, so make
260: sure you go to the bottom of the page :-)</p>
1.39 angelos 261:
1.41 angelos 262: <p>APM works except for hibernation (requires OS support). To
263: get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable
264: machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with
265: sources from mid-January, or later). You will need this line
1.92 nick 266: in your kernel configuration file for APM to work at all:</p>
1.39 angelos 267:
268: <pre>
1.94 ! nick 269: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
1.39 angelos 270: </pre>
271:
272: <p>Although the video card is supposed to work with XFree86
273: 3.3.6pl8, I've only managed to get it to work with XFree86
1.94 ! nick 274: 4.0.1 with
! 275: <a href="http://www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html">patches</a>
! 276: (you can also find binaries of the driver for OpenBSD 2.8 at the
1.40 angelos 277: same location). You need to have a kernel with "option
1.39 angelos 278: INSECURE" and set the securelevel to -1 in /etc/rc.securelevel
279: (so the X server can open /dev/mem and mmap() the BIOS). In
1.46 angelos 280: this configuration, it can do 1400x1050 at 16bpp (version 1.1.13
281: of the savage driver works fine at 24bpp as well).</p>
1.39 angelos 282:
1.41 angelos 283: <p><b>UPDATE:</b> The above-mentioned patches have been
284: included in XFree86 4.0.2, and work out of the box. You don'
285: need a kernel with the option INSECURE set, just set the
1.40 angelos 286: machdep.allowaperture sysctl variable to 2, typically in
287: /etc/sysctl.conf, if you have an OpenBSD 2.8 (or later) built
1.94 ! nick 288: from sources updated after December 15th 2000.</p>
1.40 angelos 289:
1.39 angelos 290: <p>Note that some models only do 1024x768. Those that do
291: 1400x1050, can also do 1600x1200 using a virtual screen
292: (wherein the whole display shifts as you go "off-screen"); I
293: have not tested whether that works (it does in Windows).</p>
294:
295: <p>If you close the lid of the laptop, the system suspends;
296: under XFree86 4.0, resuming works fine with respect to the
297: display (XFree86 3.3.6 might not be able to cope with this --
298: it couldn't on the ThinkPad 770Z).</p>
299:
1.94 ! nick 300: <p>Here is the
! 301: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21">XF86Config</a> for XFree86 4.0.</p>
1.39 angelos 302:
1.49 angelos 303: <p><b>UPDATE</b> Apparently, recent T21s have the ATI Rage
304: 3D Rage Mobility instead.
305: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21-2">Here's</a> an XF86Config
306: for XFree86 4.0 for this configuration.</p>
307:
1.40 angelos 308: <p>One annoying thing is when you take out one of the UltraBay
309: 2000 devices; the system starts beeping. The only way to make it
310: stop is to suspend and then plug in a device in the UltraBay (not
311: necessarily the same one). Note that hot-swap of UltraBay 2000
312: devices is not currently supported in OpenBSD (as of 2.8), thus
313: it's only safe to hot-swap batteries.</p>
314:
1.78 jufi 315: <p>Contact <a href="mailto:angelos@openbsd.org">Angelos Keromytis</a>.</p>
1.92 nick 316: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 317: IBM Thinkpad 760
1.92 nick 318: </td><td>
1.1 deraadt 319: As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.<p>
320: Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.<p>
321: MWave modem/sound does not work.<p>
322: APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.<p>
1.78 jufi 323: Contact <a href="mailto:todd@openbsd.org">Todd Fries</a>.
1.92 nick 324: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.27 marc 325: IBM Thinkpad T20
1.92 nick 326: </td><td>
1.82 marc 327: <p>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t20/">http://www.snafu.org/t20/</a>
328: for out-of-date info on this laptop.</p>
329: <p>Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.</p>
1.92 nick 330: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.94 ! nick 331: IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.
1.92 nick 332: </td><td>
1.94 ! nick 333: <p>It's running OpenBSD -current.
! 334: <p>If using a boot floppy the system may hang when probing ahc.
! 335: Workaround: boot with -c and disable ahc.
! 336: A GENERIC kernel does not have this issue.
! 337: <p>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK, doesn't hibernate.
! 338: <p>The audio chipset is supported (auich).
! 339: <p>X works (XF4). Here is the
! 340: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt23">XF86Config</a>.
1.72 marc 341:
1.82 marc 342: <p>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">http://www.snafu.org/t23/</a>
1.94 ! nick 343: for more info.
1.72 marc 344:
1.82 marc 345: <p>Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.</p>
1.92 nick 346: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.94 ! nick 347: IBM Thinkpad X31
! 348: </td><td>
! 349: <p>Nearly all Hardware is supported, except FireWire and WinModem.</p>
! 350: <p>APM is well supported. Suspend mode (apm -s/zzz) works without
! 351: problems. Hibernation (suspend to disk) works also fine but
! 352: requires a small MS-DOS partition with a hibernation file at the
! 353: beginning of the harddisk. You can create this file with tphdisk
! 354: from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk)</p>
! 355:
! 356: <p>X.org works fine. Download an example
! 357: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/xorg.conf">config file</a>.
! 358: The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via
! 359: xmodmap.</p>
! 360: <p>Example:</p>
! 361: <pre>
! 362: xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down"
! 363: xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"
! 364: </pre>
! 365:
! 366: <p>The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G)
! 367: works with the ipw(4) driver. But you need to download the unfree
! 368: firmware first to get it working. For more details read
! 369: <tt>man 4 ipw</tt>.</p>
! 370:
! 371: <p>I'm planning to replace this card with a ral(4) or an ath(4).
! 372: For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
! 373: I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
! 374: <i>special</i> IBM wireless cards to be installed. The bios can
! 375: be patched with the tpwireless program.
! 376: (/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless, <b>use on your own risk!</b>)</p>
! 377:
! 378: <p>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
! 379: as well.</p>
! 380:
! 381: <p>Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the cpu speed
! 382: via sysctl. (<tt>sysctl hw.setperf</tt>)</p>
! 383:
! 384: <p>The on-board fxp(4) and auich(4) are working without problems.</p>
! 385:
! 386: <p>The keys for mute, volume up and volume down are working fine.
! 387: No special software is required. If you'd like to get the big
! 388: "Access IBM" button to work and have a nice on-screen display, you
! 389: can install tpb from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb) This works just
! 390: fine and you have nice on-screen messages when you change volume and
! 391: brightness settings or enable/disable the ThinkLight.</p>
! 392:
! 393: <p>Download the <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/dmesg">dmesg</a>.</p>
! 394:
! 395: <p>Contact <a href="mailto:b.ahlers@ba-net.org">Bernd Ahlers</a>.</p>
! 396: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.91 nick 397: JVC MP-XP 7250DE
1.92 nick 398: </td><td>
1.91 nick 399: <p>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
400: SD card reader.</p>
401:
402: <p>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
403: USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
404: boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.</p>
405:
406: <p>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
407: is supported, too.</p>
408:
409: <p>X (XF4) works fine. More infos (dmesg and XF86Config)
410: can be found
411: <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php">
412: here</a>.</p>
413:
414: <p>Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.</p>
1.92 nick 415: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 416: Sony VAIO F430
1.92 nick 417: </td><td>
1.94 ! nick 418: As of OpenBSD 2.6-Current (Feb 17/00)<p>
1.92 nick 419:
1.54 ian 420: APM: "<strong>zzz</strong>" suspend works, as does the keyboard
1.92 nick 421: suspend. "<strong>halt -p</strong>" and "<strong>apm -S</strong>"
1.54 ian 422: don't. (but I've yet to look for phdisk utilities below - will be
1.80 david 423: investigating shortly.) <p>
1.54 ian 424:
425: DVD drive, floppy all function. Ethernet works after wakeup with
1.80 david 426: the card I'm using (3Com 3c589). <p>
1.54 ian 427:
1.78 jufi 428: Contact <a href="mailto:beck@openbsd.org">Bob Beck</a>.
1.92 nick 429: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 430: Sony VAIO z505r
1.92 nick 431: </td><td>
1.54 ian 432: APM support: "<strong>zzz</strong>", suspend via keyboard, hibernation
433: via keyboard, and "<strong>halt -p</strong>" all work.
434: "<strong>apm -S</strong>" wakes up immediately.<p>
435:
436: Hibernation uses a block at the end of the disk, approximately
437: 3-5MB larger than the memory in your machine. To repair hibernation,
438: use "<strong>phdisk.exe /create /partition</strong>" to setup the
439: partition. The phdisk program is available on the boot
440: floppy image provided on the first recovery CD.<p>
441:
442: Built-in ethernet works fine, but occasionally requires reset
443: after suspend using
444: "<strong>ifconfig fxp0 down; ifconfig fxp0 up</strong>".<p>
445:
446: After a suspend, the profiling clock is not running. Patches are
447: being worked on.<p>
448:
449: Sound is supported using the <a
1.78 jufi 450: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=neo&sektion=4">
1.54 ian 451: neo(4)</a> device driver. Sometimes upon boot, a hang happens
452: when trying to determine the AC97 mixer type.<p>
453:
454: When the memory stick slot is empty, it can cause errors which overflow
455: the dmesg buffer, and thus confuse the OpenBSD install program.
456: The BIOS Setup, (accessed using F2), has an option to disable the
457: memory stick.<p>
458:
1.94 ! nick 459: You can find here a suitable
! 460: <a href="xf86configs/vaioz505r">XF86Config</a> for XFree86 3.3.X.<p>
1.54 ian 461:
1.78 jufi 462: Contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a>.
1.92 nick 463: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.89 nick 464: Sony Vaio z505n:
1.92 nick 465: </td><td>
466: <p> OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
467: cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
468: <p>Installation by USB floppy:
1.89 nick 469: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
1.92 nick 470: can be brought to boot if one disables the
471: following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
1.89 nick 472: <pre>
473: disable pcibios
474: disable fxp
475: disable pcic
476: </pre>
477: After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
478: and no network. This means that the laptop has
479: no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
480: on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
481: of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
482: partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
483: boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
484: (no softmodem, no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
485: Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
1.92 nick 486: works without modification.<p>
1.89 nick 487: Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
1.92 nick 488: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 489: Sony VAIO z505s
1.92 nick 490: </td><td>
1.54 ian 491: Similar to the VAIO z505r, except that the provided USB floppy has
492: some problems.<p>
1.78 jufi 493: Contact <a href="mailto:provos@openbsd.org">Niels Provos</a>.
1.92 nick 494: </td></tr><tr><td>
495: Sony VAIO 747
496: </td><td>
1.54 ian 497: Ever since OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do work.<p>
1.92 nick 498: Ships with a PCMCIA modem card (COM One MCC220 Platinum Card),
499: which works.<p>
1.54 ian 500: Sound works (8 bit only).<p>
501: APM behaviour similar to the VAIO z505r,
502: except that hibernation has not been tested.<p>
503: USB does not work.<p>
1.94 ! nick 504: Here is an <a href="xf86configs/vaio747">XF86Config</a> file.<p>
1.78 jufi 505: Contact <a href="mailto:markus@openbsd.org">Markus Friedl</a>.
1.92 nick 506: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.89 nick 507: Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
1.92 nick 508: </td><td>
1.89 nick 509: OpenBSD 3.6 works, but there are some minor issues:
510: <ul>
511: <li>USB and built-in sound (Yamaha) work just fine.
512: <li>Firewire works with the experimental kernel support
513: <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card works ok.
1.94 ! nick 514: <li>Here are my <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a> with
! 515: 3.6 -current and my <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>.
1.89 nick 516: <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
517: tested them.
518: <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
519: kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
520: cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
521: come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
522: the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
523: partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
524: access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
525: <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
526: system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
527: <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
528: locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
529: causes the problems mentioned above.
530: <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
531: sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
1.93 nick 532: </ul><p>
1.89 nick 533: Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@pestilenz.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
1.92 nick 534: </td></tr><tr><td>
535: Sony VAIO PCG-SRX77
536: </td><td>
1.79 millert 537: <p>OpenBSD 3.3 works but there are some quirks.
538: <ul>
539: <li>XFree86 works, I use the following
540: <a href="xf86configs/sonysrx77">XF86Config</a>.
1.92 nick 541: <li>Audio works, using the
1.79 millert 542: <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>
543: driver.
544: <li>The built-in ethernet works, using the
545: <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>
546: driver.
547: <li>The cardbus and built-in wireless do <strong>not</strong> work
548: without an <a href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/millert/OpenBSD/srx77/cardbus.diff">awful hack</a>.
549: <li>USB and the memory stick port work.
550: <li>Firewire is currently untested.
551: <li>The jog dial is not currently supported.
552: <li>The built-in software modem does not work.
553: <li>APM does not work; the laptop goes to sleep but does not wake up.
554: <li>"halt -p" does halt the machine.
555: </ul>
556: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.92 nick 557: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.11 millert 558: Toshiba Libretto 50CT
1.92 nick 559: </td><td>
1.11 millert 560: APM works but you need to be careful not to use the last
561: 32meg or so of the disk since that's where the BIOS dumps
562: the long time hibernation image. You can take a look at
563: the bios geometry in disklabel to see exactly how many sectors
564: it wants. Failure to do so will cause filesystem corruption
565: during suspend.
566: <p>
1.94 ! nick 567: The libretto uses a single IRQ for both
1.78 jufi 568: <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>
1.94 ! nick 569: 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 570: so the best thing to do is to choose one and disable the other
571: in the kernel.
1.11 millert 572: The pcmcia external floppy drive is not currently supported
573: by OpenBSD, but it can be used during the install.
574: <p>
1.92 nick 575: Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia
576: slot. The best way to do this is to do a network install.
577: To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt,
578: enter <em>boot -c</em>. When you see the <em>UKC</em>
579: prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card,
580: and then type exit. The kernel will then probe the network
581: card and you should be able to do a normal network install.
1.11 millert 582: You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in
583: the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect
584: your network card.
585: <p>
1.62 millert 586: There are sample XF86Config files for both
587: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct">XFree86 4.X</a> and
588: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>.
1.18 millert 589: <p>
1.92 nick 590: Note that the chips driver was broken in XFree86 4.1 (it
591: is fixed in XFree86 4.2) and hence the XFree86 that ships
592: with OpenBSD 3.0 does not work on the libretto. I have
593: compiled the old XFree86 4.01 chips driver (which does work)
594: for XFree86 4.1. Just grab
595: <a href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/todd/OpenBSD/chips_drv.o">
1.94 ! nick 596: chips_drv.o</a> and copy it to
! 597: <pre>
! 598: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/chips_drv.o
1.65 millert 599: </pre>
600: That will make XFree86 4.1 work on the 50CT and 70CT.
601: <p>
1.78 jufi 602: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.92 nick 603: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.20 millert 604: Toshiba Libretto 100CT
1.92 nick 605: </td><td>
1.20 millert 606: Most of the information listed in the Libretto 50CT entry
607: apply to the 100CT as well.
608: <p>
1.62 millert 609: X11 works in 800x400 mode. There are sample XF86Config files for both
610: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct">XFree86 4.X</a> and
611: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>.
1.20 millert 612: <p>
1.78 jufi 613: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.92 nick 614: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.68 millert 615: Toshiba Portege 2000
1.92 nick 616: </td><td>
1.68 millert 617: Builtin wavelan and 10/100 ethernet (fxp) work.<p>
618: Audio is not supported.<p>
1.71 millert 619: APM works ("<strong>zzz</strong>"), as does "<strong>halt -p</strong>".
620: However, battery life is reported incorrectly--it always reports
621: that the laptop is connected to A/C power.<p>
1.68 millert 622: USB attaches but is currently untested.<p>
1.70 millert 623: The bundled pcmcia CD-ROM does not currently work.<p>
1.71 millert 624: XFree86 4.2 and higher works. There is a sample
1.68 millert 625: <a href="xf86configs/portege2000">XF86Config</a> file.
626: However, the keyboard repeat rate is a little too fast.
1.92 nick 627: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 628: Toshiba Portege 660CDT
1.92 nick 629: </td><td>
1.1 deraadt 630: APM is completely broken.<p>
1.78 jufi 631: 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>
632: 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 633: hardware can cause some grief. Newer versions of the flash
634: BIOS are worse, since they are less flexible about what interrupts
635: they allow.<p>
1.78 jufi 636: Contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a>.
1.92 nick 637: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.94 ! nick 638: Toshiba Satellite 2410S
1.92 nick 639: </td><td>
1.94 ! nick 640: <p> It's running OpenBSD 3.7-current.
! 641: <p> All stuff are working fine (graphics, sound, PCMCIA, APM,
! 642: ethernet) except Infrared and SD card reader.
! 643: <p> There's a bug with certain toshiba laptops and XFree/X.org. Ratio is
! 644: too quick, and some chars are repeated. To avoid that, disable
! 645: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=X&format=html">X</a>'s
! 646: kbd handling, and load a modmap with xmodmap.
! 647: <p> Here is the
! 648: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/repository/config/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>.
! 649: and the
! 650: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/dmesg/albatrox.txt">dmesg</a>.
! 651: <p> Contact <a href="mailto:aanriot@atlantilde.com">Alexandre Anriot</a>.
1.92 nick 652: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.77 espie 653: Toshiba Satellite 320CDS
1.92 nick 654: </td><td>
655: <p> Trusty old model. Keep windows around, in at least a minimal
656: incarnation, as the BIOS setup is done in software, through a
1.77 espie 657: <code>TSETUP</code> program.</p>
1.92 nick 658: <p>X works fine in 800x600, 16 bits.</p>
659: <p>The sound chip can be handled as a windows sound system clone (wss).
660: This entails disabling the soundblaster clone recognition.
661: The BIOS setup must also be set to separate channels for playing
1.77 espie 662: and recording. I haven't tried recording.</p>
1.92 nick 663: <p> PCMCIA cards work. Cardbus models work as well, provided the BIOS
1.77 espie 664: is set to cardbus mode, and not auto-detection.
665: Contact <a href="mailto:espie@openbsd.org">Marc Espie</a>.
1.92 nick 666: </td></tr><tr><td>
667: Toshiba Tecra 500CS
668: </td><td>
1.7 brad 669: APM is broken, However it <b>halt -p</b> does work.<p>
670: Sound works by default with the GENERIC kernel, but with the speakers
671: is not really worth it. X runs nicely as well.<p>
1.78 jufi 672: Contact <a href="mailto:ericj@monkey.org">Eric Jackson</a>.
1.92 nick 673: </td></tr><tr><td>
674: Toshiba Tecra 550CDT
675: </td><td>
676: APM deep sleep (<b>zzz</b>) works, but <b>-S</b> wakes up
677: immediately.<p>
1.10 aaron 678: XFree86 works beautifully.<p>
679: Sound works, after some IRQ tinkering in the BIOS.<p>
1.50 horacio 680: USB works; at least, I plugged a digital camera in, and the
1.78 jufi 681: <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 682: The built-in modem does not work since it requires software only
683: available in Windows; that is, it does not implement a true RS232
684: communication port.<p>
685: The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment
686: on PCMCIA attach/detach.<p>
1.78 jufi 687: Contact <a href="mailto:aaron@openbsd.org">Aaron Campbell</a>.
1.92 nick 688: </td></tr>
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