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1.78 jufi 17: <h2><font color="#e00000">i386 Laptop Status</font></h2>
18: <hr>
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,
1.95 ! nick 23: and you will most likely find a similar model that is listed below.
! 24: Most laptops work very well, however some will still have minor issues.
1.92 nick 25:
26: <p> Of those that have problems,
1.1 deraadt 27: <ul>
1.5 deraadt 28: <li>Some exhibit problems with APM support. Note that <strong>apm -S</strong>
1.95 ! nick 29: fails to suspend some laptops.
1.38 deraadt 30: <li>Some lack sound support
1.84 mickey 31: <li>A few have subtle bugs with their PCMCIA and CardBus support
1.92 nick 32: <li>XFree86/X.org does not support some displays properly. Sometimes
1.94 nick 33: switching between both of them helps.
1.95 ! nick 34: <li>Some other built-in device doesn't work.
1.1 deraadt 35: <li>Some have problems with pcmcia card eject interrupts.
1.95 ! nick 36: <li>Almost all modern laptops with on-board modems have "winmodems",
! 37: which are not currently and are unlikely to ever be supported.
! 38: Use a PCCard modem if you need a one that works. You can
! 39: assume any modem on the machines below does NOT work unless
! 40: indicated.
1.1 deraadt 41: </ul>
42:
43: <p>
44: If you have your laptop working (or not working) and it isn't listed below,
1.45 chris 45: please mail <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a> so that it
1.1 deraadt 46: can be listed. Please supply as much information as possible.
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>
1.78 jufi 71: Contact <a href="mailto:kevlo@openbsd.org">Kevin Lo</a>.
1.92 nick 72: </td></tr><tr><td>
73: Acer Travelmate 524TEV Laptop
74: </td><td>
1.57 ian 75: <p>APM support works fully (under console and X)
76: <p>PCMCIA Card support (ne0) works fine
77: <p>Internal Intel Ethernet Express Pro 10/100 works
78: <p>XFree86 with ATI Rage Mobility AGP works (1024x768, 16bpp)
1.95 ! nick 79: <p>Sound does not work.
1.57 ian 80: <p>Contact Matthias Schmidt <xhr@gmx.net>
1.92 nick 81: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.94 nick 82: Asus L8400
1.92 nick 83: </td><td>
1.59 jufi 84: APM and suspend work completely (both in X and under console).<br>
85: Internal 10/100 Ethernet (Realtek 8139) works fine as well,
86: and so does the S3 Savage MX-MV graphics chip under XFree86 4.1.0.
1.95 ! nick 87: <p> Sound (ESS ES1989) works.
1.92 nick 88: <p> The rest (PCMCIA, Infrared, USB) is untested.
89: <p> Contact <a href="mailto:jufi@openbsd.org">Jan-Uwe Finck</a>.
90: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.94 nick 91: Dell Inspiron 4100
1.92 nick 92: </td><td>
1.94 nick 93: apmd(8) is fully functional.<p>
1.92 nick 94:
1.85 robert 95: Integrated xl(4) works fine.
96: Integrated auich(4) works fine.<p>
97:
98: USB works fine with my mouse.
99: Both PCMCIA slots work.<p>
1.92 nick 100:
1.86 robert 101: The Modem does not work.<p>
1.92 nick 102:
1.86 robert 103: Contact <a href="mailto:robert@openbsd.org">Robert Nagy</a>
1.92 nick 104: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 105: Dell Latitude CPt<p>
1.92 nick 106: </td><td>
1.54 ian 107: apm -z and -S work.<p>
108: Sound works.<p>
109: XFree86 v3 works in 1024x768x24bpp. XF4 looks better in 16bpp.<p>
110: Both PCMCIA slots work.<p>
111: USB is detected, but untested. It does not appear to work after
112: a suspend.<p>
1.94 nick 113: Here is an
114: <a href="xf86configs/latitudecpt">XF4 config</a>.<p>
1.78 jufi 115: Contact <a href="mailto:op21@squish.org">Paul Wang</a>.
1.92 nick 116: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 117: Fujitsu Lifebook C325
1.92 nick 118: </td><td>
1.54 ian 119: APM works fully.<p>
120: Sound works when the BIOS is told to activate SB emulation mode.
121: Everything else on the machine works.<p>
1.78 jufi 122: Contact <a href="mailto:tom@knienieder.com">Tom Knienieder</a>.
1.92 nick 123: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.90 nick 124: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
1.92 nick 125: </td><td>
1.90 nick 126: APM is not working with 3.6<br>
127: (Boot with boot -c and then disable apm)<p>
128: Sound works fine.<br>
129: Everything else on the machine works.<p>
130: For OpenBSD 3.6, you can download
131: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
132: and
133: <a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>.<p>
134: Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
1.92 nick 135: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 136: IBM Thinkpad 701C
1.92 nick 137: </td><td>
1.1 deraadt 138: All features including hibernation and APM work.<p>
1.78 jufi 139: Contact <a href="mailto:todd@openbsd.org">Todd Fries</a>.
1.92 nick 140: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 141: IBM Thinkpad 770Z
1.92 nick 142: </td><td>
1.39 angelos 143: <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, almost everything works fine.</p>
1.1 deraadt 144:
1.39 angelos 145: <p>This laptop does not really have a BIOS; most of the device
1.48 jufi 146: settings, like IRQ assignments etc. have to be done through
1.39 angelos 147: Windows.</p>
148:
149: <p>You can get the serial and infrared ports to be recognized
150: as com* devices by playing with the IRQ assignments in
151: Windows. Likewise for the parallel port (it's lpt2).</p>
152:
153: <p>You will need this line in your kernel configuration file for
154: APM to work at all:</p>
155:
156: <pre>
1.94 nick 157: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
1.39 angelos 158: </pre>
159:
1.94 nick 160: <p>Hibernation (save to disk) works fine as long as you have a
161: Windows partition with enough disk space (a bit more than the
162: system memory). Suspend/resume/powerdown all work fine;
163: however, doing hibernation while in X Window System (tested in
164: XFree86 3.3.6) causes framebuffer corruption and it seems that
165: the only way to recover is to exit and restart the X server;
166: switching virtual terminals doesn't fix it. It has been
167: suggested that switching between different resolutions might
168: fix it. XFree86 4.0 fixes that problem, but last I checked did
169: not have accelerated support for the driver. The best
170: work-around is to switch to text mode before hibernating.</p>
1.39 angelos 171:
172: <p>If you enable the external monitor (Fn+F7), XFree86 3.3.6
173: goes into some weird rainbow pattern and eventually freezes
174: the system (unless you switch to text mode or otherwise kill
175: the server within a few seconds); if you switch to text mode,
176: you have to kill the X server (switching back to graphics mode
177: will cause a crash). Enabling the external monitor while in
178: video mode causes no side effects; you can then start X or
179: switch to it if it's already running.</p>
180:
1.78 jufi 181: <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 182: disabling it. It doesn't really matter though since the
1.78 jufi 183: 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 184: to get that to work.</p>
1.1 deraadt 185:
1.94 nick 186: Here is the
187: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpad770z">XF86Config</a>.<p>
1.12 chris 188:
1.78 jufi 189: Contact <a href="mailto:angelos@openbsd.org">Angelos Keromytis</a>.
1.92 nick 190: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.43 angelos 191: IBM Thinkpad A21p
1.92 nick 192: </td><td>
1.43 angelos 193: See the entry for the T21. Everything is the same except for
194: the video card, which is an ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF. OpenBSD
1.94 nick 195: 2.8 works great with XFree86 4.0.2. You only have to
196: enter the correct frequency ranges in the Monitor section
1.43 angelos 197: of XF86Config. Here's a sample working
198: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpada21p">XF86Config.</a>
1.92 nick 199: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.76 espie 200: IBM Thinkpad A30p
1.92 nick 201: </td><td>
202: <p>On my model, most things work fine with OpenBSD 3.1 and later. </p>
1.76 espie 203: <p>Beware that IBM does ship variations of the basic model, though.</p>
204: <p>The usual setup as other Thinkpad models is required if one wishes
205: to keep Windows around. As usual, multibooting Windows NT works. I
1.92 nick 206: have kept the restore partition around for now, and I recommend
1.76 espie 207: burning the recovery partition to CD, as a backup. </p>
1.92 nick 208: <p>The video card (ATI Radeon Mobility) needs to be told explicitly
209: to run in 1600x1200 (which is just a two line addition to XF86Config).
210: Sometimes, X doesn't start correctly, and needs to be killed and
1.76 espie 211: restarted.
1.92 nick 212: The XVideo extension works, so DVDs can be run full-screen with ogle.
1.76 espie 213: In -current, mplayer can display most other kinds of video as well.</p>
1.92 nick 214: <p>Sound works. The integrated Ethernet card works.
215: The integrated Prism WiFi works. Suspend works.
216: The special keys (sound volume, light intensity...) are handled
1.76 espie 217: by the hardware and work under OpenBSD as well.
218: The CD Burner works.</p>
1.92 nick 219: <p>IDE dma is not recognized in 3.1, as the chipset is a new revision
220: of the Intel 82801. This was fixed right after I got the laptop.
1.76 espie 221: I haven't even tried to get the modem or the infrared working.</p>
222: Contact <a href="mailto:espie@openbsd.org">Marc Espie</a>.
1.92 nick 223: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.39 angelos 224: IBM Thinkpad T21
1.92 nick 225: </td><td>
1.39 angelos 226: <p>As of OpenBSD 2.8, everything works fine.</p>
1.94 nick 227: <p>Here is the fdisk output; the easiest way of getting there is
228: to resize the Windows partition (I use PartitionMagic) and move
229: it to the end of the disk, then create an OpenBSD partition
230: (and ignore the partition resizing fdisk does -- just go ahead
231: and create all the filesystems you need with disklabel).</p>
1.39 angelos 232: <pre>
1.94 nick 233: Starting Ending
1.39 angelos 234: #: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
235: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.50 horacio 236: 0: 1C 1023 1 1 - 1023 239 63 [ 42003423 - 20502657] <Unknown ID>
1.92 nick 237: *1: A6 0 1 1 - 1021 239 63 [ 63 - 15452577] OpenBSD
238: 2: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
239: 3: 00 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
1.39 angelos 240: </pre>
241: <p>To get it to see the serial and infrared ports (both as com*
242: devices), you need to play with the IRQ assignments in the
243: BIOS; just set them to the default values as found in the
244: GENERIC config file. Likewise for the parallel port (OpenBSD
245: can see lpt2). You may have to play with the Windows
246: assignments for this as well.</p>
247:
1.44 angelos 248: <p>There's at least two miniPCI cards available at this point:
249: one is an (unsupported) WinModem, and the other is a combo
250: ethernet/modem card. The ethernet works just fine (detected
251: as an fxp/inphy card); the modem looks like it's a real one,
252: but it's not yet supported.</p>
1.39 angelos 253:
254: <p>Sound (CS4614) works fine. To avoid system freeze when using
1.84 mickey 255: CardBus and audio simultaneously, you *may* need to set at least
1.92 nick 256: two IRQs for use by PCI devices, in the BIOS; I use 9 and 11. It
1.44 angelos 257: is also necessary to turn off PCI Power Management in the BIOS
258: Power configuration (that's the only menu that scrolls, so make
259: sure you go to the bottom of the page :-)</p>
1.39 angelos 260:
1.41 angelos 261: <p>APM works except for hibernation (requires OS support). To
262: get "halt -p" to work, you must set the sysctl variable
263: machdep.apmhalt to 1 (you need OpenBSD 2.8-current with
264: sources from mid-January, or later). You will need this line
1.92 nick 265: in your kernel configuration file for APM to work at all:</p>
1.39 angelos 266:
267: <pre>
1.94 nick 268: option APM_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS=0
1.39 angelos 269: </pre>
270:
271: <p>Although the video card is supposed to work with XFree86
272: 3.3.6pl8, I've only managed to get it to work with XFree86
1.94 nick 273: 4.0.1 with
274: <a href="http://www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html">patches</a>
275: (you can also find binaries of the driver for OpenBSD 2.8 at the
1.40 angelos 276: same location). You need to have a kernel with "option
1.39 angelos 277: INSECURE" and set the securelevel to -1 in /etc/rc.securelevel
278: (so the X server can open /dev/mem and mmap() the BIOS). In
1.46 angelos 279: this configuration, it can do 1400x1050 at 16bpp (version 1.1.13
280: of the savage driver works fine at 24bpp as well).</p>
1.39 angelos 281:
1.41 angelos 282: <p><b>UPDATE:</b> The above-mentioned patches have been
283: included in XFree86 4.0.2, and work out of the box. You don'
284: need a kernel with the option INSECURE set, just set the
1.40 angelos 285: machdep.allowaperture sysctl variable to 2, typically in
286: /etc/sysctl.conf, if you have an OpenBSD 2.8 (or later) built
1.94 nick 287: from sources updated after December 15th 2000.</p>
1.40 angelos 288:
1.39 angelos 289: <p>Note that some models only do 1024x768. Those that do
290: 1400x1050, can also do 1600x1200 using a virtual screen
291: (wherein the whole display shifts as you go "off-screen"); I
292: have not tested whether that works (it does in Windows).</p>
293:
294: <p>If you close the lid of the laptop, the system suspends;
295: under XFree86 4.0, resuming works fine with respect to the
296: display (XFree86 3.3.6 might not be able to cope with this --
297: it couldn't on the ThinkPad 770Z).</p>
298:
1.94 nick 299: <p>Here is the
300: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21">XF86Config</a> for XFree86 4.0.</p>
1.39 angelos 301:
1.49 angelos 302: <p><b>UPDATE</b> Apparently, recent T21s have the ATI Rage
303: 3D Rage Mobility instead.
304: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt21-2">Here's</a> an XF86Config
305: for XFree86 4.0 for this configuration.</p>
306:
1.40 angelos 307: <p>One annoying thing is when you take out one of the UltraBay
308: 2000 devices; the system starts beeping. The only way to make it
309: stop is to suspend and then plug in a device in the UltraBay (not
310: necessarily the same one). Note that hot-swap of UltraBay 2000
311: devices is not currently supported in OpenBSD (as of 2.8), thus
312: it's only safe to hot-swap batteries.</p>
313:
1.78 jufi 314: <p>Contact <a href="mailto:angelos@openbsd.org">Angelos Keromytis</a>.</p>
1.92 nick 315: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 316: IBM Thinkpad 760
1.92 nick 317: </td><td>
1.1 deraadt 318: As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.<p>
319: Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.<p>
320: MWave modem/sound does not work.<p>
321: APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.<p>
1.78 jufi 322: Contact <a href="mailto:todd@openbsd.org">Todd Fries</a>.
1.92 nick 323: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.27 marc 324: IBM Thinkpad T20
1.92 nick 325: </td><td>
1.82 marc 326: <p>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t20/">http://www.snafu.org/t20/</a>
327: for out-of-date info on this laptop.</p>
328: <p>Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.</p>
1.92 nick 329: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.94 nick 330: IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.
1.92 nick 331: </td><td>
1.94 nick 332: <p>It's running OpenBSD -current.
333: <p>If using a boot floppy the system may hang when probing ahc.
334: Workaround: boot with -c and disable ahc.
335: A GENERIC kernel does not have this issue.
336: <p>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK, doesn't hibernate.
337: <p>The audio chipset is supported (auich).
338: <p>X works (XF4). Here is the
339: <a href="xf86configs/thinkpadt23">XF86Config</a>.
1.72 marc 340:
1.82 marc 341: <p>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">http://www.snafu.org/t23/</a>
1.94 nick 342: for more info.
1.72 marc 343:
1.82 marc 344: <p>Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.</p>
1.92 nick 345: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.94 nick 346: IBM Thinkpad X31
347: </td><td>
348: <p>Nearly all Hardware is supported, except FireWire and WinModem.</p>
349: <p>APM is well supported. Suspend mode (apm -s/zzz) works without
350: problems. Hibernation (suspend to disk) works also fine but
351: requires a small MS-DOS partition with a hibernation file at the
352: beginning of the harddisk. You can create this file with tphdisk
353: from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk)</p>
354:
355: <p>X.org works fine. Download an example
356: <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/xorg.conf">config file</a>.
357: The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via
358: xmodmap.</p>
359: <p>Example:</p>
360: <pre>
361: xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down"
362: xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"
363: </pre>
364:
365: <p>The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G)
366: works with the ipw(4) driver. But you need to download the unfree
367: firmware first to get it working. For more details read
368: <tt>man 4 ipw</tt>.</p>
369:
370: <p>I'm planning to replace this card with a ral(4) or an ath(4).
371: For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
372: I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
373: <i>special</i> IBM wireless cards to be installed. The bios can
374: be patched with the tpwireless program.
375: (/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless, <b>use on your own risk!</b>)</p>
376:
377: <p>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
378: as well.</p>
379:
380: <p>Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the cpu speed
381: via sysctl. (<tt>sysctl hw.setperf</tt>)</p>
382:
383: <p>The on-board fxp(4) and auich(4) are working without problems.</p>
384:
385: <p>The keys for mute, volume up and volume down are working fine.
386: No special software is required. If you'd like to get the big
387: "Access IBM" button to work and have a nice on-screen display, you
388: can install tpb from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb) This works just
389: fine and you have nice on-screen messages when you change volume and
390: brightness settings or enable/disable the ThinkLight.</p>
391:
392: <p>Download the <a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/dmesg">dmesg</a>.</p>
393:
394: <p>Contact <a href="mailto:b.ahlers@ba-net.org">Bernd Ahlers</a>.</p>
395: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.91 nick 396: JVC MP-XP 7250DE
1.92 nick 397: </td><td>
1.91 nick 398: <p>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
399: SD card reader.</p>
400:
401: <p>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
402: USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
403: boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.</p>
404:
405: <p>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
406: is supported, too.</p>
407:
408: <p>X (XF4) works fine. More infos (dmesg and XF86Config)
409: can be found
410: <a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php">
411: here</a>.</p>
412:
413: <p>Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.</p>
1.92 nick 414: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 415: Sony VAIO F430
1.92 nick 416: </td><td>
1.94 nick 417: As of OpenBSD 2.6-Current (Feb 17/00)<p>
1.92 nick 418:
1.54 ian 419: APM: "<strong>zzz</strong>" suspend works, as does the keyboard
1.92 nick 420: suspend. "<strong>halt -p</strong>" and "<strong>apm -S</strong>"
1.54 ian 421: don't. (but I've yet to look for phdisk utilities below - will be
1.80 david 422: investigating shortly.) <p>
1.54 ian 423:
424: DVD drive, floppy all function. Ethernet works after wakeup with
1.80 david 425: the card I'm using (3Com 3c589). <p>
1.54 ian 426:
1.78 jufi 427: Contact <a href="mailto:beck@openbsd.org">Bob Beck</a>.
1.92 nick 428: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 429: Sony VAIO z505r
1.92 nick 430: </td><td>
1.54 ian 431: APM support: "<strong>zzz</strong>", suspend via keyboard, hibernation
432: via keyboard, and "<strong>halt -p</strong>" all work.
433: "<strong>apm -S</strong>" wakes up immediately.<p>
434:
435: Hibernation uses a block at the end of the disk, approximately
436: 3-5MB larger than the memory in your machine. To repair hibernation,
437: use "<strong>phdisk.exe /create /partition</strong>" to setup the
438: partition. The phdisk program is available on the boot
439: floppy image provided on the first recovery CD.<p>
440:
441: Built-in ethernet works fine, but occasionally requires reset
442: after suspend using
443: "<strong>ifconfig fxp0 down; ifconfig fxp0 up</strong>".<p>
444:
445: After a suspend, the profiling clock is not running. Patches are
446: being worked on.<p>
447:
448: Sound is supported using the <a
1.78 jufi 449: href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=neo&sektion=4">
1.54 ian 450: neo(4)</a> device driver. Sometimes upon boot, a hang happens
451: when trying to determine the AC97 mixer type.<p>
452:
453: When the memory stick slot is empty, it can cause errors which overflow
454: the dmesg buffer, and thus confuse the OpenBSD install program.
455: The BIOS Setup, (accessed using F2), has an option to disable the
456: memory stick.<p>
457:
1.94 nick 458: You can find here a suitable
459: <a href="xf86configs/vaioz505r">XF86Config</a> for XFree86 3.3.X.<p>
1.54 ian 460:
1.78 jufi 461: Contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a>.
1.92 nick 462: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.89 nick 463: Sony Vaio z505n:
1.92 nick 464: </td><td>
465: <p> OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
466: cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
467: <p>Installation by USB floppy:
1.89 nick 468: The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
1.92 nick 469: can be brought to boot if one disables the
470: following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
1.89 nick 471: <pre>
472: disable pcibios
473: disable fxp
474: disable pcic
475: </pre>
476: After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
477: and no network. This means that the laptop has
478: no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
479: on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
480: of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
481: partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
482: boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
1.95 ! nick 483: (no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
1.89 nick 484: Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
1.92 nick 485: works without modification.<p>
1.89 nick 486: Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
1.92 nick 487: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.54 ian 488: Sony VAIO z505s
1.92 nick 489: </td><td>
1.54 ian 490: Similar to the VAIO z505r, except that the provided USB floppy has
491: some problems.<p>
1.78 jufi 492: Contact <a href="mailto:provos@openbsd.org">Niels Provos</a>.
1.92 nick 493: </td></tr><tr><td>
494: Sony VAIO 747
495: </td><td>
1.54 ian 496: Ever since OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do work.<p>
1.92 nick 497: Ships with a PCMCIA modem card (COM One MCC220 Platinum Card),
498: which works.<p>
1.54 ian 499: Sound works (8 bit only).<p>
500: APM behaviour similar to the VAIO z505r,
501: except that hibernation has not been tested.<p>
502: USB does not work.<p>
1.94 nick 503: Here is an <a href="xf86configs/vaio747">XF86Config</a> file.<p>
1.78 jufi 504: Contact <a href="mailto:markus@openbsd.org">Markus Friedl</a>.
1.92 nick 505: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.89 nick 506: Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
1.92 nick 507: </td><td>
1.89 nick 508: OpenBSD 3.6 works, but there are some minor issues:
509: <ul>
510: <li>USB and built-in sound (Yamaha) work just fine.
511: <li>Firewire works with the experimental kernel support
512: <li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card works ok.
1.94 nick 513: <li>Here are my <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a> with
514: 3.6 -current and my <a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>.
1.89 nick 515: <li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
516: tested them.
517: <li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
518: kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
519: cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
520: come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
521: the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
522: partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
523: access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
524: <li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
525: system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
526: <li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
527: locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
528: causes the problems mentioned above.
529: <li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
530: sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
1.93 nick 531: </ul><p>
1.89 nick 532: Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@pestilenz.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
1.92 nick 533: </td></tr><tr><td>
534: Sony VAIO PCG-SRX77
535: </td><td>
1.79 millert 536: <p>OpenBSD 3.3 works but there are some quirks.
537: <ul>
538: <li>XFree86 works, I use the following
539: <a href="xf86configs/sonysrx77">XF86Config</a>.
1.92 nick 540: <li>Audio works, using the
1.79 millert 541: <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>
542: driver.
543: <li>The built-in ethernet works, using the
544: <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>
545: driver.
546: <li>The cardbus and built-in wireless do <strong>not</strong> work
547: without an <a href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/millert/OpenBSD/srx77/cardbus.diff">awful hack</a>.
548: <li>USB and the memory stick port work.
549: <li>Firewire is currently untested.
550: <li>The jog dial is not currently supported.
551: <li>APM does not work; the laptop goes to sleep but does not wake up.
552: <li>"halt -p" does halt the machine.
553: </ul>
554: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.92 nick 555: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.11 millert 556: Toshiba Libretto 50CT
1.92 nick 557: </td><td>
1.11 millert 558: APM works but you need to be careful not to use the last
559: 32meg or so of the disk since that's where the BIOS dumps
560: the long time hibernation image. You can take a look at
561: the bios geometry in disklabel to see exactly how many sectors
562: it wants. Failure to do so will cause filesystem corruption
563: during suspend.
564: <p>
1.94 nick 565: The libretto uses a single IRQ for both
1.78 jufi 566: <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 567: 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 568: so the best thing to do is to choose one and disable the other
569: in the kernel.
1.11 millert 570: The pcmcia external floppy drive is not currently supported
571: by OpenBSD, but it can be used during the install.
572: <p>
1.92 nick 573: Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia
574: slot. The best way to do this is to do a network install.
575: To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt,
576: enter <em>boot -c</em>. When you see the <em>UKC</em>
577: prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card,
578: and then type exit. The kernel will then probe the network
579: card and you should be able to do a normal network install.
1.11 millert 580: You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in
581: the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect
582: your network card.
583: <p>
1.62 millert 584: There are sample XF86Config files for both
585: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct">XFree86 4.X</a> and
586: <a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>.
1.18 millert 587: <p>
1.92 nick 588: Note that the chips driver was broken in XFree86 4.1 (it
589: is fixed in XFree86 4.2) and hence the XFree86 that ships
590: with OpenBSD 3.0 does not work on the libretto. I have
591: compiled the old XFree86 4.01 chips driver (which does work)
592: for XFree86 4.1. Just grab
593: <a href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/todd/OpenBSD/chips_drv.o">
1.94 nick 594: chips_drv.o</a> and copy it to
595: <pre>
596: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/chips_drv.o
1.65 millert 597: </pre>
598: That will make XFree86 4.1 work on the 50CT and 70CT.
599: <p>
1.78 jufi 600: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.92 nick 601: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.20 millert 602: Toshiba Libretto 100CT
1.92 nick 603: </td><td>
1.20 millert 604: Most of the information listed in the Libretto 50CT entry
605: apply to the 100CT as well.
606: <p>
1.62 millert 607: X11 works in 800x400 mode. There are sample XF86Config files for both
608: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct">XFree86 4.X</a> and
609: <a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>.
1.20 millert 610: <p>
1.78 jufi 611: Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
1.92 nick 612: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.68 millert 613: Toshiba Portege 2000
1.92 nick 614: </td><td>
1.68 millert 615: Builtin wavelan and 10/100 ethernet (fxp) work.<p>
616: Audio is not supported.<p>
1.71 millert 617: APM works ("<strong>zzz</strong>"), as does "<strong>halt -p</strong>".
618: However, battery life is reported incorrectly--it always reports
619: that the laptop is connected to A/C power.<p>
1.68 millert 620: USB attaches but is currently untested.<p>
1.70 millert 621: The bundled pcmcia CD-ROM does not currently work.<p>
1.71 millert 622: XFree86 4.2 and higher works. There is a sample
1.68 millert 623: <a href="xf86configs/portege2000">XF86Config</a> file.
624: However, the keyboard repeat rate is a little too fast.
1.92 nick 625: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.1 deraadt 626: Toshiba Portege 660CDT
1.92 nick 627: </td><td>
1.1 deraadt 628: APM is completely broken.<p>
1.78 jufi 629: 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>
630: 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 631: hardware can cause some grief. Newer versions of the flash
632: BIOS are worse, since they are less flexible about what interrupts
633: they allow.<p>
1.78 jufi 634: Contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a>.
1.92 nick 635: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.94 nick 636: Toshiba Satellite 2410S
1.92 nick 637: </td><td>
1.94 nick 638: <p> It's running OpenBSD 3.7-current.
639: <p> All stuff are working fine (graphics, sound, PCMCIA, APM,
640: ethernet) except Infrared and SD card reader.
641: <p> There's a bug with certain toshiba laptops and XFree/X.org. Ratio is
642: too quick, and some chars are repeated. To avoid that, disable
643: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=X&format=html">X</a>'s
644: kbd handling, and load a modmap with xmodmap.
645: <p> Here is the
646: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/repository/config/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>.
647: and the
648: <a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/dmesg/albatrox.txt">dmesg</a>.
649: <p> Contact <a href="mailto:aanriot@atlantilde.com">Alexandre Anriot</a>.
1.92 nick 650: </td></tr><tr><td>
1.77 espie 651: Toshiba Satellite 320CDS
1.92 nick 652: </td><td>
653: <p> Trusty old model. Keep windows around, in at least a minimal
654: incarnation, as the BIOS setup is done in software, through a
1.77 espie 655: <code>TSETUP</code> program.</p>
1.92 nick 656: <p>X works fine in 800x600, 16 bits.</p>
657: <p>The sound chip can be handled as a windows sound system clone (wss).
658: This entails disabling the soundblaster clone recognition.
659: The BIOS setup must also be set to separate channels for playing
1.77 espie 660: and recording. I haven't tried recording.</p>
1.92 nick 661: <p> PCMCIA cards work. Cardbus models work as well, provided the BIOS
1.77 espie 662: is set to cardbus mode, and not auto-detection.
663: Contact <a href="mailto:espie@openbsd.org">Marc Espie</a>.
1.92 nick 664: </td></tr><tr><td>
665: Toshiba Tecra 500CS
666: </td><td>
1.7 brad 667: APM is broken, However it <b>halt -p</b> does work.<p>
668: Sound works by default with the GENERIC kernel, but with the speakers
669: is not really worth it. X runs nicely as well.<p>
1.78 jufi 670: Contact <a href="mailto:ericj@monkey.org">Eric Jackson</a>.
1.92 nick 671: </td></tr><tr><td>
672: Toshiba Tecra 550CDT
673: </td><td>
674: APM deep sleep (<b>zzz</b>) works, but <b>-S</b> wakes up
675: immediately.<p>
1.10 aaron 676: XFree86 works beautifully.<p>
677: Sound works, after some IRQ tinkering in the BIOS.<p>
1.50 horacio 678: USB works; at least, I plugged a digital camera in, and the
1.78 jufi 679: <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 680: The pcic is broken in this machine, so I cannot accurately comment
681: on PCMCIA attach/detach.<p>
1.78 jufi 682: Contact <a href="mailto:aaron@openbsd.org">Aaron Campbell</a>.
1.92 nick 683: </td></tr>
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