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<h2><font color="#e00000">i386 Laptop Status</font></h2>
<hr>
<p> This is a list of laptops known to be working with OpenBSD.
<p> If your laptop isn't listed below doesn't mean that it won't work,
and you will most likely find a similar model that is listed below.
Most laptops work very well, however some will still have minor issues.
<p> Of those that have problems,
<ul>
<li>Some exhibit problems with APM support. Note that <strong>apm -S</strong>
fails to suspend some laptops.
<li>Some lack sound support
<li>A few have subtle bugs with their PCMCIA and CardBus support
<li>XFree86/X.org does not support some displays properly. Sometimes
switching between both of them helps.
<li>Some other built-in device doesn't work.
<li>Some have problems with pcmcia card eject interrupts.
<li>Almost all modern laptops with on-board modems have "winmodems",
which are not currently and are unlikely to ever be supported.
Use a PCCard modem if you need one that works. You can
assume any modem on the machines below does NOT work unless
indicated.
<li>IBM Thinkpads (and perhaps other notebooks, too) with Phoenix-style
BIOSes offer a so-called "hibernation mode", where memory is
written to disk. You can use this feature with OpenBSD.
Generate the partition for hibernation using the
<tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> utility from the
ports collection.
<li>IBM Thinkpads with mini-PCI slots can be forced to work with
other cards than those supplied by the manufacturer by using
the <tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility from ports.
</ul>
<p>
If you have your laptop working (or not working) and it isn't listed below,
please mail <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a> so that it
can be listed. Please supply as much information as possible.
<p>
<table border=1>
<tr valign="top">
<th>Laptop</th>
<th>Notes</th>
</tr><tr valign="top"><td>
Acer Aspire 1360
</td><td>
<p><ul>
<li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
<li>It comes with AMD Sempron 2800+.
<li>Everything works fine (mini-PCI slot, VIA S3 Unichrome PRO, VIA
RhineII-2).
</ul>
Contact <a href="mailto:maxim@unixconn.com">Maxim
Bourmistrov</a>.
<p align="left">
<font size=2>
<a href="http://www.unixconn.com/aa1360-dmesg">dmesg</a>
¦
<a href="http://www.unixconn.com/aa1360-xorg">xorg.conf</a>
</font>
</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
Dell Inspiron 4100
</td><td>
<p><ul>
<li>OpenBSD 3.7 works.
<li>apmd(8) is fully functional.
<li>Integrated xl(4) works fine.
<li>Integrated auich(4) works fine.
<li>USB works fine with my mouse.
<li>Both PCMCIA slots work.
<li>The Modem does not work.
</ul>
Contact <a href="mailto:robert@openbsd.org">Robert Nagy</a>.
<p align="left">
<font size=2>
<a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/dmesg.notebook">dmesg</a>
¦
<a href="http://cybersport.hu/~robert/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
</font>
</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820
</td><td>
<p><ul>
<li>OpenBSD 3.6 works.
<li>APM is not working (boot with boot -c and then disable apm).
<li>Sound works fine.
<li>Everything else on the machine works.
</ul>
Contact <a href="mailto:salex@hackerhippie.de">Alexander Schmid</a>.
<p align="left">
<font size=2>
<a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/dmesg">dmesg</a>
¦
<a href="http://softbandit.com/~pw/users/salex/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
</font>
</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
IBM Thinkpad 701C
</td><td>
<p><ul>
<li>All features including hibernation and APM work.
</ul>
Contact <a href="mailto:todd@openbsd.org">Todd Fries</a>.
</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
IBM Thinkpad 760
</td><td>
<p><ul>
<li>As of OpenBSD 2.6, XFree86 and APM do not work.
<li>Newer versions of XFree86 support X, and patches are available.
<li>MWave modem/sound does not work.
<li>APM has been fixed post-2.6 as well, and patches are forthcoming.
</ul>
Contact <a href="mailto:todd@openbsd.org">Todd Fries</a>.
</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.
</td><td>
<p><ul>
<li>Works fine with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
<li>If using a boot floppy the system may hang when probing ahc.
Workaround: boot with -c and disable ahc.
A GENERIC kernel does not have this issue.
<li>Serial ports must be enabled in BIOS.
<li>"ctrl:nocaps" in X puts the control key in a proper location
<li>Apm mostly works -- suspends OK
<li>Hibernation not tested, but should work with
<tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt> from the ports collection.
<li>The audio chipset is supported (auich).
<li>See <a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/">http://www.snafu.org/t23/</a>
for more info.
</ul>
Contact <a href="mailto:marc@snafu.org">Marco S Hyman</a>.
<p align="left">
<font size=2>
<a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/dmesg">dmesg</a>
¦
<a href="http://www.snafu.org/t23/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
</font>
</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
IBM Thinkpad X31
</td><td>
<p><ul>
<li>Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
<li>Nearly all Hardware is supported, except FireWire.
<li>APM is well supported. Suspend mode (apm -s/zzz) works without
problems. Hibernation (suspend to disk) works also fine but
requires a small MS-DOS partition with a hibernation file at the
beginning of the harddisk. You can create this file with tphdisk
from ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk).
<li>The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via
xmodmap.
<li>Example:
<pre>
xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down"
xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"
</pre>
<li>The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G)
works with the
<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4">ipw(4)</a>
driver. But you need to download the unfree firmware first to get
it working. For more details read
<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4#FILES">ipw(4)</a>.
<li>I'm planning to replace this card with a
<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4">ral(4)</a>
or an
<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4">ath(4)</a>.
For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it,
I'll have to <i>unlock</i> the bios first because IBM allows only
<i>special</i> IBM wireless cards to be installed. The bios can
be patched with the tpwireless program
(/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless, <b>use on your own risk!</b>).
<li>The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported
as well.
<li>Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the cpu speed
via sysctl (<tt>sysctl hw.setperf</tt>).
<li>The on-board
<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
and
<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
are working without problems.
<li>The keys for mute, volume up and volume down are working fine.
No special software is required. If you'd like to get the big
"Access IBM" button to work and have a nice on-screen display, you
can install tpb from ports. (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb) This works just
fine and you have nice on-screen messages when you change volume and
brightness settings or enable/disable the ThinkLight.
</ul>
Contact <a href="mailto:b.ahlers@ba-net.org">Bernd Ahlers</a>.
<p align="left">
<font size=2>
<a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/dmesg">dmesg</a>
¦
<a href="http://www.ba-net.org/x31/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
</font>
</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
IBM Thinkpad X40
</td><td>
<p><ul>
<li>OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
<li>SD Card Slot is not presently supported.
<li>The built-in "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" works only with additional
firmware. See
<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=iwi&sektion=4">iwi(4)</a>
for more information.
<li>The use of other 802.11 cards may be restricted by the BIOS.
However, non-IBM supplied cards can be used after running the
<tt>/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless</tt> utility.
<li>APM works fine, including suspend to hard-disk (hibernation)
<li>If you want to use Hibernation, you must have a small
msdos partition with a save2dsk.bin. For this, you can use
<tt>/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk</tt>.
<li>Perhaps one of the best supported notebooks because several
developers also use it.
</ul>
Contact <a href="mailto:marcus.popp@paranoidbsd.org">Marcus Popp</a>.
<p align="left">
<font size=2>
<a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/dmesg.37.txt">dmesg</a>
¦
<a href="http://www.paranoidbsd.org/x40/xorg.conf.37.txt">xorg.conf</a>
</font>
</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
JVC MP-XP 7250DE
</td><td>
<p><ul>
<li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (October 2004) works.
<li>Everything works fine except APM and the built-in
SD card reader.
<li>Since OpenBSD 3.4 the boot loader does not boot correctly from
USB CDROM on this machine -- workaround: take 3.3 and upgrade or
boot via network or PCMCIA floppy.
<li>The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB)
is supported, too.
<li>X (XF4) works fine. More infos (dmesg and XF86Config)
can be found
<a href="http://umaxx.um.funpic.de/howtos/howto_openbsd-on-jvc-mp-xp7250de.php">
here</a>.
</ul>
Contact <a href="mailto:umaxx@oleco.net">Joerg Zinke</a>.
</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
Sony Vaio z505n
</td><td>
<p><ul>
<li>OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is
cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
<li>Installation by USB floppy:
The floppy36.fs of the snapshot (august 2004)
can be brought to boot if one disables the
following (boot -c, wait for the UKC> prompt):
<pre>
disable pcibios
disable fxp
disable pcic
</pre>
<li>After this there is no USB, no PCMCIA, no Cardbus
and no network. This means that the laptop has
no input/output! So you have to put the install sets
on a partition from some other OS or earlier installations
of OpenBSD. The install script can mount ffs and msdos
partitions. The kernel as supplied with the snapshot
boots alright and recognizes all the relevant hardware
(no firewire, no memorystick, no JogDial).
<li>Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install
works without modification.
</ul>
Contact <a href="mailto:vaio@weggla.franken.de">Matthias Bauer</a>.
</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
Sony VAIO PCG C1XD
</td><td>
<p><ul>
<li>OpenBSD 3.6 works, but there are some minor issues.
<li>USB and built-in sound (Yamaha) work just fine.
<li>My 3com Megahertz Cardbus LAN Card (xl) works ok.
<li>Jog Dial and the mini camera were useless to me, so I never
tested them.
<li>While the GENERIC Kernel works fine, the installation ramdisk
kernel hangs on booting since OpenBSD 3.3 or so. Disabling the
cardslot and PCMCIA subsystem in UKC before booting makes the ramdisk
come up, too. But then you have to install from images you left on
the hard disk before (e. g. in a discardable filesystem in the
partition you want to use for swapping later), because you can't
access LAN or WLAN without the cardslot.
<li>Removing cards from the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot on a running
system may cause system freeze or instant reboot sometimes.
<li>My D-Link DWL-650 (PrismII) works for some time, but then
locks up and has to be reinserted to work again. This, however,
causes the problems mentioned above.
<li>APM works partly: "<b>halt -p</b>" switches off the machine, but
sometimes, you can't wake up from "<b>zzz</b>".
</ul>
Contact <a href="mailto:grunk@pestilenz.org">Alexander von Gernler</a>.
<p align="left">
<font size=2>
<a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/dmesg">dmesg</a>
¦
<a href="http://pestilenz.org/~grunk/openbsd/vario/XF86Config">XF86Config</a>
</font>
</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
Sony VAIO PCG-SRX77
</td><td>
<p><ul>
<li>OpenBSD 3.3 works but there are some quirks.
<li>Audio works, using the
<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=auich&sektion=4">auich(4)</a>
driver.
<li>The built-in ethernet works, using the
<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fxp&sektion=4">fxp(4)</a>
driver.
<li>The cardbus and built-in wireless do <strong>not</strong> work
without an <a href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/millert/OpenBSD/srx77/cardbus.diff">awful hack</a>.
<li>USB and the memory stick port work.
<li>Firewire is currently untested.
<li>The jog dial is not currently supported.
<li>APM does not work; the laptop goes to sleep but does not wake up.
<li>"halt -p" does halt the machine.
</ul>
Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
<p align="left">
<font size=2>
<a href="xf86configs/sonysrx77">XF86Config</a>
</font>
</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
Toshiba Libretto 50CT
</td><td>
<p><ul>
<li>APM works but you need to be careful not to use the last
32meg or so of the disk since that's where the BIOS dumps
the long time hibernation image. You can take a look at
the bios geometry in disklabel to see exactly how many sectors
it wants. Failure to do so will cause filesystem corruption
during suspend.
<li>The libretto uses a single IRQ for both
<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sb&sektion=4&arch=i386">sb(4)</a>
and
<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wss&sektion=4&arch=i386">wss</a>
so the best thing to do is to choose one and disable the other
in the kernel.
<li>The pcmcia external floppy drive is not currently supported
by OpenBSD, but it can be used during the install.
<li>Installation can be a bit tricky with only a single pcmcia
slot. The best way to do this is to do a network install.
To do this, load the boot floppy and at the boot prompt,
enter <em>boot -c</em>. When you see the <em>UKC</em>
prompt, unplug the floppy drive, plug in your network card,
and then type exit. The kernel will then probe the network
card and you should be able to do a normal network install.
You may find it necessary to disable the sound devices in
the BIOS in order for the boot floppy to correctly detect
your network card.
<li>Note that the chips driver was broken in XFree86 4.1 (it
is fixed in XFree86 4.2) and hence the XFree86 that ships
with OpenBSD 3.0 does not work on the libretto. I have
compiled the old XFree86 4.01 chips driver (which does work)
for XFree86 4.1. Just grab
<a href="ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/todd/OpenBSD/chips_drv.o">
chips_drv.o</a> and copy it to
<pre>
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/chips_drv.o
</pre>
That will make XFree86 4.1 work on the 50CT and 70CT.
</ul>
Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
<p align="left">
<font size=2>
<a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct">XFree86 4.X</a>
¦
<a href="xf86configs/libretto50ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>
</font>
</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
Toshiba Libretto 100CT
</td><td>
<p><ul>
<li>Most of the information listed in the Libretto 50CT entry
apply to the 100CT as well.
<li>X11 works in 800x400 mode. There are sample XF86Config files for
both.
</ul>
Contact <a href="mailto:millert@openbsd.org">Todd Miller</a>.
<p align="left">
<font size=2>
<a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct">XFree86 4.X</a>
¦
<a href="xf86configs/libretto100ct-xf3">XFree86 3.3.X</a>
</font>
</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
Toshiba Satellite 2410S
</td><td>
<p><ul>
<li>It's running OpenBSD 3.7-current.
<li>All stuff are working fine (graphics, sound, PCMCIA, APM,
ethernet), except infrared and the built-in SD card reader.
<li>There's a bug with certain toshiba laptops and XFree/X.org. Ratio is
too quick, and some chars are repeated. To avoid that, disable
<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=X&sektion=7">X</a>'s
kbd handling, and load a modmap with xmodmap.
</ul>
Contact <a href="mailto:aanriot@atlantilde.com">Alexandre Anriot</a>.
<p align="left">
<font size=2>
<a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/dmesg/albatros.txt">dmesg</a>
¦
<a href="http://www.atlantilde.com/repository/config/xorg.conf">xorg.conf</a>
</font>
</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>
Toshiba Satellite 320CDS
</td><td>
<p><ul>
<li>Trusty old model. Keep windows around, in at least a minimal
incarnation, as the BIOS setup is done in software, through a
<code>TSETUP</code> program.
<li>X works fine in 800x600, 16 bits.
<li>The sound chip can be handled as a windows sound system clone (wss).
This entails disabling the soundblaster clone recognition.
The BIOS setup must also be set to separate channels for playing
and recording. I haven't tried recording.
<li>PCMCIA cards work. Cardbus models work as well, provided the BIOS
is set to cardbus mode, and not auto-detection.
</ul>
Contact <a href="mailto:espie@openbsd.org">Marc Espie</a>.
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