OpenBSD/i386 Laptop Page

i386 Laptop Status

This is a list of laptops known to be working with OpenBSD.

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.

Of those that have problems,

Some exhibit problems with APM support. Note that apm -S fails to suspend some laptops.
Some lack sound support
A few have subtle bugs with their PCMCIA and CardBus support
There is currently neither Firewire nor ACPI support in OpenBSD
XFree86/X.org does not support some displays properly. Sometimes switching between both of them helps.
Some other built-in devices don't work.
Some have problems with pcmcia card eject interrupts.
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.
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 /usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk utility from the ports collection. The hibernation partition requires to be a MS-DOS partition at the beginning of the harddisk. This partition can be of type 16 bit FAT or FAT32 (as such it is possible that a Windows install lives in this partition).
IBM Thinkpads with mini-PCI slots will check PCI IDs against a built-in list of "allowed" devices, and thus will not work with third-party cards. This behavior can be changed by using the /usr/ports/misc/tpwireless utility from ports BEFORE inserting the third-party card. This utility sets a "magic bit" in the BIOS to disable this check.
In order to get the full native resolution of the LCD screen on some laptops, Intel i8x5/i9x5 chipsets can be adjusted using the x11/915resolution package. This software changes the resolution of an available vbios mode. It patches only the RAM version of the video bios, so the new resolution is lost upon rebooting.
Note that the 915resolution port is only available in -current, and that it supersedes 855resolution, which is still mentioned in a number of entries below.

Laptop Notes
Acer Aspire 1360

OpenBSD 3.9-current (Jun 5, 2006) works.
It comes with AMD Sempron 2800+.
APM works fine (speeds: 1600 MHz, 800 Mhz).
Most of the Fn keys work (brightness, sound, black screen).
Ethernet: built-in RhineII-2 works.
Graphics: VIA S3 Unichrome PRO works with vesa in xorg.conf.
CardBus doesn't work.
mini-PCI with WLAN card doesn't work. Can't enable radio transmitter using button on front panel.
mini-PCI with HiFn card works.
Contact Maxim Bourmistrov.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Acer Aspire 3003WLCi

OpenBSD 3.8 works (previous versions have DMA problems).
Integrated Broadcom wifi doesn't work.
ACPI-only machine, no APM.
Fn keys don't work, except for screen brightness adjustment and backlight switch.
USB 2.0 and Cardbus slot untested.
Everything else works.
Contact Stephen Takacs.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Acer TravelMate 2303LC

OpenBSD 3.8 works.
ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
Ethernet: Broadcom BCM4401 10/100 works.
Graphics: Intel 82852/855GM, works with resolution 1024x768x24.
CD-RW works: burning tested, reading both CD and DVD is ok.
Touchpad works.
USB works: tested with many devices.
Sound works.
PCMCIA works.
Contact Dmitri Alenitchev.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Acer TravelMate 2403WXCi

OpenBSD 3.9-current (Apr 19, 2006) works.
ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
Ethernet: Broadcom BCM4401 10/100 works, but requires the AC adapter to be disconnected when powering on.
Graphics: Intel 82915GM works but requires the 855resolution utility to get 1280x800 widescreen.
USB works (several devices tested).
CD-RW: Philips SCB5265 CDRW/DVD works (see the test result).
Built-in sound and Touchpad work.
PCMCIA: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller does not work, because of the BIOS's way to handle IRQ-adressing.
Integrated modem and Broadcom WiFi do not work.
Contact Henrik Borgh.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Acer TravelMate 4654LMi

OpenBSD 3.8 works.
Ethernet: Broadcom BCM5788 10/100/1G works (1G is not tested).
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600, works with resolution 1400x1050x24.
DVD-RW works: burning was not tested, reading both CD and DVD is ok.
Touchpad works.
USB works: tested with cheap external card reader.
Sound works.
APM doesn't work:
cannot open device file `/dev/apmctl': Device not configured

Wireless (iwi) doesn't work. Can't enable radio transmitter using button on front panel.
Card reader doesn't work.
PCMCIA doesn't work: tested with ORINOCO wireless (wi) card that is working on old OpenBSD 3.5 server - not a laptop.
Not all functional keys are workable.
Bluetooth, IrDA, internal modem: not tested.
Contact Alexey Vatchenko
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Clevo D410V

Works with OpenBSD 3.9-current (2006 May)
CPU: 2.8Ghz with HyperThreading. I use it with GENERIC kernel.
Graphics: ATI 9600. It's working fine with Xorg loaded glx. DRI not working. Resolution 1400x1050 works fine.
Ethernet: 100/1000 Realtek 8169. Working with re(4) fine.
PCMCIA: Working with Buffalo WLI-CB-B11 (11Mbps) WiFi Card. rtw(4)
USB: Working. I tried with Lexar JumpDrive and digital camera.
Sound: auich(4) working (AC'97)
apm(8) is not working properly. Cannot apm -S: apm0: APM set power state: unable to enter requested state (96)
apm -z freezes.
MMC: Card reader works excellent.
Infrared: not tested.
CD/DVD - QSI, CDRW/DVD SBW-242, UX02 SCSI0 5/cdrom removable I can write cd, and view dvd.
Contact Adam Papai
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Compaq Armada 1573DM

OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 1, 2005) works.
PCMCIA works fine.
XFree 4.2.1 works great (800x600x16).
APM not tested.
Had to use boot> machine memory +0x3000000@0x1000000 in order to get all 64M of memory.
Sound does not work.
Contact Juan J. Martínez.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf ¦ more info
Compaq NX9005

OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 11, 2005) works.
All components are detected.
It was not possible to run X.org, so I had to switch back to XFree86. See also my yet unanswered post to openbsd-x11@.
Contact Haluk Durmus.
dmesg ¦ XF86Config
Compaq Presario R4035

OpenBSD 3.9-current (July 2006) works in both i386 and amd64 mode. CardBus works in i386 mode. X works out of the box.
To make CardBus work on i386, you must change PCIBIOS to "flags 1" using UKC (see boot_config(8)) or using a custom kernel
Wireless card does not work (BroadCom 43xx chipset) and may never.
Sound works, sort of: the chipset seems to be stuck at 48KHz whereas most software expects to be able to set it to 44.1 KHz (so sound comes out at slightly wrong speed).
The SD host controller (sdhc(4)) memory slot does not work yet.
Contact Ian Darwin (ian at darwinsys point com).
dmesg
Compaq NX9030

OpenBSD 3.9 works.
APM does not work correctly. "Battery state: absent" and 0 percent charge when running on AC or battery.
Built-in wireless works with iwi firmware from Damien
Audio works good.
Contact Giovanni Bechis.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Dell Inspiron 500m

OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
Sound, touchpad, fxp onboard NIC work fine.
USB: able to mount flash stick read/write, even able to install OpenBSD on it and boot from it
Pressing "Fn" and uparrow/downarrow keys to configure brightness works, as well as switching to external VGA
For getting the Intel ipw2100 wireless card to work, use Damien Bergamini's firmware package.
There was (expected) trouble with the screen resolution in X. Using i855vidctl, it goes to 1400x1050 as wanted by adding the line:
i855vidctl 5c 1400x1050
into /etc/rc.securelevel.
APM does not seem to work at all: Neither apmd nor halt -p operate ok. For any other experiences on this, contact the submitter.
PCMCIA not tested
No extra xorg.conf supplied, the default is OK.
Contact Baldur Sigurðsson.
dmesg
Dell Inspiron 1000

OpenBSD 3.9 works.
APM causes kernel panic, no way to disable in BIOS, so disabled in kernel (see dmesg and bug i386/5084).
CD-RW/DVD-ROM works for burning CD-R/W and reading DVD-ROM and playing (though see more info, below).
PCMCIA, Touchpad, USB 2.0, Ethernet sis(4), and Audio (SiS 7012 AC'97) work.
Video (SiS 650L) works with X driver sis, VGA out works if configured properly in xorg.conf.
Fn keys:

Brightness keys work without any special configuration
Enable/disable system beep works (mixerctl inputs.phone.mute=off first)
Num Lock works (though see additional link for more info on using it)
mute and volume up/down don't seem to work (though configuration may be possible)
display change works (to a point; see link for more info)
SysRq and Break keys not tested

Contact Christian Jones.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf ¦ more info
Dell Inspiron 2500

OpenBSD 3.7 works.
You need to boot with option -c and disable apm, then disable aic.
Integrated auich(4) works fine.
Integrated i815 works fine.
USB and PCMCIA work fine.
Contact Gael Queri.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Dell Inspiron 4100

OpenBSD 3.7 works.
apmd(8) is fully functional.
Integrated xl(4) works fine.
Integrated auich(4) works fine.
USB works fine with my mouse.
Both PCMCIA slots work.
The Modem does not work.
Contact Robert Nagy.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Dell Latitude c400

OpenBSD 3.8-current (Nov 9, 2005) works.
All hardware (including wi(4), sound, X at 1024x768/24bit) works.
Suspend sort of works: the system will go to sleep (either by zzz(8), closing the lid, or Fn-Esc), but it won't wake up properly (I get a flashing _ cursor) ... so, I have to hold down the power button for a few seconds, reboot, and fsck.
For some reason, unless specifically told, X will default to a lower resolution. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace kicks it into gear. Hardcoding 1024x768 into xorg.conf fixes it for good though.
Contact Mark Peoples.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Dell Latitude c610

OpenBSD 3.8-current (Nov 24, 2005) works.
Audio, video, PCMCIA, and onboard NIC work.
halt -p works
apmd works
Standby (apm -S) does not work
Suspend (zzz, apm -z) works with one caveat: the kernel message that appears upon resume:
"uhci0: interrupt while not operating ignored"
will cause X to hang. If you want to Suspend / Resume with X running, and do not need USB, you may disable uhci* as a circumvention.
Contact Josh Grosse.
dmesg
Dell Latitude c640

OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 29, 2005) works.
Integrated auich works fine, but one can hear a little 'crack' everytime a sound is started and ended.
xl, USB, touchpad, Trackpoint, com0, APM, carbus, integrated ATI Radeon Mobility M7 LW all work fine.
not tested: tv-out, infrared, microphone
Contact Jochem Kossen.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Dell Latitude c840

OpenBSD 3.8 works.
NIC works.
USB 1.0 works.
X.org works at 1600x1200, 24bpp.
All Fn key combinations work, including numeric keypad, except audio controls, mute, volUp and volDn.
Contact Craig McCormick.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Dell Latitude D500

OpenBSD 3.8 works.
The onboard NIC (fxp) works fine.
ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
Enhanced SpeedStep works.
The touchpad works fine.
USB 2.0 works: USB mouse device tested.
Built-in CD/DVD player and writer works.
Sound (auich) works, but it's set to maximum volume by default. I've put outputs.master=100 in /etc/mixerctl.conf.
Built-in wireless (ipw) works fine with the firmware, see FAQ 6 - Wireless networking.
X.org 6.8.2 at 1024x768 by default. Switching from LCD to external display works. I've only had issues with MonitorLayout set to LFP+CRT,LFP, restarting X helps.
Adjusting the display brightness with the fn keys works.
Not tested: PCMCIA and the touchpad on console.
Contact Simon Dassow.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Dell Latitude D505

OpenBSD 3.9-current (May 1, 2006) works.
The onboard NIC (fxp) works fine.
ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
The touchpad works fine, under X as well as under text consoles.
USB 2.0 works fine: DVD writing using an external USB DVD writer, as well as a USB flash device.
Built-in CD/DVD player works nicely.
Sound (auich) works, but it's very loud by default, especially the beep. For this reason, I've put outputs.master=30 in /etc/mixerctl.conf.
The Broadcom BCM4306 built-in wireless is not supported. Why? See FAQ 6 - Wireless networking.
X.org 6.9 works fine without a xorg.conf file. The maximum resolution of this machine is 1024x768. Switching from LCD to external display works fine, there were problems with this in X.org 6.8.2 (mouse pointer dying etc.) but they have been solved in 6.9.
Not tested: PCMCIA/Cardbus.
Contact Steven Mestdagh.
dmesg
Dell Latitude D600

OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 15, 2005) works.
Audio, video (1024x768), and onboard NIC (Gigabit Broadcom 570x) work just fine.
Built-in wireless (Dell TrueMobile 1300) not supported.
Contact Benny.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Dell Latitude D610

OpenBSD 3.7 works.
X works fine without custom xorg.conf.
USB mouse and kbd work, both connected to the docking station, and built-in.
Broadcom ethernet works.
CD-ROM, touchpad and trackpoint work fine.
Dell 1450 WLAN card does not work.
Sound does not work.
Contact James Boyle.
dmesg ¦ laptop tech specs ¦ laptop config options
Dell Latitude D800

There are several variations of this model. This one shipped with 2 GHz Pentium M and GeForce FX Go5650.
OpenBSD 3.7 works.
LAN, USB 2.0 and serial ports work.
Bluetooth and WLAN (Dell TrueMobile 1300 interal b/g mini PCI) not detected.
Function keys which control audio and power don't work.
Sound works ok.
To get Xorg working with 1920x1200 resulution, I used the following
Modeline "1920x1200" 162 1920 1984 2176 2480 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync

Contact Jyry Suuntala.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Dell Latitude L400

OpenBSD 3.7 works
Integrated ethernet (xl), audio (clct), USB and PCMCIA work.
apm -z works, but apm -S throws an error:
apm0: APM set power state: unable to enter requested state (96)

halt -p requires machdep.apmhalt=1 in /etc/sysctl.conf.
Contact Lawrence Teo.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820

OpenBSD 3.6 works.
APM is not working (boot with boot -c and then disable apm).
Sound works fine.
Everything else on the machine works.
Contact Alexander Schmid.
dmesg ¦ XF86Config
Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E8010 with i855/SXGA+

OpenBSD 3.7 works.
SD card reader and SVGA are not supported.
Doesn't have APM, so there's no way to suspend or 'halt -p' the box.
iwi(4) needs an increased watchdog timeout of 10 in busy environments, see if_iwi.c.diff (with or without this diff, you might still experience 'fatal error' from time to time).
needs Xorg-current as of may 2005 (and 855resolution for full 1400x1050 resolution). The laptop only does 1280x1024 by default.
Everything else on the machine works.
Contact Nikolay Sturm.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf ¦ if_iwi.c.diff
HP Pavilion dv8120ca

OpenBSD 3.9-current (April 27th, 2006) works.
Working: touchpad, pcmcia (wireless card) , USB, hw.setperf, audio, Realtek 8139 NIC rl(4)
Not working: memory card reader, Broadcom wireless, apm suspend
Untested: Expresscard Slot
Hacks: Install failed repeatedly while reading kernel off CD. Going into BIOS first, then exiting and booting from CD worked for some reason.
Xorg -configure got everything right first try.
Contact Jon Simola.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
HP TC1100 Tablet PC

OpenBSD 3.8 works.
USB, Ethernet and X.org work fine.
Sound, PCMCIA and Modem untested.
Intel Pro Wireless 2200 Wifi does not work: The radio switch is done by software and ACPI support is needed.
Pen does not work. No wacom driver.
Contact Emilio Lopez.
dmesg
IBM Thinkpad R40

OpenBSD 3.7 works.
Suspend and suspend-to-disk work, but not while X is running. Only in console mode. In X it just seems to lock up.
Third mouse button does not work unless trackpad is disabled in the BIOS.
S-Video output port does not work.
No special xorg.conf needed
Everything else works.
Contact Andrew Sveikaus.
dmesg
IBM Thinkpad R50e type 1834-S5G

OpenBSD 3.9-beta (Feb 5, 2006) works.
ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
The built-in fxp(4) ethernet device works fine.
The built-in iwi(4) Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG works fine after downloading firmware files from Damien Bergamini's ipw page.
The built-in auich(4) audio device works fine.
ThinkLight works as well as volume up/down/mute buttons, for a nice on-screen display you can use tpb (/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb).
Contact Przemyslaw Nowaczyk.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.

Works fine with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
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.
Serial ports must be enabled in BIOS.
"ctrl:nocaps" in X puts the control key in a proper location
Apm mostly works -- suspends OK
Hibernation not tested, but should work with /usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk from the ports collection.
The audio chipset is supported (auich).
Contact Marco S Hyman.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf ¦ more info
IBM Thinkpad T40, Type 2374-2G7

OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 30, 2005) works.
Everything works fine
apm -S, apm -Z, auich and built-in DVD/CD-RW work fine
Contact Renaud Allard.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
IBM Thinkpad T41p type 2373-GEU

OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works.
Everything works fine: APM, X, onboard ethernet (em), sound, usb, docking station
onboard atheros works in 802.11b mode only
Contact Matt Rowley.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
IBM Thinkpad T42 model 2373

OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
See entry for the X40 for the built-in iwi(4) or ipw(4) 802.11 card and APM/Hibernation support.
See entry for the X31 for Enhanced SpeedStep and the extra Thinkpad buttons.
The alternatively built-in "Atheros AR5212 (IBM MiniPCI)" 802.11 card works with the ath(4) driver.
X.org with ATI Radeon Mobility works fine (1024x768, 24bpp).
The built-in USB Bluetooth and infrared are not presently supported.
The built-in em(4) gigabit ethernet device works fine.
The built-in auich(4) audio device works fine.
The built-in fingerprint scanner found in some models is not supported.
Contact Reyk Floeter.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
IBM Thinkpad X23

OpenBSD 3.7 works fine.
Just like the IBM T23, kernels with ahc support may hang when booting. Use "boot -c" and disable ahc support with "disable ahc", followed by "exit" to continue booting.
GENERIC does not have this issue.
APM appears to work (suspends ok)
On-board NIC fxp(4) works, including PXE booting
On-board wireless NIC wi(4) works
USB works (misc mice, cdrom, usb to serial devices, and memory sticks all successfully tested)
PCMCIA works (misc NICs tested)
Built-in compact flash reader works
Contact Andreas Östling.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
IBM Thinkpad X31

Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005).
Nearly all Hardware is supported.
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).
The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via xmodmap.
Example:
xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down" xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up"

The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G) works with the ipw(4) driver. But you need to download the unfree firmware first to get it working. For more details read ipw(4).
I'm planning to replace this card with a ral(4) or an ath(4). For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it, I'll have to unlock the bios first because IBM allows only special IBM mini-PCI cards to be installed. The bios can be patched with the tpwireless program (/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless, use on your own risk!).
The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported as well.
Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the CPU speed via sysctl (sysctl hw.setperf).
The on-board fxp(4) and auich(4) are working without problems.
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.
Contact Bernd Ahlers.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
IBM Thinkpad X40

OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 12, 2005) works fine.
SD Card Slot is not presently supported.
The built-in "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" works only with additional firmware. See iwi(4) for more information.
The X40 model 2386-8WU 512MB RAM/40GB HD has an Atheros AR5212 wireless card built in. It works with 3.7-current, but not with 3.7 release.
UltraBase X4 works but is not hot-swappable. Machine locks up or becomes unstable when trying to hot-plug the base. Work is being done on a Linux ACPI driver.
The use of other mini-PCI cards may be restricted by the BIOS. However, non-IBM supplied cards can be used after running the /usr/ports/misc/tpwireless utility.
APM works fine, including suspend to hard-disk (hibernation)
If you want to use Hibernation, you must have a small msdos partition with a save2dsk.bin. For this, you can use /usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk.
Perhaps one of the best supported notebooks because several developers also use it.
Contact Marcus Popp (1) or Steve Fettig (2).
dmesg (1) ¦ xorg.conf (1) ¦ dmesg (2) ¦ xorg.conf (2)
IBM Thinkpad X41 (not tablet)

OpenBSD 3.8-current (Jan 16, 2006) works fine.
APM works (sleep and suspend).
Sound, wireless and accelerometer work. In order to switch between the speakers and headphone jack, the powerstate of the bluetooth module needs to be toggled once (Fn+F5).
Fingerprint scanner is detected as a ugen(4) device, but I haven't found software for it yet.
The built-in bluetooth module (comes from Broadcom) works with ubt(4)
Accelerated support for the i915 chipset was added in X.org 6.9 (merged into OpenBSD in January 2006), and everything works with the configuration file below.
Contact Spiros Thanasoulas (1) or Felix Kronlage (2).
dmesg (1) ¦ xorg.conf (1) ¦ dmesg (2)
JVC MP-XP 7250DE

OpenBSD 3.6-current (October 2004) works.
Everything works fine except APM and the built-in SD card reader.
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.
The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB) is supported, too.
Contact Joerg Zinke.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf ¦ more info.
Lenovo Thinkpad T43, "2668-F7G" or "UC3F7xx"

OpenBSD 3.9-beta (Feb 15, 2006) works.
X.Org 6.9.0 works without particular configuration tweaks (1400x1050), configured with X -configure and started with startx -- -depth 24
halt -p works.
iwi(4) Intel 2915 ABG works well, tested in several "b" and "g" networks (firmware and AP config hints from Damien Bergamini's ipw page).
bge(4) Gigabit ethernet works, not tested much beyond initial installation.
auich(4) sound works with base install and mplayer from packages.
aps(4) output is available in sysctl.
CardBus works: tested with CF adapter and card.
ExpressCard slot (upper card slot) not tested.
The system does not handle changes in removable (Ultrabay Slim) storage. When halted and subsequently warm booted, that IDE channel is disabled instead. A cold restart is required for a new device to be detected, this really is no big deal.
I'm uncertain whether APM (SpeedStep) works - sysctl(8) lacks hw.setperf, the dmesg identifies some "apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2" stuff anyway, BIOS settings at factory default of SpeedStep enabled.
Contact Åke Nordin.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Lenovo Thinkpad Z60m (2529-FBG)

OpenBSD 3.9-current (Jun 16, 2006) works.
ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
Wireless Intel 2915 ABG (iwi(4)) works after downloading the firmware.
X works without config.
aps(4) works.
SpeedStep works.
Audio works.
I believe this is the first Thinkpad that Lenovo made. Little things have me worried that this might be an end of the Thinkpad quality. Like the lack of APM support and the addition of Windows keys. Also the keyboard feels a little bit cheaper than my R40 but still it feels like a Thinkpad. The screen is better than the other Thinkpads I have seen.
Contact Jan Johansson.
dmesg
Medion MD6100 (model no. FID2040)

OpenBSD 3.8-current (November 2005) works.
ACPI-only machine, no APM support.
infrared does not work under OpenBSD.
USB2.0 doesn't work (pci_intr_map: no mapping for pin D).
Onboard networking (sis0) is fixed post 3.8
Onboard audio (auich0) works properly post 3.8
Overall, this laptop stinks. It's heavy, powerhungry and gets very hot (too hot, often it will shut itself down to prevent meltdown). A lot of hardware works only mediocre. The battery doesn't last long. It's huge/bulky. It's *extremely* noisy. But, it *does* run OpenBSD. And, when properly cooled, it's pretty fast (2.6 GHz). Why anyone would need that much CPU in a laptop is beyond me, but it's there.
Contact Paul de Weerd.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
MSI Megabook S270

OpenBSD 3.9-current (Apr 28, 2006) works both in i386 and amd64 modes.
At least BIOS 6.70 is needed to fix an interrupt routing problem.
APM doesn't work.
X.Org 6.9.0 works on the LCD panel at 1280x800 out of the box (without configuration file). External VGA works if the monitor is connected before starting X.
Built-in wireless (ral(4)) works.
Sound works.
SD Card reader is not supported.

Contact Matthieu Herrb.
dmesg
NEC Lavie C LC600J/5

OpenBSD 3.7-current (Apr 26, 2005) works.
APM, PCMCIA and USB work.
This machine's BIOS uses Ctrl+Alt+F5 as a hotkey to hibernate. So I have to specify a swapctrlcaps variant in /etc/kbdtype.
No separate xorg.conf needed, getconfig works like magic.
Contact Tamotsu Takahashi.
dmesg
NEC Versa S940

OpenBSD 3.8-release works.
i810 works ok, 1280x768 wide screen, after enabling the resolution using the ports x11/855resolution tool by invoking it in /etc/rc.securelevel like:
/usr/local/sbin/855resolution 4d 1280 768 >/dev/null

sound card, iwi (download firmware first) and rl work ok.
APM is not detected, halt -p does not poweroff.
sysctl hw.setperf=.. does not change the CPU speed.
lots of "not configured" components in dmesg
Contact Aurélien.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf ¦ product info
Sony VAIO PCG-FX602

OpenBSD 3.7 works.
Audio does not work: you have to disable auvia* in GENERIC after installation.
APM, USB and PCMCIA work fine.
X.org runs out of the box, so no xorg.conf file supplied
Custom hack for hw.setperf:

Apply the ACPI-patches from Alexander Yurchenko.
Then edit /usr/src/sys/conf/files and add in line 21:
define acpibus {}

Add to /usr/src/sys/sys/malloc.conf
#define M_ACPI 122 /* ACPI */

Comment out the Sony SPIC stuff in /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/files.i386 and /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/GENERIC_ACPI (This stuff does not compile for me and i don't care about it;)
rebuild kernel, /usr/src/sbin/sysctl, /usr/src/usr.sbin/acpid[ump]
You are now able to set hw.setperf via sysctl.

I run additionally a utility I wrote to control this value automatically depending on cpu-load. It is based on Laurie Tratts' perfd. Just unpack and run make && sudo make install.
This way you are able to sustain Battery life up to 2 1/2 - 3 hours. And the fan stops to run permanently.
Contact Alf Schlichting.
dmesg
Sony VAIO PCG-K115Z

OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 29, 2005) works.
LAN interface ("Realtek 8139"): works.
DVD/CDROM ("MATSHITA, UJ-820D, 1.01"): works.
touchpad and X just work.
APM: no problem, at least for halt -p.
audio (AC'97): works.
USB works.
wlan interface ("Atheros AR5212") doesn't work (see dmesg).
Contact David JEAN-LOUIS.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Sony Vaio PCG-Z505JSK

OpenBSD 3.7 works.
APM works fine.
Port extender and memory stick untested.
I had to turn on the software cursor for X to work properly, but otherwise the xorg configurator worked fine.
Lucent/Orinoco Gold Card for networking works fine.
Contact John Karabaic.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Sony VAIO PCG-Z505N

OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD.
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):
disable pcibios disable fxp disable pcic

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 memorystick, no JogDial).
Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install works without modification.
Contact Matthias Bauer.
Toshiba Libretto 70CT

OpenBSD 3.9 works.
APM works OK.
Sound works once kernel has been configured using config(8).
2 different dmesgs are supplied: [1] with Xircom Wired network PCMCIA card, and [2] with wireless PCMCIA card and wss enabled.
Contact Fred Crowson.
dmesg [1] ¦ dmesg [2] ¦ xorg.conf ¦ more info
Toshiba Satellite 2430-101

OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 3, 2005) works.
Cardbus works.
X works.
Sound is recognized (didn't try it).
USB works (new devices are recognized at least).
APM does not work (hard crash when resuming). Tried APM 1.1 and a few other APM flags without success.
Contact Nils Frohberg.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Toshiba Tecra A2

OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 1, 2005) just works.
Built in iwi 2200b/g worked after finding firmware.
Sound, PCMCIA and X.org work perfectly.
usb tested with ipod shuffle, usb mouse and memory stick.
The only problem occurs _sometimes_ when using "reboot" from X. which causes a kernel panic when it tries to boot. Doing a hard power off, then back on does not cause any problem.
Contact Sascha Ramin.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Toshiba Tecra 520CDT

OpenBSD 3.8 works.
Graphics card (ct65555) works fine with X.org.
PCMCIA tested with EtherPrime network card.
USB with ASUS CD-RW works.
Sound card (Yamaha OPL3-SA3): exactly the same things as with the Toshiba Tecra 8000 must be done (disable sb, change wss IRQ to 5 and make sure drq matches BIOS settings). But even after that the output volume cannot be set (no outputs.* fields at all exist). This problem is mentioned in the ym(4) manual. If you disable wss and enable the sb driver instead, volume can be set between 0-128, but play.rate, play.encoding etc. cannot be altered.

Contact Magnus Åhman.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Toshiba Tecra 8000

OpenBSD 3.6-current (Jan 2005) works ok.
All hardware except infrared works.
Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
Sound required the following change to /bsd :

In the system BIOS use the following values
Sound = Enabled --- SOUND SYSTEM --- WSS I/O Address = 530H SBPro I/O Address = 220H Synthesizer I/O Address = 388H WSS & SBPro & MPU401 IRQ Level = IRQ5 WSS(Play) DMA = Channel 1 WSS(Rec.) & SBPro DMA = Channel 0 Control I/O Address = 538H MPU401 (MIDI I/F) = 330H

config -f -e /bsd
ukc> disable sb 193 sb0 disabled 241 sb* disabled ukc> change wss0 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq 0 +drq2 -1 flags 0x0 change [n] y port [0x530] ? size [0] ? iomem [-1] ? iosiz [0] ? irq [10] ? 5 drq [0] ? 1 drq2 [-1] ? 0 flags [0] ? 197 wss0 changed 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 5 drq 1 +drq2 0 flags 0x0 ukc> quit Saving modified kernel.

separate xorg.conf not needed, X works perfectly without one
An older but still very useable laptop. Not too fast, but fast enough for some DivX viewing with mplayer and firefox/thunderbird-use (not for the impatient though, but then again, what is?). The fan can get a bit loud after many power-on hours. This also impacts battery lifetime, but that is to be expected. Nice and well supported.
Contact Paul de Weerd.
dmesg
Toshiba Tecra 8100

OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works ok.
All hardware except infrared works.
Some issues with APM suspend/resume.
Very nice laptop indeed. Quiet, boots very fast, most hardware is supported. Only APM doesn't work very well. Pretty fast, not too heavy, very OpenBSD-friendly - just like its predecessor, the Tecra 8000. Battery can get a bit rusty, works good from 100% to 50%, then drops to ~3% in minutes. Not too strange for an older machine though.
Contact Paul de Weerd.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Twinhead N15RB

OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 12, 2005) works.
apm does not work correctly. "Battery state: absent" and 0 percent charge when running on AC or battery. apm -z does work though.
Cardbus does not work - check dmesg for interrupt mapping error.
The built-in wireless is now working with the iwi firmware from Damien Bergamini's ipw page.
Everything else seems to work OK.
Contact Jon Trembley.
dmesg ¦ xorg.conf

Laptop	Notes
Acer Aspire 1360	OpenBSD 3.9-current (Jun 5, 2006) works. It comes with AMD Sempron 2800+. APM works fine (speeds: 1600 MHz, 800 Mhz). Most of the Fn keys work (brightness, sound, black screen). Ethernet: built-in RhineII-2 works. Graphics: VIA S3 Unichrome PRO works with vesa in xorg.conf. CardBus doesn't work. mini-PCI with WLAN card doesn't work. Can't enable radio transmitter using button on front panel. mini-PCI with HiFn card works. Contact Maxim Bourmistrov. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Acer Aspire 3003WLCi	OpenBSD 3.8 works (previous versions have DMA problems). Integrated Broadcom wifi doesn't work. ACPI-only machine, no APM. Fn keys don't work, except for screen brightness adjustment and backlight switch. USB 2.0 and Cardbus slot untested. Everything else works. Contact Stephen Takacs. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Acer TravelMate 2303LC	OpenBSD 3.8 works. ACPI-only machine, no APM support. Ethernet: Broadcom BCM4401 10/100 works. Graphics: Intel 82852/855GM, works with resolution 1024x768x24. CD-RW works: burning tested, reading both CD and DVD is ok. Touchpad works. USB works: tested with many devices. Sound works. PCMCIA works. Contact Dmitri Alenitchev. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Acer TravelMate 2403WXCi	OpenBSD 3.9-current (Apr 19, 2006) works. ACPI-only machine, no APM support. Ethernet: Broadcom BCM4401 10/100 works, but requires the AC adapter to be disconnected when powering on. Graphics: Intel 82915GM works but requires the 855resolution utility to get 1280x800 widescreen. USB works (several devices tested). CD-RW: Philips SCB5265 CDRW/DVD works (see the test result). Built-in sound and Touchpad work. PCMCIA: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller does not work, because of the BIOS's way to handle IRQ-adressing. Integrated modem and Broadcom WiFi do not work. Contact Henrik Borgh. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Acer TravelMate 4654LMi	OpenBSD 3.8 works. Ethernet: Broadcom BCM5788 10/100/1G works (1G is not tested). Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600, works with resolution 1400x1050x24. DVD-RW works: burning was not tested, reading both CD and DVD is ok. Touchpad works. USB works: tested with cheap external card reader. Sound works. APM doesn't work: cannot open device file `/dev/apmctl': Device not configured Wireless (iwi) doesn't work. Can't enable radio transmitter using button on front panel. Card reader doesn't work. PCMCIA doesn't work: tested with ORINOCO wireless (wi) card that is working on old OpenBSD 3.5 server - not a laptop. Not all functional keys are workable. Bluetooth, IrDA, internal modem: not tested. Contact Alexey Vatchenko dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Clevo D410V	Works with OpenBSD 3.9-current (2006 May) CPU: 2.8Ghz with HyperThreading. I use it with GENERIC kernel. Graphics: ATI 9600. It's working fine with Xorg loaded glx. DRI not working. Resolution 1400x1050 works fine. Ethernet: 100/1000 Realtek 8169. Working with re(4) fine. PCMCIA: Working with Buffalo WLI-CB-B11 (11Mbps) WiFi Card. rtw(4) USB: Working. I tried with Lexar JumpDrive and digital camera. Sound: auich(4) working (AC'97) apm(8) is not working properly. Cannot apm -S: `apm0: APM set power state: unable to enter requested state (96)` apm -z freezes. MMC: Card reader works excellent. Infrared: not tested. CD/DVD - `QSI, CDRW/DVD SBW-242, UX02 SCSI0 5/cdrom removable` I can write cd, and view dvd. Contact Adam Papai dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Compaq Armada 1573DM	OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 1, 2005) works. PCMCIA works fine. XFree 4.2.1 works great (800x600x16). APM not tested. Had to use `boot> machine memory +0x3000000@0x1000000` in order to get all 64M of memory. Sound does not work. Contact Juan J. Martínez. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf ¦ more info
Compaq NX9005	OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 11, 2005) works. All components are detected. It was not possible to run X.org, so I had to switch back to XFree86. See also my yet unanswered post to openbsd-x11@. Contact Haluk Durmus. dmesg ¦ XF86Config
Compaq Presario R4035	OpenBSD 3.9-current (July 2006) works in both i386 and amd64 mode. CardBus works in i386 mode. X works out of the box. To make CardBus work on i386, you must change PCIBIOS to "flags 1" using UKC (see boot_config(8)) or using a custom kernel Wireless card does not work (BroadCom 43xx chipset) and may never. Sound works, sort of: the chipset seems to be stuck at 48KHz whereas most software expects to be able to set it to 44.1 KHz (so sound comes out at slightly wrong speed). The SD host controller (sdhc(4)) memory slot does not work yet. Contact Ian Darwin (ian at darwinsys point com). dmesg
Compaq NX9030	OpenBSD 3.9 works. APM does not work correctly. "Battery state: absent" and 0 percent charge when running on AC or battery. Built-in wireless works with iwi firmware from Damien Audio works good. Contact Giovanni Bechis. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Dell Inspiron 500m	OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works. Sound, touchpad, fxp onboard NIC work fine. USB: able to mount flash stick read/write, even able to install OpenBSD on it and boot from it Pressing "Fn" and uparrow/downarrow keys to configure brightness works, as well as switching to external VGA For getting the Intel ipw2100 wireless card to work, use Damien Bergamini's firmware package. There was (expected) trouble with the screen resolution in X. Using i855vidctl, it goes to 1400x1050 as wanted by adding the line: i855vidctl 5c 1400x1050 into /etc/rc.securelevel. APM does not seem to work at all: Neither `apmd` nor `halt -p` operate ok. For any other experiences on this, contact the submitter. PCMCIA not tested No extra xorg.conf supplied, the default is OK. Contact Baldur Sigurðsson. dmesg
Dell Inspiron 1000	OpenBSD 3.9 works. APM causes kernel panic, no way to disable in BIOS, so disabled in kernel (see dmesg and bug i386/5084). CD-RW/DVD-ROM works for burning CD-R/W and reading DVD-ROM and playing (though see more info, below). PCMCIA, Touchpad, USB 2.0, Ethernet sis(4), and Audio (SiS 7012 AC'97) work. Video (SiS 650L) works with X driver sis, VGA out works if configured properly in xorg.conf. Fn keys: Brightness keys work without any special configuration Enable/disable system beep works (mixerctl inputs.phone.mute=off first) Num Lock works (though see additional link for more info on using it) mute and volume up/down don't seem to work (though configuration may be possible) display change works (to a point; see link for more info) SysRq and Break keys not tested Contact Christian Jones. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf ¦ more info
Dell Inspiron 2500	OpenBSD 3.7 works. You need to boot with option -c and disable apm, then disable aic. Integrated auich(4) works fine. Integrated i815 works fine. USB and PCMCIA work fine. Contact Gael Queri. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Dell Inspiron 4100	OpenBSD 3.7 works. apmd(8) is fully functional. Integrated xl(4) works fine. Integrated auich(4) works fine. USB works fine with my mouse. Both PCMCIA slots work. The Modem does not work. Contact Robert Nagy. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Dell Latitude c400	OpenBSD 3.8-current (Nov 9, 2005) works. All hardware (including wi(4), sound, X at 1024x768/24bit) works. Suspend sort of works: the system will go to sleep (either by zzz(8), closing the lid, or Fn-Esc), but it won't wake up properly (I get a flashing _ cursor) ... so, I have to hold down the power button for a few seconds, reboot, and fsck. For some reason, unless specifically told, X will default to a lower resolution. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace kicks it into gear. Hardcoding 1024x768 into xorg.conf fixes it for good though. Contact Mark Peoples. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Dell Latitude c610	OpenBSD 3.8-current (Nov 24, 2005) works. Audio, video, PCMCIA, and onboard NIC work. halt -p works apmd works Standby (apm -S) does not work Suspend (zzz, apm -z) works with one caveat: the kernel message that appears upon resume: "uhci0: interrupt while not operating ignored" will cause X to hang. If you want to Suspend / Resume with X running, and do not need USB, you may disable uhci* as a circumvention. Contact Josh Grosse. dmesg
Dell Latitude c640	OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 29, 2005) works. Integrated auich works fine, but one can hear a little 'crack' everytime a sound is started and ended. xl, USB, touchpad, Trackpoint, com0, APM, carbus, integrated ATI Radeon Mobility M7 LW all work fine. not tested: tv-out, infrared, microphone Contact Jochem Kossen. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Dell Latitude c840	OpenBSD 3.8 works. NIC works. USB 1.0 works. X.org works at 1600x1200, 24bpp. All Fn key combinations work, including numeric keypad, except audio controls, mute, volUp and volDn. Contact Craig McCormick. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Dell Latitude D500	OpenBSD 3.8 works. The onboard NIC (fxp) works fine. ACPI-only machine, no APM support. Enhanced SpeedStep works. The touchpad works fine. USB 2.0 works: USB mouse device tested. Built-in CD/DVD player and writer works. Sound (auich) works, but it's set to maximum volume by default. I've put `outputs.master=100` in /etc/mixerctl.conf. Built-in wireless (ipw) works fine with the firmware, see FAQ 6 - Wireless networking. X.org 6.8.2 at 1024x768 by default. Switching from LCD to external display works. I've only had issues with MonitorLayout set to `LFP+CRT,LFP`, restarting X helps. Adjusting the display brightness with the fn keys works. Not tested: PCMCIA and the touchpad on console. Contact Simon Dassow. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Dell Latitude D505	OpenBSD 3.9-current (May 1, 2006) works. The onboard NIC (fxp) works fine. ACPI-only machine, no APM support. The touchpad works fine, under X as well as under text consoles. USB 2.0 works fine: DVD writing using an external USB DVD writer, as well as a USB flash device. Built-in CD/DVD player works nicely. Sound (auich) works, but it's very loud by default, especially the beep. For this reason, I've put `outputs.master=30` in /etc/mixerctl.conf. The Broadcom BCM4306 built-in wireless is not supported. Why? See FAQ 6 - Wireless networking. X.org 6.9 works fine without a xorg.conf file. The maximum resolution of this machine is 1024x768. Switching from LCD to external display works fine, there were problems with this in X.org 6.8.2 (mouse pointer dying etc.) but they have been solved in 6.9. Not tested: PCMCIA/Cardbus. Contact Steven Mestdagh. dmesg
Dell Latitude D600	OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 15, 2005) works. Audio, video (1024x768), and onboard NIC (Gigabit Broadcom 570x) work just fine. Built-in wireless (Dell TrueMobile 1300) not supported. Contact Benny. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Dell Latitude D610	OpenBSD 3.7 works. X works fine without custom xorg.conf. USB mouse and kbd work, both connected to the docking station, and built-in. Broadcom ethernet works. CD-ROM, touchpad and trackpoint work fine. Dell 1450 WLAN card does not work. Sound does not work. Contact James Boyle. dmesg ¦ laptop tech specs ¦ laptop config options
Dell Latitude D800	There are several variations of this model. This one shipped with 2 GHz Pentium M and GeForce FX Go5650. OpenBSD 3.7 works. LAN, USB 2.0 and serial ports work. Bluetooth and WLAN (Dell TrueMobile 1300 interal b/g mini PCI) not detected. Function keys which control audio and power don't work. Sound works ok. To get Xorg working with 1920x1200 resulution, I used the following Modeline "1920x1200" 162 1920 1984 2176 2480 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync Contact Jyry Suuntala. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Dell Latitude L400	OpenBSD 3.7 works Integrated ethernet (xl), audio (clct), USB and PCMCIA work. `apm -z` works, but `apm -S` throws an error: apm0: APM set power state: unable to enter requested state (96) `halt -p` requires `machdep.apmhalt=1` in `/etc/sysctl.conf`. Contact Lawrence Teo. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D 7820	OpenBSD 3.6 works. APM is not working (boot with boot -c and then disable apm). Sound works fine. Everything else on the machine works. Contact Alexander Schmid. dmesg ¦ XF86Config
Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E8010 with i855/SXGA+	OpenBSD 3.7 works. SD card reader and SVGA are not supported. Doesn't have APM, so there's no way to suspend or `'halt -p'` the box. iwi(4) needs an increased watchdog timeout of 10 in busy environments, see if_iwi.c.diff (with or without this diff, you might still experience 'fatal error' from time to time). needs Xorg-current as of may 2005 (and 855resolution for full 1400x1050 resolution). The laptop only does 1280x1024 by default. Everything else on the machine works. Contact Nikolay Sturm. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf ¦ if_iwi.c.diff
HP Pavilion dv8120ca	OpenBSD 3.9-current (April 27th, 2006) works. Working: touchpad, pcmcia (wireless card) , USB, hw.setperf, audio, Realtek 8139 NIC rl(4) Not working: memory card reader, Broadcom wireless, apm suspend Untested: Expresscard Slot Hacks: Install failed repeatedly while reading kernel off CD. Going into BIOS first, then exiting and booting from CD worked for some reason. Xorg -configure got everything right first try. Contact Jon Simola. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
HP TC1100 Tablet PC	OpenBSD 3.8 works. USB, Ethernet and X.org work fine. Sound, PCMCIA and Modem untested. Intel Pro Wireless 2200 Wifi does not work: The radio switch is done by software and ACPI support is needed. Pen does not work. No wacom driver. Contact Emilio Lopez. dmesg
IBM Thinkpad R40	OpenBSD 3.7 works. Suspend and suspend-to-disk work, but not while X is running. Only in console mode. In X it just seems to lock up. Third mouse button does not work unless trackpad is disabled in the BIOS. S-Video output port does not work. No special xorg.conf needed Everything else works. Contact Andrew Sveikaus. dmesg
IBM Thinkpad R50e type 1834-S5G	OpenBSD 3.9-beta (Feb 5, 2006) works. ACPI-only machine, no APM support. The built-in fxp(4) ethernet device works fine. The built-in iwi(4) Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG works fine after downloading firmware files from Damien Bergamini's ipw page. The built-in auich(4) audio device works fine. ThinkLight works as well as volume up/down/mute buttons, for a nice on-screen display you can use tpb (`/usr/ports/sysutils/tpb`). Contact Przemyslaw Nowaczyk. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
IBM Thinkpad T23 model 26478NU.	Works fine with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005). 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. Serial ports must be enabled in BIOS. "ctrl:nocaps" in X puts the control key in a proper location Apm mostly works -- suspends OK Hibernation not tested, but should work with `/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk` from the ports collection. The audio chipset is supported (auich). Contact Marco S Hyman. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf ¦ more info
IBM Thinkpad T40, Type 2374-2G7	OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 30, 2005) works. Everything works fine `apm -S`, `apm -Z`, `auich` and built-in DVD/CD-RW work fine Contact Renaud Allard. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
IBM Thinkpad T41p type 2373-GEU	OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 2005) works. Everything works fine: APM, X, onboard ethernet (em), sound, usb, docking station onboard atheros works in 802.11b mode only Contact Matt Rowley. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
IBM Thinkpad T42 model 2373	OpenBSD 3.7 works fine. See entry for the X40 for the built-in iwi(4) or ipw(4) 802.11 card and APM/Hibernation support. See entry for the X31 for Enhanced SpeedStep and the extra Thinkpad buttons. The alternatively built-in "Atheros AR5212 (IBM MiniPCI)" 802.11 card works with the ath(4) driver. X.org with ATI Radeon Mobility works fine (1024x768, 24bpp). The built-in USB Bluetooth and infrared are not presently supported. The built-in em(4) gigabit ethernet device works fine. The built-in auich(4) audio device works fine. The built-in fingerprint scanner found in some models is not supported. Contact Reyk Floeter. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
IBM Thinkpad X23	OpenBSD 3.7 works fine. Just like the IBM T23, kernels with ahc support may hang when booting. Use "boot -c" and disable ahc support with "disable ahc", followed by "exit" to continue booting. GENERIC does not have this issue. APM appears to work (suspends ok) On-board NIC fxp(4) works, including PXE booting On-board wireless NIC wi(4) works USB works (misc mice, cdrom, usb to serial devices, and memory sticks all successfully tested) PCMCIA works (misc NICs tested) Built-in compact flash reader works Contact Andreas Östling. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
IBM Thinkpad X31	Works with OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005). Nearly all Hardware is supported. 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). The two extra keys around the cursor block can be configured via xmodmap. Example: xmodmap -e "keycode 233 = Page_Down" xmodmap -e "keycode 234 = Page_Up" The integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 in my X31 (Model 2672-C8G) works with the ipw(4) driver. But you need to download the unfree firmware first to get it working. For more details read ipw(4). I'm planning to replace this card with a ral(4) or an ath(4). For these cards, no unfree firmware required. To replace it, I'll have to unlock the bios first because IBM allows only special IBM mini-PCI cards to be installed. The bios can be patched with the tpwireless program (`/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless`, use on your own risk!). The integrated CF-Card reader (really nice!) is supported as well. Enhanced SpeedStep is supported. You can adjust the CPU speed via sysctl (`sysctl hw.setperf`). The on-board fxp(4) and auich(4) are working without problems. 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. Contact Bernd Ahlers. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
IBM Thinkpad X40	OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 12, 2005) works fine. SD Card Slot is not presently supported. The built-in "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" works only with additional firmware. See iwi(4) for more information. The X40 model 2386-8WU 512MB RAM/40GB HD has an Atheros AR5212 wireless card built in. It works with 3.7-current, but not with 3.7 release. UltraBase X4 works but is not hot-swappable. Machine locks up or becomes unstable when trying to hot-plug the base. Work is being done on a Linux ACPI driver. The use of other mini-PCI cards may be restricted by the BIOS. However, non-IBM supplied cards can be used after running the `/usr/ports/misc/tpwireless` utility. APM works fine, including suspend to hard-disk (hibernation) If you want to use Hibernation, you must have a small msdos partition with a save2dsk.bin. For this, you can use `/usr/ports/sysutils/tphdisk`. Perhaps one of the best supported notebooks because several developers also use it. Contact Marcus Popp (1) or Steve Fettig (2). dmesg (1) ¦ xorg.conf (1) ¦ dmesg (2) ¦ xorg.conf (2)
IBM Thinkpad X41 (not tablet)	OpenBSD 3.8-current (Jan 16, 2006) works fine. APM works (sleep and suspend). Sound, wireless and accelerometer work. In order to switch between the speakers and headphone jack, the powerstate of the bluetooth module needs to be toggled once (Fn+F5). Fingerprint scanner is detected as a ugen(4) device, but I haven't found software for it yet. The built-in bluetooth module (comes from Broadcom) works with ubt(4) Accelerated support for the i915 chipset was added in X.org 6.9 (merged into OpenBSD in January 2006), and everything works with the configuration file below. Contact Spiros Thanasoulas (1) or Felix Kronlage (2). dmesg (1) ¦ xorg.conf (1) ¦ dmesg (2)
JVC MP-XP 7250DE	OpenBSD 3.6-current (October 2004) works. Everything works fine except APM and the built-in SD card reader. 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. The audio chipset is supported. Wireless 802.11b PRISM 2.5 (USB) is supported, too. Contact Joerg Zinke. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf ¦ more info.
Lenovo Thinkpad T43, "2668-F7G" or "UC3F7xx"	OpenBSD 3.9-beta (Feb 15, 2006) works. X.Org 6.9.0 works without particular configuration tweaks (1400x1050), configured with `X -configure` and started with `startx -- -depth 24` `halt -p` works. iwi(4) Intel 2915 ABG works well, tested in several "b" and "g" networks (firmware and AP config hints from Damien Bergamini's ipw page). bge(4) Gigabit ethernet works, not tested much beyond initial installation. auich(4) sound works with base install and mplayer from packages. aps(4) output is available in sysctl. CardBus works: tested with CF adapter and card. ExpressCard slot (upper card slot) not tested. The system does not handle changes in removable (Ultrabay Slim) storage. When halted and subsequently warm booted, that IDE channel is disabled instead. A cold restart is required for a new device to be detected, this really is no big deal. I'm uncertain whether APM (SpeedStep) works - sysctl(8) lacks hw.setperf, the dmesg identifies some "apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2" stuff anyway, BIOS settings at factory default of SpeedStep enabled. Contact Åke Nordin. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Lenovo Thinkpad Z60m (2529-FBG)	OpenBSD 3.9-current (Jun 16, 2006) works. ACPI-only machine, no APM support. Wireless Intel 2915 ABG (iwi(4)) works after downloading the firmware. X works without config. aps(4) works. SpeedStep works. Audio works. I believe this is the first Thinkpad that Lenovo made. Little things have me worried that this might be an end of the Thinkpad quality. Like the lack of APM support and the addition of Windows keys. Also the keyboard feels a little bit cheaper than my R40 but still it feels like a Thinkpad. The screen is better than the other Thinkpads I have seen. Contact Jan Johansson. dmesg
Medion MD6100 (model no. FID2040)	OpenBSD 3.8-current (November 2005) works. ACPI-only machine, no APM support. infrared does not work under OpenBSD. USB2.0 doesn't work (pci_intr_map: no mapping for pin D). Onboard networking (sis0) is fixed post 3.8 Onboard audio (auich0) works properly post 3.8 Overall, this laptop stinks. It's heavy, powerhungry and gets very hot (too hot, often it will shut itself down to prevent meltdown). A lot of hardware works only mediocre. The battery doesn't last long. It's huge/bulky. It's extremely noisy. But, it does run OpenBSD. And, when properly cooled, it's pretty fast (2.6 GHz). Why anyone would need that much CPU in a laptop is beyond me, but it's there. Contact Paul de Weerd. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
MSI Megabook S270	OpenBSD 3.9-current (Apr 28, 2006) works both in i386 and amd64 modes. At least BIOS 6.70 is needed to fix an interrupt routing problem. APM doesn't work. X.Org 6.9.0 works on the LCD panel at 1280x800 out of the box (without configuration file). External VGA works if the monitor is connected before starting X. Built-in wireless (ral(4)) works. Sound works. SD Card reader is not supported. Contact Matthieu Herrb. dmesg
NEC Lavie C LC600J/5	OpenBSD 3.7-current (Apr 26, 2005) works. APM, PCMCIA and USB work. This machine's BIOS uses Ctrl+Alt+F5 as a hotkey to hibernate. So I have to specify a swapctrlcaps variant in `/etc/kbdtype`. No separate xorg.conf needed, `getconfig` works like magic. Contact Tamotsu Takahashi. dmesg
NEC Versa S940	OpenBSD 3.8-release works. i810 works ok, 1280x768 wide screen, after enabling the resolution using the ports `x11/855resolution` tool by invoking it in `/etc/rc.securelevel` like: /usr/local/sbin/855resolution 4d 1280 768 >/dev/null sound card, iwi (download firmware first) and rl work ok. APM is not detected, `halt -p` does not poweroff. `sysctl hw.setperf=..` does not change the CPU speed. lots of "not configured" components in dmesg Contact Aurélien. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf ¦ product info
Sony VAIO PCG-FX602	OpenBSD 3.7 works. Audio does not work: you have to disable auvia* in GENERIC after installation. APM, USB and PCMCIA work fine. X.org runs out of the box, so no xorg.conf file supplied Custom hack for `hw.setperf`: Apply the ACPI-patches from Alexander Yurchenko. Then edit /usr/src/sys/conf/files and add in line 21: define acpibus {} Add to /usr/src/sys/sys/malloc.conf #define M_ACPI 122 /* ACPI */ Comment out the Sony SPIC stuff in `/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/files.i386` and `/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/GENERIC_ACPI` (This stuff does not compile for me and i don't care about it;) rebuild kernel, /usr/src/sbin/sysctl, /usr/src/usr.sbin/acpid[ump] You are now able to set hw.setperf via sysctl. I run additionally a utility I wrote to control this value automatically depending on cpu-load. It is based on Laurie Tratts' `perfd`. Just unpack and run make && sudo make install. This way you are able to sustain Battery life up to 2 1/2 - 3 hours. And the fan stops to run permanently. Contact Alf Schlichting. dmesg
Sony VAIO PCG-K115Z	OpenBSD 3.7-current (May 29, 2005) works. LAN interface ("Realtek 8139"): works. DVD/CDROM ("MATSHITA, UJ-820D, 1.01"): works. touchpad and X just work. APM: no problem, at least for `halt -p`. audio (AC'97): works. USB works. wlan interface ("Atheros AR5212") doesn't work (see dmesg). Contact David JEAN-LOUIS. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Sony Vaio PCG-Z505JSK	OpenBSD 3.7 works. APM works fine. Port extender and memory stick untested. I had to turn on the software cursor for X to work properly, but otherwise the xorg configurator worked fine. Lucent/Orinoco Gold Card for networking works fine. Contact John Karabaic. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Sony VAIO PCG-Z505N	OpenBSD 3.6-current (as of August 2004) runs. Installation is cumbersome, though. The Sony CD drive does not boot the snapshot CD. 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): disable pcibios disable fxp disable pcic 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 memorystick, no JogDial). Sound (yds) works. The XFConfig from the OpenBSD install works without modification. Contact Matthias Bauer.
Toshiba Libretto 70CT	OpenBSD 3.9 works. APM works OK. Sound works once kernel has been configured using config(8). 2 different dmesgs are supplied: [1] with Xircom Wired network PCMCIA card, and [2] with wireless PCMCIA card and wss enabled. Contact Fred Crowson. dmesg [1] ¦ dmesg [2] ¦ xorg.conf ¦ more info
Toshiba Satellite 2430-101	OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 3, 2005) works. Cardbus works. X works. Sound is recognized (didn't try it). USB works (new devices are recognized at least). APM does not work (hard crash when resuming). Tried APM 1.1 and a few other APM flags without success. Contact Nils Frohberg. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Toshiba Tecra A2	OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 1, 2005) just works. Built in iwi 2200b/g worked after finding firmware. Sound, PCMCIA and X.org work perfectly. usb tested with ipod shuffle, usb mouse and memory stick. The only problem occurs _sometimes_ when using "reboot" from X. which causes a kernel panic when it tries to boot. Doing a hard power off, then back on does not cause any problem. Contact Sascha Ramin. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Toshiba Tecra 520CDT	OpenBSD 3.8 works. Graphics card (ct65555) works fine with X.org. PCMCIA tested with EtherPrime network card. USB with ASUS CD-RW works. Sound card (Yamaha OPL3-SA3): exactly the same things as with the Toshiba Tecra 8000 must be done (disable sb, change wss IRQ to 5 and make sure drq matches BIOS settings). But even after that the output volume cannot be set (no outputs.* fields at all exist). This problem is mentioned in the ym(4) manual. If you disable wss and enable the sb driver instead, volume can be set between 0-128, but play.rate, play.encoding etc. cannot be altered. Contact Magnus Åhman. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Toshiba Tecra 8000	OpenBSD 3.6-current (Jan 2005) works ok. All hardware except infrared works. Some issues with APM suspend/resume. Sound required the following change to /bsd : In the system BIOS use the following values Sound = Enabled --- SOUND SYSTEM --- WSS I/O Address = 530H SBPro I/O Address = 220H Synthesizer I/O Address = 388H WSS & SBPro & MPU401 IRQ Level = IRQ5 WSS(Play) DMA = Channel 1 WSS(Rec.) & SBPro DMA = Channel 0 Control I/O Address = 538H MPU401 (MIDI I/F) = 330H config -f -e /bsd ukc> disable sb 193 sb0 disabled 241 sb* disabled ukc> change wss0 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 10 drq 0 +drq2 -1 flags 0x0 change [n] y port [0x530] ? size [0] ? iomem [-1] ? iosiz [0] ? irq [10] ? 5 drq [0] ? 1 drq2 [-1] ? 0 flags [0] ? 197 wss0 changed 197 wss0 at isa0 port 0x530 size 0 iomem -1 iosiz 0 irq 5 drq 1 +drq2 0 flags 0x0 ukc> quit Saving modified kernel. separate xorg.conf not needed, X works perfectly without one An older but still very useable laptop. Not too fast, but fast enough for some DivX viewing with mplayer and firefox/thunderbird-use (not for the impatient though, but then again, what is?). The fan can get a bit loud after many power-on hours. This also impacts battery lifetime, but that is to be expected. Nice and well supported. Contact Paul de Weerd. dmesg
Toshiba Tecra 8100	OpenBSD 3.7-current (April 2005) works ok. All hardware except infrared works. Some issues with APM suspend/resume. Very nice laptop indeed. Quiet, boots very fast, most hardware is supported. Only APM doesn't work very well. Pretty fast, not too heavy, very OpenBSD-friendly - just like its predecessor, the Tecra 8000. Battery can get a bit rusty, works good from 100% to 50%, then drops to ~3% in minutes. Not too strange for an older machine though. Contact Paul de Weerd. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf
Twinhead N15RB	OpenBSD 3.7-current (June 12, 2005) works. apm does not work correctly. "Battery state: absent" and 0 percent charge when running on AC or battery. `apm -z` does work though. Cardbus does not work - check dmesg for interrupt mapping error. The built-in wireless is now working with the iwi firmware from Damien Bergamini's ipw page. Everything else seems to work OK. Contact Jon Trembley. dmesg ¦ xorg.conf

If your laptop under OpenBSD is not listed above, feel free to mail www@openbsd.org to cure this. Please supply as much information as possible, such as:

Notebook exact manufacturer, name and model.
Latest OpenBSD version known to work on it (must be the latest release, snapshot, or -current).
List of working/not working things with OpenBSD.
List of hacks you used to get certain things running.
Contact name and email address.
Links to your dmesg and xorg.conf. Please do not mail these files to the www mailing list, but put them online somewhere and provide the URLs.

Finally, don't forget to also send your dmesg to dmesg@openbsd.org as explained in FAQ 4 - Installation Guide.

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