Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 18:57:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Jason Hunt <leth@primus.ca> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: =?X-UNKNOWN?Q?Eric_Hedstr=F6m?= <erich@ucsd.edu>, Martin Power <m.d.power@worldnet.att.net> Subject: Re: ibm thinkpad portables Message-ID: <20020918184656.S16127-100000@lethargic.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <3D8899A7.3090302@ucsd.edu>
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On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Martin Power wrote: > please send archives copy or how to access. my thinkpad 560x works > passibly well > with debian 2.2 linux as a personal desktop. will it work at all or > better with freeBsd 4.x ? > thanks I have a 560e that works great. XFree86 3.3.6 took a little bit of time and googling to get the resolution right (Trident video), but it works. Sound (SounBlaster 16) was simple, I just had to use the PS2.EXE utility to find out the correct resouses to configure the kernel. This model does not have an internal NIC or modem, so I don't know about any problems you might have with those. FYI, for PCMCIA cards I have a 3Com Etherlink III (3C589D) NIC, USRobotics Megahertz 33.6 modem, and a Lucent Orinoco Silver wireless card. On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, [ISO-8859-1] Eric Hedstr=F6m wrote: > It runs quite well with XFree86 3.3.6; I haven't tried X > 4.x. I don't know if this applies to the whole 560 series, or just the 560e, but there is a thread in the XFree86-developers archive regarding problems with this model of a ThinkPad and 4.x. I think the discussion ended with something in the IBM BIOS not letting XFree86 talk to the vidoe card properly. Either way, 4.x will not work on the 560e. I tried it for a good week before going back to 3.3.6. Hope this helps. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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