From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 8 16:53:29 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4D241065677 for ; Thu, 8 Dec 2011 16:53:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pldrouin@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74E228FC1A for ; Thu, 8 Dec 2011 16:53:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnp1 with SMTP id p1so3069077ggn.13 for ; Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:53:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=SidjaMwcqfBQWBJfo4MTri8K7YFmUdb+9gRXe4oobcU=; b=ZPtdzHl4/+U4VP1ogMMysvnJuSQDKGQ56/JrqoNZmHFt+BtYkyM81SYs097tQ2BgXB AFHfEvtxSlEhoFcdBy0+qC0IsQ8zOSmvUxMPFzDzjPJ94Cxq5MY19EF6LCCQtQX5QR07 if5kh3AtQKvijJUPN9ZU8OSZJNjp/Is3/ISiA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.34.67 with SMTP id x3mr16889299pbi.100.1323363208486; Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:53:28 -0800 (PST) Sender: pldrouin@gmail.com Received: by 10.68.0.131 with HTTP; Thu, 8 Dec 2011 08:53:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4EE0E96C.8090406@locolomo.org> References: <4EE0E96C.8090406@locolomo.org> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 11:53:28 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: PqMbdJCD8dGv39jNGkzJVrxxOu8 Message-ID: From: Pierre-Luc Drouin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Which Lenovo Laptop? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:53:29 -0000 On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Erik N=F8rgaard wr= ote: > On 08/12/2011 15:01, Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote: > >> so which current 14" Lenovo laptop is the best for FreeBSD >> compatibility right now? Is it the T420 with the Nvidia card (Nvidia >> card forced in the BIOS)? Sleep modes work with the T420, right? And I >> guess Intel Wi-Fi cards are the most supported ones, right? > > > Hi: I got an E520 and tried to install 90RC2 on it, ACPI problems with > thermal zone 0 (-273). I got the system installed awkardly: the installer > was useless as the console would fill with acpi error messages. Tried to > boot live and run sysinstall on a different console but wouldn't install. > Eventually I did everything manually. > > But then trying buildworld got the system hanging without any error messa= ge > probably due to overheating. > > So, the final resort was to install linux .. that suck. :( > > I don't know the other series. Good luck and let me know. > > BR, Erik > -- > >From what I read in the past I think the T series has more support than the other series, but maybe I am wrong. After the options that are offered to me, it seems that the T series model I could get with a Nvidia chipset would be the T520 with the i7 2630QM CPU and the Intel 5205 wireless card. From what I have read, the wireless card should work fine on FreeBSD, but I have read that some people had problems in October with the BIOS and GPT. I assume these problems do not apply with the MBR? WHat about the sleep modes with the T520? Does suspend to RAM and suspend to disk works? Thanks!