Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 03:31:23 -0700 From: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com> To: Mike <mike@seidata.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Laptops Message-ID: <19980814033123.E8967@notabene.zer0.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9808140300200.11749-100000@ns1.seidata.com>; from Mike on Fri, Aug 14, 1998 at 03:02:35AM -0400 References: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9808140300200.11749-100000@ns1.seidata.com>
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On Fri, Aug 14, 1998 at 03:02:35AM -0400, Mike wrote: > Hello, > > Just curious about individuals' experiences with FreeBSD's compatibility > with laptops. I've heard a lot of good things, and have successfully > installed it on an HP 5000 series myself. I'm wanting to purchase a low- > to mid-range system (doncha just love budgets ;) that will work well with > FreeBSD, and would appreciate any suggestions. 1. Don't get an HP laptop. The mouse devices supposedly don't work at all with FreeBSD, so a plug-in serial mouse must be used. I don't know if an HP 5000 is a laptop, but if it is, did the mouse work? 2. Check carefully the video chipset, to see if XFree86 supports it. You can find out at www.xfree86.org. That's all I know... somebody who owns a laptop might be able to better help you. Good luck! Greg -- Gregory S. Sutter Bureaucrats cut red tape -- lengthwise. mailto:gsutter@pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~gsutter/ PGP DSS public key 0x40AE3052 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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