From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Aug 14 03:32:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA01991 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 03:32:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from notabene.zer0.org (sac-port102.jps.net [209.63.255.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA01974 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 03:32:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gsutter@n1.dyn.ml.org) Received: (from gsutter@localhost) by notabene.zer0.org (8.8.7/8.8.8) id DAA12048; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 03:31:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gsutter) Message-ID: <19980814033123.E8967@notabene.zer0.org> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 03:31:23 -0700 From: Gregory Sutter To: Mike , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Laptops References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Mike on Fri, Aug 14, 1998 at 03:02:35AM -0400 Organization: Zer0 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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