Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:15:00 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: DW <dwinner-lists@att.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: T60 and FBSD 6.1 Message-ID: <20060628231500.9229A45043@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:32:31 EDT." <44A2F56F.2070906@att.net>
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> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:32:31 -0400 > From: DW <dwinner-lists@att.net> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > Hello all, > > Here we go again -- dealing the pain and pleasures of new laptops. > Sticking with the tried-and-true Thinkpad series, knowing full well that > new hardware will cause issues with FreeBSD. Two big sticking points so > far evaluating one (T60 1951-43U). I am trying FreeBSD 6.2 > > 1. Sound: cannot get FreeBSD to recognize sound. First tried what I > always used successfully in the past on T41's and T30's (and maybe T23's > and T21's, I don't remember): > > # kldload snd_ich ....... nothing > > so I tried > > # kldload snd_driver to load them all, and still get nothing (other than > a bunch of probes of parallel ports and serial irqs that yield nothing) A co-worker has one of these. It has a new High Def sound card and there is no support in FreeBSD at this time. Check the archives for a patch that might get you going. I would guess the patch was posted early this month. > 2. Wireless: thought I would need the if_ipw dirver, so I installed that > port, and loaded it (like I did with success last year on the T41), but > here's the bizarre thing: when I "kldload if_ipw", it registers my > gigabit ethernet card, em0 !!!! WTF? > > Oddly enough, the real em0 doesn't even come up if there is no network > cable plugged in. Shouldn't I at least see em0 but "no carrier". > > I've tried ath in case that's the chipset, but no luck there either. I believe that the standard is the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG. There is currently no driver. ndis might work. The optional 11a/b/g wireless card IS an atheros, but you have to ask for it. (No price difference.) > Also, for whatever it's worth to those reading these lists, I tried > FreeBSD 5.4 first (even though I plan on going w/ 6.2 if I can get it > working), and during the install, it couldn't even see the hard disk!!!!!! I can think of few reasons to even try 5.4. With the exception of a few very hardware specific issues, 6.1 is vastly better. (6.2 would be tough as it won't exist for a few months.) > One other thing: Xorg works great w/ the Intel Graphics Accelerator card > 950. Didn't have to screw with anything, looks great. The only weird > thing is that everytime I start a new X session, there is a ghost > flicker image of the last session. No big deal, but kind of weird. > > Don't even ask me about ACPI yet. But I'm sure I'll be banging my head > into that once I can get through these Sound and Wireless issues. Except for suspend/resume issues, ACPI seems to be OK. I suspect that the right sysctls can get that working, too. I did get it working for my T43. Good luck. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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