Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 08:31:41 -0800 From: Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com> To: Davide Lemma <davide@sito.it> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: All your laptops are belong to Windows. Message-ID: <2fd864e0502150831378c9701@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <003a01c5135b$95141480$6601a8c0@insoft.it> References: <4211A593.5010509@optonline.net> <003a01c5135b$95141480$6601a8c0@insoft.it>
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 13:40:51 +0100, Davide Lemma <davide@sito.it> wrote: > I'm in a situation similar to you... I've just purchased a Medion SIM2000, > it boots up but I've also some troubles with sound & modem. > Here the strange problem is that the sound card is a AC97 ALS (SiS7012) and > it just outputs from headphone and the modem is a SiS7013 (Intel Winmodem) > that isn't in the ports tree (while there is the LT winmodem). > For the Video Card with some trick I was able to get a full 16:9 resolution > like in windows but without DRI (this is an Xorg problem). > Above all I'm almost surprised because I know the difficulty to work with a > laptop & unix. > I've tried Fedora Core 3 & Debian III but it gives me an error during boot > (acpi error). > So like a BSD users I feel above all lucky enough. > The only suggestion I feel to give you is to wait the awake of 6.0 because > it will have many changes in ACPI calls. I'm waiting too to have some tricks > about my sound card :) > > bye Davide > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "bsdnooby" <bsdnooby@optonline.net> > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 8:32 AM > Subject: All your laptops are belong to Windows. > > > > > I'm defeated. The FreeBSD install gives no hints as to why it turns off > > my laptop. > > > > When I try to install FreeBSD, my brand new I'm blue.HP Pavilion laptop > > turns itself off. It does not matter if I use 4.x or 5.x, CD or floppies. > > There is no error log since it just shuts off after I choose to load a > > kernel. I have tried loading with ACPI off, and it does not help. I > > believe I tried all the kernel options available from the menu on 5.x. > > > > The computer is a HP Pavilion zv5445us, with 512MB RAM, P4-3Ghz, 100GB HD, > > 15.4" Hi-Def Screen, 54G 802.11b WLAN. I purchased it from Best Buy. > > > > Under Windows, it appears Hyper-Threading is turned on, and I have not > > found a way to turn it off inside the CMOS. > > > > The machine runs Windows XP Pro fine, but I am trying to switch to FreeBSD > > on all my boxen. I was really surprised to find this one abruptly > > shutdown when trying to do the install. It turns off before the install > > really starts, so I do not have much information to solve this problem. > > The HD is never touched. > > > > I'm blue. > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.7 - Release Date: 2/10/2005 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > If you have an HP or Compaq laptop, and you see this problem TRY the R3000Z patches.
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