Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 08:17:44 +0100 From: David Bauer <bauer@genprofile.com> To: Harkirat Singh <singh@pdx.edu> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Wavelan card & Laptop Message-ID: <3A9F4918.F14A2FA2@genprofile.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.31.0103011215120.6417-100000@freke.odin.pdx.edu>
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Harkirat Singh wrote: > I am thinking of buying new laptop Toshiba Satellite 1735XCDS. I want to > know about compatibility of this Laptop with FreeBSD-4.2 and WaveLAN card. > I am looking for low end laptops (64 MB RAM only), any suggestion for > suitable laptops? I bought a 1710CDS some time ago (it was cheep and I finally needed a replacement for my 486/66 Laptop) and I have still minor problems. There is no support for the CS4281 Sound chip in FreeBSD. Also the ATI graphics does not run with the Mach64 Xserver of XFree86(3.3.6). It's running with the SVGA server but mgp coredumps with embeded X applications and with "G" (not for everyday use so I can live with it) so something is not perfect here. The USB does also not work out of the box, but with a hack I found in the USB mailing list archive I could get it working. I'm now thinking about moving to NetBSD as the NetBSD kernel has drivers for CS428x and after booting it also recognizes the USB without any hacking. PCMCIA seems to work with both Free and NetBSD although I have tested it only under FreeBSD up to now. You can forget the build-in modem, it's a winmodem and not usable under BSD. I don't know anything about the optional build-in ethernet adapter, but I'm trying to get one for testing. David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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