Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 14:43:27 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Least supported laptop for FreeBSD under $1k Message-ID: <20031226041327.GY38246@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20031225.203937.50275884.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <20031225.203937.50275884.imp@bsdimp.com>
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--95n2dZZDVPvlnkUw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday, 25 December 2003 at 20:39:37 -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: > So what's the least supported by FreeBSD modern laptop under $1k? I'm > looking for one that has bad interrupt routing, resource conflict > issues or pccard/cardbus problems. I'm not counting 'sound doesn't > work' or 'modem doens't work' as least supported for these purposes. I don't know about "least supported", but I had a lot of trouble with my Dell Inspiron 5100. The biggest outstanding issue is that the BIOS doesn't get completely mapped: there's a 16 kB hole in the middle of the video BIOS which causes the X server to crash. I've also had a lot of trouble with USB, though I haven't tried it lately. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --95n2dZZDVPvlnkUw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/67VnIubykFB6QiMRAjIjAJ9h7/zHwk/3GXnlHPt04uUX/bvBdQCdE4EW 48KUDsnERLTYV575JV5hru8= =xbwq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --95n2dZZDVPvlnkUw--
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