Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 14:24:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Wesley Morgan <morganw@chemikals.org> To: Steven James Samuel Stapleton <stapleton@mps.ohio-state.edu> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Toshibal Sat. A105-4001 Review + Questions [RTL ALC861 Sound, Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG issues] Message-ID: <20060618142321.M11155@volatile.chemikals.org> In-Reply-To: <001301c692e4$40c997b0$5801a8c0@bilbo> References: <001301c692e4$40c997b0$5801a8c0@bilbo>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-914671150-1150655055=:11155 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Steven James Samuel Stapleton wrote: > I have this notebook, and it seems to work well, except for two luxury items > which I can't get working... The wireless and sound, listed in the subject. > I know the sound works in linux, and I know Intel made linux drivers for the > chipset... However, after trying Linux, and not even going 24 hours without > a tedious, poorly documented issue I had to fix in a critical system for me, > I remember why I didn't care for Linux, and went back to BSD. Sound and > Wireless aren't worth that annoyance. Try the "free" OSS drivers from 4-front technologies at www.4front-tech.com. > > Now my notes on the machine for prospective BSD interested buyers... > Specifications: > Satellite A105-S4001 > Intel® Core Solo Processor T1300 (1.66GHz); > 512MB DDR2-533 RAM; > 60GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive; > SuperMulti Double Layer 8x DVD±RW Drive; > 5-in-1 Bridge Media Adapter; > Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 Video Chipset; > Realtek ALC861 Sound; > 10/100 Network Adapter; > Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG > 15.4" Widescreen XGA TruBrite Display; > Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (Service Pack 2) [not anymore...] > > > ===== What works: ===== > Intel® Core Solo Processor T1300 (1.66GHz); > 512MB DDR2-533 RAM; > 10/100 Network Adapter; > 15.4" Widescreen XGA TruBrite Display; > Touchpad; > 4xUSB; > No real surprises with these, though the XOrg was tricky to get working > with the native res. If you have trouble with the native monitor res, > look at > my monitor configuration entry at the end of the mail. > You'll need to turn on the moused in your rc.conf to get the touchpad to > work. USB mice work fine, as well as USB drives. > > 60GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive; > Yes, the hard drive controller works! > > SuperMulti Double Layer 8x DVD±RW Drive; > At least reading CDs/CDRs, haven't tested anything else yet. > > Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 Video Chipset; > The i810 driver in XOrg works fine, as stated in the docs. However, the > shared memory can be problematic when doing memory intensive tasks... > > > ===== Not Tested: ===== > 5-in-1 Bridge Media Adapter; > 1x Firewire; > I have any memory-card or firewire type devices. > > > ===== Things that I can't get working so far: ===== > Realtek ALC861 Sound; > The default sound driver (snd_drv) in the handbook has no effect, the > soundstat doesn't produce any loaded drivers. snd_ich also doesn't > provide any results (not that I expected any) > > Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG > The wi and iwi drivers do not function here, I saw another thread about > them, but haven't had a chance to sift through it yet. It looked lite > the main > idea was that the patchsets for this card were still buggy? > > > > Thanks, > -Jim Stapleton > > > > XOrg monitor config (This is taken from a googled post on a 15.4" widescreen > for a slightly different Toshiba model), and selected other XOrg sections: > > Section "Module" > Load "dbe" > Load "dri" > Load "i810" > Load "extmod" > Load "glx" > Load "GLcore" > Load "record" > Load "xtrap" > Load "freetype" > Load "type1" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > ### Available Driver options are:- > ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", > ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" > ### [arg]: arg optional > #Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>] > #Option "DefaultRefresh" # [<bool>] > #Option "ModeSetClearScreen" # [<bool>] > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "vesa" > VendorName "Intel Corporation" > BoardName "Mobile Integrated Graphics Controller" > BusID "PCI:0:2:0" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Toshiba" > ModelName "SatelliteLCD" > HorizSync 30.0 - 107.0 > VertRefresh 50.0 - 185.0 > Option "DPMS" > Modeline "1280x800" 159.74 1280 1296 1552 1664 800 800 815 835 > EndSection > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > -- This .signature sanitized for your protection --0-914671150-1150655055=:11155--
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