From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 16 23:08:05 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 364E9BE for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 23:08:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-x22b.google.com (mail-ig0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22b]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 043C72710 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 23:08:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ig0-f171.google.com with SMTP id l13so5020052iga.4 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 16:08:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=8apz0Bz7nULVQMOLGajpqSkR3BynIFNc/ZG4oE6KwsA=; b=VpCGvHj6wWGWuCRnHVx0vT3HOs6TUCmm+UR32RonHGGyWHsKkYXhTAxSOF/6FSneEl iTcoGuSnbXnXraZ53+Y+tTrHDLlHftr7D1hcAH0UyySKVDnKwKFEhhSR2Memfvp0uJNd SnlREZSMdI0x8ChpJEC+bqfvz896TkAzIKjjLCm29f+FYuCvNmWF9ASMhdxF01SQPUcf 9YVBS7ibCdSlHdmBDoGTH2U0N1hjKzyt2Rg3M8y934+kO9o6U2OB9tNa9DNLduvmIRmW dQ3lE61wJQSJIkofb5E4NCZe8S9YSiSSuVb+a3hdmufCYsA9N0iMlfTrO3Ubd3sncwNY X+jQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.79.232 with SMTP id m8mr74358495igx.0.1408230483557; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 16:08:03 -0700 (PDT) Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.107.163.148 with HTTP; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 16:08:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 16:08:03 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: J3h7LayFLw7i-uOWJuEZloLy2ws Message-ID: Subject: Re: ThinkPad support From: Kevin Oberman To: isdtor Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: "freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 23:08:05 -0000 On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 3:02 PM, isdtor wrote: > I'm wondering whether I should upgrade to FreeBSD 10 to get a stable > system, or whether there are other issues at hand. Right now, I'm > running 9.3 with a Gnome desktop, and the system is - not unstable, > but fragile. Certain actions, like pressing a function key, starting > the screensaver, or even pressing an arrow key, can send to the system > straight into hibernation, if typically not on first invocation. > > The model is T530. All the ThinkPad specific stuff, keys etc.. works > under Linux, so the hardware is fine. > > I have a T520 running 10-Stable. There are several issues with 10.0 that have been fixed in Stable and will be in 10.1 when it is released in a few months. I have no problems that sounds like what you describe, but did not have them in 9.2, either. (I moved to 10 before 9.3 came out... in fact before 10.0 was released.) Can you more clearly describe "hibernation"? Since the standard definition of hibernation is to save the system to disk and power off, I think you mean something else as FreeBSD does not support hibernation. Do you mean that the display goes off and the system seems dead? Or that the sleep light on the system comes on? Can you tell us what graphics driver the system is using? Are you using WITH_NEW_XORG? (You probably should be.) WITH_KMS? (Also, you probably should, though it will no longer be needed with 10.1). Some keys, notably the brightness controls, will not work with FreeBSD. Sleep and resume can be a problem, also, but probably can be made to work. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com