Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 11:15:39 -0500 (EST) From: Tuc <tuc@ttsg.com> To: stanb@awod.com (stan) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laptop sugestions? Message-ID: <200302071615.h17GFdhf011497@himinbjorg.ttsg.com> In-Reply-To: <20030207134541.GC32726@teddy.fas.com> from "stan" at Feb 07, 2003 08:45:41 AM
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> > Try dell. Inspiron 8200 seems great. Of course you must be careful with the > > hardware, but for me there is another important feature that I take care > > every time I buy a laptop: keyboard. Today, there is a annoying tendency to > > put unuseful keyboards on laptops. > > Inspirons 8200 are great, but they weigh so much. If you are going to use it > > at your work maybe you don't mind that the laptop weigh four-five kg. > > > > Are all it's devices (screen network, modem et all) well supported under > FreeBSD? > I have had an 8200 since April last year, hard drive went on it last week so I had to re-install 4.7 from scratch. I use the built in ethernet (xl0) and have used the docking station ethernet (xl1). I didn't get the built in modem, since it was a WINMODEM. I mistakenly bought a Cardbus PCMCIA modem, so I couldn't use that. I ended up with an IBM X-jack PCMCIA from my old Thinkpad. I got it with the NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go card in it. The first incarnation I used the "nv" drivers, this time around I'm using the Nvidia supplied drivers. I'm running in 1400x1050 with 122 pixel clock, 64.89 H sync, 59.98 V sync. The only problem I seem to have is with the mouse. I keep getting : Feb 6 21:10:56 himinbjorg /kernel: psmintr: out of sync (00c0 != 0000). Feb 6 21:10:56 himinbjorg /kernel: psmintr: discard a byte (1). Feb 6 21:10:56 himinbjorg /kernel: psmintr: out of sync (00c0 != 0000). Feb 6 21:10:56 himinbjorg /kernel: psmintr: discard a byte (2). Feb 6 21:10:57 himinbjorg /kernel: psmintr: out of sync (00c0 != 0000). Feb 6 21:10:57 himinbjorg /kernel: psmintr: re-enable the mouse. Feb 6 21:10:57 himinbjorg /kernel: psmintr: out of sync (00c0 != 0000). Feb 6 21:10:57 himinbjorg /kernel: psmintr: discard a byte (4). Feb 6 21:11:01 himinbjorg /kernel: psmintr: delay too long; resetting byte coun t and the mouse runs rampant and does nasty stuff. If anyone has a suggestion. I tried a few things, still won't stop it. Otherwise, besides the deep groove in my shoulder, I love this beast. (Well, except for losing a HD after 8 months) Tuc/TTSG Internet Services, Inc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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