Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:28:50 +0200 From: martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell laptops Message-ID: <44B8DF82.40904@pobox.sk> In-Reply-To: <200607111338.01412.mistry.7@osu.edu> References: <20060711.104708.1159134898.imp@bsdimp.com> <Pine.GSO.4.64.0607111252150.24473@sea.ntplx.net> <200607111338.01412.mistry.7@osu.edu>
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Anish Mistry wrote: > On Tuesday 11 July 2006 13:10, Daniel Eischen wrote: >> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, M. Warner Losh wrote: >>> Greetings, >>> >>> What are the current problems, if any, on current Dell laptops >>> have with FreeBSD? >> Yeah, thanks for asking! My Inspiron E1405 came with an Intel >> 3945 A/B/G mini-PCI wireless that isn't supported (OpenBSD has >> a seemingly actively maintained wpi driver for this card, and >> I have an experimental FreeBSD driver from damien that I haven't >> yet been able to get to work). I've ordered an Atheros-based >> mini-PCI in the meantime, and can lend out the 3945 to anyone >> willing to work on it. >> >> Also, the Fn (the blue key) can't be used to suspend, control >> volume, switch CRT/LCD, etc, and most importantly enable the >> radio on the wireless card (Fn + F2). Even if the wpi driver >> works, it's worthless if I can't enable the radio. > It might simply need an acpi function keys driver for your system. > Would you post an "acpidump -dt" from your system? > anish, please how can i find if the function keys are supported on hw i'm using ? m.
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