Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 12:53:48 -0200 (BRDT) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?T=F3rgan_Flores_de_Siqueira?= <torgan@inf.ufrgs.br> To: fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.x concerns (Freedie Cash) Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0502091213470.26579@jeep.inf.ufrgs.br> In-Reply-To: <20050208120121.0712A16A4E2@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20050208120121.0712A16A4E2@hub.freebsd.org>
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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. --915389964-1007924040-1107960828=:26579 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT > On February 7, 2005 03:40 pm, Tórgan Flores de Siqueira wrote: >> Just adding a note: I regularly use FreeBSD on a Toshiba notebook, >> and switched from 4.x to 5.x to benefit from cardbus support. >> Well, I started with 5.2.1 and all things did well. Since then, I'm >> trying to track 5-STABLE with no success. Starting with 5.3-RELEASE, >> the ACPI stopped to work, as well as did the rl driver. >> So, I switched back to 5.2.1. > > What model Toshiba laptop are you using? > > I'm curious as I have a Toshiba Satellite A60 that works quite nicely > with FreeBSD 5.2.1, 5.3, and 6-CURRENT (with the exception of the > WinModem and soundcard not working, and the ATA controllers only being > recognised as UDMA33). The NIC works, the wireless NIC works, the CPU > throttling works, the video card works perfectly in 2D and provides > software 3D support (there's no AGP module for the ATI Radeon 7000 IGP > chipset). Even the USB 2.0 ports work. > > 5.2-CURRENT had working sleep/resume support, but then it disappeared > one day, and I was never able to track down if it was a BIOS update, > ACPI update, or driver update that killed it. Not that it bothers me, > I prefer to power it off completely anyway. > Hi, I have a Toshiba Satellite 2060CDS (kind of old, I now). I already posted a message to this list mentioning the 2 problems I have, but here it goes: - Using 5.2.1, the system works fine. I didn't tested the winmodem, so, I can't tell if it works. - From 5.3-RELEASE onwards, I'm having problems with the rl driver: the NIC doesn't work at all, and the problem seems to be the well- known "rl0: watchdog timeout". I saw a patch some time ago in this list, but I couldn't test it yet. - Also since 5.3-RELEASE onwards, the ACPI system stopped to work. This is a more serious problem, and I haven't managed to get a usefull report, as the machine hangs at random points in the booting process. By random points, I mean in different stages of probing hardware. The only way to boot the machine is disabling ACPI. In 5.2.1 the sleep/resume support works well, except for the NIC (a pcmcia RTL 8139). There is no way I could get the card working after a resume. The wireless card works like a charm, and so does the usb port, never get in trouble with them. The soundcard works well, too. I updated the BIOS (from 7.50 to 7.80), but it didn't help. With 5.3+ I also tried different kernel options, enabling/disabling SMP, apic, miibus, cbb, rl, apm and acpi, as builtin and as modules, but never get it to work. By now, I'm using 5.2.1-p13, and I'm trying to get the NIC working after a resume. I'm also working in a minor issue: the VESA_800x600 raster mode. It seems to be another problem with this model, not being able to put it in raster mode (100x37). (This model uses a S3 video card). I googled around and searched freebsd-mobile, but didn't find anything related. []s Tórgan --915389964-1007924040-1107960828=:26579--
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