Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 09:36:52 +0200 (CEST) From: Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirk.vangulik@jrc.it> To: Stephen Cooper <stephen.cooper@alphawest.com.au> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, c5666305 <c5666305@comp.polyu.edu.hk> Subject: Re: laptop that run FreeBSD 2.2.5 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980429093418.10987H-100000@mda00.jrc.it> In-Reply-To: <001a01bd7318$64bcb520$297c0ecb@stephenc.alphawest.com.au>
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On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Stephen Cooper wrote: > Actually Xfree86 under FreeBSD runs well on laptops. My configuration would > be completely irrelevant to you as the configuration is based on > > a) chipset > b) screen size > c) refresh rates > and several other things. Get the specs from IBM for these things and you > will know what you need. > > The best advice I can offer you is to search for an XF86config file from the > various Linux (not much in FreeBSD land on this front) sites that are out > there, thats where I got my original version from when I was completely lost > on what to do. Or fork out 200$ on the Xig (www.xig.com) server; their X11 install, combined with a recent FreeBSD is absolutely painless. I usually waste an evening or two on getting X right, aligned, right timings. So their demo caught me by surprize. Also a good source is the pao page (www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO) which has quite a few PCMCIA configs and example configs of machines. By the way, we have a 535 here and it works just fine. Though I still prefer the mechanics of say, the 701 :-0 Dw > Good luck > > -----Original Message----- > From: c5666305 <c5666305@comp.polyu.edu.hk> > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Date: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 9:39 AM > Subject: laptop that run FreeBSD 2.2.5 > > > > > > > >Hello, > > > >I am not sure this is the right place to post the question about laptop > that > >can run FreeBSD. If not, please forget me as I cannot find any way to ask > >for it. I have searched and reviewed the PAO and found that not much of > the > >record not latop running FreeBSD under XFree86 3.3.x environment. I would > >like to know if anyone whose machine is running XFree86 3.3.2, please send > >the configuration of your machine to me as I am going to buy a laptop for > >my final year project presentation and for future use. My idea machine > >may be IBM thinkpad 535x (I didn't quite the series number). Any > >suggestion? Thanks. > > > >Clarence > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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