Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 14:38:00 -0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: desktop@freebsd.org, "freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org" <mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Story of a Desktop User Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmo=9bL=EVv02xAcsSR7k8XPTzwpWeJxnjhjA_y-3r1OJUQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgmQVKizx2UOZst0MoeyP5fsKzT%2BGYi2RFEgvJFXzWbB8Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF6rxgmQVKizx2UOZst0MoeyP5fsKzT%2BGYi2RFEgvJFXzWbB8Q@mail.gmail.com>
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[snip] Hi! Can you post the PCI ID information for the ethernet NIC? -adrian On 14 November 2013 13:59, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote: > [ Meta: I will ask that people please change the subject line if they > want to branch about discussing a particular issue or problem. This > is a general post and I'm hoping it will generate a lot of discussion > about the broader issues as well as specific problems I encountered. ] > > Hi all, > > This is a Lenovo Y580 laptop with uname -a: > > FreeBSD gravity.local 11.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT #5 r257754: > Thu Nov 7 12:12:51 EST 2013 > root@gravity.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/EADLER amd64 > > I've been using FreeBSD on this computer since February 1st, 2013. > During this time I've tried to keep notes to myself about what works > and what doesn't. I wrote a similar email on February 3rd, 2013 to > mobile@. This one should be more complete since I have been running > &os; longer. :) I am running "make buildworld" and will try a more > recent HEAD shortly. > > At the moment the trackpad seems to be losing all "click" events. > That is, I can move the mouse pointer around, however X does not > register any mouse click. I'm not sure what caused this. > > > if_rue works. if_run works. Unfortunately I no longer have either of > these cards. > > This laptop comes with a small SSD (16GB) and a large (1TB) HDD. I > have the operating system installed to the SSD and my homedir and most > other data on the HDD. Both seem to fuction as expected. I use ZFS > for all my filesystems including root. However I frequently noticed > absurdly slow access time to disk. It can take minutes to run ls -l > on an empty directory. I do not know if this is the fault of the > disk, the filesystem, or some decision I made when partitioning the > disk. > > I needed to setup xbindkeys to make the volume and mute work. They > are now mapped to "mixer vol". These keys therefore only work when X > is running. It would be great if we had a tool "keypressd" which > would allow keypresses to be mapped to run arbitrary userland programs > from both the console as well as X. > > The play/stop/rewind/next keys are mapped via xbindkeys to pianobar. > As above, it would be great to have this mapping work in the console. > > VT Switching is a well known problem that newcons is aiming to solve. > However, I'll mention it here for completeness: I can not switch to > the console once X has been started (using the new Xorg w/ Intel > drivers). > > Related to X: I am running WITH_NEW_XORG. This laptop has nvidia > optimus. However, it is not possible to use the nvidia card so I am > stuck with Intel only at the moment. > > The sleep key and wireless on/off key do nothing. It would be great to > trap them and do something. > > I am able to use webcamd with pwcview to test my camera. It seems > like it just works. However webcamd can not be started from rc.conf > last I tested. It must be started manually. > > The hardware switches from speakers to headphones automagically when I > plug in headphones. I like this behavior but it would be great if > there were a sysctl to disable it. > > suspend/resume does not function from X. I did not test from console. > I have tried to remove the VESA module but this did not help. > hw.acpi.reset_video=1 also does not help. > > The brightness keys on up and down change the ACPI brightness value. > However I see no impact on the screen itself. > It would be great to have some method of streaming ACPI events in > userland (i.e., 'xev' for ACPI). This would make it easier to debug > what is actually going on here. > > The "Enable/Disable" screen key works as expected. The "switch > screen" key requires xbindkeys support. > > At the moment I am unable to get my USB mouse to be recognized at all. > The driver has trouble attaching. It was working during -BETA3 so it > seems there is some regression here. > > Adrian and Cedric have been working on if_iwn support. There is > already extensive discussion about this on -wireless. > > On to the worse side of things: > /dev/speaker just does not function at all. > if_alc does not function on this laptop. > > the boot method must be set to "legacy" in BIOS in order to boot. > > > Slightly less specific to FreeBSD: > - hexchat and xchat spell check is not functioning despite (a) the > option being selected and (b) the dictionary being installed. > - chrome can not open PDFs inline like it can on other platforms. I > believe this is a chrome limitation > - the lxpanel battery monitor is non-functional on FreeBSD. I believe > it used to work but a recent update killed it. > > > > > > -- > Eitan Adler > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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