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Date:      Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:20:40 -0400
From:      Anish Mistry <mistry.7@osu.edu>
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Cc:        Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca>
Subject:   Re: Dell laptops
Message-ID:  <200607111421.03696.mistry.7@osu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20060711114633.G67466@orthanc.ca>
References:  <20060711.104708.1159134898.imp@bsdimp.com> <20060711114633.G67466@orthanc.ca>

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On Tuesday 11 July 2006 13:53, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
> > What are the current problems, if any, on current Dell laptops
> > have with FreeBSD?
>
> Latitude D610
>
> Working:  bge, x.org, audio.
>
> Broken: apm, acpi (none of the buttons work -- not even the
> lid-close button) (well, the screen brightness controls work), no
> acpi video dpms, battery life sucks (just over an hour), onboard
> (1370?) wireless not seen (DWL-G650 in Cardbus slot works fine), no
> suspend.
Check the acpi debugging page in the handbook.  Try=20
hw.acpi.osname=3D"Windows 2001" in /boot/loader.conf to see if you see=20
any improvements and make sure you have the most up-to-date BIOS.

=2D-=20
Anish Mistry

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