freebsd-mobile Digest, Vol 40, Issue 6

Sun Dec 28 20:21:20 PST 2003

Heheh if you get one which supposedly has an AC97 Audio Chip
and hangs whenever you try kldloading pcm, ich3 or when you
recompile the kernel with pcm, you'd do me a very VERY great
favour, since I've tried nearly everything (all the modules,
removing an undetected modem, you name it).

BTW, I found once a patch for buggy keyboards (like my
laptop's) but I can't find it anymore. If anyone knows about
it, could you please tell me?

BTW, nothing works in FreeBSD 5.x, it won't even boot the
installer... Oh... and newer toshiba laptops feature a
windoze-only-and-required bios P.O.S. configurator

Thanx a lot
Alejandro "Lanjoe9" Valenzuela

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>    1. Re: Least supported laptop for FreeBSD under $1k
>       (Julian H. Stacey)
>    2. 5.2 on a toshiba A10-s169 (Alvaro Pereira)
>    3. Re: Least supported laptop for FreeBSD under $1k
> (M. Warner Losh)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 13:40:03 +0100
> From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs at tower.berklix.net>
> Subject: Re: Least supported laptop for FreeBSD under $1k
> To: mobile at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <200312271240.hBRCe3ZF073646 at flip.jhs.private>
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> Folks,
> Warner's Subject: was not
>     Most supported laptop for FreeBSD under $1k
> but
>     Least supported laptop for FreeBSD under $1k
>
> Unlike many of us, who want well supported laptops, Warner
> presumably wants a single laptop which exhibits bad
> support in maximum areas, to maximise fixing fun, while
> avoid needing multiple laptops, each with just one or a
> few support problems.
>
> Posting about reasonably nice machines with few problems
> per laptop, would not seem optimal to the original
> "Subject:" line.  Presumably we'll be doing FreeBSD most
> favour if we can tell Warner of the _Least_ supported
> FreeBSD laptop with most problems, under 1K that he can
> buy.  A great request BTW, Warner !   :-)
>
> -
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> http://berklix.com
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 15:22:25 -0200
> From: "Alvaro Pereira" <starthir at hotmail.com>
> Subject: 5.2 on a toshiba A10-s169
> To: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
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> Hi,
>
> I'm trying do install freebsd since 5.1 release (then 5.2
> beta, 5.2 rc1 and  now 5.2 rc2) in this toshiba notebook
> and it hangs during boot. I don't have  a serial port, but
> copied by hand the last thing found before it hangs
> (tried with the regular boot, acpi disabled and the
> verbose option, and it  always hangs):
>
> --------------------
> pcib0: matched entry for 0.2.INTA (source \_SB_.LNKA)
> pcib0: slot 2 INTA is routed to irq 10
> found-> vendor=0x8086, dev=0x3582, revid=0x01
> bus=0, slot=2, func=0
> class=03-00-00, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=1
> cmdreg=0x0007, statreg=0x0090, cachelnsz=0 (dwords)
> lattimes=0x00 (0 ns), mingnt=0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=0x00 (0
> ns) intpin=a, irq=10
> powerspec 1 supports D0 D1 D3 current D0
> map[10]: type 3, range 32, base 00000000, size 27, memory
> disabled f
> --------------------
>
> that "f" is the last thing that appears on the screen,
> like if it was  starting to find the next device, but
> stops right there...
>
> I tried to install 4.9 in the second primary partition
> that starts in the  cylinder 1020. 4.9 boots, but says
> that it can't install the root partition  there. Anyway, I
> would like to have 5.2 installed here, 4.9 was just a
> test.
>
> The notebook specs can be found here:
>
http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/product/pdf_files/detailed_specs/satellite_A10-S169.pdf
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Alvaro
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 12:32:41 -0700 (MST)
> From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp at bsdimp.com>
> Subject: Re: Least supported laptop for FreeBSD under $1k
> To: jhs at tower.berklix.net
> Cc: mobile at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <20031227.123241.23386608.imp at bsdimp.com>
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> In message: <200312271240.hBRCe3ZF073646 at flip.jhs.private>
>             "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs at tower.berklix.net>
> writes: : Unlike many of us, who want well supported
> laptops, Warner presumably : wants a single laptop which
> exhibits bad support in maximum areas, : to maximise
> fixing fun, while avoid needing multiple laptops, each :
> with just one or a few support problems.
>
> Yes.  I want to get the most bang for the $$$.  I want to
> be able to fix a dozen or so problems with just a small
> outlay of cash, which is a little tight at the moment.
>
> I'm also most interested in the following trouble areas:
>     1) Interrupt routing problems
>     2) PC Card/CardBus problems
>     3) Resource conflicts
>     4) Interrupt storms
>     5) Hangs at the end of the boot sequence
>     6) ACPI issues relating to suspend/resume.
>
> I'm not too interested in the following areas, except as
> it relates to the primary objectives listed above:
>     1) X doesn't work
>     2) Sound doesn't work
>     3) This weird NIC chip isn't supported.
>     4) This weird wireless isn't supported (although this
> one is
>        borderline).
>
> I'm not looking for a pain-free experience.  I'm looking
> for a laptop with lots of sharp edges that I can cut my
> fingers on so that others don't have to.
>
> Warner
>
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