Dell laptops

[Carl Gustavsson]

Colin Faber wrote:
> I'm running -CURRENT on a D610 with working crt/lcd Fn switch, bge,
> wireless (via ndis), sound, video (including DRM/DRI), est (via
> powerd), and Lid switch control.
>
> The only problems I've noticed so far is that when running est with
> powerd in adaptive mode, it seems to adjust the cpu timing many times
> a second, which has lead to some applications being unstable and or
> performing horribly (the most notable would be audio applications,
> each time the cpu timing is switch you hear a pause).
>
> The other hardware issues I've experienced is the sound, volume up,
> volume down, and mute buttons for both Fn and those "other" ones next
> to the dell logo fail to function. In addition the wireless indicator
> LED fails to light, so you have no idea when the radio is on and when
> it's off.
>
> Lcd brightness, etc. seems to work, though I don't think it's
> adjustable via anything other than the Fn button.
>
> S3 suspend to ram also results in an instant reboot. However that's an
> improvement over the current issue I'm dealing with, with X windows
> causing a panic on shutdown (fun!).
>
> As I do have -CURRENT on this thing now, I'm willing to try anything
> to further development.
>
> -cf
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I have a D600, to solve the problems with powerd (X gets pretty
unresponsive) I disabled powerd and I'm now using the ports est and
estctrl (you have to force the install).

est_enable="YES"
estctrl_enable="YES"
estctrl_speed_ac="max"
estctrl_speed_battery="min"

in rc.conf. Works beautiful, I have pretty good battery time now, about
2.5h (real usage) with a nearly 2 years old battery.

Carl