ThinkPad support

[Kevin Oberman]

On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 3:02 PM, isdtor <isdtor at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm wondering whether I should upgrade to FreeBSD 10 to get a stable
> system, or whether there are other issues at hand. Right now, I'm
> running 9.3 with a Gnome desktop, and the system is - not unstable,
> but fragile. Certain actions, like pressing a function key, starting
> the screensaver, or even pressing an arrow key, can send to the system
> straight into hibernation, if typically not on first invocation.
>
> The model is T530. All the ThinkPad specific stuff, keys etc.. works
> under Linux, so the hardware is fine.
>
> I have a T520 running 10-Stable. There are several issues with 10.0 that
have been fixed in Stable and will be in 10.1 when it is released in a few
months. I have no problems that sounds like what you describe, but did not
have them in 9.2, either. (I moved to 10 before 9.3 came out... in fact
before 10.0 was released.)

Can you more clearly describe "hibernation"? Since the standard definition
of hibernation is to save the system to disk and power off, I think you
mean something else as FreeBSD does not support hibernation. Do you mean
that the display goes off and the system seems dead? Or that the sleep
light on the system comes on?

Can you tell us what graphics driver the system is using? Are you using
WITH_NEW_XORG? (You probably should be.) WITH_KMS? (Also, you probably
should, though it will no longer be needed with 10.1).

Some keys, notably the brightness controls, will not work with FreeBSD.
Sleep and resume can be a problem, also, but probably can be made to work.
--
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired
E-mail: rkoberman at gmail.com