ThinkPad support

[Javad Mustafayev]

Hello guys, I'm running 10-RELEASE on my ThinkPad  X201. Everything is
ok, instead sleep/return and some Fn+* key functions.
system is amd64 with custom kernel.

but havent done with skype yet :/(need more time to investigate this)

On 08/17/2014 04:08, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> 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
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