The installation of FreeBSD 4.5 RELEASE from the mini ISO image went flawlessly, without any need to manually configure the kernel available on CD. After that I use cvsup to update my source tree to 4.8-RELEASE and built/install world without a hitch.
You can read the:
kernel configuration file
dmesg
output (boot was in verbose mode)pciconf -l
-v outputscanpci
-v output
find dir \! \( -newer /kernel \)
find dir -mtime -1d
This notebook has GeForce4 420 Go + 16M VRAM. XFree86 4.3.0 + nVidia port (/usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver) work fine with this notebook. Then let XFree86 configured itself using XFree86 -configure and change the driver to nvidia later. However, to use to all the area of your LCD screen you need to set the resolution to 1400x1050.
You can get my XF86Config configuration file.
There is some problem with the built-in AccuPoint pointing device. I can not make it works with
XFree86 directly. I need moused to make AccuPoint works with XFree86, anyway , use moused gives
another advantage. You can use both USB mouse and AccuPoint simultaneously. I add the
moused.sh script to /usr/local/etc/rc.d to start the moused.
Don't forget to add the line Option "zAxisMapping" "4 5" to "InputDevice"
section if you what to use the wheel on your mouse.
However, there is some bug in XFree86 keyboard driver, which I found the solution from Samuel Tardieu FreeBSD on a Portege 4010 site . In his page,
However, XFree86 4.2.0 is not usable
as is: it sets the keyboard in raw mode but is unable to interpret
multiple key release events.
It results into multiple key presses, such as in thisss exaamplllle. The right fix would
be to patch XFree86 so that it handles those events correctly (as
does the console FreeBSD driver, as well as the Linux one).
However, in the meantime, you should install the
x11/accessx port and use the following command in your
~/.xinitrc:
ax +bouncekeys bouncedelay 20 -timeout |
If you use gnome2 as your desktop management, you may not need ax. You can use gnome2 Keyboard Accessibility Perference. Set Enable Bounce Keys in Filters tab. This work fine for me.
Someone on FreeBSD mobile also has a solution with xkbset. This is his solution.
> On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 11:02:33PM +0200, arno_AT_heho_DOT_snv_DOT_jussieu_DOT_fr wrote: > > I rrun -curreent on a Toshiba sattellite Pro 6000 for over > > a month with no particular problem, other than a very > > irrittating "keyboard echo" when in X11 mode. > > The ever so irritating toshiba-keyboard. > Put the following in a file, chmod +x it and load it from ~/.xinitrc > when you start X. You need to install xkbset though. > > if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xkbset ]; then > xkbset m > xkbset exp =m > xkbset sl 5 > xkbset exp =sl > xkbset -f slowaccept > xkbset exp =f =slowaccept > fi |
| nv driver | nvidia driver | |
| glxgears at 300x300 | 124 FPS | 1554 FPS |
| glxgears at 1400x1050 | 16 FPS | 181 FPS |
hw.nvidia.registry.SoftEDIDs=0 hw.nvidia.registry.Mobile=2To your /etc/sysctl.conf because this notebook EDID allows you to use only 1372x1050 at 16 bps with custom mode line .
Modeline "1400x1050" 129 1372 1464 1656 1960 1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync
Switching between internal/dual/external display works using the
Fn-F5 key work under text and graphic mode
(see section device of my XF86Config).
However,
Switch to TV Out has a problem, when you switch back from TV to LCD, the
screen is very dim ( dimer than setting LCD brightness to 0 ) and there
is noway to reset it back unless start X Window with nVidia driver.
The battery information given by apm is correct (both the charging level and the time estimate).
The suspend/resume feature works well except in XFree86. The current version of nVidia driver is not support APM yet. It is better to disable suspend when you running X Window.If the computer try to suspend in X Window, You may need to reboot the machine to make the screen go back to a workable state.
The ethernet card is an Intel EtherExpress Pro which works
almost perfectly using the fxp driver.
There is a little problem in the dual boot Win2K-FreeBSD system,
if you run Win2K and use hibernate to end Win2K. After restart the machine again
in FreeBSD, FreeBSD can not found the Intel EtherExpress Pro card. You need to
shutdown FreeBSD and restart to make the card visible.
The wireless ethernet card is a Lucent Embedded WaveLan/IEEE,
which works perfectly using the wi driver. It appears
like a PCMCIA device, so you have to set pccard_enable=YES
in your /etc/rc.conf to
have it recognized.
Test with LinkSys WRT54G ,on FreeBSD 5.1, The wireless works fine
with WEP 128 bits mode.
This is the output of ifconfig wi0