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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!venus.sun.com!wnoc-sfc-news!kogwy!hosokawa From: hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp (HOSOKAWA Tatsumi) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.windows.x.i386unix Subject: Re: FreeBSD/XFree86 on Notebook Date: 3 Dec 1996 12:08:34 GMT Organization: Tokoro Laboratory, Keio University, Yokohama Japan. Lines: 40 Message-ID: <581582$aog@kogwy.cc.keio.ac.jp> References: <329C5544.41C67EA6@gusw.dialup.fu-berlin.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: remington.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp Dnas-Posting-Host: lenlen.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp X-Newsreader: gnspool [Version 1.35 Sep.1,1996 (Unix)] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:31971 comp.windows.x.i386unix:21872 In article <329C5544.41C67EA6@gusw.dialup.fu-berlin.de> gunther@gusw.dialup.fu-berlin.de writes: >> I want to buy a notebook to increase my mobility but I want to carry my >> fine FreeBSD and XFree86 environment with me. I suspect there might be >> problems: >> >> * What graphics adapters are there for TFT displays? are there notebooks >> for which XFree86 does not work? Yes. See supported chipset of XFree86. I've used XFree86 on my laptop for years. >> * problems using a touchpad as pointer device? >> ** are touchpads PS/2 or serial mouse compatible? >> ** if not, are there touchpad drivers? Most touchpad emulates PS/2 mouse hardware. >> * APM problems fixed for FreeBSD now? Please use 2.2-ALPHA (or wait for 2.2-RELEASE). It has better APM driver compared to 2.1.x. >> * I suspect that PCMCIA cards need a FreeBSD device driver for each >> card, like modem, CD, network (other than ze device for IBM's network >> card). Is this true? >> * any generic PCMCIA support for FreeBSD? Please read PAO webpage (the URL is http://www.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp/person/hosokawa/PAO). I'm currently using Megahertz X-Jack Ethernet XJ10BT, Planet SmartCOM 3500 Ethernet, Megahertz XJ3288 FAX/modem, Flash ATA cards, etc. on my FreeBSD laptop. -- HOSOKAWA, Tatsumi hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp hosokawa@jp.FreeBSD.org