Laptop suggestions

Fri Jan 7 10:04:18 PST 2005

I have an hp pavilion zt3020us (also sold as the hp pavilion nx7000 i
believe and a compaq x1000).  3+ hours battery life, 15.4" wxga,
radeon 9200 (not really since the intel chipset doesn't support agp
8x, and thats the only difference between the 9200 and the 9100 i
believe).  A little heavier than I'd like at about 6 lbs, but
everything works except suspend.  Wireless is supported through a
third party driver, or the ndis wrapper.  Also, it has one firewire
port than is mini, but it does work to mount my ipod off of.  I think
they can be had for about $1200 or maybe even less.  The compaq seems
to be a little less money than the hp even though they're pretty much
identical.  I would love the thinkpad, but when i was looking the
price was too much of a hurdle to not get this one.

-Craig

On 07 Jan 2005 17:05:21 GMT, Paul Grunwald
<pgrunwald at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Bryan Berch <dfbsd at xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> news:14944755.1104948572068.JavaMail.root at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> 
> > Since I have had no luck in getting the laptops keyboard to work with
> > the Compaq R3000, would anyone have a good suggestion for a current
> > model that works well with dragonfly.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Bryan
> 
> For what it is worth, my IBM r32 seems to be well supported.  I got this
> refurb'd with a 3 Year IBM warranty for $800 from off-leasecomputers.com.
> I have wireless, Xfree86, and sound working,  I have not had time to play
> with sleep/suspend, firewire, etc. but it all seems to be seen.  Battery
> life is about 2 hours.
> 
> In general, I think the IBM laptops are well supported (and well
> supported in Linux).  TechBargains had a good deal on a t42 a couple of
> days ago.
> "IBM Thinkpad t42 Centrino $1199 - January 5, 2005
> IBM has the light 4.5lb Thinkpad t42 Centrino Notebook Pentium M 1.6Ghz
> 256MB/40GB, DVD/CDRW, 14.1in screen, 802.11g, Gigabit Ethernet $1199.20
> shipped free, save $300. $29.99 upgrade to Office 2003 Basic.  "
> 
> Here is the dmesg from my r32:
> 
> Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 The DragonFly Project.
> Copyright (c) 1992-2003 The FreeBSD Project.
> Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
>         The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
> DragonFly 1.1-Stable #5: Wed Dec 22 12:51:50 PST 2004
>     root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
> TSC clock: 1599854156 Hz, i8254 clock: 1193208 Hz
> CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Mobile CPU 1.60GHz (1599.83-MHz 686-class CPU)
>   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf24  Stepping = 4
> 
> Features=0x3febf9ff
> <FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLU
> SH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM>
> real memory  = 670433280 (654720K bytes)
> avail memory = 640241664 (625236K bytes)
> Preloaded elf kernel "/kernel" at 0xc068d000.
> Preloaded elf module "/modules/snd_pcm.ko" at 0xc068d288.
> Preloaded elf module "/modules/snd_ad1816.ko" at 0xc068d330.
> Preloaded elf module "/modules/snd_ich.ko" at 0xc068d3dc.
> Preloaded elf module "/modules/acpi.ko" at 0xc068d484.
> Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
> md0: Malloc disk
> pcibios: BIOS version 2.10
> Using $PIR table, 10 entries at 0xc00fdef0
> npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
> npx0: INT 16 interface
> Using XMM optimized bcopy/copyin/copyout
> acpi0: <IBM TP-1M> on motherboard
> installed MI handler for int 9
> acpi_ec0: <Embedded Controller: GPE 0x1c, ECDT> port 0x66,0x62 on acpi0
> acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
> cpu0: <ACPI CPU (3 Cx states)> on acpi0
> acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
> acpi_tz1: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
> acpi_lid0: <Control Method Lid Switch> on acpi0
> acpi_button0: <Sleep Button> on acpi0
> acpi_cmbat0: <Control Method Battery> on acpi0
> acpi_cmbat1: <Control Method Battery> on acpi0
> acpi_acad0: <AC Adapter> on acpi0
> pcib0: <Intel 82845 Host to PCI bridge> at pcibus 0 on motherboard
> pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
> agp0: <Intel 82845 host to AGP bridge> mem 0xe0000000-0xe3ffffff at
> device 0.0 on pci0
> pcib1: <Intel 82845 PCI-PCI (AGP) bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
> pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
> pci1: <ATI model 4c59 graphics accelerator> at 0.0 irq 11
> uhci0: <Intel 82801CA/CAM (ICH3) USB controller USB-A> port 0x1800-0x181f
> irq 11 at device 29.0 on
> pci0
> installed MI handler for int 11
> usb0: <Intel 82801CA/CAM (ICH3) USB controller USB-A> on uhci0
> usb0: USB revision 1.0
> uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
> uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
> uhci1: <Intel 82801CA/CAM (ICH3) USB controller USB-B> port 0x1820-0x183f
> irq 11 at device 29.1 on
> pci0
> usb1: <Intel 82801CA/CAM (ICH3) USB controller USB-B> on uhci1
> usb1: USB revision 1.0
> uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
> uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
> uhci2: <Intel 82801CA/CAM (ICH3) USB controller USB-C> port 0x1840-0x185f
> irq 11 at device 29.2 on
> pci0
> usb2: <Intel 82801CA/CAM (ICH3) USB controller USB-C> on uhci2
> usb2: USB revision 1.0
> uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
> uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
> pcib2: <PCI to PCI bridge (vendor=8086 device=2448)> at device 30.0 on
> pci0
> pci2: <PCI bus> on pcib2
> fwohci0: <Texas Instruments TSB43AB21/A/AI/A-EP> mem 0xd0200000-
> 0xd0203fff,0xd0205000-0xd02057ff
> irq 11 at device 3.0 on pci2
> fwohci0: OHCI version 1.10 (ROM=0)
> fwohci0: No. of Isochronous channel is 4.
> fwohci0: EUI64 00:01:24:10:23:0c:6d:b2
> fwohci0: Phy 1394a available S400, 1 ports.
> fwohci0: Link S400, max_rec 2048 bytes.
> firewire0: <IEEE1394(FireWire) bus> on fwohci0
> fwe0: <Ethernet over FireWire> on firewire0
> if_fwe0: Fake Ethernet address: 02:01:24:0c:6d:b2
> fwe0: MAC address: 02:01:24:0c:6d:b2
> sbp0: <SBP-2/SCSI over FireWire> on firewire0
> fwohci0: Initiate bus reset
> fwohci0: node_id=0xc000ffc0, gen=1, CYCLEMASTER mode
> firewire0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM = 0 (me)
> firewire0: bus manager 0 (me)
> wi0: <Intersil Prism2.5> mem 0xf8000000-0xf8000fff irq 11 at device 7.0
> on pci2
> wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3874A(Mini-PCI)
> wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (1.1.0), Station (1.4.2)
> wi0: MAC address: 00:20:e0:8e:6f:24
> wi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> fxp0: <Intel 82801CAM (ICH3) Pro/100 VE Ethernet> port 0x8000-0x803f mem
> 0xd0204000-0xd0204fff irq
> 11 at device 8.0 on pci2
> miibus0: <MII bus> on fxp0
> inphy0: <i82562ET 10/100 media interface> on miibus0
> inphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> fxp0: MAC address: 00:0a:e4:43:3f:e3
> cbb0: <TI1410 PCI-CardBus Bridge> irq 11 at device 9.0 on pci2
> cardbus0: <CardBus bus> on cbb0
> pccard0: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb0
> isab0: <PCI to ISA bridge (vendor=8086 device=248c)> at device 31.0 on
> pci0
> isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
> atapci0: <Intel ICH3 ATA100 controller> port
> 0x1860-0x186f,0x374-0x377,0x170-0x177,0x3f4-0x3f7,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device
> 31.1 on pci0
> ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
> installed MI handler for int 14
> ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
> installed MI handler for int 15
> pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x8086, dev=0x2483) at 31.3 irq 11
> pcm0: <Intel ICH3 (82801CA)> port 0x18c0-0x18ff,0x1c00-0x1cff irq 11 at
> device 31.5 on pci0
> pcm0: <Analog Devices AD1881A AC97 Codec>
> pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x8086, dev=0x2486) at 31.6 irq 11
> orm0: <Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xcefff,0xd0000-0xd17ff,0xdc000-
> 0xdffff,0xe0000-0xeffff on
> isa0
> pmtimer0 on isa0
> fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
> installed MI handler for int 6
> fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
> fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
> atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
> atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
> kbd0 at atkbd0
> installed MI handler for int 1
> psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
> installed MI handler for int 12
> psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0
> vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
> sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
> sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
> sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
> sio0: type 16550A
> installed MI handler for int 4
> sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
> sio1: type 16550A
> installed MI handler for int 3
> ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
> installed MI handler for int 0
> ata1-slave: ATAPI identify retries exceeded
> acpi_cpu: throttling enabled, 8 steps (100% to 12.5%), currently 100.0%
> ad0: 28615MB <IC25N030ATCS04-0> [58140/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100
> acd0: CD-RW <UJDA720 DVD/CDRW> at ata1-master PIO4
> Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s3a
> cd0 at ata1 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
> cd0: <MATSHITA UJDA720 DVD/CDRW 1.03> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device
> cd0: 16.000MB/s transfers
> cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present -
> tray closed
> 
> 

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Craig Dooley <xlnxminusx at xxxxxxxxx>