Re: FreeBSD on a HP laptop

From: Frank Rietta (rietta_at_cc.NOgatechSPAM.edu)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: 31 Mar 2004 15:51:07 GMT

Mike <wilhide@adelphia.net> wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone has had any success running FreeBSD on any HP
> laptops?
> My current model is a zx5078cl, with the following hardware:
> P4 3.06 ghz
> 512 ddr
> Broadcom 54g MaxPerformance 802.11g Wireless adapter
> Trealtek RTL8193/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
> DVD+R/RW/CDRW drive

Your hardware is newer than mine, but I have had good success with FreeBSD on
my HP Pavilion N5295 notebook. I have run FreeBSD 4.7-4.9 without issue and
also 5.2. APM under 5.2 actually works pretty well. I can suspend the
hardware and determine how much battery is left. However, running a realtime
battery monitor (such as the XFCE4 battery monitor) causes stuttering when
playing an MP3.

The trick to getting the Maestro3 onboard sound card to work is to add

 snd_maestro3_load="YES"

to /boot/loader.conf.

I do not know if the Broadcom wireless card will work or not.

Best regards,
Frank Rietta

President, Georgia Tech ACM
The Professional Computing Society
www.gtacm.org

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