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<title>FreeBSD on Laptops</title> |
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<title>&os; on Laptops</title> |
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<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/article.sgml,v 1.15 2003/06/20 18:02:53 blackend Exp $</pubdate> |
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<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/article.sgml,v 1.15 2003/06/20 18:02:53 blackend Exp $</pubdate> |
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<para>FreeBSD works fine on most laptops, with a few caveats. |
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<para>&os; works fine on most laptops, with a few caveats. |
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Some issues specific to running FreeBSD on laptops, relating |
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Some issues specific to running &os; on laptops, relating |
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to different hardware requirements from desktops, are |
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to different hardware requirements from desktops, are |
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discussed below.</para> |
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discussed below.</para> |
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<para>FreeBSD is often thought of as a server operating system, but |
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<para>&os; is often thought of as a server operating system, but |
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it works just fine on the desktop, and if you want to use it on |
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it works just fine on the desktop, and if you want to use it on |
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your laptop you can enjoy all the usual benefits: systematic |
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your laptop you can enjoy all the usual benefits: systematic |
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layout, easy administration and upgrading, the ports/packages |
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layout, easy administration and upgrading, the ports/packages |
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part of the &os; documentation. You might very well find some |
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part of the &os; documentation. You might very well find some |
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information if you type the name of your laptop model and the |
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information if you type the name of your laptop model and the |
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word <quote>&os;</quote> into a search engine of your |
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word <quote>&os;</quote> into a search engine of your |
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choice.</para> |
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Additionally there is a &os;-specific online database which aims to |
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give information on hardware issues with laptops, the |
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<ulink url="http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/">FreeBSD Laptops Compatibility List</ulink>. |
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<title>XFree86</title> |
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<title>XFree86</title> |
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<title>PCMCIA (PC Card) devices</title> |
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<title>PCMCIA (PC Card) devices</title> |
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<para> Most laptops come with PCMCIA (also called PC Card) |
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<para> Most laptops come with PCMCIA (also called PC Card) |
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slots; these are supported fine under FreeBSD. Look through |
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slots; these are supported fine under &os;. Look through |
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your boot-up messages (using &man.dmesg.8;) and see whether these were |
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your boot-up messages (using &man.dmesg.8;) and see whether these were |
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detected correctly (they should appear as |
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<devicename>pccard0</devicename>, |
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log messages about new devices being enabled.</para> |
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log messages about new devices being enabled.</para> |
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<para>There have been major changes to the pccard code |
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<para>There have been major changes to the pccard code |
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(including ISA routing of interrupts, for machines whose |
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PCI BIOS FreeBSD can not seem to use) before the FreeBSD 4.4 |
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&os; is not able to use the PCI BIOS) before the &os; 4.4 |
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release. If you have problems, try upgrading your system.</para> |
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release. If you have problems, try upgrading your system.</para> |
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<title>Power management</title> |
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<para>Unfortunately, this is not very reliably supported under |
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<para>Unfortunately, this is not very reliably supported under |
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FreeBSD. If you are lucky, some functions may work reliably; |
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&os;. If you are lucky, some functions may work reliably; |
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or they may not work at all.</para> |
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or they may not work at all.</para> |
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<para>To make things a little more complex, there are two existing |
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<para>To make things a little more complex, there are two existing |