ASUS U46E laptop brightness

2013-09-28 Thread Sergiy Mikhailushko
Hi all Could you please help me with a little annoying problem concerning laptop backlight? I've got ASUS U46E laptop running FreeBSD 9-STABLE amd64. The problem is that backlight is always set to maximum value. Pressing Fn+F5 (brightness down) has no effect, just yielding the followi

Re: Laptop Fn key causes X (Gnome 2) to sleep immediately

2013-08-17 Thread Matthias Petermann
gards, Matthias Zitat von Adrian Chadd : Right, but this sounds like some bug to send upstream. Or at least patch in our port(s) for this stuff. What keyboard / laptop has the key code '150' map to 'go to sleep' ? -adiran On 16 August 2013 17:09, Matthias Petermann wrote:

Re: Laptop Fn key causes X (Gnome 2) to sleep immediately

2013-08-17 Thread Matthias Petermann
Am 17.08.2013 03:22, schrieb Polytropon: On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:07:25 -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: What keyboard / laptop has the key code '150' map to 'go to sleep' ? My Sun Type 7 USB keyboard has the "Copy" key at code 150... :-) In my case it is a Le

Re: Laptop Fn key causes X (Gnome 2) to sleep immediately

2013-08-16 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:07:25 -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > What keyboard / laptop has the key code '150' map to 'go to sleep' ? My Sun Type 7 USB keyboard has the "Copy" key at code 150... :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user

Re: Laptop Fn key causes X (Gnome 2) to sleep immediately

2013-08-16 Thread Adrian Chadd
Right, but this sounds like some bug to send upstream. Or at least patch in our port(s) for this stuff. What keyboard / laptop has the key code '150' map to 'go to sleep' ? -adiran On 16 August 2013 17:09, Matthias Petermann wrote: > Hi, > > a short update

Re: Laptop Fn key causes X (Gnome 2) to sleep immediately

2013-08-16 Thread Matthias Petermann
Has anyone an idea if Gnome re-maps the keys in some way or how I can disable this? At the moment this is the only blocker to use this Laptop for daily work, as I tend to accidently touch the Fn key more often than I want to reboot ;-) Thanks in advance & kind regards, Matth

Re: Laptop Fn key causes X (Gnome 2) to sleep immediately

2013-08-16 Thread Matthias Petermann
ompared to their crappy "competitors" on the laptop market. :-) Agree :-) Regards, Matthias ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"

Re: Laptop Fn key causes X (Gnome 2) to sleep immediately

2013-08-16 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 11:24:51 -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > ... xf86sleep as a keypress id? Yes, there are many of XF86... key symbols that can be associated to key codes. Probably this is some setting in Gnome or KDE (but not in other environments). You can use "xev" to check which symbol is associ

Re: Laptop Fn key causes X (Gnome 2) to sleep immediately

2013-08-16 Thread Adrian Chadd
... xf86sleep as a keypress id? -adrian On 16 August 2013 04:48, Grzegorz Blach wrote: > Hi, > > I also had problem with Fn key. > I'm using Lenovo T430 and Enlightenment desktop environment. > I resolved this issue by unbinding XF86Sleep in Enlightenment settings. > > Cheers, > Grzegorz Bla

Re: Laptop Fn key causes X (Gnome 2) to sleep immediately

2013-08-16 Thread Grzegorz Blach
Hi, I also had problem with Fn key. I'm using Lenovo T430 and Enlightenment desktop environment. I resolved this issue by unbinding XF86Sleep in Enlightenment settings. Cheers, Grzegorz Blach ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.

Re: Laptop Fn key causes X (Gnome 2) to sleep immediately

2013-08-16 Thread Polytropon
Thinkpads seem to live much longer (and therefore will probably many more years in productive use), compared to their crappy "competitors" on the laptop market. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...

Re: Laptop Fn key causes X (Gnome 2) to sleep immediately

2013-08-16 Thread Matthias Petermann
Hi Adrian, Zitat von Adrian Chadd : Hi! I'm glad someone else is seeing this! I have the same behaviour with KDE4 on my T60 and T400. If I go to run amiwm (because hey, Workbench is awesome!) it doesn't happen. .. and bah, I wish the resume worked for you. It works fine for me on T42i, T60,

Re: Laptop Fn key causes X (Gnome 2) to sleep immediately

2013-08-15 Thread Adrian Chadd
mailing this might > have the keycode 150) to a "less dangerous" key: > $ xmodmap -e "keycode 150 = Delete" > this brought no change. > > Has anyone an idea if Gnome re-maps the keys in some way or how I can > disable this? At the moment this is the only blocke

Laptop Fn key causes X (Gnome 2) to sleep immediately

2013-08-15 Thread Matthias Petermann
uot;keycode 150 = Delete" this brought no change. Has anyone an idea if Gnome re-maps the keys in some way or how I can disable this? At the moment this is the only blocker to use this Laptop for daily work, as I tend to accidently touch the Fn key more often than I want to reboot ;-) Thanks

Laptop Fn key causes X (Gnome 2) to sleep immediately

2013-08-15 Thread Matthias Petermann
uot;keycode 150 = Delete" this brought no change. Has anyone an idea if Gnome re-maps the keys in some way or how I can disable this? At the moment this is the only blocker to use this Laptop for daily work, as I tend to accidently touch the Fn key more often than I want to reboot ;-) Thanks

Re: Acer Laptop Bightness and Volume Hotkeys not working!

2013-07-06 Thread Mike C.
On 07/03/13 01:30, Mike C. wrote: > On 06/23/13 23:57, CeDeROM wrote: >> Hey :-) For my Dell laptop the backlight is controlled by hardware, >> unlike sound keys where you can assign them to use >> xf86audiovolumeup/down (or similar) to interact with mixer. I would &g

Re: Acer Laptop Bightness and Volume Hotkeys not working!

2013-07-02 Thread Mike C.
On 06/23/13 23:57, CeDeROM wrote: > > Hey :-) For my Dell laptop the backlight is controlled by hardware, > unlike sound keys where you can assign them to use > xf86audiovolumeup/down (or similar) to interact with mixer. I would > search for automatic backlight hothey that wou

Re: Is There Any Buyable Laptop for FreeBSD 9.1 That Is Simple to Set Up?

2013-06-24 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 5:44 AM, Joseph Mingrone wrote: > -Edwin Hale writes: >> Therefore, my question is ultimately:- >> Is there any 17"64-bit laptop that will readily support FreeBSD 9.1 with >> wireless connectivity to an external hotspot? > You may wish t

Re: Is There Any Buyable Laptop for FreeBSD 9.1 That Is Simple to Set Up?

2013-06-24 Thread Joseph Mingrone
-Edwin Hale writes: > Therefore, my question is ultimately:- > Is there any 17"64-bit laptop that will readily support FreeBSD 9.1 with > wireless connectivity to an external hotspot? There are many. I've had good luck with Lenovos. I'm writing this from a friend'

Is There Any Buyable Laptop for FreeBSD 9.1 That Is Simple to Set Up?

2013-06-24 Thread -Edwin Hale
uestion is ultimately:- Is there any 17"64-bit laptop that will readily support FreeBSD 9.1 with wireless connectivity to an external hotspot? Many thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/l

Re: Acer Laptop Bightness and Volume Hotkeys not working!

2013-06-23 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 01:57:06 +0200, CeDeROM wrote: > Hey :-) For my Dell laptop the backlight is controlled by hardware, unlike > sound keys where you can assign them to use xf86audiovolumeup/down (or > similar) to interact with mixer. Same here for a Dell, an IBM and a Lenovo la

Re: Acer Laptop Bightness and Volume Hotkeys not working!

2013-06-23 Thread CeDeROM
Hey :-) For my Dell laptop the backlight is controlled by hardware, unlike sound keys where you can assign them to use xf86audiovolumeup/down (or similar) to interact with mixer. I would search for automatic backlight hothey that would block manual control, or BIOS settings (like automatic

Re: Acer Laptop Bightness and Volume Hotkeys not working!

2013-06-22 Thread Miguel Clara
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/23/13 00:17, Miguel Clara wrote: > > I have an Acer (S3-391) laptop, its a recent model with an SSD and > HHD for a very nice price. > > I'm running FreeBSD 10-current, because of the wireless driver. > > I notice

Acer Laptop Bightness and Volume Hotkeys not working!

2013-06-22 Thread Miguel Clara
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have an Acer (S3-391) laptop, its a recent model with an SSD and HHD for a very nice price. I'm running FreeBSD 10-current, because of the wireless driver. I notice I can't use the brightness hotkeys (Fn + Left/Right Arrows) even with

Re: setting VGA output from laptop

2013-06-21 Thread Xavier
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 01:40:14PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: Hi Robert, > > > Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:24:26 +0200 > > Subject: setting VGA output from laptop > > From: Xavier > > > > Hi, > > > > Is there any way to configure VGA width output f

Re: setting VGA output from laptop

2013-06-21 Thread Robert Bonomi
> Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:24:26 +0200 > Subject: setting VGA output from laptop > From: Xavier > > Hi, > > Is there any way to configure VGA width output from one laptop ? > Authoritative answer: "Maybe" It's not clear =exactly= what you're asking.

setting VGA output from laptop

2013-06-21 Thread Xavier
Hi, Is there any way to configure VGA width output from one laptop ? Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-uns

Re: laptop fan control via FreeBSD

2013-01-20 Thread Polytropon
rote: > > > > > > Hi Fabian, > > > > > > > Xavier wrote: > > > > > > > > > Is there any way to control the on and off the fan on a laptop using > > > > > FreeBSD? > > > > > > > > It depends on the laptop. O

Re: laptop fan control via FreeBSD

2013-01-19 Thread Xavier
On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 05:07:07PM +0100, Fabian Keil wrote: Hi Fabian, > Xavier wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 03:13:58PM +0100, Fabian Keil wrote: > > > > Hi Fabian, > > > > > Xavier wrote: > > > > > > > Is there

Re: laptop fan control via FreeBSD

2013-01-19 Thread Xavier
> > Is there any way to control the on and off the fan on a laptop using > > > > FreeBSD? > > > > > > It depends on the laptop. On mine it works: > > > > > > fk@r500 ~ $sysctl -ad | grep fan > > > dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan_speed: Fan speed

Re: laptop fan control via FreeBSD

2013-01-19 Thread Fabian Keil
Xavier wrote: > On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 03:13:58PM +0100, Fabian Keil wrote: > > Hi Fabian, > > > Xavier wrote: > > > > > Is there any way to control the on and off the fan on a laptop using > > > FreeBSD? > > > > It depends on the l

Re: laptop fan control via FreeBSD

2013-01-19 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:55:23 +0100, Xavier wrote: > On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 03:13:58PM +0100, Fabian Keil wrote: > > Hi Fabian, > > > Xavier wrote: > > > > > Is there any way to control the on and off the fan on a laptop using > > > FreeBSD? > >

Re: laptop fan control via FreeBSD

2013-01-19 Thread Xavier
On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 03:13:58PM +0100, Fabian Keil wrote: Hi Fabian, > Xavier wrote: > > > Is there any way to control the on and off the fan on a laptop using > > FreeBSD? > > It depends on the laptop. On mine it works: > > fk@r500 ~ $sysctl -ad | grep fan &

Re: laptop fan control via FreeBSD

2013-01-19 Thread Fabian Keil
Xavier wrote: > Is there any way to control the on and off the fan on a laptop using FreeBSD? It depends on the laptop. On mine it works: fk@r500 ~ $sysctl -ad | grep fan dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan_speed: Fan speed dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan_level: Fan level dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan: Fan enable Fab

Re: do I need agp(4) on my amd64 laptop

2012-11-27 Thread ill...@gmail.com
>> cbb0@pci0:2:4:0:class=0x060700 card=0x30c2103c > chip=0x04761180 rev=0xb6 hdr=0x02 > >> vendor = 'Ricoh Co Ltd' > >> device = 'RL5c476 II' > >> class = bridge >

Re: do I need agp(4) on my amd64 laptop

2012-11-25 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
vanced Micro Devices [AMD]' >> device = 'K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control' >> class = bridge >> subclass = HOST-PCI >> vgapci0@pci0:1:5:0: class=0x03 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x791f1002 re

Re: do I need agp(4) on my amd64 laptop

2012-11-25 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
ies]' > class = display > subclass = VGA > bge0@pci0:16:0:0: class=0x02 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x171314e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > device = 'NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI

Re: do I need agp(4) on my amd64 laptop

2012-11-24 Thread ill...@gmail.com
ass = bridge >> subclass = HOST-PCI >> hostb4@pci0:0:24:3: class=0x06 card=0x chip=0x11031022 >> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 >> vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]' >> device = 'K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control&

Re: do I need agp(4) on my amd64 laptop

2012-11-24 Thread ill...@gmail.com
x27; > class = bridge > subclass = HOST-PCI > vgapci0@pci0:1:5:0: class=0x03 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x791f1002 > rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI' > device = 'RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series]'

do I need agp(4) on my amd64 laptop

2012-11-22 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
It is not clear for me from the agp(4) man page, whether I need this device in the kernel or not. The pciconf -lv output is below. Or do I need to show dmesg? Please advise Thanks Anton hostb0@pci0:0:0:0: class=0x06 card=0x30c2103c chip=0x79101002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'A

Re: laptop with no BIOS? or BIOS reflash pain

2012-11-01 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:28:22 +0100 Subject: Re: laptop with no BIOS? or BIOS reflash pain From: Idwer Vollering To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, flash...@flashrom.org Another approach is to use an external SPI programmer: http://flashrom.org

Re: laptop with no BIOS? or BIOS reflash pain

2012-10-30 Thread Idwer Vollering
> I've HP compaq 6715s laptop. > It's all right with 10-current. > I've got wireless and at one point > I even managed to get flash working. > > My problem is with BIOS. > Apparently it's wrong and John Baldwin > provided me with a pci.c patch to ge

Re: laptop with no BIOS? or BIOS reflash pain

2012-10-30 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:44:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Jakub Lach To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: laptop with no BIOS? or BIOS reflash pain More civilised notebook manufactures usually provide also self booting (CD) image to update BIOS

Re: laptop with no BIOS? or BIOS reflash pain

2012-10-29 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:44:19 -0700 (PDT), Jakub Lach wrote: > More civilised notebook manufactures usually provide > also self booting (CD) image to update BIOS > (e.g. Lenovo/ThinkPad). I've recently heared (but not verified) that some manufacturers provide floppy disk images that can be used

Re: laptop with no BIOS? or BIOS reflash pain

2012-10-29 Thread Jakub Lach
More civilised notebook manufactures usually provide also self booting (CD) image to update BIOS (e.g. Lenovo/ThinkPad). -- View this message in context: http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/laptop-with-no-BIOS-or-BIOS-reflash-pain-tp5753237p5756381.html Sent from the freebsd-questions

Re: laptop with no BIOS? or BIOS reflash pain

2012-10-25 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:40:20 +0100 (BST), Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > From br...@cran.org.uk Thu Oct 25 09:22:33 2012 > > > On 25 Oct 2012, at 08:52, Anton Shterenlikht > wrote: > > > I'm probably missing something here. > > ia64 uses EFI, but there's nothing > >

Re: laptop with no BIOS? or BIOS reflash pain

2012-10-25 Thread Bruce Cran
On 25 Oct 2012, at 09:40, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > So this means I might not > be able to boot freebsd at all > on future ia64 boxes.. Ignore the FUD - there will be an option to disable it in the firmware/BIOS settings. -- Bruce Cran ___ freebs

Re: laptop with no BIOS? or BIOS reflash pain

2012-10-25 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
From br...@cran.org.uk Thu Oct 25 09:22:33 2012 On 25 Oct 2012, at 08:52, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > I'm probably missing something here. > ia64 uses EFI, but there's nothing > about checking for "non-signed" code. > I can boot VMS, FreeBSD, lin

Re: laptop with no BIOS? or BIOS reflash pain

2012-10-25 Thread Bruce Cran
On 25 Oct 2012, at 08:52, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > I'm probably missing something here. > ia64 uses EFI, but there's nothing > about checking for "non-signed" code. > I can boot VMS, FreeBSD, linux, etc. > And, by the way, firmware updates from EFI via e.g. > USB flash drives is trivial on ia

Re: laptop with no BIOS? or BIOS reflash pain

2012-10-25 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
From cpgh...@cordula.ws Thu Oct 25 03:40:28 2012 Heh... ;-) (U)EFI is nothing new for us old farts: we've had OpenBoot[1] on Sun hardware for ages, and even though it didn't limit us w.r.t. the OS you wanted to boot (that's why you can install FreeBSD/sparc

Re: laptop with no BIOS? or BIOS reflash pain

2012-10-24 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:38:48 +0100 (BST), Anton Shterenlikht wrote: >> Anyway, I think I've heard there are some laptops >> with no BIOS, is this true? > > Per termini technici, yes. > > Some systems use EFI (or UEFI) instead of a BIOS. It's > c

Re: laptop with no BIOS? or BIOS reflash pain

2012-10-19 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:38:48 +0100 (BST), Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > There is an updated BIOS version, but > so far I failed to get it installed. > HP only provide MS and freedos executables. > I tried BartPE - doesn't work. Maybe you can utilize the approach to create the "typical" DOS boot disk

laptop with no BIOS? or BIOS reflash pain

2012-10-19 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
I've HP compaq 6715s laptop. It's all right with 10-current. I've got wireless and at one point I even managed to get flash working. My problem is with BIOS. Apparently it's wrong and John Baldwin provided me with a pci.c patch to get it to boot. There is an updated BIOS v

Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop

2012-08-30 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Aug 30, 2012 7:17 AM, "Chris" wrote: > > > > - Original Message - > > From: Warren Block > > To: Chris > > Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" ; Waitman Gobble > > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 3:58 PM > > Subject:

Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop

2012-08-30 Thread Chris
- Original Message - > From: Warren Block > To: Chris > Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" ; Waitman > Gobble > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 3:58 PM > Subject: Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop > > On Thu, 30 Aug 2012, Chris wrote: > >> Usin

Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop

2012-08-30 Thread Warren Block
On Thu, 30 Aug 2012, Chris wrote: Using pciconf as per jb's hint tells me it is a broadcom I have: none3@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x060814e4 chip=0x472714e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' device = 'BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller' class

Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop

2012-08-30 Thread Chris
> > From: Waitman Gobble >To: Chris >Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" >Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 6:51 PM >Subject: Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop > > > >On Aug 29, 2012 8:44 AM, "Chris" wrote: >>

Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop

2012-08-29 Thread Daniel Staal
On 2012-08-29 11:42, Chris wrote: Hi, I've tried to search the lists but can't find anything, but please point me to an existing resource if available. I recently got a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E530 (3259-9VG) laptop and would like to get the Wifi card running (fresh FreeBSD 9.0 install

Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop

2012-08-29 Thread jb
Chris yahoo.se> writes: > ... > I recently got a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E530 (3259-9VG) laptop and would like > to get the Wifi card running > (fresh FreeBSD 9.0 install) > ... http://support.lenovo.com/en_GB/product-and-parts/detail.page?DocID=PD024684 Communications Network

Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop

2012-08-29 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Aug 29, 2012 8:44 AM, "Chris" wrote: > > Hi, > > > I've tried to search the lists but can't find anything, but please point me to an existing resource if available. > > I recently got a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E530 (3259-9VG) laptop and would like to get

Wifi for Lenovo Laptop

2012-08-29 Thread Chris
Hi, I've tried to search the lists but can't find anything, but please point me to an existing resource if available. I recently got a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E530 (3259-9VG) laptop and would like to get the Wifi card running (fresh FreeBSD 9.0 install), but I'm failling as it ha

Re: built-in mic configuration [compaq presario laptop]

2012-08-25 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On 08/25/2012 09:50 PM, Matthias Apitz wrote: For tests you might even record and playback the recorded with, for example: # dd if=/dev/dsp0 of=/tmp/recorded # cat /tmp/recorded> /dev/dsp0 Thanks. I'll fiddle with that. ___ freebsd-questions@fr

Re: built-in mic configuration [compaq presario laptop]

2012-08-25 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Saturday, August 25, 2012 a las 09:26:44AM -0700, Waitman Gobble escribió: > Hi, > > you need to specify the device, take a look at > > # ls /dev/dsp* > /dev/dsp0.0/dev/dsp0.1/dev/dsp1.0/dev/dsp2.0/dev/dsp2.1 > > for example, i can send audio output to headphone jack: >

Re: built-in mic configuration [compaq presario laptop]

2012-08-25 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On 08/25/12 19:26, Waitman Gobble wrote: you need to specify the device, take a look at # ls /dev/dsp* /dev/dsp0.0/dev/dsp0.1/dev/dsp1.0/dev/dsp2.0 /dev/dsp2.1 for example, i can send audio output to headphone jack: # mplayer -zoom -x 1280 -y 720 -fs -ao oss:/dev/dsp1 -mixer /dev/m

Re: built-in mic configuration [compaq presario laptop]

2012-08-25 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Alexander Kapshuk < alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would like to be able to use the built-in mic to record audio and to use > Skype with. An external mic seems to work out-of-the-box. > > Any input would be appreciated. > > :; uname -a > FreeBSD box2 9.0-R

re: built-in mic configuration [compaq presario laptop]

2012-08-25 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
I would like to be able to use the built-in mic to record audio and to use Skype with. An external mic seems to work out-of-the-box. Any input would be appreciated. :; uname -a FreeBSD box2 9.0-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p4 #0: Fri Aug 17 21:53:39 EEST 2012 root@box2:/usr/obj/usr/src/s

Re: kde4 on 8.3 and laptop

2012-05-30 Thread doug
rote: I had kde3 running just fine on 8.2 on my laptop. I have now installed 8.3 -and- kde4 on my laptop, and the kde system will not work as expected. when I type kdm (which is at /usr/local/kde4/bin/kdm) I get the expected login screen (however the mouse dies), and after I login, all I get is

Re: kde4 on 8.3 and laptop

2012-05-30 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Hi, Reference: > From: "Brian W." > Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 22:48:20 -0700 > Message-id: > "Brian W." wrote: > On May 29, 2012 10:28 PM, "Gary Aitken" wrote: > > > > On 05/29/12 22:15, Jim Pazarena wrot

Re: kde4 on 8.3 and laptop

2012-05-29 Thread Brian W.
On May 29, 2012 10:28 PM, "Gary Aitken" wrote: > > On 05/29/12 22:15, Jim Pazarena wrote: > > I had kde3 running just fine on 8.2 on my laptop. > > > > I have now installed 8.3 -and- kde4 on my laptop, and the kde system > > will not work as expected. &

Re: kde4 on 8.3 and laptop

2012-05-29 Thread Gary Aitken
On 05/29/12 22:15, Jim Pazarena wrote: > I had kde3 running just fine on 8.2 on my laptop. > > I have now installed 8.3 -and- kde4 on my laptop, and the kde system > will not work as expected. > > when I type kdm (which is at /usr/local/kde4/bin/kdm) > I get the expected

kde4 on 8.3 and laptop

2012-05-29 Thread Jim Pazarena
I had kde3 running just fine on 8.2 on my laptop. I have now installed 8.3 -and- kde4 on my laptop, and the kde system will not work as expected. when I type kdm (which is at /usr/local/kde4/bin/kdm) I get the expected login screen (however the mouse dies), and after I login, all I get is a

Re: ACPI temprature settings [WAS: Re: laptop very hot and noisy]

2012-05-09 Thread Chris Whitehouse
On 08/05/2012 15:06, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: Anyway, this was easier than I expected. I removed a lot of dust from the fan and the heat sink gills. I also replaced the "thermal material". I prop my mine up off the desk to get better airflow to the fan intake which is on the underside. The f

Re: laptop very hot and noisy

2012-05-02 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Wednesday 02 May 2012 19:09:56 Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 2 May 2012 06:19:50 +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > On Tuesday 01 May 2012 20:52:11 Polytropon wrote: > > > On Tue, 1 May 2012 13:41:11 +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > > > On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 08:25:11AM -0400, Alejandro I

Re: laptop very hot and noisy

2012-05-02 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 2 May 2012 06:19:50 +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > On Tuesday 01 May 2012 20:52:11 Polytropon wrote: > > On Tue, 1 May 2012 13:41:11 +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > > On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 08:25:11AM -0400, Alejandro Imass wrote: > > > > Not a big issue. Make sure you can

Re: laptop very hot and noisy

2012-05-01 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Tuesday 01 May 2012 20:52:11 Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 1 May 2012 13:41:11 +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 08:25:11AM -0400, Alejandro Imass wrote: > > Not a big issue. Make sure you can remember which parts belong where. > Make photos if it helps you, or dra

Re: laptop very hot and noisy

2012-05-01 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Tuesday 01 May 2012 19:41:11 Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 08:25:11AM -0400, Alejandro Imass wrote: > > On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Anton Shterenlikht > > wrote: > > I didn't even know they put fluid heatsinks in laptop. > I though

Re: laptop very hot and noisy

2012-05-01 Thread Polytropon
acpi_tz0: _AC2: temperature 92.0 >= setpoint 50.0 > > > acpi_tz0: _AC1: temperature 92.0 >= setpoint 60.0 > > > > > > at the console. > > > > > > I guess it's telling me that the CPU is too hot? > > > > > > Is that normal,

Re: laptop very hot and noisy

2012-05-01 Thread Alejandro Imass
. If I boot [..] > I didn't even know they put fluid heatsinks in laptop. > I thought this was something from IBM cutting edge power6 > chips. > Yeah I didn't know either until it fried my CPU. Many laptop heatsinks use "heat pipes": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He

Re: laptop very hot and noisy

2012-05-01 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
> > > > at the console. > > > > I guess it's telling me that the CPU is too hot? > > > > Is that normal, e.g. under "make -j4 buildworld"? > > > > Probably not. I had a laptop with similar symptom when I was compiling > stuff. I took

Re: laptop very hot and noisy

2012-05-01 Thread Alejandro Imass
etpoint 60.0 > acpi_tz0: _AC3: temperature 92.0 >= setpoint 40.0 > acpi_tz0: _AC2: temperature 92.0 >= setpoint 50.0 > acpi_tz0: _AC1: temperature 92.0 >= setpoint 60.0 > > at the console. > > I guess it's telling me that the CPU is too hot? > > Is that normal,

laptop very hot and noisy

2012-05-01 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
I run 10-current on Compaq 6715s. It's very hot and noisy. If I boot in verbose mode, I get lots of: acpi_tz0: _AC2: temperature 92.0 >= setpoint 50.0 acpi_tz0: _AC1: temperature 92.0 >= setpoint 60.0 acpi_tz0: _AC3: temperature 92.0 >= setpoint 40.0 acpi_tz0: _AC2: temperature 92.0 >= setpoint 50

Re: laptop freebsd display not filling whole screen

2012-02-16 Thread Dave
On 15 Feb 2012 at 17:25, Fbsd8 wrote: > I installed 9.0 on a Toshiba laptop. The Freebsd console only fills a > small box in the center of the screen. I found nothing in the handbook > about this so I am asking here. > > How do I get the console to fill to whole laptop scre

9.0-RELEASE: Strange freezing and kernel panics on laptop

2012-02-15 Thread Ramiro Caso
Hi, I'm in need of advice. I've recently installed FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE on my laptop (a Dell Inspiron 1318) with a good deal of success. However, I've been experiencing a few hiccups, to say the least. The kernel is the GENERIC for the amd64 architecture that comes with t

re. laptop freebsd display not filling whole screen

2012-02-15 Thread herbert langhans
My IBM Thinkpad does that trick. But its some hardware-function and can be switched via special key + FN8. Maybe download the service or installation manual for your laptop and find some option? Maybe also something in the setup? Cheers herb langhans

Re: laptop freebsd display not filling whole screen

2012-02-15 Thread kron
On 2012/02/15 10:25, Fbsd8 wrote: I installed 9.0 on a Toshiba laptop. The Freebsd console only fills a small box in the center of the screen. I found nothing in the handbook about this so I am asking here. How do I get the console to fill to whole laptop screen? I met it earlier a few times

Re: laptop freebsd display not filling whole screen

2012-02-15 Thread Da Rock
On 02/15/12 20:12, Da Rock wrote: On 02/15/12 19:25, Fbsd8 wrote: I installed 9.0 on a Toshiba laptop. The Freebsd console only fills a small box in the center of the screen. I found nothing in the handbook about this so I am asking here. How do I get the console to fill to whole laptop

Re: laptop freebsd display not filling whole screen

2012-02-15 Thread Da Rock
On 02/15/12 19:25, Fbsd8 wrote: I installed 9.0 on a Toshiba laptop. The Freebsd console only fills a small box in the center of the screen. I found nothing in the handbook about this so I am asking here. How do I get the console to fill to whole laptop screen? You are talking about a

laptop freebsd display not filling whole screen

2012-02-15 Thread Fbsd8
I installed 9.0 on a Toshiba laptop. The Freebsd console only fills a small box in the center of the screen. I found nothing in the handbook about this so I am asking here. How do I get the console to fill to whole laptop screen? ___ freebsd

9.0-RELEASE: Strange freezing and kernel panics on laptop

2012-02-14 Thread Ramiro Caso
Hi, I'm in need of advice. I've recently installed FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE on my laptop (a Dell Inspiron 1318) with a good deal of success. However, I've been experiencing a few hiccups, to say the least. The kernel is the GENERIC for the amd64 architecture that comes with t

Lenovo athlon laptop

2011-12-22 Thread Sergio de Almeida Lenzi
Hello, I bought a lenovo laptop (cpu amd dual core, graphics is radeon 6250 Everything woks, except the graphics that only works with driver vga at 1024x768. if I use the "ati" driver, it works in 1366x800 (that is the panel resolution, it works ok, but ONLY ONCE, that is, the g

Re: Xorg error: New athlon laptop, radeonhd video - unable to load fbdev

2011-12-20 Thread Da Rock
On 12/21/11 07:39, Warren Block wrote: On Tue, 20 Dec 2011, Da Rock wrote: The laptop is a compaq cq62 with a quad core phenom and a ATI 4200 Radeon mobility GPU, as well as 6300 GPU. Sorry, I can't find any specs for a CQ62 with both ATI and NVidia. There's a trademark name fo

Re: Xorg error: New athlon laptop, radeonhd video - unable to load fbdev

2011-12-20 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 20 Dec 2011, Da Rock wrote: The laptop is a compaq cq62 with a quad core phenom and a ATI 4200 Radeon mobility GPU, as well as 6300 GPU. Sorry, I can't find any specs for a CQ62 with both ATI and NVidia. There's a trademark name for the dual GPU systems, at least the

Re: Xorg error: New athlon laptop, radeonhd video - unable to load fbdev

2011-12-19 Thread Da Rock
at the ones I tried did not. Also, you're talking about two systems, a laptop and a desktop. So it would be good to get some specifics, like laptop brand and model, whether the desktop dual-card setup worked with FreeBSD (and which version of FreeBSD). NP. I thought I was clear, but I&#

Re: Xorg error: New athlon laptop, radeonhd video - unable to load fbdev

2011-12-19 Thread Warren Block
both that will work on a linux system, and that FBSD has no problem like this either; it just works. Weird... It's difficult to tell what you're saying. It's possible that multiple cards would work in some combinations, and just that the ones I tried did not. Also, you're

Re: Xorg error: New athlon laptop, radeonhd video - unable to load fbdev

2011-12-19 Thread Da Rock
On 12/20/11 03:05, Warren Block wrote: On Mon, 19 Dec 2011, Da Rock wrote: On 12/19/11 21:31, Da Rock wrote: I hate to come with this kind of a query, but my googling hasn't come across a satisfactory answer. I'm running an install on a brand new laptop for a client, and I'm

Re: Xorg error: New athlon laptop, radeonhd video - unable to load fbdev

2011-12-19 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 19 Dec 2011, Da Rock wrote: On 12/19/11 21:31, Da Rock wrote: I hate to come with this kind of a query, but my googling hasn't come across a satisfactory answer. I'm running an install on a brand new laptop for a client, and I'm trying to get X up using xdm- nothing

Re: Xorg error: New athlon laptop, radeonhd video - unable to load fbdev

2011-12-19 Thread Da Rock
On 12/19/11 21:31, Da Rock wrote: I hate to come with this kind of a query, but my googling hasn't come across a satisfactory answer. I'm running an install on a brand new laptop for a client, and I'm trying to get X up using xdm- nothing. The logs says it failed to load fbde

Xorg error: New athlon laptop, radeonhd video - unable to load fbdev

2011-12-19 Thread Da Rock
I hate to come with this kind of a query, but my googling hasn't come across a satisfactory answer. I'm running an install on a brand new laptop for a client, and I'm trying to get X up using xdm- nothing. The logs says it failed to load fbdev because there is no data

Re: Which Lenovo Laptop?

2011-12-09 Thread 文鳥
On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 19:05:26 +0100 Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 16:50:23 +0100, 𫝆井 Pierre wrote: > > If there is a setting to xorg.conf that does work for setting the > > screen brightness, please tell me. Everything I tried so far turned > > out negative, but maybe there's something I o

Re: Which Lenovo Laptop?

2011-12-09 Thread 文鳥
>  YMMV. > > - I cannot comment on bluetooth, camera or SD card reader, since I > >  never use those. > > > > But there is one annoying problem I did not manage to fix yet: The > > screen brightness control does not work at all, i.e. it's always at > > max

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