ACPI / Toshiba laptop issues

Hi, I've been trying to use OpenBSD on an older (2009) Toshiba laptop but I am running into some difficulty with ACPI. What appears to be happening is that as soon as the \_PIC method is invoked inside acpimadt the machine usually just reboots (with the May 31st snapshot it now no longer reboots,

cardbus/cardslot not working with acpi kernel

Hi, For a while now I've been unable to get my cardbus controller to recognize a card insertion or card ejection event. Or at least the kernel does not print out any messages that seem to indicate that the controller is even working. The controller recognizes a card has been inserted only if a c

Re: Firefox 2.0.0.12

> Jacob Meuser wrote: > >> or, quit using firefox. it's security record is rather lousy, wouldn't > >> you agree? > > > > That's a stupid outlook on things... 2.0.0.6 was released in July, that's > a hell of a long time between April, exploits in depencies are bound to > show up in that time frame

Re: Any other Java developers?

> Hello, > > Are there any other Java developers using OpenBSD as their native > platform? > > ~Mayuresh > http://mayuresh.kathe.in/ > > Hi, I'm using Java (well actually the Kaffe port) to do J2ME development as a hobby. Currently I have a problem with getting any J2ME emulator to run under kaff

Re: ACPI regression on i386 ?

> Hello, > > i've been happily testing acpi following -current since six or seven > months, > and i've noticed a little regressions : > - before June, it worked perfectly, halt -p power-offs the machine, i have > acpi detected in dmesg. > - after around start of June, halt -p doesn't poweroff the m

Re: Embedded system - which ?

What about using the EFIKA board? (http://www.pegasosppc.com/efika.php). Seems like it would meet all the requirements that Uwe was looking for. Oh and it's a PPC system on a chip. Not x86. I believe it works with NetBSD.