Re: Thinkpad X230t convertible and openbsd

2013-05-24 Thread Christian Weisgerber
Thanos Tsouanas tha...@sians.org wrote: FWIW, the Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 iwn(4) in my non-t X230 works just fine. That's the 3x3 card on their order site. Could you please check the exact model and FCC ID of that card? Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 card (model: 633ANHMW, FCC

Re: Thinkpad X230t convertible and openbsd

2013-05-23 Thread Thanos Tsouanas
Christian Weisgerber wrote: FWIW, the Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 iwn(4) in my non-t X230 works just fine. That's the 3x3 card on their order site. Could you please check the exact model and FCC ID of that card? The (non-t) X230 that I bought came with the Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2200

Re: Thinkpad X230t convertible and openbsd

2013-05-23 Thread Thanos Tsouanas
Sorry for the quick re-post, apparently the whitelist checks the FRU P/N, and this seems to be the full list: http://download.lenovo.com/parts/ThinkPad/x230_x230i_fru_bom_20130410.pdf So, when buying one for a thinkpad make sure its FRU is in that list. I got a generic one and it is not working..

Re: Thinkpad X230t convertible and openbsd

2013-05-23 Thread Ted Unangst
On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 14:26, Thanos Tsouanas wrote: Christian Weisgerber wrote: FWIW, the Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 iwn(4) in my non-t X230 works just fine. That's the 3x3 card on their order site. Could you please check the exact model and FCC ID of that card? The (non-t) X230

Re: Thinkpad X230t convertible and openbsd

2013-05-23 Thread Mike Larkin
On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 02:26:39PM +0200, Thanos Tsouanas wrote: Christian Weisgerber wrote: FWIW, the Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 iwn(4) in my non-t X230 works just fine. That's the 3x3 card on their order site. Could you please check the exact model and FCC ID of that card? The

Re: Thinkpad X230t convertible and openbsd

2013-05-09 Thread Edd Barrett
On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 01:28:05PM +0200, David Coppa wrote: It depends if it is a serial wacom tablet or a usb one. See: http://openbsd.7691.n7.nabble.com/X60-Tablet-Wacom-Atheros-5213-amp-others-td67571.html#a67575 Hmm, I am not sure to be honest. -- Best Regards Edd Barrett

Re: Thinkpad X230t convertible and openbsd

2013-05-08 Thread Edd Barrett
On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 08:22:17PM -0400, Ted Unangst wrote: On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 23:47, Edd Barrett wrote: I see it has one of those useless intel wireless cards too. Can this be swapped out easily? If not I can use my urtwn dongle. Depends on why you think it's useless. After the

Re: Thinkpad X230t convertible and openbsd

2013-05-08 Thread Peter Hessler
On 2013 May 08 (Wed) at 11:07:31 +0100 (+0100), Edd Barrett wrote: :misc/tpwireless ;) does *not* work on the x230 and related newer thinkpads. -- The herd instinct among economists makes sheep look like independent thinkers.

Re: Thinkpad X230t convertible and openbsd

2013-05-08 Thread David Coppa
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Edd Barrett vex...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 08:22:17PM -0400, Ted Unangst wrote: On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 23:47, Edd Barrett wrote: I see it has one of those useless intel wireless cards too. Can this be swapped out easily? If not I can use my

Re: Thinkpad X230t convertible and openbsd

2013-05-08 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2013-05-08, Edd Barrett vex...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 08:22:17PM -0400, Ted Unangst wrote: On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 23:47, Edd Barrett wrote: I see it has one of those useless intel wireless cards too. Can this be swapped out easily? If not I can use my urtwn dongle.

Re: Thinkpad X230t convertible and openbsd

2013-05-08 Thread Ted Unangst
On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 13:41, Stuart Henderson wrote: AIUI very latest iwn don't work in OpenBSD yet, and a slightly older generation (I have the 6205) don't scan properly but otherwise work quite well. No idea about earlier ones. Depends on latest. The new low end centrino 1000 parts are

Re: Thinkpad X230t convertible and openbsd

2013-05-08 Thread Christian Weisgerber
Edd Barrett vex...@gmail.com wrote: It's not the availability of the firmware that bothers me about Intel wireless. I have had laptops with iwi and iwn cards (thinkpads) and I found that the firmware crashes frequently. I have always swapped them out for ral, ath or urtwn. FWIW, the Intel

Thinkpad X230t convertible and openbsd

2013-05-07 Thread Edd Barrett
Hi, I'm starting a new job and have the option to choose a new laptop. I read a lot of papers in PDF form and have been using print/xournal for anotations. Annotating with the mouse sucks a bit. I wonder if these convertible thinkpads are any good for this. Does anyone own this:

Re: Thinkpad X230t convertible and openbsd

2013-05-07 Thread Ted Unangst
On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 23:47, Edd Barrett wrote: I see it has one of those useless intel wireless cards too. Can this be swapped out easily? If not I can use my urtwn dongle. Depends on why you think it's useless. After the first boot, fw_update will get the firmware for it, and then it