Hi there,
I want to buy a new laptop and want to run OpenBSD on it. So I think

my best choice is to buy a laptop without Intel wifi chipset and

-with- Intel Graphics Media Accelerator. (GMA is supported well

according to the FSF.) But the number of laptops with this

combination is very limited! What are your experience or tips on

buying a (new*) ThinkPad for OpenBSD.
*I'm thinking of a R60 or T60. I have no interest in widescreen.
Pieter Verberne

I bought a T60 recently -
o wpi(4) is not detected - fatal firmware error. From the manpage -

"fatal firmware error. For some reason, the firmware crashed. The

driver will reset the hardware. This should not happen."
o APM is not detected
I am not sure whether other bits like Infrared, bluetooth would work

smoothly as well.
I sent the dmesg so hopefully everything will work by the time 4.2 comes out.
At the time however, I installed Fedora Core 7 which detects

everything just fine (or with small tweaks here and there)

Hi,
I have Thinkpad T60 and I'm currently running Linux on it. I'm planning

to switch to OpenBSD but I have a small question about the video playback.

The laptop has ATI Mobility X1400 Radeon graphics card. As far as I know

the open source 'radeon' driver doesn't support that one so I'm forced

to use the 'vesa' driver.

I know I can get the correct resolution using it but what about video

playback. Will I be able to get good playback using the vesa driver?

Also, can I get tv-out using it?

I'd hate to install OpenBSD just to notice it won't work.
-Zmyrgel-

Hi,
If X works ok, then mplayer will be able to scale the video (using

either the xv or sdl video output plugin). Press 'f' during video

playback.
vlc can probably do it too, but I dont use it, so i cant say.
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Best Regards
Edd
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The sdl flavor of mplayer works great on my ThinkPad T60 (with Intel GMA

950 graphics chipset), but vlc doesn't work for me.  In particular, vlc

garbles all the audio.

I currently have a Thinkpad T60. I use OpenBSD with it, and it has the exact

same graphics card, the ATI Mobility Radeon X1400. However, I have

widescreen, and I was unable to use my laptop's native resolution of

1680x1050, and the stretched alternatives was, to me, largely unusable, or

at least hard on the eyes. The stretched console font was fine, but X11, to

me, wasn't. I haven't tried tv-out, just posting my own experiences. Note

that Xenocara may have fixed this situation. I did indeed attempt to use

915resolution, and I was unable to pull 1680x1050 widescreen out of it.

I purchased a T60 (model 1953) with exactly that configuration a few

months ago.  It works great with OpenBSD.  As you mentioned, it has an XGA

display (no wide-screen) and Intel GMA 950 graphics chipset.
I initially made the mistake of getting the "ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wi-Fi

wireless LAN Mini-PCIe" wireless card, but that Atheros-based card is not

currently supported by OpenBSD because it uses the AR5424 chipset.  So I

had to replace it with an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG card--which is what I

should have gotten in the first place.
So, I think you are making EXACTLY the correct decisions.  The model you

are describing is the perfect OpenBSD laptop, and it's currently available

brand new on the Lenovo website.

Oh, and if you're thinking of buying a carrying case for your new ThinkPad

T60, don't get the Lenovo messenger bag
 http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/catalog.workflow:item.deta...
The strap is connected to the bag with cheap plastic clips that look like

they might easily snap if, say, you were running to catch the bus with the

bag around your shoulder.
Also, the flap just barely covers the interior compartment, which has no

zipper or other secondary protection from the elements.  So, if the bag

were overstuffed and you were in a windy rain or dust storm, then the

contents might get damaged.

If tpb and tphdisk functionality is a requirement for you, then you may

consider getting an older thinkpad T40 or X40 for $500. ACPI development has

made strides since I bought my X60 in November 2006, but tpb still only

works with a non-SMP kernel and I've been unable to get tphdisk to work at

all. A word of caution though, as my problem may exist between the chair and

the keyboard.

Yeah, I love my used T40.  When this one breaks I may get the same

exact model.
Greg

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Dethink to survive - Mclusky

Pieter, I'm pretty sure this has been discussed previously (and

recently) on this list. You might search the archives:
http://openbsd.org/mail.html#Archives
-Todd

works for me.