Re: Laptop 'short list'?

On Thu, 07-Nov-2002 at 10:04:22 -0600, Andrew Y Ng wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 08:20, Andre Albsmeier wrote:
> 
> > I have a Fujitsu E-6595 here and apm fails. I have it in the kernel
> > and started apmd. When I do an apm -Z, it does nothing. An apm -z
> > really seems to suspend it and when I press the button it tries to
> > come back but freezes. I have to reset it with the typical fsck stuff
> > being run later. However, I didn't dig into this a lot so far...
> 
> I enabled apm in the kernel and turned on apmd and apm in rc.conf and
> that was it. It suspends just fine and comes back up way faster than
> Windows. I can send you my kernel configuration file and rc.conf when I
> get home. But try to turn on apm in rc.conf as well as apmd

Well, I forgot to mention that apm is enabled as well already. I'll
try again when I come home and can put a spare disk in it...

> 
> > Another thing is, that I don't have the button-press function on
> > the touchpad. Under Windoze, I can hit the touchpad with the
> > finger and it behaves like a click on the left button. Under X
> > this doesn't work. Maybe it is only some option missing in the
> > X11 config...
> 
> I also figured this one out. in rc.conf, the mouse is configured as
> "auto", when in auto it doesn't do the tapping right. but if you specify
> "PS/2", tapping should work. Again I don't remember what the name is
> exactly, but I can send you my rc.conf when I get home. If you setup
> your X to use systemmouse, it should work.

Cool, thanks. Will try PS2 for moused next time. X11 already runs using
sysmouse.

> 
> > Of course, the crappy internal modem is useless under FreeBSD.
> 
> I never use it, so doesn't bother me. My Linksys wireless PCMCIA card
> worked out of the box, which was amazing coz I tried Debian and it
> wasn't supported without a lot of hacking.

Well, it's just a winmodem. I have put my Xircom CM56 in it and it
works great.

Thanks a lot,

	-Andre

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