Re: Suitable laptop for FreeBSD?

2010-03-06 Thread Jason Garrett
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 18:06, Aaron Lewis aaron.lewis1...@gmail.com wrote: Bas v.d. Wiel wrote: Aaron Lewis wrote: Umm... that's incorrect. Maybe you mean ATI doesn't supply closed drivers for FreeBSD (although they do have Linux drivers, I think). Well , the opensource ati driver

Re: Suitable laptop for FreeBSD?

2010-03-03 Thread Aaron Lewis
On 3/3/2010 1:48 AM, Andreas Davour wrote: I am thinking of buying a new laptop, and want one which will work fine with FBSD. Anyone have any suggestions? It must have a connector for a external screen (i.e. a projector when doing presentations), wireless, ~15 screen, lots of memory, and

Re: Suitable laptop for FreeBSD?

2010-03-03 Thread Programmer In Training
On 03/03/10 16:15, Aaron Lewis wrote: snip Here's some suggestions , don't choose ATI video cards. ( No UNIX Drivers .. ) Well , i'm on ThinkPad R400 , ATI Mobile HD 3400 and an integrated Video Card , FBSD doesn't boot when i switched to ATI Video card. Is this only true of more recent

Re: Suitable laptop for FreeBSD?

2010-03-03 Thread Gonzalo Nemmi
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Aaron Lewis aaron.lewis1...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/3/2010 1:48 AM, Andreas Davour wrote: I am thinking of buying a new laptop, and want one which will work fine with FBSD. Anyone have any suggestions? It must have a connector for a external screen (i.e. a

Re: Suitable laptop for FreeBSD?

2010-03-03 Thread Aaron Lewis
Programmer In Training wrote: On 03/03/10 16:15, Aaron Lewis wrote: snip Here's some suggestions , don't choose ATI video cards. ( No UNIX Drivers .. ) Well , i'm on ThinkPad R400 , ATI Mobile HD 3400 and an integrated Video Card , FBSD doesn't boot when i switched to ATI Video card.

Re: Suitable laptop for FreeBSD?

2010-03-03 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 3 Mar 2010, Aaron Lewis wrote: On 3/3/2010 1:48 AM, Andreas Davour wrote: I am thinking of buying a new laptop, and want one which will work fine with FBSD. Anyone have any suggestions? It must have a connector for a external screen (i.e. a projector when doing presentations),

Re: Suitable laptop for FreeBSD?

2010-03-03 Thread Aaron Lewis
Umm... that's incorrect. Maybe you mean ATI doesn't supply closed drivers for FreeBSD (although they do have Linux drivers, I think). Well , the opensource ati driver doesn't work for me , no matter linux or FreeBSD , it crashes I've read the documents , and found my ATI is on the support

Re: Suitable laptop for FreeBSD?

2010-03-03 Thread William Bulley
According to Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com on Wed, 03/03/10 at 10:30: Umm... that's incorrect. Maybe you mean ATI doesn't supply closed drivers for FreeBSD (although they do have Linux drivers, I think). xorg's open xf86-video-ati driver supports ATI video cards, including the Radeon

Re: Suitable laptop for FreeBSD?

2010-03-03 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 3 Mar 2010, Aaron Lewis wrote: Programmer In Training wrote: On 03/03/10 16:15, Aaron Lewis wrote: snip Here's some suggestions , don't choose ATI video cards. ( No UNIX Drivers .. ) Well , i'm on ThinkPad R400 , ATI Mobile HD 3400 and an integrated Video Card , FBSD doesn't boot

Re: Suitable laptop for FreeBSD?

2010-03-03 Thread Bas v.d. Wiel
Aaron Lewis wrote: Umm... that's incorrect. Maybe you mean ATI doesn't supply closed drivers for FreeBSD (although they do have Linux drivers, I think). Well , the opensource ati driver doesn't work for me , no matter linux or FreeBSD , it crashes I've read the documents , and found my

Re: Suitable laptop for FreeBSD?

2010-03-03 Thread Frank Staals
On 03/03/10 14:48, Andreas Davour wrote: I am thinking of buying a new laptop, and want one which will work fine with FBSD. Anyone have any suggestions? It must have a connector for a external screen (i.e. a projector when doing presentations), wireless, ~15 screen, lots of memory, and

Re: Suitable laptop for FreeBSD?

2010-03-03 Thread George Liaskos
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Andreas Davour a...@update.uu.se wrote: I am thinking of buying a new laptop, and want one which will work fine with FBSD. Anyone have any suggestions? It must have a connector for a external screen (i.e. a projector when doing presentations), wireless, ~15

Re: Suitable laptop for FreeBSD?

2010-03-03 Thread Aaron Lewis
Bas v.d. Wiel wrote: Aaron Lewis wrote: Umm... that's incorrect. Maybe you mean ATI doesn't supply closed drivers for FreeBSD (although they do have Linux drivers, I think). Well , the opensource ati driver doesn't work for me , no matter linux or FreeBSD , it crashes I've read the