And to contribute my $0.02...

On 2007.03.24 02:22:39 +0100, Pierre Pronchery wrote:
> Greg Troxel wrote:
> >   USB (card readers, USRP, serial adaptors, so both uhci and ehci are ok)
> 
> USB is quite ok. I am having issues with usbnet (to a zaurus) and with
> umass (dumping filesystem images to a CF card stops somewhere in the
> middle and crashes the kernel).

I've noticed one USB oddity where I can't sync my Tro 650 more than
once on a particular USB port, and can never sync on the USB ports on
the Advanced Mini-Dock.  This is on 4.99.9, so it may be fixed with some
of Matthias' recent USB fixes.

> >   builtin kbd and trackpoint mouse with 3 buttons (disable touchpad in bios)
> 
> Sometimes X gets both working, most times it gets only the touchpad
> (works fine ~= 1 time out of 5 boots).

Mine is always trackpad.  But I detest the trackpoint, so I see it as
a feature :-)  But the third button doesn't work.

> >   internal disk and cdrom via AHCI controller.
> 
> I have to stay in compatibility mode because it dual boots with Windows
> XP (duh).

Really!?  I'm running NetBSD and XP with SATA AHCI enabled.

> >   after being in X11, switching back to text console  via C-A-F1 or
> >   killing X server results in expanded text that lets you see only ~
> >   first half of first half of the lines.
> 
> Works fine here, besides the double cursor without framebuffer (netbsd's
> hard cursor plus a blinking cursor at top left), or without a cursor
> with framebuffer (I did not try that again for a while).

I wonder if there are different video chipsets.  Mine is an ATI X1400.

> >   microphone.  This is azalia(4) and there are some odd settings you
> >   need to poke, but I think it's really ok.
> 
> I got it to work 6 months ago. But it was like looking for a black
> needle on a dark floor during the night with no moon :)

My microphone works fine, and I use Skype regularly.

> Since recently:
> - the poweroff button sometimes takes 2 minutes to actually do anything;

Do you mean a simple push or push-and-hold-for->4secs?  The simple push
should be handled by NetBSD; the push-and-hold always works for me.

> - calling shutdown sometimes hangs with a black screen (vga text mode,
> blinking cursor) as soon as it exits Xorg.

And I haven't seen this either.


Brian.

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