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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!gusw.dialup.fu-berlin.DE!not-for-mail From: Gunther Schadow <gunther@gusw.dialup.fu-berlin.de> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.windows.x.i386unix Subject: FreeBSD/XFree86 on Notebook Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 15:50:44 +0100 Organization: Freie Universitaet Berlin Lines: 29 Message-ID: <329C5544.41C67EA6@gusw.dialup.fu-berlin.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: gusw.dialup.fu-berlin.de (160.45.216.109) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Access: 16 17 19 267 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:31631 comp.windows.x.i386unix:21801 Hi, I want to buy a notebook to increase my mobility but I want to carry my fine FreeBSD and XFree86 environment with me. I suspect there might be problems: * What graphics adapters are there for TFT displays? are there notebooks for which XFree86 does not work? * problems using a touchpad as pointer device? ** are touchpads PS/2 or serial mouse compatible? ** if not, are there touchpad drivers? * APM problems fixed for FreeBSD now? * I suspect that PCMCIA cards need a FreeBSD device driver for each card, like modem, CD, network (other than ze device for IBM's network card). Is this true? * any generic PCMCIA support for FreeBSD? all help is appreciated! regards -- Gunther Schadow-----------Windsteiner Weg 54a, Berlin 14165, FR. Germany Dept. of Anaesthesia, Benjamin Franklin Univerity Hospital, Berlin. gusw@fub46.zedat.fu-berlin.de http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~gusw ----------------------------------#include <usual/disclaimer>-----------