OK, I've got just 1.5 bugs left, then I'll be all CURRENT-ed :)

(I'm using a brand new laptop.  Much different than getting
BSD working on my desktops and servers :)

Things that work :
- Making the third mouse button work on an IBM T30 (trackpoint &
  touchpad model) you have to disable the touchpad in the BIOS.

- Making CURRENT compile on 4.7 involves NOT using cvsupit to
  do your cvsup-ing.  or using it and editing it to use src-all
  so you actually get the whole thing.

- When compiling a kernel, don't be a smartass and assume you can
  make your 4.7 KERNCONF file work in 5.0.  start over with a 5.0
  GENERIC and modify it.  You'll feel MUCH less stupid later.

- X on a Radeon mobility 7500 is PERFECT.  VERY VERY HAPPY! :)

- don't use apm and acpi at the same time.

UNFORTUNATELY, that last one has a solution :

- DON'T USE ACPI.  It really causes a problem.
  If I turn acpi on (in kernel or as a module
  same result) it will die a horrible, horrible
  death.  I'll get more info (as in, the text
  it says when it crashes or the text it says
  when it boots or whatever) after a couple of
  reboots, but i was so happy it worked without
  acpi i'm typing this now.  debug later :)

- Sound is really really weird.  pcm doesn't work
  with the i810 onboard (it works, but sound is
  all static-y to the point of inaudibility,
  and the OSS drivers seem to have a problem.
  I think the oss drivers don't seem to work
  without ACPI.  or at least not so far.  It
  worked once, just not since :)

so there ya go, 1.5 bugs.  The ACPI took me quite
a while to work around because every time it booted
with it it crashed the system before I could do
anything productive.  REALLY ANNOYING :)
(Is there a way to tell the kernel not to AUTOLOAD
ACPI on boot?  That would be SUPER :)

Anyways, I'll keep the machine going and hopefully
come up with some ACPI patches in the next few days
that cause my laptop not to die a horrible death :)
(If you have any such patches let me know! :)

Thanks for the 5.0!

Dana Lacoste
Ottawa, Canada


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