Working ThinkPads? (Was: Re: openbsd and chromebooks)

2014-07-28 Thread Adam Thompson
So to get back on topic a bit, I know most of the devs use ThinkPads... My x201t is showing its age (already! *sigh*) as a Windows machine, but since much of the hardware (notably the serial Wacom touch-screen, rotation, fingerprint sensor) is nonfunctional under OpenBSD, I'm not sure that's wha

Re: openbsd and chromebooks

2014-07-28 Thread Theo de Raadt
> On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 01:59:45PM +0200, frantisek holop wrote: > > hmm, on Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 02:11:00PM -0400, Mike Burns said that > > > > Anybody know of any small laptops (not necessarily chromebooks) that run > > > > OpenBSD well? > > > > > > Thinkpad X1 Carbon. -current works well: wif

Re: openbsd and chromebooks

2014-07-28 Thread Артур Истомин
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 01:59:45PM +0200, frantisek holop wrote: > hmm, on Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 02:11:00PM -0400, Mike Burns said that > > > Anybody know of any small laptops (not necessarily chromebooks) that run > > > OpenBSD well? > > > > Thinkpad X1 Carbon. -current works well: wifi, keyboard,

Re: openbsd and chromebooks

2014-07-26 Thread frantisek holop
hmm, on Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 02:11:00PM -0400, Mike Burns said that > > Anybody know of any small laptops (not necessarily chromebooks) that run > > OpenBSD well? > > Thinkpad X1 Carbon. -current works well: wifi, keyboard, mouse, > touchscreen, suspend, resume, USB, headphones. See my recent thre

Re: openbsd and chromebooks

2014-07-25 Thread Mike Burns
On 2014-07-25 11.59.33 -0400, Stuart McMurray wrote: > Anybody know of any small laptops (not necessarily chromebooks) that run > OpenBSD well? Thinkpad X1 Carbon. -current works well: wifi, keyboard, mouse, touchscreen, suspend, resume, USB, headphones. See my recent thread "zzz + /dev/wsmouse" i

Re: [Bulk] Re: openbsd and chromebooks

2014-07-25 Thread Kevin Chadwick
previously on this list Stuart McMurray contributed: > The other thing that kept me from putting OpenBSD on here is that > dual-booting is kinda kooky and has security implications for the ChromeOS > side. A better question: > Is that because you have to unlock the bootloader or root it? > Any

Re: openbsd and chromebooks

2014-07-25 Thread Peter Hessler
the keyboard and trackpad are horrendeous. I hate typing on it. no wifi, which is also really annoying. On 2014 Jul 25 (Fri) at 17:40:24 +0200 (+0200), frantisek holop wrote: :has anyone tried any of the existing chromebooks? :any dmesgs? : :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromebook#Chromebook_mo

Re: openbsd and chromebooks

2014-07-25 Thread Stuart McMurray
The other thing that kept me from putting OpenBSD on here is that dual-booting is kinda kooky and has security implications for the ChromeOS side. A better question: Anybody know of any small laptops (not necessarily chromebooks) that run OpenBSD well? J. Stuart McMurray On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 a

Re: openbsd and chromebooks

2014-07-25 Thread frantisek holop
hmm, on Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 11:45:32AM -0400, Stuart McMurray said that > I tried putting it on an SD card on my acer c270. I don't have a dmesg at > the moment. > > Wireless and the trackpad didn't work, but a cheapy USB wireless device > did. The biggest problem was putting it on the SD card

Re: openbsd and chromebooks

2014-07-25 Thread Stuart McMurray
I tried putting it on an SD card on my acer c270. I don't have a dmesg at the moment. Wireless and the trackpad didn't work, but a cheapy USB wireless device did. The biggest problem was putting it on the SD card made disk IO really, really slow. The lack of 802.11n was also kinda a bummer. J.