HAVE IN MIND: FreeBSD is a SERVER OS.
May work on some laptops. May not. Is not designed to low power management, or work with everything a laptop has. Need a lot of tweaking, a lot of patience and a lot of tests to do it workable. Some things will work but not with the obvious way.
This is not Linux and to put it into a laptop with a list of devices and battery, make it more difficult because except the fast battery drain, you should do it work to economy / performance mode when you unplug / plug the charger.
This tutorial is specific for Lenovo P400 touchpad and may not work everything on other Laptops. Even on other Lenovo models.
Trying to make my laptop to work with FreeBSD, I am going to start a tutorial.
I will post every progress I make and everything works/will work.
It is 10.1-RELEASE with the Gnome 3 desktop environment.
SSD
Installation on SSD: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/is-this-the-right-setup-for-ssd.50358/
Also we can install the system normal on UFS and enable trim support from single user mode with this command:
(ada0p2 on my ssd)
Power Management (The big problem)
Add this on /boot/loader.conf
and this on /etc/rc.conf
Sound
Add this line to /boot/loader.conf
For some reason need both of them to work properly
Graphics. Works perfect with right resolution
Build this: x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel and multimedia/libva-intel-driver
No need to create xorg.conf file
Mouse and Keyboard
Add this on /etc/rc.conf
and build / rebuild from ports:
http://www.freshports.org/x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse
http://www.freshports.org/x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard
Microphone
Works by default on 10.1-RELEASE
Headphones
Works by default on 10.1-RELEASE
Ethernet
Works by default on 10.1-RELEASE
This is my configuration on /etc/rc.conf
Brightness
It was big surprise for me.
Add this lines into /boot/loader.conf
And this lines to /etc/sysctl.conf
Logout Problem
You must build your kernel with the new console driver. Newcons.
See here: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons
and add this line in /boot/loader.conf
Camera
My second big surprise. On gnome3 , cheese works!
Install from ports
http://www.freshports.org/multimedia/webcamd/
http://www.freshports.org/multimedia/cuse4bsd-kmod/
On /etc/rc.conf add
On /boot/loader.conf add
On /etc/devfs.conf add
The problem is that if you take a screenshot, picture is not saved on /home/.gnome2/cheese/media.
Also camera stops working so you must restart cheese application
I will search about this later.
FN KEYS
Go to gnome3-settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Sound and Media and give a key combination for Volume Mute.
Something similar exists on other Desktop Environments too
Remove Beeps
See here: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/cannot-make-system-bell-stop.50410/#post-282351
Wifi
Worked updating to 11-CURRENT
Suspend - Resume
Gnome 3 suspend is not working.
But
Easy and fast. No configs, no problems!
Temperatures
Add this line to /boot/loader.conf
You can see the temperatures by this command:
Output
DVD-RW Drive
Add this lines on /boot/loader.conf
And this lines into /etc/devfs.conf
USB2 - USB3
Works by default on FreeBSD 10.1
SD card
Not supported
bluetooth
touchscreen
synaptics touchpad
Bluetooth
hdmi
are on the way.
Pffff. A lot of devices
May work on some laptops. May not. Is not designed to low power management, or work with everything a laptop has. Need a lot of tweaking, a lot of patience and a lot of tests to do it workable. Some things will work but not with the obvious way.
This is not Linux and to put it into a laptop with a list of devices and battery, make it more difficult because except the fast battery drain, you should do it work to economy / performance mode when you unplug / plug the charger.
This tutorial is specific for Lenovo P400 touchpad and may not work everything on other Laptops. Even on other Lenovo models.
Trying to make my laptop to work with FreeBSD, I am going to start a tutorial.
I will post every progress I make and everything works/will work.
It is 10.1-RELEASE with the Gnome 3 desktop environment.
SSD
Installation on SSD: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/is-this-the-right-setup-for-ssd.50358/
Also we can install the system normal on UFS and enable trim support from single user mode with this command:
Code:
tunefs -t /dev/adaXpX(ada0p2 on my ssd)
Power Management (The big problem)
Add this on /boot/loader.conf
Code:
hint.p4tcc.0.disabled="1"
hint.acpi_throttle.0.disabled="1"
drm.i915.enable_rc6=7and this on /etc/rc.conf
Code:
performance_cx_lowest="Cmax"
economy_cx_lowest="Cmax"
powerd_enable="YES"
powerd_flags="-a hadp -b adaptive -i 50 -r 75"Sound
Add this line to /boot/loader.conf
Code:
snd_ich_load="YES"
snd_hda_load="YES"For some reason need both of them to work properly
Graphics. Works perfect with right resolution
Build this: x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel and multimedia/libva-intel-driver
No need to create xorg.conf file
Mouse and Keyboard
Add this on /etc/rc.conf
Code:
hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"and build / rebuild from ports:
http://www.freshports.org/x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse
http://www.freshports.org/x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard
Microphone
Works by default on 10.1-RELEASE
Headphones
Works by default on 10.1-RELEASE
Ethernet
Works by default on 10.1-RELEASE
This is my configuration on /etc/rc.conf
Code:
ifconfig_re0="inet 192.168.1.20 netmask 255.255.255.0"
defaultrouter="192.168.1.1"Brightness
It was big surprise for me.
Add this lines into /boot/loader.conf
Code:
acpi_ibm_load="YES"
acpi_video_load="YES"And this lines to /etc/sysctl.conf
Code:
hw.acpi.video.lcd0.brightness: 100
hw.acpi.video.lcd0.fullpower: 100
hw.acpi.video.lcd0.economy: 20Logout Problem
You must build your kernel with the new console driver. Newcons.
See here: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons
and add this line in /boot/loader.conf
Code:
hw.vga.textmode=1Camera
My second big surprise. On gnome3 , cheese works!
Install from ports
http://www.freshports.org/multimedia/webcamd/
http://www.freshports.org/multimedia/cuse4bsd-kmod/
On /etc/rc.conf add
Code:
webcamd_enable="YES"On /boot/loader.conf add
Code:
cuse4bsd_load="YES"On /etc/devfs.conf add
Code:
perm video0 0666The problem is that if you take a screenshot, picture is not saved on /home/.gnome2/cheese/media.
Also camera stops working so you must restart cheese application
I will search about this later.
FN KEYS
- Brightness works. See Above how.
- For Volume. Up and down works by default.
- PrintScreen too.
- To Make mute works too:
Go to gnome3-settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Sound and Media and give a key combination for Volume Mute.
Something similar exists on other Desktop Environments too
Remove Beeps
See here: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/cannot-make-system-bell-stop.50410/#post-282351
Wifi
Worked updating to 11-CURRENT
Suspend - Resume
Gnome 3 suspend is not working.
But
sudo apm -zEasy and fast. No configs, no problems!
Temperatures
Add this line to /boot/loader.conf
Code:
coretemp_load="YES"You can see the temperatures by this command:
sysctl -a | grep temperatureOutput
Code:
hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.temperature: 41.0C
dev.cpu.0.temperature: 40.0C
dev.cpu.1.temperature: 40.0C
dev.cpu.2.temperature: 44.0C
dev.cpu.3.temperature: 44.0C
dev.cpu.4.temperature: 43.0C
dev.cpu.5.temperature: 43.0C
dev.cpu.6.temperature: 47.0C
dev.cpu.7.temperature: 47.0CDVD-RW Drive
Add this lines on /boot/loader.conf
Code:
atapicam_load="YES"
cd9660_load="YES"And this lines into /etc/devfs.conf
Code:
link cd0 cdrom
link cd0 dvd
perm cd* 0666
perm xpt* 0666
perm pass* 0666USB2 - USB3
Works by default on FreeBSD 10.1
SD card
Not supported
bluetooth
touchscreen
synaptics touchpad
Bluetooth
hdmi
are on the way.
Pffff. A lot of devices
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