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My findings #21

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alfredo87 opened this issue Mar 11, 2021 · 2 comments
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My findings #21

alfredo87 opened this issue Mar 11, 2021 · 2 comments

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@alfredo87
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HWPROBE LINK ADDRESS: https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=9a7f08f8c1
Mar 11, 2021, 10:23am
Booted from ISO helloSystem build: 0E27 for commit: de9b15f

  1. booted OK
  2. screen OK
  3. Keyboard OK but had to set to UK via Utilities
  4. Ethernet works
    WiFi no driver in free BSD
  5. Touchpad not working
  6. See https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=9a7f08f8c1 for HWProbe
  7. Installed and updated Falkon and FreeBSD
  8. No sound via Browser
  9. Welcome sound OK
  10. Overall nice atmosphere for a Desktop.
    I am amazed that FreeBSD has no drivers for Intel WiFi and Synaptic touchpad!
    helloSystem is an incredible effort to achieve what I have been trying with Linux and BSD fora long time.
    WiFi and Synaptic touchpad drivers /modules for freeBSD needed.
@probonopd
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probonopd commented Mar 11, 2021

hello and thanks for sharing your experience @alfredo87.

FreeBSD has support for many touchpads, so I hope we can get yours working. Possibly you are affected by helloSystem/ISO#120. Is your touchpad an I2C device? How is it detected on Linux?

As for wireless networking, I agree that FreeBSD should get proper Intel wireless support, but this is clearly out of the scope of the helloSystem project.

There is an inexpensive workaround using a USB dongle:
https://hellosystem.github.io/docs/user/getting-started#networking-hardware

Possibly we should put a dialog into the Wireless Networks preferences application that recommends the Realtek RTL8188CUS USB dongle if no supported wireless devices are found.

probonopd added a commit to helloSystem/Utilities that referenced this issue Mar 11, 2021
@kettle-7
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Intel WiFi and Synaptic touchpad!

Exactly my setup, so there's something deeper in there.

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