fit-PC1, fit-PC Slim Users Forum

[dolmant]

OpenBSD (-current, and probably 4.2) boots and installs fine using PXE. X doesn't work, but Marc Balmer said it is on his list of things to do at some point. The amd driver for X needs an MSR interface that only works on Linux.

[dolmant]

For general information here, it appears the above mentioned work has been done (although is still being improved), but X should now work on the fit-PC. Can anyone test snapshots and confirm?

[EvilAngel]

Hi,

I got OpenBSD 4.3 up and running on my fitPC (without X, working as firewall/NAT).

[phredegast]

I just finished an OpenBSD 4.3 install on my FitPC, too, although I ended up having to boot the installer from a USB floppy drive as I couldn't the FitPC to boot from my usual thumb drive. Current plan is to use it for firewall/NAT/DansGuardian proxy.

[EvilAngel]

Doing Firewall/NAT here for 10 PCs at the moment, average CPU consumption is 0.5%

[mk]

Hello, can you please post dmesg output from OpenBSD 4.3 or current here?

[thenitch]

I got my fit-pc slim yesterday and will install OpenBSD on it as soon as I figure out how to do a pxeboot. I've been reading the FAQ and man pages, but my brain just can't figure it out. As soon as I do figure it out, I'll post the dmesg of a recent snapshot.

thenitch

[mk]

I can help you if the dhcp/tftp server is OpenBSD box too

[thenitch]

OpenBSD 4.4-current (GENERIC) #1079: Tue Oct 7 00:58:40 MDT 2008
deraadt@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
cpu0: Geode(TM) Integrated Processor by AMD PCS ("AuthenticAMD" 586-class) 500 MHz
cpu0: FPU,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,CX8,SEP,PGE,CMOV,CFLUSH,MMX
real mem = 465022976 (443MB)
avail mem = 441053184 (420MB)
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 09/15/08, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xed7e0, SMBIOS rev. 2.3 @ 0xe31d0 (19 entries)
bios0: vendor General Software, Inc. version "Version 5.2" date 09/15/2008
bios0: CompuLab AMD "CM-iGLX" Geode LX/CS5536
apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 (BIOS management disabled) (BIOS managing devices)
apm0: battery life expectancy 97%
apm0: AC off, battery charge high, estimated 6:49 hours
acpi at bios0 function 0x0 not configured
pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xed850/0x1000
pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xf1b40/128 (6 entries)
pcibios0: PCI Exclusive IRQs: 5 10 11
pcibios0: no compatible PCI ICU found: ICU vendor 0x1022 product 0x2090
pcibios0: Warning, unable to fix up PCI interrupt routing
pcibios0: PCI bus #0 is the last bus
bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x8000
cpu0 at mainbus0
amdmsr0 at mainbus0
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios)
pchb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "AMD Geode LX" rev 0x33
vga1 at pci0 dev 1 function 1 "AMD Geode LX Video" rev 0x00
wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
glxsb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 2 "AMD Geode LX Crypto" rev 0x00: RNG AES
rl0 at pci0 dev 13 function 0 "Realtek 8139" rev 0x10: irq 10, address 00:01:c0:04:9d:e4
rlphy0 at rl0 phy 0: RTL internal PHY
glxpcib0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0 "AMD CS5536 ISA" rev 0x03: rev 0, 32-bit 3579545Hz timer, watchdog, gpio
gpio0 at glxpcib0: 32 pins
pciide0 at pci0 dev 15 function 2 "AMD CS5536 IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility
wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <Hitachi HTS541660J9AT00>
wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 57231MB, 117210240 sectors
wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4
pciide0: channel 1 ignored (disabled)
auglx0 at pci0 dev 15 function 3 "AMD CS5536 Audio" rev 0x01: irq 10, CS5536 AC97
ac97: codec id 0x574d4c12 (Wolfson WM9711/12)
ac97: codec features tone, headphone, bass boost, 18 bit DAC, 18 bit ADC, Wolfson Microelectronics 3D
audio0 at auglx0
ohci0 at pci0 dev 15 function 4 "AMD CS5536 USB" rev 0x02: irq 5, version 1.0, legacy support
ehci0 at pci0 dev 15 function 5 "AMD CS5536 USB" rev 0x02: irq 5
ehci0: pre-2.0 USB rev
isa0 at glxpcib0
isadma0 at isa0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
spkr0 at pcppi0
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0 "AMD OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
biomask ebed netmask efed ttymask ffff
mtrr: K6-family MTRR support (2 registers)
uhidev0 at uhub0 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard" rev 1.10/28.00 addr 2
uhidev0: iclass 3/1
ukbd0 at uhidev0: 8 modifier keys, 6 key codes
wskbd1 at ukbd0 mux 1
wskbd1: connecting to wsdisplay0
uhidev1 at uhub0 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 "Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse" rev 2.00/20.00 addr 3
uhidev1: iclass 3/1
ums0 at uhidev1: 3 buttons, Z dir
wsmouse1 at ums0 mux 0
rum0 at uhub0 port 4 "Ralink 802.11 bg WLAN" rev 2.00/0.01 addr 4
rum0: MAC/BBP RT2573 (rev 0x2573a), RF RT2528, address 00:0d:f0:5a:2c:f4
softraid0 at root
root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b

[thenitch]

I bought the fit pc to replace a big, hot, and noisy pc that I use in the living room while watching TV. I've been using openbsd since 3.9 as my operating system of choice. The primary use of this computer is web browsing and email. Occasional uses will be to listen to music, watching video, and looking at photos.

So far the fit pc gives me the same experience for web browsing and email as my old computer did. By-the-way, X configured itself automatically and set up the proper resolution for the monitor I'm using.

Audio is a different story. There is a very faint, high pitch tone coming from my speakers. When playing an ogg file from mplayer, the audio is "muddy" sounding, for lack of a better word. I remember playing media files when the original Ubuntu installation was on the fit pc, and I don't remember any audio quality problems. I suppose it may be the openbsd driver, it is relatively new.

I'll update the review as I learn more things.

[mk]

thenitch, thank you for posting dmesg
looking forward for the update.