Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 18:45:34 -0700 From: "Aric Allen" <aric_allen@myrealbox.com> To: <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Wireless PCMCIA problems with 4.8-RELEASE on a Gateway 5100 Message-ID: <000001c354a9$f08c2b30$0200a8c0@mordor>
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Hello! I'm having some difficulty with my wireless PCMCIA cards in = FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE. Whenever I plug them in, and pccardd is run (either = explicitly or daemon), my machine will lock up after it tries to initiate the wi driver. There is no error message, and I cannot switch to a different console, even when the card is ejected. I have tried this both with a generic PRISM III card that I configured in /etc/pccard.conf, and with a Netgear MA401, which was recognized in the /etc/defaults/pccard.conf = list. I've looked through the archives here, and I have found similar locking problems with others using the Gateway 5100 and it's TI1250 cardbus, but = I haven't been able to actually find a thread that offers a solution = (aside from buying a better laptop :). Here is what I have tried (one at a time, individually): #1- In /boot/loader.conf, I set the following options... hw.pcic.intr_path=3D"1" hw.pcic.irq=3D"0" #2- I restricted the irq range in /etc/pccard.conf to 10 and 11, which = were the only IRQs not referenced in dmesg. #3- I made sure PnP OS was set to "NO" in my BIOS. #4- I put in a 3Com Megahertz 56K Modem, which was recognized and did = NOT lock up the system (which would work fine if I actually still had dial up...) #5- I prayed to the rain gods to bless my system, and sacrificed my = children to the snow demons...which was fun in and of itself, but accomplished little. I've already undone the above changes, and this is a new install, so I'm essentially starting from scratch. Thanks in advance for any advice. Aric Allen -- Sometimes you get the weasel, and sometimes the weasel gets YOU!
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