From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 24 22:09:25 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FB8316A41C for ; Tue, 24 May 2005 22:09:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from timothy@open-networks.net) Received: from titan.open-networks.net (dsl-202-173-176-254.qld.westnet.com.au [202.173.176.254]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC22343D49 for ; Tue, 24 May 2005 22:09:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from timothy@open-networks.net) Received: from [192.168.1.200] (tim.open-networks.net [192.168.1.1]) by titan.open-networks.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C30CD3E4; Wed, 25 May 2005 08:09:22 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4293A612.7000502@open-networks.net> Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:09:22 +1000 From: Timothy Smith User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050520) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Andrew L. Gould" References: <4292DCBD.5020904@open-networks.net> <200505240817.47562.algould@datawok.com> <42933168.5060504@open-networks.net> <200505240952.17605.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: <200505240952.17605.algould@datawok.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3 doesn't detect wireless card dwl g520 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 22:09:25 -0000 Andrew L. Gould wrote: >On Tuesday 24 May 2005 08:51 am, Timothy Smith wrote: > > >>Andrew L. Gould wrote: >> >> >>>On Tuesday 24 May 2005 06:59 am, Timothy Smith wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Andrew L. Gould wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>On Tuesday 24 May 2005 02:50 am, Timothy Smith wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>is there something extra i can do to force it to load this card? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>What do you mean by "extra"? What have you done so far? >>>>> >>>>>Have you recompiled the kernel with device lines for ath and >>>>>ath_hal? >>>>> >>>>>Andrew Gould >>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>i tried compiling it with ath and ath_hal, but it totally freaks >>>>out on make. error on apci (i thought that stuff was disabled in >>>>generic?) >>>> >>>> >>>What version of FreeBSD are you using? Note that the atheros >>>chipset is only supported by FreeBSD 5*. >>> >>>If apci is incompatible with your hardware, you may have to disable >>>it and revert back to apm (or neither). >>> >>>Andrew Gould >>> >>> >>it's 5.3 release, >>apci and apm are disabled in generic (which i copied). >>i added the lines device ath and device ath_hal >> >>i get the error >> >> "internal compiler error: segmentation fault" >>stop in /usr/src/sys/modules/ctau >> >>sorry i can't provide any kind of dump. wifi is this machines only >>option for networking :/ should i just give up or is there a glimmer >>of hope i might get this to work? >> >> > >Since I had a version B of the same wireless PCI card working in 5.3, I >wouldn't give up. I would, however, update the system using cvsup in >case something is missing/corrupted in the source code. > >(Also check the version of the PCI card. Is it version B?) > >Best of luck, > >Andrew Gould > > > yeah thats the bugger of a thing, it has no network access to update via cvsup, i have to d/l latest i think and try again. can i load kernel modules any other way besides compiling them in?