Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 17:25:11 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: Timothy Smith <timothy@open-networks.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3 doesn't detect wireless card dwl g520 Message-ID: <200505241725.11686.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: <4293A612.7000502@open-networks.net> References: <4292DCBD.5020904@open-networks.net> <200505240952.17605.algould@datawok.com> <4293A612.7000502@open-networks.net>
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On Tuesday 24 May 2005 05:09 pm, Timothy Smith wrote: > 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? With most modules, yes; but I've never gotten it to work with ath and ath_hal. Andrew Gould
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