From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 6 14:50:23 2003 Return-Path: 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 6F4FA37B409 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 14:50:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from out004.verizon.net (out004pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CE6043FA3 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 14:50:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rcoughl@bellatlantic.net) Received: from RCOUGHLINBOS ([68.160.39.3]) by out004.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.33 201-253-122-126-133-20030313) with ESMTP id <20030806215021.BYTW14849.out004.verizon.net@RCOUGHLINBOS> for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:50:21 -0500 Message-ID: <003601c35c64$bb6eed80$1102a8c0@vitria.ad.vitriacorp.com> From: To: Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 17:50:15 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out004.verizon.net from [68.160.39.3] at Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:50:18 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Question concerning wireless network interface (SMC 2632W) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 21:50:23 -0000 I am currently trying to install FreeBSD on a Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop. = The configuration was going well but when I try to configure (i.e. run = pccardd) the wireless network card (SMC 2632W), the system hangs up. At = one point, the card was working but when trying to configure the = XWindows interface, everything went haywire so I blew away the BSD = install and reinstalled. I have done a deinstall/reinstall several = times and still the same result. I know the card works because I = installed Windows 2000 Server after experiencing this problem and = everything with the card worked fine. Do I need a package for the SMC = card? Possible IRQ conflict? Any help or insight you could provide = would be greatly appreciated. Results of pccardd: Aug 1 18:33:28 pccardd[149]: Card "SMC"("SMC2632W") [Version 01.02] = [] matched "SMC" (SMC2632W") [)null)] [(null)] wi0 at port 0x240-0x27f irq 11 slot 0 on pccard0 At this point the machine hangs... Results of uname -a: FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #0: Thu Apr 3 10:53:38 GMT = 2003 root@freebsd-stable.sentex.ca:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 Thanks, Ryan