Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:29:33 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Maksym Marchenko <marchenk@in.tum.de> Subject: Re: ORiNOCO Wireless - troubles Message-ID: <200407211329.33586.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: <opsbjvsmfbodrt25@mail.in.tum.de> References: <40FE7221.6050002@in.tum.de> <200407211053.45739.algould@datawok.com> <opsbjvsmfbodrt25@mail.in.tum.de>
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On Thursday 22 July 2004 12:49 pm, Maksym Marchenko wrote: > On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:53:45 -0500, Andrew L. Gould > <algould@datawok.com> > > wrote: > > On Wednesday 21 July 2004 10:27 am, Maksym Marchenko wrote: > >> Andrew L. Gould wrote: > >> > On Wednesday 21 July 2004 08:39 am, Maksym Marchenko wrote: > >> >>Hi! > >> >> > >> >> > >> >>I have a Siemens 510 laptop with 128 MB RAM and 4GB HDD. > >> >>It has no Network card onboard. So I have only wireless pccard > >> >>ORiNOCO Silver. > >> >>I had before Intel Wireless/PRO 2011B. This one was bad (for > >> >> FreeBSD) Now I have ORiNOCO, but I can't make it working. > >> >>It works in Linux, but I want FreeBSD. > >> >>I have compile new kernel, but it says: > >> >>CIS is too long - truncating! > >> >>pccard0: Card has no functions! > >> >>cbb0: PC Card card activation failed > >> >> > >> >>Can anybody say, what must I doing? > >> >> > >> >>Thanks in advance. > >> > > >> > Look for information regarding your laptop brand/model, or > >> > similar models, at: > >> > > >> > http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/ > >> > > >> > What version of FreeBSD are you running? I'm not familiar with > >> > the laptop; but FreeBSD 5.* has problems with many of the older > >> > pcmcia slots. If you're running FreeBSD 5.*, consider: > >> > > >> > 1. recompiling the kernel using the OLDCARD kernel configuration > >> > file. 2. If ACPI is enabled, try booting with it disabled. (If > >> > it's disabled, try booting with it enabled.) > >> > 3. You might also consider changing to FreeBSD 4.10, the > >> > production version of FreeBSD. > >> > >> I was already at http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/ > >> > >> I'm running 5.2 , I had 4.9, bat it was the same trouble. > >> May be 4.10 is better that way ... > >> > >> I've not found a reference about including OLDCARD during kernel > >> compiling. How can I do that? > > > > If I'm reading OLDCARD correctly, it references GENERIC; so if > > you're still using a GENERIC kernel, you can: > > > > #unless you're the only user on a standalone pc, boot into single > > user #login as root > > cd /usr/src > > make clean > > make buildkernel KERNCONF=OLDCARD > > make installkernel KERNCONF=OLDCARD > > shutdown -r now > > That is wrote in FreeBSD Handbook: > Procedure 2. Building a Kernel the ``New'' Way > > Change to the /usr/src directory. > # cd /usr/src > Compile the kernel. > # make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL > Install the new kernel. > # make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL > > But I don't know, because elder OLDCARD was bigger, actually that > was like GENERIC. But in 5.2 he isn't so big, only 17 lines > > http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/source/i386/conf/OLDCARD?v=RELENG52 > > So I don't know, can I really do this with that new OLDCARD??? I think so. Look for a line in OLDCARD that says: include GENERIC If you 'make buildkernel' and it finishes successfully, you probably have a good kernel. If it errors out, don't install it -- do a 'make clean' instead. Andrew Gould
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