From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 21 18:28:19 2004 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 23CD216A4CE for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:28:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mynah.mail.pas.earthlink.net (mynah.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.228]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08C3F43D1D for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:28:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from 20-74.lctv-b4.cablelynx.com ([24.204.20.74] helo=[192.168.63.10]) by mynah.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.34) id 1BnLpC-0007Xa-UC; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:28:19 -0700 From: "Andrew L. Gould" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:29:33 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <40FE7221.6050002@in.tum.de> <200407211053.45739.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200407211329.33586.algould@datawok.com> X-ELNK-Trace: ee791d459e3d6817d780f4a490ca69564776905774d2ac4b59084c61003744258b1cb1533de5a13c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 24.204.20.74 cc: Maksym Marchenko Subject: Re: ORiNOCO Wireless - troubles 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, 21 Jul 2004 18:28:19 -0000 On Thursday 22 July 2004 12:49 pm, Maksym Marchenko wrote: > On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:53:45 -0500, Andrew L. Gould > > > 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