From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 24 17:52:49 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCD2A106566C for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:52:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bahamasfranks@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.251]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98F378FC16 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:52:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bahamasfranks@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b33so1044198ana.13 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:52:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:reply-to :sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references :x-google-sender-auth; bh=FEB0uTCBSmjhUt+hmyetlAe8uobRspHscrn2AhjAOKc=; b=O8dVmj6zaVWX9jYUWj0tt5FwwZrIlgKHg7fL/bXjp9hg/Gp16yIjXzUuiN2DeHrLHD 5wwiN0z6rVZrHdOlsbW9SmzU96dr67MBmHoHIHHEyDq49ulaA46/4M6aAYjrgYq1ESvs 8efDAvRSC5phXfmj1rhcbwDAHFcbX2b+JPBAs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=j1sIn/0D3Vv34lPW+RpKg3SWWz7FTUQo/lLb90EihuKnuOeadBt+Iq1ECAuTE91tdh yUBOtDAO4jw5linKwiJ+K/njmtlP2WVq8cUZClUrT2NDOlYGvVHIXz6oRt2zhcT4qnng VGoeVbnpw1S/s2cRcugFGgnXIhC0SQ65HMm1c= Received: by 10.100.91.17 with SMTP id o17mr1032445anb.13.1216921968837; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:52:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.151.50.13 with HTTP; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:52:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <539c60b90807241052j2d2341bq11ed8986622b1626@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:52:48 -0700 From: "Steve Franks" Sender: bahamasfranks@gmail.com To: "FreeBSD Mailing List" In-Reply-To: <539c60b90807241052t4f1c1be5w12c0997211f68159@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <539c60b90807241005q6ba03cecia6a11c6f9ec6ca1a@mail.gmail.com> <20080724133225.0dd01e32@verizon.net> <539c60b90807241052t4f1c1be5w12c0997211f68159@mail.gmail.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 82f1ede6e1c8a8a3 Subject: Re: what do I do when a new piece of hardware doesn't even show up in dmesg? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: stevefranks@ieee.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:52:50 -0000 On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Steve Franks wrote: > On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:32 AM, David Gurvich > wrote: >> You need to make certain all the necessary modules for your card are >> loaded. Try 'kldload ath' and then put the card in and see if that >> does anything. Also, use 'pciconf -lv' to confirm what the card is >> detected as. See the handbook on wireless configuration if that works. >> It also fails to show up in pciconf -lv, but then, the compact flash card doesn't show up there either and it works fine. 7.0 loads if_ath and ath_hal by default. Steve