From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 21:31:52 2009 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 DF14F1065780 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:31:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nealhogan@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F30B8FC22 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:31:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nealhogan@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so3866891ywe.13 for ; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:31:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=SXvjPrRL9YmXVfftmQ8xmx3cpWddF5Sc1hc2oiVeKxU=; b=iCS4IM2N+Db7mgEAIWoQjvm+wlO7CKcB99t29zRq0vcrhcP10YfxMPFF/GASLs/0Zl 2KbZaSbruYmk611GXzejeuBICJw83WjZ9cqNH3qswoeAj4+PXrnRmQhojNHOEI+dfAmN fguNjTff0WG+vuEDpe/SFl4zkeLlrFclsHkX0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=ZqHPohrS5tmFZLBtMEidOF0+v/umOOpHHqj0Sr8tXPHKWXKyN3pZZHAJ/Yab07oOrB tCKUDpO4ZZfMdIEZRaOloinyHjnRYnMDZ7Kv1OZXWr1N4xlT2CF7verzJbEcKfkAI8CT YJ1gpGtf1L+sGe1BXAb2C3ixkSBqszJ467ir8= Received: by 10.151.112.4 with SMTP id p4mr2711589ybm.38.1231450311395; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:31:51 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.150.182.2 with HTTP; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:31:51 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 15:31:51 -0600 From: "Neal Hogan" To: "Paul B. Mahol" In-Reply-To: <3a142e750901081310n31c83dd0p3b5793e8ad0f618b@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <3a142e750901081310n31c83dd0p3b5793e8ad0f618b@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ndis panic HP pavilion ze4400 won't boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:31:53 -0000 On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Paul B. Mahol wrote: > On 1/8/09, Neal Hogan wrote: > > I'm father new to fBSD. I hope this is the appropriate list to send this > > question to. > > > > I just installed 7.1-RELEASE on my HP pavilion and attempted to configure > my > > Broadcom wlan card (BCM94309 version 4.10.40.0) using ndisgen. I cp'd the > > bcmwl5_sys.ko to /boot/kernel and added *bcmwl5_sys_load="YES"* to my > > /boot/loader.conf. Now the machine will not boot. It crashes when it > reaches > > the ndis0 line. I've tried booting in all the modes but they all fail to > > boot. I can escape to prompt, but am unsure what, if anything, I can do > in > > that mode to deal with the situation. > > > > With other releases (6.4 and 7.0) the machine would panick when I > attempted > > to ifconfig ndis0. However, I was able to boot in single user mode and > > temporarily move the rc.conf file so that I cound boot in the default > mode. > > With 7.1, I don't appear to have that option. > > > > Is there anything I can do, short of a fresh install, to eliminate this > > problem? I'm not too worried about getting the wifi up (although, I won't > > turn down any advice). I just want the machine to boot. > > You can enter loader and from there unload bcmwl5_sys, type: unload > bcmwl5_sys. > loader is started one step before kernel. > > Before ever changing loader.conf you really should test it via kldload(1) > and report any ndis issues via PR. > From where you fetched drivers and for what windows version? Paul > Paul, Thanks for the suggestion! However, it's not working. I've tried *unload /boot/kernel/bcmwl5_sys.ko* *unload bcmwl5_sys* *unload bcmwl5_sis.ko* *unload* and they all simply return to the OK prompt (should it tell me something?). When I boot/reboot it fails the same as before. As far as *kldload*ing goes, I tried that and it did find the bcmwl5_sys.ko (it said that the file didn't exist). So, I manually copied it. I don't remember where I got the driver. I'm pretty sure it was from HP. The version of Windows is XP Home Edition. -- www.nealhogan.net