From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 21:59:08 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 0B24B1065674 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:59:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nealhogan@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f11.google.com (mail-gx0-f11.google.com [209.85.217.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CC9C8FC1C for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:59:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nealhogan@gmail.com) Received: by gxk4 with SMTP id 4so1079959gxk.19 for ; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:59:06 -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=deLIDNH49X2Bsbdump/fWFTMH9CjEsYcKJr+P53dohU=; b=cZMQV49fWU1qQFc41+vUm4s41It4HEZ9thPhkZDhEvzbSDKfmxUrxmNud70mflgd+d AZADRS/37+rD9sVqOLU7Do6cs4zysgGzNnBtjninelX+PxFptOUkSF3oqk4D2su2jzjI fvcIIYUxsnVf0V9KA4Di6O5MdS8fudU9wjOfA= 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=jeADwGY6oWZlgs2gABzQn4N4MxG3yicICpwboQNkQcVKWVGtTguv8+oxUKHD8FUnxk HQWeSjgLOPRnFSKCcNnF4E710Ts+zTmHLEF8AxhQ1QMcWvu7aZ5WKf3F/oTqv6dYspBf ghlwO81c43jd9/LV7VdF+5RWzqOmTmUqKSEcw= Received: by 10.150.121.2 with SMTP id t2mr2751873ybc.33.1231451946347; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:59:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.150.182.2 with HTTP; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:59:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 15:59:06 -0600 From: "Neal Hogan" To: "Glen Barber" In-Reply-To: <4ad871310901081337h23a2d22fldfee1dbabc9044a2@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4ad871310901081337h23a2d22fldfee1dbabc9044a2@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 21:59:08 -0000 On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Glen Barber wrote: > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:37 AM, 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. > > > > I discovered a wierd hack to resolve this. Remove the line(s) from > loader.conf, and create an /etc/rc.local file containing the > following: > > /sbin/kldload /boot/modules/bcmwl5_sys.ko > > That should survive a reboot. > > > -- > Glen Barber > > "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I > learn." - Benjamin Franklin > Glen, I tried your suggestion (which I appreciate) and it did survive rebooting. However, bcmwl5_sys.ko was not loaded because there was no ndis interface. So, I change the rc.local to /sbin/kldload /boot/kernel/bcmwl5_sys.ko Upon reboot, the system panicked when it loaded the rc.local file. I don't know . . . -- www.nealhogan.net