From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 4 08:45:19 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 1F8E21065670 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:45:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net) Received: from mail.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E241D8FC17 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:45:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net) Received: from localhost (mail.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.101]) by mail.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09C87AFC1C6; Wed, 3 Dec 2008 23:45:18 -0900 (AKST) From: Mel To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 09:44:37 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <1228356394.23645.24.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <1228356394.23645.24.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200812040944.38210.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Cc: Da Rock Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 problems 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, 04 Dec 2008 08:45:19 -0000 On Thursday 04 December 2008 03:06:34 Da Rock wrote: > I have just installed FreeBSD 7.0 on a laptop I just cleaned up. It used > to run Fedora linux (I have a tv card which used to work on it, but now > I can't get the drivers to work again), and it got very cluttered and > started getting issues. The hardware is fine though- it just returned > from servicing under warranty and nearly every component was replaced. > Ergo I can't fault the hardware in any way. > > I tried FreeBSD 7.0 before, but it wasn't working properly for me and I > didn't have the time then to get all the reports to make a PR. > > Now, I decided to sort this out- finally! The issues I'm having are > similar to before, but not quite the same (keeping in mind that I didn't > take much time with it before). They are: > > The wifi driver complains of timeout errors. (Intel iwi 2200bg - last > time I tried had a ralink wifi) > Xorg has DRI errors - fills /var and tries to kill the whole system (I'm > probably exaggerating, but it felt like it at least) > dhclient loses the IP constantly. > > So: How do I present these issues for review? What information is > needed? Anything I've missed? > > This is the first time I've had to do this (which I think is pretty > good- goes to show how well the OS is built), so I'm a little green in > this regard. For starters: * dmesg * pciconf -lv * if you have omni-positional antennas on the AP or not * if the dri problems go away when dri is disabled and no other symptoms show up * /var/log/Xorg.0.log without the abundance of dri errors * ls /var/db/pkg/ |grep 'xf86-video-*' * Why you installed 7.0 and not 7.1-BETA2 -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part.