From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 11 07:31:18 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F06E91065677 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:31:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrey.kosachenko@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.153]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20C6A8FC17 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:31:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrey.kosachenko@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 16so337534fgg.35 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:31:15 -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:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; bh=kQLBUr5A0uuf6dg2rcSwyNkh+G0WZEGQVWEiNvra+FE=; b=o/J5gtedxZ9zmB4dttGOaTxpcF73DSbe+DivpA3y2MDwbK4XgGtDPkiOVO4bm83aCVdQAG1uNQnc8bcRw6obbfUZIBg3QcdycttJxbwBmbypVj+uta0JP4UwZljOWHqFSJ4b72oXtjaCNaaq7ny2n5O6yUmHYgKe7fjapPBmT/Y= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=HtpoQDFZA+MzC7yIbmUxVeeZbgx2bzk9wTa59AqgkExR1tE7huw2s3bgtJPaIPh0ONpdazoym0zONXSx6AwCfF9rO1N4kE3MIwZB2aT/BlnNU5k5ORVvZ77lN/m0juVkfldczmGXJtjUBm+n/aCef0ig9ZTSHbOi1Zr1r19sG0A= Received: by 10.82.181.7 with SMTP id d7mr2558364buf.76.1207899075487; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:31:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from beastie.lan ( [194.9.14.78]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j2sm8121498mue.3.2008.04.11.00.31.12 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:31:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <47FF13B3.1030907@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:30:59 +0300 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <144605.60321.qm@web43143.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <144605.60321.qm@web43143.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Andrey Subject: Re: Wireless on hp 6710b X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:31:19 -0000 Hmm... things you've mentioned above sound very (*very*) suspicious. Could you please provide us with output of # uname -a Also (just in case) could you please show the output of: # egrep -A1 '^200[78][0-9]{4}:' /usr/src/UPDATING | head -n 30 and # ls -alF /usr/src/sys/dev/wpi/ besideinfo wrote: > --- Benjamin Close > wrote: > >> besideinfo wrote: >>> --- Ian Smith wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hmm. On re-reading the whole thread I notice >> that >>>> you didn't show what >>>> Andrey asked about, and while I don't know if it >>>> should actually affect >>>> the module loading, it's said that you need this >> in >>>> your loader.conf: >>>> >>>> : Also make sure if license acknowledge variable >> is >>>> set (use kenv on >>>> : this purpose): >>>> : # kenv | grep 'wpi' >>>> : legal.intel_wpi.license_ack="1" >>>> >>>> Otherwise it does look like your 6.3 install is >>>> missing something. >>>> >>>> cheers, Ian >>>> >>>> (Sam, sorry if I complicated matters, but many >> new >>>> users don't know >>>> about using 'kldstat -v' to check modules, in my >>>> humble experience) >>>> >>>> >>> At this point I believe it is better to summarize >> all >>> I have done so far. >>> >>> I rebuilt my kernel the same day I installed >> freeBSD. >>> I followed the instructions on the handbook, and >> all >>> process was successfully completed. >>> >>> Later, I realized that the wireless card wasn't >>> working, and after some posts I found out(with >> your >>> help) ath0 wasn't suitable for the wireless card. >>> >>> Because of that I decided to "rebuild again" the >>> kenel, but this time I removed all wireless >> devices >>> from the configuration file and used the >>> /boot/conf.loader so configurated: >>> >>> #hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" >>> >>> firmware_load="YES" >>> if_wpi_load="YES" >>> wlan_load="YES" >>> wlan_amrr_load="YES" >>> legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 >>> wpifw_load="YES" >>> wlan_xauth_load="YES" >>> wlan_wep_load="YES" >>> wlan_ccmp_load="YES" >>> wlan_tkip_load="YES" >>> wlan_scan_sta_load="YES" >>> wlan_scan_ap_load="YES" >>> >>> #Intel HDA Audio >>> snd_hda_load="YES" >>> >>> After reboot I the freebsd still wasn't able to >> "see" >>> the wireless card. Following there are the result >> of >>> parts of the tests you asked me to do: >>> ---------------- >>> freebsd-box# pciconf -lv | grep -B2 -A1 3945 >>> none2@pci16:0:0: class=0x028000 >> card=0x135c103c >>> chip=0x42228086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 >>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation' >>> device = '10418086 Intel 3945ABG Wireless >> LAN >>> controller' >>> class = network >>> ------------------- >>> freebsd-box# kldstat -v | egrep 'wpi|wlan' >>> 5 5 0xc07c7000 1edf8 wlan.ko >>> 4 wlan >>> 7 1 0xc07e8000 26414 wpifw.ko >>> 5 wpifw_fw >>> 8 1 0xc080f000 1b10 wlan_xauth.ko >>> 6 wlan_xauth >>> 9 1 0xc0811000 2d08 wlan_wep.ko >>> 7 wlan_wep >>> 10 1 0xc0814000 6d04 wlan_ccmp.ko >>> 8 wlan_ccmp >>> 11 1 0xc081b000 4000 wlan_tkip.ko >>> 9 wlan_tkip >>> -------------------- >>> freebsd-box# kenv | grep 'wpi' >>> legal.intel_wpi.license_ack="1" >>> -------------------- >>> freebsd-box# ifconfig -v wpi0 >>> ifconfig: interface wpi0 does not exist >>> -------------------- >>> >>> >> The problem you are facing is caused by the driver >> module not being loaded >> You should have a file: if_wpi.ko when you run >> kldstat -v >> Because that module is not loaded you won't see the >> wpi0 interface. >> >> In previous email you stated that you don't have >> /boot/kernel/if_wpi.ko >> That seems very wrong, as the driver should be built >> as part of a kernel >> build. >> The quick fix for your problem is: >> >> cd /usr/src/sys/modules/wpi >> make >> make install >> >> That should provide you with the module you need. >> Why it was not built in the first place on your >> system I've got no idea. >> >> Cheers, >> Benjamin >> > > Benjamin the path "" dcd > /usr/src/sys/modules/wpioesn't exist, and I don't know > why. Maybe when I install freebsd I did something > wrong. Should I use sysinstall to get the missing > files? > > greetings > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- Sincerely, Andrey Kosachenko