From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 12 04:17:07 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DC0816A407 for ; Sat, 12 May 2007 04:17:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bahamasfranks@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB97C13C46E for ; Sat, 12 May 2007 04:17:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bahamasfranks@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 71so763652ugh for ; Fri, 11 May 2007 21:17:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:x-google-sender-auth; b=ZjWLZbsxIEBzAfBNhN2WsXA3q7w6Vl9U3Z+fVSbebJwuxPNDixdApDrwzXE4/bjjKyZnauNkGkd7S1FuYM0CWy1GJDuo7TOAEJxjH4gktgAZSv/KS5fqdWAkbq6kM/B9jJPURzcHHntGpM0yn8yp9Eyb61DuyoLZ6K+AeIQ7rJ8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:x-google-sender-auth; b=QBcaRZrN3oal3Qsfu2Z+7FdgFTuT4Ain88xT3HYA/+dlV0cXH1n03N5LdMOe0B4yQjHILfo+64XlX5DjXZ/PbcZgofyRLiYOUZKiywZyCviSEp/V1xowFsOdiCg8y/f6ZFJuFIFLr2JnO1cSIrVDqQqFq3Aim5lk4GHj2Dx9VO4= Received: by 10.67.105.19 with SMTP id h19mr3325216ugm.1178943425693; Fri, 11 May 2007 21:17:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.219.10 with HTTP; Fri, 11 May 2007 21:17:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <539c60b90705112117u61d4c7a2ie2ecc82318785661@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 21:17:05 -0700 From: "Steve Franks" Sender: bahamasfranks@gmail.com To: "User Questions" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Google-Sender-Auth: ffffe16894c515f8 Subject: corporate america hates me (a.k.a. *&%#@&*% broadcomm and hp) 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: Sat, 12 May 2007 04:17:07 -0000 Like the subject line? Human nature being what it is, I've been watching the list long enough to know a whopper like this will garner replies ;) Got me a coaster. It's about a foot square and about 1.5 inches thick. If you reinstall every 3 months, it runs windows. I know, I should have spent $$$ on an asus instead of an hp, but like most humans, I have more time than money, aparently. Probably because I'm duped into giving it to companies like HP. If you put a *non* broadcomm minipci 802.11 card in it, it locks up tight, with a cute little message about an unauthorized network card. I've considered hacking my bios, but then considered that I might not have *that* much time on my hands. If you put a wi0 in the pccard, yes, it works fine (well before I added ndis to loader.conf that is). But, darn it, I'm allowed to be bugged by something sticking out the side, no? So, now to my real question: any one have a bcmlw564_sys.ko file that does not cause a panic on reboot? Details appear to include "fpudna in kernel mode" and "trap 12: page fault". I can't say for certain, becuase I'm not talented enough to get it to boot far enough to save a dmesg. Tried safe mode, single user, and console whereby I tried "disable-module ndis". My tone may be ironic, but bear in mind this episode (and many others like it) has not made me hate BSD - it has made me hate HP, Broadcomm, and Microsoft for having the &^#%@ to attempt to restrict my choices of OS in such underhanded ways. Steve -- Steve Franks, KE7BTE