Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 23:18:43 -0500 From: Dave Goodrich <dave@pixelhammer.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade from 4.1 to 4.5 - ppp problems Message-ID: <20021031231843.A181@pixelhammer.com> In-Reply-To: <20021020221308.A22752@tantra.dynsolve.net>; from dave@pixelhammer.com on Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 10:13:08PM -0500 References: <20021017231020.A58328@tantra.dynsolve.net> <20021019013718.A41983@titus.hanley.stade.co.uk> <20021020221308.A22752@tantra.dynsolve.net>
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On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 10:13:08PM -0500, dave pixelhammer.com pop3 ftp wrote: > On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 01:37:18AM +0100, Adrian Wontroba wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 11:10:20PM -0500, dave pixelhammer.com pop3 ftp wrote: > > What happens if you use the 4.5 generic kernel? > > Same result > > > > Why stop at the almost a year old 4.5? 4.7 is out (as downloadable ISO > > images at least) and is looking good. Alternatively, I assume that > > 4.6.2 CDs are available now. > > Well... The Toshiba uses the Topic chipset which has had some trouble in the past. I also have a habit of waiting to avoid any "new" problems. I try to stay with a slightly older version of any OS making upgrades where security calls for it. > > I had planned though to use this laptop to follow "stable", so if I could get it logged on I'll upgrade at that time. > > > > Is your modem actually on cuaa4? The fifth serial port? What does > > "grep sio /var/run/dmesg.boot" say? > > Yes, dmesg shows the pcmcia card is inserted and correctly identified on sio4. > curiously, I rebooted today and did not have the device error! But I do have a problem now with a chat script failure when logging in to my ISP, which is incidently enough, me. This brings the entire story around to the begining which I will tell in a new thread. > > For now the problem seems to have disapeared, reason unknown. Four cold starts later cuaa4 is working. > Well I found the problem and the solution. I set the BIOS to 16bit compatible and everything is working now, in win98 and FreeBSD. Apparently when reinstalling the BIOS got reset to auto instead of 16bit mode. I still do not fully understand why it worked immediately after the installs completed. The one thing I did afterward was to insert both cards and restart into Windows and FreeBSD. That is when it quit working, until I changed the BIOS. DAve -- My other computer is your Windows machine... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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