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From: Ping Mai (Contractor) <pmai@hpwrc716.mayfield.hp.com>
Subject: Re: Tecra 730, PAO/FreeBSD 2.1.5 and the 3c589C Combo
To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams)
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 09:36:21 -0800 (PST)
Cc: beattie@aracnet.com, mobile@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <199701031532.IAA09484@rocky.mt.sri.com> from "Nate Williams" at Jan 3, 97 08:32:15 am
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I am using the 3c589C Combo on a IBM thinkpad 701.  I had the
same problem in the past.  The fix was to run the config
utility supplied by 3com under dos, change the connector type
from "auto sense" to "UTP only".

> > I am seeing some problems with fvwm which I loaded off the 2.1.5 CD
> > so I am considering going back to 2.1.5 with the eailer PAO patches
> > and also 2.2-BETA with no patches. The 3c589C Combo does work with
> > the UTP connector.
> 
> Is this a new card?  If so, it may be hard-coded to use the UTP
> connector in it's EEPROM.  I don't know if the pccard code has enough
> smarts to force it to use a different connector if the card is
> hard-coded to use one or the other.
> 
> 
> 
> Nate
> 
>