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Subject: Re: PC card has no functions!
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"gabriel n/a" <refractor_t@hotmail.com> writes:

>    Im sure that this problem has been solved before but looking through
>    all the other posts i cant seem to find any information about it.
> 
>    i just installed freebsd 5.4 i386 on my old ibm thinkpad. now that im
>    starting to get familiar with this new operating system i want to be
>    able to access the internet but it will not connect. I have narrowed
>    the problem down to a message which i get
> 
>    pccard1: Card has no functions!
> 
>    cbb1:PC Card card activation failed
> 
>    my ethernet card is a 3com megahertz 10Mbps lan 3cxe589et
> 
>    if you could help me I would appreciate it.

Hard to say; it's not even clear which chipset it uses.
If you know, that would be a start.

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Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
		http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/