Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 22:56:35 +0100 From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Mozilla breaks atheros? Message-ID: <41AF8F93.4000805@locolomo.org>
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Hi, I have noted a bit wierd problem. I have a laptop, 128MB ram, of which 16MB are used for graphics. I recently bought a 3Com OfficeConnect card (atheros). If I boot up with the card, no problem, nor if I insert the card after boot - all seems to work as it should. But if I start up Mozilla (with just a blank page) and then insert the card, I get an error: ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0x88000000-0x8800ffff irq 11 at device 0.0 on cardbus0 ath0: [GIANT-LOCKED] ath0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 5ghz radio 3.6 ath0: failed to allocate descriptors: 12 device_attach: ath0 attach returned 12 cbb0: CardBus card activation failed If I close mozilla and try to reinsert the card, I still get the error, I have to reboot to use my wireless card. The manpage says: ath%d: failed to allocate descriptors: %d The driver was unable to allocate contiguous memory for the transmit and receive descriptors. This usually indicates system memory is scarce and/or fragmented. According to top I have plenty of memory free: Mem: 55M Active, 11M Inact, 28M Wired, 4256K Cache, 20M Buf, 2772K Free Swap: 512M Total, 74M Used, 438M Free, 14% Inuse I have tried this also with OpenOffice writer same result, whereas I have no problems with XEmacs. Since it appears there is free RAM, I guess more RAM won't solve the problem? How do I solve this, other than rebooting? How much memory does the driver need to allocate? Thanks, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: www.locolomo.org S/MIME Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/2004071206.crt Subject ID: A9:76:7A:ED:06:95:2B:8D:48:97:CE:F2:3F:42:C8:F2:22:DE:4C:B9 Fingerprint: 4A:E8:63:38:46:F6:9A:5D:B4:DC:29:41:3F:62:D3:0A:73:25:67:C2
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