From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 19 07:29:31 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7533516A4CE for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 07:29:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from mazzite.fhcrc.org (mazzite.fhcrc.org [140.107.152.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5504843D31 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 07:29:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jgoodlea@fhcrc.org) Received: from e500b.fhcrc.org (e500b.fhcrc.org [140.107.52.110]) i2JFTULt010860 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 07:29:31 -0800 Received: from jarlite.fhcrc.org(140.107.42.11) by e500b.fhcrc.org via csmap id 25814; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 07:29:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from shemp.fhcrc.org (shemp.fhcrc.org [140.107.42.41]) i2JFTUnU020603 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 07:29:30 -0800 Received: by shemp.fhcrc.org with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 07:29:28 -0800 Message-ID: From: "Goodleaf, John M" To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 07:29:28 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-FHCRC: INTERNAL X-PMX-Version: 4.5.0.90627, Antispam-Core: 4.0.4.92622, Antispam-Data: 2004.3.18.94674 Subject: Trouble with CF PC card X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:29:31 -0000 Hello, I was recently given a Socket Low Power WLAN card, in compact flash form. I've been trying to get in running plugged into the compact flash reader on my old IBM X20 laptop. It's running FBSD 5.2.1. I'm not really sure how to proceed. I've never tried to run wireless stuff on FreeBSD, or to run it on a laptop for that matter. When the card inserted the machine reads it as follows (I'm doing this from memory) pccard1: unknown card pccard1: CIS info Socket, CF+ LP WLAN Card Rev B So the card appears to be picked up and identified correctly, at least on the second line. Moreover, it is listed as a supported chipset in the wi man page. But: wicontrol yields SIOC device not configured. ifconfig -a lists only the loopback interface. running pccardd yields something like NO PC CARD I do have pccard_enable in rc.conf and if I boot with the card plugged in, it is listed in the boot log, in the same manner as above. I'm sure the problem is that I don't know what the hell I'm doing and the solution is not immediately obvious. Can anyone recommend a place where I can rtfm? So far I've seen only stuff for wicontrol, which isn't working for reasons I don't grasp. Thanks, John