From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 18 01:18:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC42B16A4CD for ; Thu, 18 May 2006 01:18:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff.rollin@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.177]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F93A43D48 for ; Thu, 18 May 2006 01:18:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jeff.rollin@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id s49so538144pyc for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 18:18:10 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=tXEwtG2QOHu1Y+Ls+OtHaf/IMjoSRS3PZDn+RCe7wPPyCYW1e4Pj6oKX5BlhwnYVrNeSy0aKrnO+Y2X1dOP/wOOALf/gcA/jcpgx7qbP7DokhvNGisPJQaQRcnZd7Yui3XZY8Ojespct8SeTh+cjY4xXV3hqDx41WpOAqphpuio= Received: by 10.35.123.2 with SMTP id a2mr176855pyn; Wed, 17 May 2006 18:18:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.107.14 with HTTP; Wed, 17 May 2006 18:18:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8a0028260605171818o726cd827nd1f9a60ff0384a62@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 02:18:10 +0100 From: "Jeff Rollin" To: "Kevin Oberman" In-Reply-To: <8a0028260605161045g6043edfaqe8bb03f6a1e44901@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <8a0028260605090912re6b7f7bkb181bba64a0d9f5c@mail.gmail.com> <20060509164329.208F245042@ptavv.es.net> <8a0028260605100727n67acdd35qfd1f25b15caee43f@mail.gmail.com> <8a0028260605161045g6043edfaqe8bb03f6a1e44901@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Gregers Petersen , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless woes X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 01:18:11 -0000 Hi I just had a thought on this subject. Could the problem I'm having be due t= o not having the firmware/hal? I never thought to install anything since it works in SuSE 10.0 out of the box. Is there a firmware/hal package/port in ports? Jeff. > > > On 10/05/06, Jeff Rollin wrote: > > > > > > > > On 09/05/06, Kevin Oberman < oberman@es.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > To refresh my addled, post vacation brain: > > > > > > What version of FreeBSD? > > > > > > 6.0-RELEASE (I had mentioned that I intended to replace it with 6.1 fro= m > > some ISO's but I think I'll wait until the wireless is working and > > upgrade via cvsup) > > > > NEWCARD or OLDCARD kernel? > > > > > > Um, you got me. The kernel the x86 OS comes with (FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASEi3= 86-GENERIC?) > > > > dmesg.boot file? > > > > > > attached. > > > > kldstat output? > > > > > > follows: > > > > 1 26 0xc0400000 63070c kernel > > 2 16 0xc0a31000 568dc acpi.ko > > 3 1 0xc1b12000 4000 logo_saver.ko > > 4 2 0xc1b20000 9000 ibcs2.ko > > 5 1 0xc1b2b000 3000 ibcs2_coff.ko > > 6 1 0xc1b2f000 15000 linux.ko > > 7 1 0xc209a000 e000 if_ath.ko > > 8 1 0xc20a8000 3000 ath_rate.ko > > 9 1 0xc20ab000 24000 ath_hal.ko > > 10 1 0xc20d7000 3000 wlan_acl.ko > > 11 1 0xc20da000 7000 wlan_ccmp.ko > > 12 1 0xc20e1000 4000 wlan_tkip.ko > > 13 1 0xc20e5000 3000 wlan_wep.ko > > 14 1 0xc20e8000 2000 wlan_xauth.ko > > > > kernel configuration file? > > > > > > attached. > > > > pciconf -vl output? > > > > > > attached. > > > > Is any card seen when plugged into the card slot? > > > > > > How do I check this? No lights ("Link" or "Active") come on when i > > insert the card and do the "ifconfig dance" > > > > This is just a shot in the dark, but is device wlan in the kernel? > > > > > > Yep. > > > > HTH > > > > Thanks. > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------ > Argument against Linux number 6,033: > > "...So this is like most Linux viruses. You have to download the virus > yourself, become root, install it and then run it. Seems like a lot of wo= rk > just to experience what you can get on Windows with a lot less trouble." > --=20 ------------------------------------------------------ Argument against Linux number 6,033: "...So this is like most Linux viruses. You have to download the virus yourself, become root, install it and then run it. Seems like a lot of work just to experience what you can get on Windows with a lot less trouble."