Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 17:14:21 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Guy Middleton <guy@obstruction.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.6-RELEASE problems with xinit, Xircom pccard ethernet Message-ID: <20020704001421.EE4105D04@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Jul 2002 19:41:51 EDT." <20020703194151.A3190@chaos.obstruction.com>
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> Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 19:41:51 -0400
> From: Guy Middleton <guy@obstruction.com>
> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
>
> I just installed 4.6-RELEASE on a laptop, I'm having a couple of problems.
>
>
> First, when I run xinit (as a non-superuser), the Xserver fails to start because it
> tries and fails to write to a log file (/var/log/XFree86.0.log).
>
> This never happened in previous versions -- is this a bug, or do I need
> to set some new flag to stop it writing log files?
>
> "X --help" gives no useful hints.
2 problems:
1. Use startx. Don't run xinit directly. This has never been supported
though it often works
2. Re-install wrappers. You need to do this whenever the X server
changes. If you have portupgrade, simply 'portupgrade -f wrapper'.
If not, 'cd /usr/ports/x11/wrapper; make deinstall && make reinstall'
> Second, my Xircom pccard ethernet/modem is not being recognized correctly:
>
> Jul 3 19:34:40 blink /kernel: pccard: card inserted, slot 0
> Jul 3 19:34:46 blink pccardd[48]: Card "Xircom"("16-bit Ethernet + Modem 56") [REM10] [1.00] matched "Xircom" ("16-bit Ethernet + Modem 56") [(null)] [(null)]
> Jul 3 19:34:51 blink pccardd[48]: driver allocation failed for Xircom(16-bit Ethernet + Modem 56): Device not configured
>
> Is there some configuration that has to be done here? I believe that the
> pccard setup is otherwise correct, since my Lucent 802.11b wireless card
> works fine.
This is a known problem with the new pccard support and the xedriver
on some systems.
Try adding the line machdep.pccard.mem_start=0xd0000 to
/boot/loader.conf.
See Scott Mitchell's response to the same question on freebsd-mobile
on June 16. If you do a Google search on mailing.freebsd.mobile and
search for "Xircom Scott", it will be about the most recent.
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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