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Date:      Mon, 22 Feb 1999 10:23:50 +0100
From:      "Toni Offermanns" <tno@interlinkde.com>
To:        "Kerberus" <kerberus@inetu.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Unhappy CTX Laptop
Message-ID:  <001901be5e45$0ef9d140$4177e7c2@ibmnt.interlinkde.com>
In-Reply-To: <36D11E41.F21216F1@inetu.net>

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Hi All,


is this twisted pair or coax cabling ??

in the case of coax cabling choose -link0 link1 in the options field of the
boot disk where you setup the card, or use it with ifconfig. I've had the
same problem with some other vendors card.

Toni

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Kerberus
> Sent: Montag, 22. Februar 1999 10:07
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: Unhappy CTX Laptop
>
>
> Ok unhappy CTX laptop update, so far ive had 1 response, with
> thoughts of irqs, been
> there done that.....
> forget about the cdrom not working, i need connectivity more then
> a cd......
> suggestions anyone
>
> shall i set it on fire, throw it out the window of a tall
> building, run it over.....
> let the dog use it for a chew toy ???
>
> I just SURRENDER, Ive finally been beaten by a piece of
> hardware, a Netgear FA410TX
> pcmcia card that just refuses to work on this laptop, but works
> fine in another under
> freebsd,  taking any and all suggestions on how to either debug
> this puppy further,
> or what....???
>
> if i could just get this card running, it worked in another ctx
> with no problem, but
> i couldnt get X or the mouse to work there
> but the cdrom and the pccard worked, now i have X and the mouse
> working here, but
> alas, no cdrom or network card
>
> as for the suggestions, ill forgo the cdrom not working no big
> loss there, but ive
> got to have connectivity, with more then the modem.....
>
> ---------------SNIP--------------------------------
>
> > well, PAO is not necessarly a requirement, see for example the
> > /usr/src/sys/i386/config/PCCARD kernel in 2.2.8 (maybe 2.2.7) and
> > beyond
> >
>
> Ive tried it PCCARD with modified defaults and nothing, PAO
> patches gets me closest
> anand is what i used on the other laptop
> and ive disabled everything in the kernel, except paralell,
> serial and required
> stuff, even cdrom and scsi devices were removed
> nada...... doesnt even see the card
>
> PAO sees the card at least, even the default kernel sees the card as a zp0
>
>
> > > "/kernel: ed0: device timeout"
> > >
> >
> > (3) is the IRQ for the ed0 device actually free?  (see
> > /etc/pccard.conf file) i've seen this error many times be the result
> > of an IRQ used for a pccard and something else. as this machine seems
> > to have a lot of devices in it, so this could be happening with a
> > more obscure device.
>
> yes as far as i can tell, irq 5 and 9 are free, ive used the
> generic kernel and
> windows to help debug this .... ive even used linux and openbsd
> boot disks to help
> debug and probe this further....... im missing something.........
>
> irqs being used are 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12 leaving 9 and 5
> could this be a base
> memory address problem ????
> ive tried 280 and 300 to no avail......!
>
>
>
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