From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 22 6:18: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17320111A7; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 06:18:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA03515; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 14:17:59 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA02687; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 13:59:49 GMT (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199902221359.NAA02687@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: tno@interlinkde.com Cc: "Kerberus" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unhappy CTX Laptop In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 22 Feb 1999 10:23:50 +0100." <001901be5e45$0ef9d140$4177e7c2@ibmnt.interlinkde.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 13:59:49 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG And disable the irda port - it stops the pccard controller from working on the CTX box my wife is now using.... > 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......! -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message