Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:47:56 -0500 From: eculp@cloudmaster.info To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Acer 4720Z and Atheros wireless card Message-ID: <20080628064756.13091leqmql1eu4g@cloudmail.cloudmaster.info> In-Reply-To: <4865E008.4070108@gmail.com> References: <e5d1b59b0806272317k2273cd34yd105c79ee9aa267d@mail.gmail.com> <4865E008.4070108@gmail.com>
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Quoting Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com>: > Isaac MacFarlane wrote: >> Hello all. I am trying to find a *NIX system that will work with this >> system. Mandriva calls the card an AR5006 and Vista said it was an AR5007= . >> Vista worked fine for about a month or so, but I have decided I want to g= o >> all free on my systems. Mandriva will work with the card but locks up aft= er >> a few hours requiring a restart. Not really acceptable. And it is the bes= t I >> found in the Linux world. Would any of the BSD systems work with this car= d? >> Any recommendations would be most appreciated. >> >> Isaac MacFarlane >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > > > I believe this will work if you follow the instructions to build a =20 > custom kernel, as in the eeepc: > > http://nighthack.org/wiki/EeeBSD > > However, this will not be the easiest task if you are not familiar =20 > with FreeBSD in general. As Manolis says, step one would be to install FreeBSD and see if you =20 are confortable with it. Then once you have it all running you will =20 want to use the link that Manolis sent that I found very interesting =20 but didn't work for the atheros that I have in my Acer amd64x2 so I =20 used a freebsd patch that works beautifully. When you get to that =20 point, I or I'm sure other more qualified folks, will be glad to give =20 you a hand. good luck, ed
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