From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 28 11:48:18 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCF76106564A for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:48:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eculp@cloudmaster.info) Received: from ns2.bafirst.com (72-12-2-19.static.networktel.net [72.12.2.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AC618FC19 for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:48:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eculp@cloudmaster.info) Received: from casasponti.net ([201.155.7.3]) by ns2.bafirst.com with esmtp; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:48:11 -0500 id 000D5452.486624FC.0000F698 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 80) by casasponti.net with local; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:47:56 -0500 id 00130C33.486624EC.00003742 Received: from dsl-189-190-8-164.prod-infinitum.com.mx (dsl-189-190-8-164.prod-infinitum.com.mx [189.190.8.164]) by cloudmail.cloudmaster.info (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:47:56 -0500 Message-ID: <20080628064756.13091leqmql1eu4g@cloudmail.cloudmaster.info> Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:47:56 -0500 From: eculp@cloudmaster.info To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <4865E008.4070108@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4865E008.4070108@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (5.0-cvs) X-Remote-Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080607 Firefox/2.0.0.14 X-IMP-Server: 201.155.7.3 X-Originating-IP: 189.190.8.164 X-Originating-User: eculp@cloudmaster.info Subject: Re: Acer 4720Z and Atheros wireless card 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: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:48:19 -0000 Quoting Manolis Kiagias : > 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