Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 17:23:16 -0500 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Toshiba Satellite A110 Message-ID: <20061209222316.GA4545@holestein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20061209150511.16bb3a34.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <926742.10296.qm@web38012.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20061209034704.GB6088@holestein.holy.cow> <20061209150511.16bb3a34.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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in message <20061209150511.16bb3a34.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>, wrote Torfinn Ingolfsen thusly... > > On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:47:04 -0500 > Parv <parv@pair.com> wrote: > > > installed FreeBSD on it yet because ...) It has Intel 3945 wireless > > network interface, with which (some) people were|are having > > difficulty. ... > You have tried the driver at http://people.freebsd.org/~flz/local/wpi/ > I presume? No, I have not tried as I have not installed FreeBSD on A105. > With that driver, and ACPI disabled[1], I'm using a 3945 in an Acer > laptop[2] with DHCP and WPA. > > YMMV, but it works for me. > > 1) For some reason (probably related to ACPI / bios) the driver fails > to attach when acpi is enabled. > 2) see http://tingox.googlepages.com/aceraspireas5672andfreebsd Since you mentioned that the driver works with DHCP, that gives a strong incentive to at least try. Thank you. > HTH I am hoping with you: experiment would be a success, releasing me from Cygwin & Eclipse on MS Windows XP (so that I could drive some of the Eclipse functions & (re)starting Tomcat outside of its GUI). - Parv --
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