Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 14:09:15 +0100 From: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Laptop update... Message-ID: <3EA29BFB.9040702@algroup.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20030420114235.GA52124@sunbay.com> References: <3EA28393.5020409@algroup.co.uk> <20030420114235.GA52124@sunbay.com>
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Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > On Sun, Apr 20, 2003 at 12:25:07PM +0100, Ben Laurie wrote: >>The onboard WiFi doesn't work (Intersil Prism2.5) - its recognised, but >>it won't associate. An old Lucent WaveLAN (with recent flash) card works >>fine, however. >> > > I've got mine working by setting hw.cbb.start_memory=0xd8000 in > /boot/loader.conf (or at run-time using sysctl(8)). This is on > ThinkPad 600X. I'll try that. >>But most importantly, perhaps, when I do: >> >>portupgrade -Rra >> >>it almost never completes, because I get coredumps in cc (and >>occasionally weirder symptoms, like illegal instructions). I know this >>is usually attributed to RAM, but I've tried swapping that out - so, >>what else can I fiddle with that might affect this (and the other >>problems)? More info available on demand, of course. >> > > Replace your RAM. As I said, I've already done that, without change. > That may explain the X crashes too. I got > mine working without problems with 4.3.0, the NeoMagic driver > has even grew the X-Video extension in this version! X doesn't crash, it just won't come back once the screen has powersaved. Cheers, Ben. -- http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html http://www.thebunker.net/ "There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff
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