From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 29 03:47:11 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 B6F6A1065675 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:47:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mattjeet@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 895428FC0A for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:47:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mattjeet@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so951625wfg.7 for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:47:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender :to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references :x-google-sender-auth; bh=VIB3ICfvwa/d+N4PROqqUm7sL8CKAPrSOqKaaMQmZcs=; b=gQYIjV7rOqdmb6J70Kq1NuOEgywRjzkj1Tj14VhR3TTNmTN21PjmNC0X8aUzLd4Kos MYtDWMjCcl8cFTvOshtf7YYhmp9+BMzJ3AieU6Sj6egCV4K74rIAbY6wK8xWGEJxgWbb DCpy8IfMzax2/HRKWh68giD9CrIzlLlWHzjL0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references:x-google-sender-auth; b=hTxgSGdDbHIzt++pSOA6Yfd7Sq6IVybgsDLEoVhTLmZDNUjeZbwGdHG8sWIVtbOd6Y ilmlY9X3yF8QZ52IyHpzXbsR3IgegIxdT2LtRAuNLpfk2MYZ8skqTRzhfLQFblLzM1sm NfZ6Tv2vA6XnCppsDBwO0P6aN/+ShQSTQrpwI= Received: by 10.142.125.9 with SMTP id x9mr1227715wfc.89.1214709735273; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:22:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.147.13 with HTTP; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:22:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <9740caf0806282022i1adced86i49075545cef9006e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:22:15 -0700 From: "Matt Olander" Sender: mattjeet@gmail.com To: eculp@cloudmaster.info In-Reply-To: <20080628211927.19291rwcfx4c3gbo@cloudmail.cloudmaster.info> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4865E008.4070108@gmail.com> <20080628064756.13091leqmql1eu4g@cloudmail.cloudmaster.info> <20080628211927.19291rwcfx4c3gbo@cloudmail.cloudmaster.info> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 5eb36619a4447fcf Cc: Isaac MacFarlane , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org 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: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:47:11 -0000 On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 7:19 PM, wrote: > Quoting Isaac MacFarlane : > >> Well, I do have a copy of PCBSD already downloaded. If I understand >> correctly that is a branch of the main FreeBSD project. Is that correct? >> Is >> there any reason why I would go with that over the main FreeBSD project? >> They both look very nice, but I'm not sure which way to go. They seem to >> both support the same software and hardware. Is one more free than the >> other? > > AFAIK, there is little difference but I've never used pcbsd although I have > though about trying it but haven't had time. The current release version of PC-BSD is based on FreeBSD 6.3. They are exactly the same but PC-BSD has been custom configured to provide a usable desktop from first boot. For that particular card, you will need the hal that is in FreeBSD7. I don't believe it was ever MFC'd back to 6.x. You can either grab FreeBSD 7 or try out the PC-BSD alpha at ftp://ftp.pcbsd.org/pub/alpha-isos/i386/. There will be a new PC-BSD alpha up next week. best, -matt > > I'm copying to the list so that someone with knowledge of PCBSD can answer > this correctly. > > ed >> >> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 5:47 AM, wrote: >> >>> 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 >>>>> go >>>>> all free on my systems. Mandriva will work with the card but locks up >>>>> after >>>>> a few hours requiring a restart. Not really acceptable. And it is the >>>>> best I >>>>> found in the Linux world. Would any of the BSD systems work with this >>>>> card? >>>>> 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 >>>> custom >>>> kernel, as in the eeepc: >>>> >>>> http://nighthack.org/wiki/EeeBSD >>>> >>>> However, this will not be the easiest task if you are not familiar with >>>> FreeBSD in general. >>>> >>> >>> As Manolis says, step one would be to install FreeBSD and see if you are >>> confortable with it. Then once you have it all running you will want to >>> use >>> the link that Manolis sent that I found very interesting but didn't work >>> for >>> the atheros that I have in my Acer amd64x2 so I used a freebsd patch that >>> works beautifully. When you get to that point, I or I'm sure other more >>> qualified folks, will be glad to give you a hand. >>> >>> good luck, >>> >>> ed >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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" >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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" >