Date: Mon, 4 Mar 02 00:01:09 PST From: perryh@pluto.rain.com (Perry Hutchison) To: akbeech@anchoragerescue.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation/setup attempt not going well Message-ID: <10203040801.AA27784@pluto.rain.com>
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The network setup now looks much better, but I still don't know how
to go about finding and installing the "unknown server" for XF86.
When I try to select the Trident TGUI9680 card, I get (verbatim):
*** The server required by your card is not installed! Please
abort, install the unknown server as /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_unknown
and run this program again ***
Is the "unknown server" in one of the distribution sets or packages,
or do I have to track it down elsewhere (and if so, where)? Or,
is "unknown" a placeholder for something else (and if so, what)?
On other matters:
> Yes, do pkg_info to show installed packages/ports
That extracts the list, which is certainly a start. Is there a way
to feed it back into the installer, or do I still have to pick them
out of the menus by hand?
> "Faith" is an ipv6 translator, you don't want to change any settings on that.
In that case, I think it would be an improvement to change the
description from <unknown network interface type> to something
along the lines of <IPv6 translator> or even <internal use only>.
As it is, that menu entry looks like a way to install or select
a driver for a currently-unrecognized interface.
> > ep0: <3Com 3C509-Combo EtherLink III> at port 0x210-0x21f irq 10 on isa0
> > ep0: No irq?!
>
> You need to disable PNP in your system's BIOS.
Had already been done, I think. "PNP OS Installed" was already set to
"No". I couldn't find any other BIOS settings that sounded like they
would disable PNP. (Asus P2L97 board with Award 4.51PG BIOS, in case
it matters.)
> Also check to make sure you have enough IRQ's assigned to legasy mode.
This appears to have been the problem. Only "IRQ 5 Used By ISA" was
set to "Yes", but 3, 4, 7, 9-12, 14, and 15 were all set to "No/ICU"
(whatever ICU means). I changed IRQ 10 to also be "Yes", forcing
the BIOS to move USB to another IRQ, and ep0 is now included in the
sysinstall list under Configure/Networking/Interfaces.
This would have been much easier to track down if ep0 had been listed
in the initial kernel config as having a "conflict". I don't think
ep0 was listed at all -- if it was, I missed it.
Also, I'd suggest improving that "No irq?!" message. Something along
the lines of "Irq 10 already assigned to uhci0" would have been more
descriptive in this case -- granted there may be other causes for this
message.
> Next there is a configure utility
> available from 3Com to set up that card. You will have to boot your machine
> with a DOS boot disk, Then run the 3Com utility to setup your NIC and an IRQ.
> A careful look through dmesg should provide one that's not in use.
Had already been done. Just to make sure, I downloaded the latest
version. It shows PNP disabled, and the same I/O base and IRQ as
in the dmesg.
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