From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 8 22:03:53 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 49AB11065677 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 22:03:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from besideinfo@yahoo.com) Received: from n59.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com (n59.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com [98.136.44.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2C76E8FC12 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 22:03:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from besideinfo@yahoo.com) Received: from [216.252.122.219] by n59.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Apr 2008 22:03:49 -0000 Received: from [69.147.65.154] by t4.bullet.sp1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Apr 2008 22:03:49 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp402.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Apr 2008 22:03:49 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-5 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 189144.31355.bm@omp402.mail.sp1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 86618 invoked by uid 60001); 8 Apr 2008 22:03:49 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=oU0ksLqKv8ESaZfbv2VuNgHgvgVD19HM6nLkTwTn+/nutnmgDwbxeYWRKyWlDVuJ7+LLW5GZPYGsu6WeqqhLA1Dd8J8xU3yW0iCq2ABRcxoh8SUSWjBcAF6WbCO3Wnx3GgLAx1IBX/YTGL1B3TPkW7nozHPRhzxgwfkoxZ/3pdQ=; X-YMail-OSG: w2.GsNgVM1lNZcvA5T6gR1K0fcpH12klsCU7C0IKQWV2BtCdj4V2IR7TrrkTM_BwHQ-- Received: from [151.92.176.3] by web43132.mail.sp1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:03:49 PDT Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 15:03:49 -0700 (PDT) From: besideinfo To: Yousif Hassan , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <96C1A65C78C446F9AA1C0D8145355971@alderaan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <84496.80244.qm@web43132.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Cc: Andrey Subject: Re: Wireless on hp 6710b 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: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:03:53 -0000 --- Yousif Hassan wrote: > I don't really understand what you mean here. Do > you mean they do not show > up in kldstat at all, or that they do show up in > kldstat but are still > "missing" in terms of being attached? (Both > scenarios possible). what I mean is that the five modules are declared in the loader.conf, but kldstat doesn't show them up. I tried to locate the five module using the locate command, but the only modules presents on my notebook are: wlan_amrr.ko and wpifw.ko > > my pciconf looks like: > > # pciconf -lv | grep -B2 -A1 3945 > > none2@pci16:0:0: class=0x028000 > card=0x135c103c > > chip=0x42228086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 > > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > > device = '10418086 Intel 3945ABG Wireless > LAN > > controller' > > class = network > > I'm not sure if it'll matter - my pciconf is ever so > slightly different: > class=0x028000 card=0x135b103c chip=0x42228086 > rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 > ^ > I have b instead of c but I doubt this matters, > however only a developer of > wpi could answer definitively. > > > However, as you can see from the > /boot/loader.conf, > > the missing modules are declared. > > > > firmware_load="YES" > > if_wpi_load="YES" > > wlan_load="YES" > > wlan_amrr_load="YES" > > legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 > > wpifw_load="YES" > > wlan_xauth_load="YES" > > wlan_wep_load="YES" > > wlan_ccmp_load="YES" > > wlan_tkip_load="YES" > > wlan_scan_sta_load="YES" > > wlan_scan_ap_load="YES" > > > > #Intel HDA Audio > > snd_hda_load="YES". > > > >>>From the dmesg the only message related to the > > wireless is the following: > > KLD file wlan_amrr.ko - could not finalize loading > > It sounds like it could be because the modules are > failing to load - which > may *not* be a problem with the wireless card > itself, but something else. > If they *are* loading, but the device is not > attaching, then the problem > could be related to some hardware in your system. > > Did you try manually loading the if_wpi.ko module? > What error do you get? > There have been some bugs reported with certain PCI > implementations that > cause wpi not to attach, but I haven't (personally) > seen any bad reports for > HPs. My HP works, although it's a later model than > yours. In those cases, > the kernel module loads but doesn't attach. > > (Also, try not to top-post, it makes tracking the > current spot in the > conversation harder for new people coming into the > thread who may want to > help you.) > > --Yousif > > I forgot to say that this the first time I use freeBSD a mailing list and above my english is bad. ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com