Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 12:39:16 -0400 From: "Michael B. Eichorn" <ike@michaeleichorn.com> To: Toby Slight <tobyslight@gmail.com>, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: X230 Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2200 not working Message-ID: <1440002356.1200.17.camel@michaeleichorn.com> In-Reply-To: <CACw1_RnnMrZXUdizK9OVxhV6RSphqeD7T4SN_UKKZvL_roAcXg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACw1_RkwphNG8h=cP7dv5unCYPT98jb5z90nC-MuOYYdN5x-CA@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-VmomD2F3NCKHnBaao7YAMWg7Ee_7VeuZafOZHJKoq0NjYBw@mail.gmail.com> <CACw1_Rn8dHNv5H1-xYaS8eX5YB2WRZwLTZdmcpwh2Mk5GyFbUw@mail.gmail.com> <20150819124357.GR4954@e-new.0x20.net> <CACw1_Rmr=CF5BEjCbP-Dwra=yOfC_mZbsQ4_d%2BVrTxgDKhJC3g@mail.gmail.com> <20150819132523.GV4954@e-new.0x20.net> <CACw1_RnnMrZXUdizK9OVxhV6RSphqeD7T4SN_UKKZvL_roAcXg@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, 2015-08-19 at 14:41 +0100, Toby Slight wrote: > Forgot to cc the lists on the last response - doh! > > On 19 August 2015 at 14:25, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 02:12:30PM +0100, Toby Slight wrote: > > > On 19 August 2015 at 13:43, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > HEAD is CURRENT, so 11.0-CURRENT is what you need. > > > > Don't worry, it's pretty stable. I'm running HEAD on my X230 > > > > since I > > > > bought it. No problems so far. > > > > > > > > > > Cool - cheers for the response Lars :-) I just fired up the > > > -CURRENT > > > installer and was able to configure my wifi - fantastic. Guess I'm > > > going > > to > > > be running FreeBSD -CURRENT for a while then.... I must say it was > > > nice > > > that the the vt driver was enabled by default :-) > > > > Perfect! :-) Suspend / Resume should also work. I can show you my > > loader.conf / rc.conf settings to get things going, if you like. > > > > That would be amazing and much appreciated :-) Finding it quite a jump > from > OpenBSD and Linux - got A LOT to learn! Of particular interest would be > whether or not you still have to add to Intel KMS flags to loader.conf > and > what else needs to be added to get Xorg to work nice and reliablely... > Does > TTY to X switching work now? I remember a few years ago I could get X > running on FreeBSD, but if I switched to a TTY, that was the end of me > being able to use my laptop screen! > > > > > > > > How often do you tend to update on current? And I take it a full > > recompile > > > is necessary? No freebsd-update from what I remember reading on the > > > bsdnow.tv site? Is there no way to go from one snapshot to another > > without > > > either recompiling or nuking and paving, like there is on OpenBSD > > -current? > > > > I update kernel and world on an irregular basis. Something between 3 > > days and 3 weeks. My X230 has the Core i7 CPU and 16 GB RAM, so > > building > > both takes 1,5 to 2 hours. Then I run etcupdate(8), so merging the > > config files is mostly painless. (Be sure to run etcupdate before the > > first upgrade, so it can use your running config. > > freebsd-update only works on RELEASES, and can be slower than > > building > > from source anyways. > > > > > Cool - cheers for the tips. I dare say my builds will be a fair bit > slower > as my machine only has an i3 and 6GB RAM... Is freebsd-update ever > likely > to be made to work with the current and stable branches? Or maybe > something > like the OpenBSD -current update mechanism? From what I hear freebsd-update probably will not implement this, however there is a possibility that some option might develop as a result of packaging base, which is currently an active project. For more info checkout the presentation @bapt gave at BSDCan 2015 [1] and the interview he gave on the BSDNow Podcast [2]. [1] Presentation (44 min): https://youtu.be/Br6izhH5P1I Q&A (14 min): https://youtu.be/v7px6ktoDAI [2] Interview (12 min): https://youtu.be/gDi09Wfx-9s?t=25m2s > > > > > > > > How about pkgng? Do binary pkgs and binary pkg upgrades work on > > > -current? > > > > pkg works like a charm on HEAD. You usually get new packages every > > second day. There are only some ports which get built against kernel > > sources which need to be compiled from ports. Oh, and if you use > > Flash: > > Flash may not be distributed as a package, so you have to install and > > upgrade it from ports. > > > > > > > That's great, I'm fine with building the system, but if I then had to > go > and recompile all my packages I think I'd be noping out at that > point... > I've done my time on Gentoo - and don't relish the thought of staring > at > walls of text for days on end any more! > > [-- Attachment #2 --] 0 *H 010 `He 0 *H 000]0 *H 01 0 UIL10U StartCom Ltd.1+0)U "Secure Digital Certificate Signing1806U/StartCom Class 1 Primary Intermediate Client CA0 150613202446Z 160614003550Z0H1 0 U ike@michaeleichorn.com1%0# *H ike@michaeleichorn.com0"0 *H 0 UՀ,k9D %Z|Y6J<rrK g;&|uNlUE9)V.[ט̊:qS](#v SYDz* CpugYݔ,v<`j(w aS#ڒ6n(K5'KVLåErv< J=[}W bLA%gޭnVb| I?M7D :$׃bM_T[,ƃ\ 00 U 0 0 U 0 U %0++0 U jj: γ+39啖0 U #0Sr풜\|~5NԸQ0!U 0ike@michaeleichorn.com0LU C0?0; +70*0.+"http://www.startssl.com/policy.pdf0+00' StartCom Certification Authority0This certificate was issued according to the Class 1 Validation requirements of the StartCom CA policy, reliance only for the intended purpose in compliance of the relying party obligations.06U /0-0+)'%http://crl.startssl.com/crtu1-crl.crl0+009+0-http://ocsp.startssl.com/sub/class1/client/ca0B+06http://aia.startssl.com/certs/sub.class1.client.ca.crt0#U 0http://www.startssl.com/0 *H x+ȐF}pw.X vF?rg P]EOp)L˻yA ;hi0u2]m [Sbp$_ gr Xm*YP3 #H>mKAǠt)HO|=@} 3ӝ'iO81> 03 v'h5U "H;ECZtpҗ4rWHu^6+i*kJL8shAV|5;?HMc\ j[j|+000]0 *H 01 0 UIL10U StartCom Ltd.1+0)U "Secure Digital Certificate Signing1806U/StartCom Class 1 Primary Intermediate Client CA0 150613202446Z 160614003550Z0H1 0 U ike@michaeleichorn.com1%0# *H ike@michaeleichorn.com0"0 *H 0 UՀ,k9D %Z|Y6J<rrK g;&|uNlUE9)V.[ט̊:qS](#v SYDz* CpugYݔ,v<`j(w aS#ڒ6n(K5'KVLåErv< J=[}W bLA%gޭnVb| I?M7D :$׃bM_T[,ƃ\ 00 U 0 0 U 0 U %0++0 U jj: γ+39啖0 U #0Sr풜\|~5NԸQ0!U 0ike@michaeleichorn.com0LU C0?0; +70*0.+"http://www.startssl.com/policy.pdf0+00' StartCom Certification Authority0This certificate was issued according to the Class 1 Validation requirements of the StartCom CA policy, reliance only for the intended purpose in compliance of the relying party obligations.06U /0-0+)'%http://crl.startssl.com/crtu1-crl.crl0+009+0-http://ocsp.startssl.com/sub/class1/client/ca0B+06http://aia.startssl.com/certs/sub.class1.client.ca.crt0#U 0http://www.startssl.com/0 *H x+ȐF}pw.X vF?rg P]EOp)L˻yA ;hi0u2]m [Sbp$_ gr Xm*YP3 #H>mKAǠt)HO|=@} 3ӝ'iO81> 03 v'h5U "H;ECZtpҗ4rWHu^6+i*kJL8shAV|5;?HMc\ j[j|+040 0 *H 0}1 0 UIL10U StartCom Ltd.1+0)U "Secure Digital Certificate Signing1)0'U StartCom Certification Authority0 071024210155Z 171024210155Z01 0 UIL10U StartCom Ltd.1+0)U "Secure Digital Certificate Signing1806U/StartCom Class 1 Primary Intermediate Client CA0"0 *H 0 -).2AUGo#G B|NDRpM-B=o -we5JQpa>O.#._<V [~**pz~3WG .ᘟMlr[<Ce6fqO"uxfWN#uicgkv$Lb%y`_{`xK'GN 00U 00U 0 U Sr풜\|~5NԸQ0 U #0N @[i04hCA0f+Z0X0'+0http://ocsp.startssl.com/ca0-+0!http://www.startssl.com/sfsca.crt0[U T0R0'%#!http://www.startssl.com/sfsca.crl0'%#!http://crl.startssl.com/sfsca.crl0U y0w0u +70f0.+"http://www.startssl.com/policy.pdf04+(http://www.startssl.com/intermediate.pdf0 *H }x,\c^ #wMq}>UK/^yX֏y frMIŲB61ymQҨݬZ0& ;@#13qۑ& ̢o 6r_;GO>*I( 74XS1r3)!LJy6Kotˆ# _wSr ;B ADp(fs 䰷6%.W0J3:bC<8t X1<Cn=t==wST~\wkBf|15zUP)(IjVB!OfI=bb\4-*em/нSJm7N[]'@ڽ D9Kr>R7/|o^I@ټ'Pa $ z9a'L)( I}vcH]۸D*W} m>Q|C.(,lQ10001 0 UIL10U StartCom Ltd.1+0)U "Secure Digital Certificate Signing1806U/StartCom Class 1 Primary Intermediate Client CA]0 `He 0 *H 1 *H 0 *H 1 150819163916Z0O *H 1B@hTӂX29AU1Yfʸ0=lH!,D`! 7VB0 +71001 0 UIL10U StartCom Ltd.1+0)U "Secure Digital Certificate Signing1806U/StartCom Class 1 Primary Intermediate Client CA]0 *H 101 0 UIL10U StartCom Ltd.1+0)U "Secure Digital Certificate Signing1806U/StartCom Class 1 Primary Intermediate Client CA]0 *H #M i=ejO`ۀMJDP4Ϡo#|ΐny<.#E7fXRj`x/';êFK9".xfy- af jXmtw4mַ"p&n,b4E?Sl4 gGJPA H^Lvsz}) ^c o4gJ<oGv`j&o7ycv rVZdEpE0"eJY
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