Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 15:45:27 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 5150 and PCMCIA lock ups Message-ID: <20030724061526.GI5448@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <1059025604.79467.44.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <1059025604.79467.44.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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--UD9uuWeujuEvWfkY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday, 24 July 2003 at 1:46:44 -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > I just got a new Dell Inspiron 5150 thinking it would be a nice > replacement for my 8100. So far, I'm not impressed. The BroadCom > BCM440x ethernet controller isn't supported, and everytime I insert a > PCMCIA card, the machine locks. Heh. Ditto, s/5150/5100/ > I'm running 5.1-RELEASE, but I want to move to -CURRENT if I can get > a network connection. Basically, if the machine is up and running, > and I insert the card, it locks (no console messages, nothing). The > only solution is to hold the power button down until the machine > shuts down. If I have the card inserted at boot time, the machine > gets to: > > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad2s3a > > Then locks up the same way. > > ... I have tried NEWCARD and OLDCARD. I am > > I'm really hoping there's some hope here. So far, the only good news is > that sound works. Thanks for any advice you may offer. You're a little ahead of me here. I'm still backing up the disk contents. Knoppix (Linux) doesn't recognize the Broadcomm card, but it does initialize the PCMCIA card OK. Duncan Barclay has a beta driver for the Broadcomm card. See http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2003-July/001109.html for more details. Also, I've been given a pointer to a Linux page, http://cabibbo.physics.wm.edu/~bryan/computer/inspiron5100.html, which I haven't read yet. I think the way I'm going to go is: 1. Install 5.0-RELEASE (because that's what I have on CD-ROM). 2. Move the -CURRENT sources, including Broadcomm driver, to the box (probably via CD-R). 3. Take it from there. If anybody has some other suggestions, I'd be pleased to hear them. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers --UD9uuWeujuEvWfkY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/H3l+IubykFB6QiMRApS0AJ4xhLZ6hCk1AwHCo7mFK0NG45QY7wCeNYmo 04ntEswIF4MPLdfJ6Mc6k9U= =/7Ez -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UD9uuWeujuEvWfkY--
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