Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 01:11:05 -0600 (CST) From: John Utz <john@utzweb.net> To: Greg Smith <freebsd_mail@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: fixed. Re: why would my laptop suddenly start failing to probe pccards? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0202200104290.4789-100000@jupiter.linuxengine.net> In-Reply-To: <200202192252030461.030AA9D7@smtp.mail.yahoo.com>
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well, wtf. i realized that i had not played an important card in this game. i had not removed the battery and unplugged the power supply yet. this computer seems to never really turn itself off, u have to shoot it *and* put a stake thru it's heart to get it to really die. as soon as i removed all power, and then reapplied power. it succeeded in probing and finding the cards. i knew there had to be a solution somewhere, this is a deterministic universe right? On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Greg Smith wrote: > John, > > I guess it's time for a boot -v dmesg. i'll remember the boot -v for later > Maybe Windows and the BIOS have conspired to change some internal > settings on you? Does the Windows Device Manager look like what you > would expect, for IRQ's, Memory Range etc.? and i'll go look and see what windows sez now that it's working and also look when it *isnt* and see what has changed, this might be of some use. tnx again for your thoughtful help! johnu > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > > >Hi greg; > > > > > >On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, John Utz wrote: > > > >> fast response! thankyou! > >> > >> On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Greg Smith wrote: > >> > >> > John, > >> > > >> > Were those warm or cold reboots? > >> > >> warm, cold, medium, lukewarm, cooked, uncooked, raw :-) > >> > >> > It has been a known problem that FreeBSD will not always fully > reset > >> > devices like pcic or pcm after running Windows. > >> > >> yah, i've been here before, but never had any problem escaping from > this > >> trap. > >> > >> > If it was me I would have the card work properly in Windows, shut > down > >> > the cards and Windows properly, then cold boot into FreeBSD after > a > >> > while. > >> > >> oh. shutting down the cards in windows is something that i havent > tried > >> yet. > >> > >> i'll do that and report back to the list, just for completeness. > > > >it was a good suggestion. but it failed to help. > > > >same same with the "(null)""(null)" even after revisiting win98se and > >shutting the cards down and pulling them out and then powering the > laptop > >off. and then turning it on and booting to freebsd and then > reinserting > >the cards. > > > >rats. > > > >stumped i am. > > > >> > Good luck. > >> > >> tnx! > >> > >> > Greg > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > > >> > >hi; > >> > > > >> > >it's the stupidest dang thing. > >> > > > >> > >this laptop has been running 4.4-RELEASE swimmingly for months > now. > >> > > > >> > >the only thing that may have been unusual is that i may have > popped > >> > the > >> > >cards out while in win98se without shutting them down first. > >> > > > >> > >now despite numerous bootings back and forth beteen freebsd and > >> > win98se, > >> > >it's lost the ability to parse the CIS in freebsd, and i get the > >> > infamous > >> > >"(null)""(null)" for my plain ol' 3com 574bt. > >> > > > >> > >the computer is an hp800ct and the cardbus controller is the TI > >> > >PCI1131,pcinum 0xac15104c > >> > > > >> > >suggestions appreciated! > >> > > > >> > >tnx! > >> > > > >> > >johnu > >> > > > >> > >-- > >> > > > >> > >John L. Utz III > >> > >john@utzweb.net > >> > > > >> > >Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life > >> > > > >> > > > >> > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > _________________________________________________________ > >> > Do You Yahoo!? > >> > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >> > > >> > >> > > > >-- > > > >John L. Utz III > >john@utzweb.net > > > >Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > -- John L. Utz III john@utzweb.net Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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