Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:05:50 -0400 From: Wayne Witzke <wwitzke@sstire.com> To: Bob Middaugh <bob.middaugh@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.4 on a Dell D800 Message-ID: <434E69BE.5040707@sstire.com> In-Reply-To: <0IO900AJX6ER8K@revere.dol.state.nj.us> References: <0IO900AJX6ER8K@revere.dol.state.nj.us>
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Bob Middaugh wrote: > On Behalf Of Wayne Witzke > >>Ugo Bellavance wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>> >>> I tried installing 5.4 on my Dell D800 laptop. After the > > first > >>>boot, my keyboard stopped working. I don't know what to do >> >>from now >> >>>or if it is even worth the effort. Should I try 6.0RC? >> >>I have 5.4 installed on a 2 year old Dell D800 laptop and so >>far everything works perfectly except for my CDROM (which I'm >>beginning to think is failing anyway). >> > > Hi Wayne, can you post your kernel config file, or tell us what > devices you're using for sound and the wireless nic? My wireless nic > is an Intel 2200BG, I don't know if they're the same for all D800's, > mine is only about a year old. Thanks, > Bob Well, my wireless nic is a DELL TrueMobile 1300 (it's a rebranded Broadcom card, I think), and the audio is a SigmaTel STAC9750/51 AC97 Codec. At least, that's what dmesg is telling me about my sound card, and since I'm listening to music right now I can only assume it's right. In order to get the audio working, I had to add the following line to /boot/loader.conf: snd_ich_load="YES" My wireless nic is an 802.11b/g card, and in order to get it to work, I had to go the Project Evil route. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html That gets the device up and running, but you also have to figure out what your ssid is and set that using ifconfig for ndis0. But, heh, but doing a quick search to find out where to specify ssid in configuration options to make it pick that up automatically on boot, I ran across this: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html I get the impression that you might want to try this first. It looks like it might be a bit more specific to your hardware. Hope this helps! Wayne
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