Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 23:14:06 +0200 From: Maksym Marchenko <marchenk@in.tum.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ORiNOCO Wireless - troubles Message-ID: <opsbj49shcodrt25@mail.in.tum.de> In-Reply-To: <200407211329.33586.algould@datawok.com> References: <40FE7221.6050002@in.tum.de> <200407211053.45739.algould@datawok.com> <opsbjvsmfbodrt25@mail.in.tum.de> <200407211329.33586.algould@datawok.com>
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On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:29:33 -0500, Andrew L. Gould <algould@datawok.com> wrote: > On Thursday 22 July 2004 12:49 pm, Maksym Marchenko wrote: >> On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:53:45 -0500, Andrew L. Gould >> <algould@datawok.com> >> >> wrote: >> > On Wednesday 21 July 2004 10:27 am, Maksym Marchenko wrote: >> >> Andrew L. Gould wrote: >> >> > On Wednesday 21 July 2004 08:39 am, Maksym Marchenko wrote: >> >> >>Hi! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>I have a Siemens 510 laptop with 128 MB RAM and 4GB HDD. >> >> >>It has no Network card onboard. So I have only wireless pccard >> >> >>ORiNOCO Silver. >> >> >>I had before Intel Wireless/PRO 2011B. This one was bad (for >> >> >> FreeBSD) Now I have ORiNOCO, but I can't make it working. >> >> >>It works in Linux, but I want FreeBSD. >> >> >>I have compile new kernel, but it says: >> >> >>CIS is too long - truncating! >> >> >>pccard0: Card has no functions! >> >> >>cbb0: PC Card card activation failed >> >> >> >> >> >>Can anybody say, what must I doing? >> >> >> >> >> >>Thanks in advance. >> >> > >> >> > Look for information regarding your laptop brand/model, or >> >> > similar models, at: >> >> > >> >> > http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/ >> >> > >> >> > What version of FreeBSD are you running? I'm not familiar with >> >> > the laptop; but FreeBSD 5.* has problems with many of the older >> >> > pcmcia slots. If you're running FreeBSD 5.*, consider: >> >> > >> >> > 1. recompiling the kernel using the OLDCARD kernel configuration >> >> > file. 2. If ACPI is enabled, try booting with it disabled. (If >> >> > it's disabled, try booting with it enabled.) >> >> > 3. You might also consider changing to FreeBSD 4.10, the >> >> > production version of FreeBSD. >> >> >> >> I was already at http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/ >> >> >> >> I'm running 5.2 , I had 4.9, bat it was the same trouble. >> >> May be 4.10 is better that way ... >> >> >> >> I've not found a reference about including OLDCARD during kernel >> >> compiling. How can I do that? >> > >> > If I'm reading OLDCARD correctly, it references GENERIC; so if >> > you're still using a GENERIC kernel, you can: >> > >> > #unless you're the only user on a standalone pc, boot into single >> > user #login as root >> > cd /usr/src >> > make clean >> > make buildkernel KERNCONF=OLDCARD >> > make installkernel KERNCONF=OLDCARD >> > shutdown -r now >> >> That is wrote in FreeBSD Handbook: >> Procedure 2. Building a Kernel the ``New'' Way >> >> Change to the /usr/src directory. >> # cd /usr/src >> Compile the kernel. >> # make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL >> Install the new kernel. >> # make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL >> >> But I don't know, because elder OLDCARD was bigger, actually that >> was like GENERIC. But in 5.2 he isn't so big, only 17 lines >> >> http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/source/i386/conf/OLDCARD?v=RELENG52 >> >> So I don't know, can I really do this with that new OLDCARD??? > > I think so. Look for a line in OLDCARD that says: > > include GENERIC > > If you 'make buildkernel' and it finishes successfully, you probably > have a good kernel. If it errors out, don't install it -- do a 'make > clean' instead. Thanks for help. ACPI mode - it says: WARNING:Driver mistake: repeat make_dev("ttyv0") panic: don't do that Single user mode - it says : don't know how to make buildkernel (I think - because I've installed kernel sources only (X-Kernel-Developer)) But now I tried it with 4.9 - and it works. But only with 4.9 With 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2 didn't. May be 5.2.1 will be better ... -- Отправлено M2, революционной почтовой программой Opera: http://www.opera.com/
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