Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:09:22 +1000 From: Timothy Smith <timothy@open-networks.net> To: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3 doesn't detect wireless card dwl g520 Message-ID: <4293A612.7000502@open-networks.net> In-Reply-To: <200505240952.17605.algould@datawok.com> References: <4292DCBD.5020904@open-networks.net> <200505240817.47562.algould@datawok.com> <42933168.5060504@open-networks.net> <200505240952.17605.algould@datawok.com>
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Andrew L. Gould wrote: >On Tuesday 24 May 2005 08:51 am, Timothy Smith wrote: > > >>Andrew L. Gould wrote: >> >> >>>On Tuesday 24 May 2005 06:59 am, Timothy Smith wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Andrew L. Gould wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>On Tuesday 24 May 2005 02:50 am, Timothy Smith wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>is there something extra i can do to force it to load this card? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>What do you mean by "extra"? What have you done so far? >>>>> >>>>>Have you recompiled the kernel with device lines for ath and >>>>>ath_hal? >>>>> >>>>>Andrew Gould >>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>i tried compiling it with ath and ath_hal, but it totally freaks >>>>out on make. error on apci (i thought that stuff was disabled in >>>>generic?) >>>> >>>> >>>What version of FreeBSD are you using? Note that the atheros >>>chipset is only supported by FreeBSD 5*. >>> >>>If apci is incompatible with your hardware, you may have to disable >>>it and revert back to apm (or neither). >>> >>>Andrew Gould >>> >>> >>it's 5.3 release, >>apci and apm are disabled in generic (which i copied). >>i added the lines device ath and device ath_hal >> >>i get the error >> >> "internal compiler error: segmentation fault" >>stop in /usr/src/sys/modules/ctau >> >>sorry i can't provide any kind of dump. wifi is this machines only >>option for networking :/ should i just give up or is there a glimmer >>of hope i might get this to work? >> >> > >Since I had a version B of the same wireless PCI card working in 5.3, I >wouldn't give up. I would, however, update the system using cvsup in >case something is missing/corrupted in the source code. > >(Also check the version of the PCI card. Is it version B?) > >Best of luck, > >Andrew Gould > > > yeah thats the bugger of a thing, it has no network access to update via cvsup, i have to d/l latest i think and try again. can i load kernel modules any other way besides compiling them in?
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