Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 08:13:37 +0200 (CEST) From: Gareth Williams <gareth@venditor.com> To: Jacob Rhoden <jacob@vicyouth.com> Cc: <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Toshiba Tecra 550CDT - PCCARD Message-ID: <20010514081302.U11010-100000@node0b2a.a2000.nl> In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.2.20010514153649.00a42d90@cybernex.net.au>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
This may sound a bit silly, but have you copied pccard.conf from /etc/defaults to /etc? On Mon, 14 May 2001, Jacob Rhoden wrote: > Hi, > > I have been using FreeBSD for a while now, and have just recently procured > a Toshiba Tecra 550CDT laptop, and would like to be able to network it. I > have installed FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE and have tried two different pcmcia > cards in it, my DLink 660DE and a Xircom CreditCard Ethernet+Modem card. > Both are listed in the supported hardware. > > When I boot with the DLink, the lights light up but they dont flash to > indicate network traffic (as it does when booted into windows) and using > the xircom, the lights don't flash at all. > > When I boot, FreeBSD recognises the pccard slots, and detects there is a > card. During boot, when it detects there is a card, it pauses for about 5 > seconds, but makes no sound. > > What do I need to do to make the card appear as a valid network interface? > When I do "ifconfig -a" it does not appear, and I have enabled pccard > support in rc.conf (well have put set the settings which I figure you need > to set, as I cant find any real help on the web about this) > > Thanks for your help in advance, > > Regards, > Jacob Rhoden. > > _______________________________________________________________ > "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord" (Joshua 24:15) > Jacob Rhoden - Communications Director - jj@cybernex.net.au > Victorian Seventh-Day Adventist Youth Department > Office: 9259 2101 Mobile: 0403 788 386 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20010514081302.U11010-100000>