Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 23:51:36 +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: <42933168.5060504@open-networks.net> In-Reply-To: <200505240817.47562.algould@datawok.com> References: <4292DCBD.5020904@open-networks.net> <200505240324.01779.algould@datawok.com> <42931717.7040300@open-networks.net> <200505240817.47562.algould@datawok.com>
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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?
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