On 2012-07-04, mlambda <mlam...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sometimes the touchpad doesn't work (the two buttons work, but the > cursor doesn't move), unfortunately this doesn't seem to be reproducible > and can only be fixed by rebooting.
I suspect there is probably a timing issue with the hardware that we hit occasionally, I see it from time to time (though in the past I've hit it much more often). I often (but not always) find that suspending and resuming clears the problem, this is easier to do if you set machdep.lidsuspend=1 in sysctl.conf. > Is the ath driver supposed to work with this chipset? If I try > connecting to a network I get the following error in dmesg: > ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3523306684 > ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 4120431260 Unfortunately ath(4) only supports really old cards, there were some attempts at improving this but no completed work. There's no BIOS vendor-lock like on some laptops, so it's fairly easy to find a replacement card if you want something internal (otherwise there are some very small USB adapters). For internal replacements I would suggest ral(4) if you can get hold of one, failing that it should be easy to find a second-hand wpi(4). N.B. you would need a MiniPCIE card, not MiniPCI.
