Re: 5.4 on a Dell D800
Bob Middaugh wrote: On Behalf Of Wayne Witzke Ugo Bellavance wrote: Hi, I tried installing 5.4 on my Dell D800 laptop. After the first boot, my keyboard stopped working. I don't know what to do from now or if it is even worth the effort. Should I try 6.0RC? I have 5.4 installed on a 2 year old Dell D800 laptop and so far everything works perfectly except for my CDROM (which I'm beginning to think is failing anyway). Hi Wayne, can you post your kernel config file, or tell us what devices you're using for sound and the wireless nic? My wireless nic is an Intel 2200BG, I don't know if they're the same for all D800's, mine is only about a year old. Thanks, Bob Well, my wireless nic is a DELL TrueMobile 1300 (it's a rebranded Broadcom card, I think), and the audio is a SigmaTel STAC9750/51 AC97 Codec. At least, that's what dmesg is telling me about my sound card, and since I'm listening to music right now I can only assume it's right. In order to get the audio working, I had to add the following line to /boot/loader.conf: snd_ich_load=YES My wireless nic is an 802.11b/g card, and in order to get it to work, I had to go the Project Evil route. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html That gets the device up and running, but you also have to figure out what your ssid is and set that using ifconfig for ndis0. But, heh, but doing a quick search to find out where to specify ssid in configuration options to make it pick that up automatically on boot, I ran across this: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html I get the impression that you might want to try this first. It looks like it might be a bit more specific to your hardware. Hope this helps! Wayne ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
5.4 on a Dell D800
Hi, I tried installing 5.4 on my Dell D800 laptop. After the first boot, my keyboard stopped working. I don't know what to do from now or if it is even worth the effort. Should I try 6.0RC? Regards, -- Ugo - Please don't send a copy of your reply by e-mail. I read the list. - Please avoid top-posting, long signatures and HTML, and cut the irrelevant parts in your replies. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 5.4 on a Dell D800
On Wednesday 12 October 2005 15:44, Ugo Bellavance wrote: Hi, I tried installing 5.4 on my Dell D800 laptop. After the first boot, my keyboard stopped working. I don't know what to do from now or if it is even worth the effort. Should I try 6.0RC? On the FreeBSD Laptop Comptibility list, http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/, there are a few entries on the D800. Maybe there is something useful there? Good luck, Jaap Boender ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: 5.4 on a Dell D800
On Behalf Of Ugo Bellavance Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:44 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 5.4 on a Dell D800 Hi, I tried installing 5.4 on my Dell D800 laptop. After the first boot, my keyboard stopped working. I don't know what to do from now or if it is even worth the effort. Should I try 6.0RC? Regards, -- Ugo Hi Ugo, I have 5.4 on my D800 right now. The only thing I can relate is that under WinXP right now, my cursor wanders the screen uncontrollably when I use the keyboard. I haven't tried to get the wireless nic, firewire or sound working, but everything else is fine, afaik. In fact, the resolution and display of my Gnome desktop is better than it is under WinXP...I don't have to squint to see everything. Good luck, Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 5.4 on a Dell D800
Ugo Bellavance wrote: Hi, I tried installing 5.4 on my Dell D800 laptop. After the first boot, my keyboard stopped working. I don't know what to do from now or if it is even worth the effort. Should I try 6.0RC? Regards, I have 5.4 installed on a 2 year old Dell D800 laptop and so far everything works perfectly except for my CDROM (which I'm beginning to think is failing anyway). You might want to check the boot messages and see what keyboard drivers it's loading, or connecting an external keyboard and seeing if that works. Wayne ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: 5.4 on a Dell D800
On Behalf Of Wayne Witzke Ugo Bellavance wrote: Hi, I tried installing 5.4 on my Dell D800 laptop. After the first boot, my keyboard stopped working. I don't know what to do from now or if it is even worth the effort. Should I try 6.0RC? Regards, I have 5.4 installed on a 2 year old Dell D800 laptop and so far everything works perfectly except for my CDROM (which I'm beginning to think is failing anyway). You might want to check the boot messages and see what keyboard drivers it's loading, or connecting an external keyboard and seeing if that works. Wayne Hi Wayne, can you post your kernel config file, or tell us what devices you're using for sound and the wireless nic? My wireless nic is an Intel 2200BG, I don't know if they're the same for all D800's, mine is only about a year old. Thanks, Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
