Re: what do I do when a new piece of hardware doesn't even show up in dmesg?
You need to make certain all the necessary modules for your card are loaded. Try 'kldload ath' and then put the card in and see if that does anything. Also, use 'pciconf -lv' to confirm what the card is detected as. See the handbook on wireless configuration if that works. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what do I do when a new piece of hardware doesn't even show up in dmesg?
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Steve Franks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:32 AM, David Gurvich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You need to make certain all the necessary modules for your card are loaded. Try 'kldload ath' and then put the card in and see if that does anything. Also, use 'pciconf -lv' to confirm what the card is detected as. See the handbook on wireless configuration if that works. It also fails to show up in pciconf -lv, but then, the compact flash card doesn't show up there either and it works fine. 7.0 loads if_ath and ath_hal by default. Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what do I do when a new piece of hardware doesn't even show up in dmesg?
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:56 AM, David Gurvich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some atheros cards are not supported. Is there any error message? What is the card actually called? No error messages to speak of. It's like it's not there. It works fine in all my older laptops as ath0, I should have mentioned earlier. Really hating having bought a compaq. Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what do I do when a new piece of hardware doesn't even show up in dmesg?
No error messages to speak of. It's like it's not there. It works fine in all my older laptops as ath0, I should have mentioned earlier. Really hating having bought a compaq. does your PCMICA slot even work in FreeBSD, I have a Lenovo Notebook that it doesn;t even work. maybe try sending a Full dmesg if you could. Sam Fourman Jr. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what do I do when a new piece of hardware doesn't even show up in dmesg?
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Steve Franks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only stumbling block to ditching windows on my laptop is a network card. I have a vanilla ath card that works fine under win32 and fedora, as well as a lucent-branded wi card. Neither even appears in dmesg when I put it in pccard0/cbb0. If I stick a compact flash card in an adapter, however, it looks to work (haven't tried mounting it). Anyway, how do I even start to debug this, since I have no output? I notice one of the lights on the card flashes when I plug it in, but that could just be part of it's power-up process... Eventually, I plan to hack my bios to get a unsupported network card to run without locking up the bios boot process, but from what I've read, that's alot of work... Thanks, Steve Have you checked the Hardware Notes for the version of FreeBSD that you're running? You can find links to the current versions' notes at: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/ That might give you some indication of whether the item is supported and whether there is a kernel module that you need to load. Best of luck, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what do I do when a new piece of hardware doesn't even show up in dmesg?
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Sam Fourman Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No error messages to speak of. It's like it's not there. It works fine in all my older laptops as ath0, I should have mentioned earlier. Really hating having bought a compaq. does your PCMICA slot even work in FreeBSD, I have a Lenovo Notebook that it doesn;t even work. maybe try sending a Full dmesg if you could. Sam Fourman Jr. Slot seems to work with a compact-flash adapter. dmesg looks normal if you stick in a compact flash. There is no dmesg output whatsoever when you put in a network card. I would assume HP put some nifty code in the bios to disable it, except it works under win32 fedora. Since there's no NIC, I'm not enclosing a dmesg. Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
