Re: wrong Xircom card??
On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 02:14:21PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 09:54:04PM +0100, Scott Mitchell wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 10:34:31AM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 05:59:19PM +0100, Scott Mitchell wrote: > > > > What exact Xircom card is this? The xe driver only knows about the older > > > > Xircom PCMCIA cards. Some of their CardBus adapters are (I believe) > > > > handled by the dc driver. > > > > > > > I have the Xircom Ethernet II 10/100 CBE2-100 (IIRC); someone > > > on the -mobile list said that only 5.X recognizes this card. > > > [ ... ] > > Yeah, that's a CardBus card that will only work with 5.x - there's no > > CardBus support whatsoever in 4.x. > > > > You seem to be getting some good pointers in another thread to PCMCIA > > adapters that should work with your machine. If you can find them, the > > Xircom CE3 or CEM56 / REM56 work pretty well. Most other Xircom cards > > don't work well on 4.x, and this is unlikely to be fixed, at least not by > > me. > > > [ ... ] > There was some complaint (along with the trap/panic) about > "Cardbus" along with an address that I could not copy. > But if the Xircom card isn't broken, I should be able to > configure it in /etc/rc.conf later. I didn't see any > PCMCIA menus in /stand/sysinstall. > Latest discoveries are that with the Xircom Ethernet II well seated, upon reboot, the kernel panics when it sees the card. It's a new card, so guessing it is a driver problem. Time to look for a new card. Inthe KERNEL config files does anybody have any experience with: ex # Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 and Pro/10+ ep # Etherlink III based cards fe # Fujitsu MB8696x based cards ie # EtherExpress 8/16, 3C507, StarLAN 10 lnc # NE2100, NE32-VL Lance Ethernet cards or am I looking in the wrong place? gary Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: wrong Xircom card??
On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 09:54:04PM +0100, Scott Mitchell wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 10:34:31AM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 05:59:19PM +0100, Scott Mitchell wrote:
> > > What exact Xircom card is this? The xe driver only knows about the older
> > > Xircom PCMCIA cards. Some of their CardBus adapters are (I believe)
> > > handled by the dc driver.
> > >
> > I have the Xircom Ethernet II 10/100 CBE2-100 (IIRC); someone
> > on the -mobile list said that only 5.X recognizes this card.
> >
> > Both a floppy install of 5.2.1 and a CDROM 5.2.1 recognize
> > the Cardbus; but both poison almost immediately. --So, for now,
> > I'm sticking with 4.8 and looking for a PCMCIA card that
> > works with 4.8.
> >
> > gary
>
> Yeah, that's a CardBus card that will only work with 5.x - there's no
> CardBus support whatsoever in 4.x.
>
> You seem to be getting some good pointers in another thread to PCMCIA
> adapters that should work with your machine. If you can find them, the
> Xircom CE3 or CEM56 / REM56 work pretty well. Most other Xircom cards
> don't work well on 4.x, and this is unlikely to be fixed, at least not by
> me.
>
Nor me! (I am going towrite keyboard-click code so that I
miss fewer keystrokes, but as for Real-Drivers{TM}. I'll pass.)
So new delevopments that might be helpful to others on-list
and as green as I am to laptops:: the 5.2.1R CDROM works--
it boots fully--but iff the Xircom card is missing. If this
is not how things should work, I'd like to hear. On the 4.8
floppies was some blurb hat the PCMCIA cards were not
hot-swappable... .
There was some complaint (along with the trap/panic) about
"Cardbus" along with an address that I could not copy.
But if the Xircom card isn't broken, I should be able to
configure it in /etc/rc.conf later. I didn't see any
PCMCIA menus in /stand/sysinstall.
Nutshell: 5.2 is being installed
thanks everybody,
gary
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Re: wrong Xircom card??
On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 10:34:31AM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 05:59:19PM +0100, Scott Mitchell wrote: > > What exact Xircom card is this? The xe driver only knows about the older > > Xircom PCMCIA cards. Some of their CardBus adapters are (I believe) > > handled by the dc driver. > > > I have the Xircom Ethernet II 10/100 CBE2-100 (IIRC); someone > on the -mobile list said that only 5.X recognizes this card. > > Both a floppy install of 5.2.1 and a CDROM 5.2.1 recognize > the Cardbus; but both poison almost immediately. --So, for now, > I'm sticking with 4.8 and looking for a PCMCIA card that > works with 4.8. > > gary Yeah, that's a CardBus card that will only work with 5.x - there's no CardBus support whatsoever in 4.x. You seem to be getting some good pointers in another thread to PCMCIA adapters that should work with your machine. If you can find them, the Xircom CE3 or CEM56 / REM56 work pretty well. Most other Xircom cards don't work well on 4.x, and this is unlikely to be fixed, at least not by me. Cheers, Scott -- === Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott at fishballoon.org | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: wrong Xircom card??
On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 05:59:19PM +0100, Scott Mitchell wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 05:55:51PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> >
> > To reply to my last post: no joy. I tried no kernel config,
> > just selected irq3 and the Default card addr of 0x.
> > The installation floppies recognized the card and said it
> > was initializing things, but same results: I would up
> > with only slip and ppp choices.
> >
> > I tried the full-screen intall option next. Xircon ("xe")
> > was't among the drivers in the Network list. Is there a
> > way of installing the xe driver from floppy?
>
> What exact Xircom card is this? The xe driver only knows about the older
> Xircom PCMCIA cards. Some of their CardBus adapters are (I believe)
> handled by the dc driver.
>
I have the Xircom Ethernet II 10/100 CBE2-100 (IIRC); someone
on the -mobile list said that only 5.X recognizes this card.
Both a floppy install of 5.2.1 and a CDROM 5.2.1 recognize
the Cardbus; but both poison almost immediately. --So, for now,
I'm sticking with 4.8 and looking for a PCMCIA card that
works with 4.8.
gary
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Re: wrong Xircom card??
On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 05:55:51PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
>
> To reply to my last post: no joy. I tried no kernel config,
> just selected irq3 and the Default card addr of 0x.
> The installation floppies recognized the card and said it
> was initializing things, but same results: I would up
> with only slip and ppp choices.
>
> I tried the full-screen intall option next. Xircon ("xe")
> was't among the drivers in the Network list. Is there a
> way of installing the xe driver from floppy?
What exact Xircom card is this? The xe driver only knows about the older
Xircom PCMCIA cards. Some of their CardBus adapters are (I believe)
handled by the dc driver.
Scott
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Re: wrong Xircom card??
On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 04:05:18PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 04:56:00PM -0500, Hauan, David wrote:
> >
> >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Gary Kline [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 1:46 PM
> > > To: Wojciech Puchar
> > > Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List
> > > Subject: Re: wrong Xircom card??
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 10:16:58PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> > > > > I'm trying a net/ftp install of 4.8 on my Thinkpad. The
> > > > > laptop didn't come with a builtin NIC so I bought a
> > > > > Xircom 10/100 card. (I'm using the IBM UBS to CAT5 connector.)
> > > > > The floppy install puts up /stand/sysinstall nicely, but when
> > > > > I goto the network sections I eventually see only SLIP or PPP
> > > > > as options.
> > > > >
> > > > install kernel just didn't load this driver.
> > > >
> > > > i'm not sure now, but when booting in boot menu there is option for
> > > > booting with PCMCIA support, but it's not default choice
> > >
> > >
> > > there was one screen that mentioned the cards. gave 4
> > > address ranges for the card; i toook the default of 0x.
> > >
> > > anybody else on-list have the xircom card working? i'd
> > > be only too pleased if i'm missing some magic incantation
> > > rather than having bought the wrong card...
> > >
> > > thanks, and if anyone else has insights, i'd be much obliged
> > > to hear!
> > >
> > > gary
> > Do as above and select irq 3 from the
> > next screen. That worked for my wireless
> > card.
> >
>
> will try, thanks. i believe i chose irq 11.
>
To reply to my last post: no joy. I tried no kernel config,
just selected irq3 and the Default card addr of 0x.
The installation floppies recognized the card and said it
was initializing things, but same results: I would up
with only slip and ppp choices.
I tried the full-screen intall option next. Xircon ("xe")
was't among the drivers in the Network list. Is there a
way of installing the xe driver from floppy?
Or... ?
thanks,
gary
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Re: wrong Xircom card??
On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 04:56:00PM -0500, Hauan, David wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Gary Kline [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 1:46 PM > > To: Wojciech Puchar > > Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List > > Subject: Re: wrong Xircom card?? > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 10:16:58PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > > > I'm trying a net/ftp install of 4.8 on my Thinkpad. The > > > > laptop didn't come with a builtin NIC so I bought a > > > > Xircom 10/100 card. (I'm using the IBM UBS to CAT5 connector.) > > > > The floppy install puts up /stand/sysinstall nicely, but when > > > > I goto the network sections I eventually see only SLIP or PPP > > > > as options. > > > > > > > install kernel just didn't load this driver. > > > > > > i'm not sure now, but when booting in boot menu there is option for > > > booting with PCMCIA support, but it's not default choice > > > > > > there was one screen that mentioned the cards. gave 4 > > address ranges for the card; i toook the default of 0x. > > > > anybody else on-list have the xircom card working? i'd > > be only too pleased if i'm missing some magic incantation > > rather than having bought the wrong card... > > > > thanks, and if anyone else has insights, i'd be much obliged > > to hear! > > > > gary > Do as above and select irq 3 from the > next screen. That worked for my wireless > card. > will try, thanks. i believe i chose irq 11. gary > -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: wrong Xircom card??
> -Original Message- > From: Gary Kline [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 1:46 PM > To: Wojciech Puchar > Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List > Subject: Re: wrong Xircom card?? > > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 10:16:58PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > > I'm trying a net/ftp install of 4.8 on my Thinkpad. The > > > laptop didn't come with a builtin NIC so I bought a > > > Xircom 10/100 card. (I'm using the IBM UBS to CAT5 connector.) > > > The floppy install puts up /stand/sysinstall nicely, but when > > > I goto the network sections I eventually see only SLIP or PPP > > > as options. > > > > > install kernel just didn't load this driver. > > > > i'm not sure now, but when booting in boot menu there is option for > > booting with PCMCIA support, but it's not default choice > > > there was one screen that mentioned the cards. gave 4 > address ranges for the card; i toook the default of 0x. > > anybody else on-list have the xircom card working? i'd > be only too pleased if i'm missing some magic incantation > rather than having bought the wrong card... > > thanks, and if anyone else has insights, i'd be much obliged > to hear! > > gary Do as above and select irq 3 from the next screen. That worked for my wireless card. dave ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: wrong Xircom card??
On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 10:16:58PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > I'm trying a net/ftp install of 4.8 on my Thinkpad. The > > laptop didn't come with a builtin NIC so I bought a > > Xircom 10/100 card. (I'm using the IBM UBS to CAT5 connector.) > > The floppy install puts up /stand/sysinstall nicely, but when > > I goto the network sections I eventually see only SLIP or PPP > > as options. > > > install kernel just didn't load this driver. > > i'm not sure now, but when booting in boot menu there is option for > booting with PCMCIA support, but it's not default choice there was one screen that mentioned the cards. gave 4 address ranges for the card; i toook the default of 0x. anybody else on-list have the xircom card working? i'd be only too pleased if i'm missing some magic incantation rather than having bought the wrong card... thanks, and if anyone else has insights, i'd be much obliged to hear! gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: wrong Xircom card??
> I'm trying a net/ftp install of 4.8 on my Thinkpad. The > laptop didn't come with a builtin NIC so I bought a > Xircom 10/100 card. (I'm using the IBM UBS to CAT5 connector.) > The floppy install puts up /stand/sysinstall nicely, but when > I goto the network sections I eventually see only SLIP or PPP > as options. > install kernel just didn't load this driver. i'm not sure now, but when booting in boot menu there is option for booting with PCMCIA support, but it's not default choice ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
