> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew L. Gould [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 8:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Maksym Marchenko > Subject: Re: ORiNOCO Wireless - troubles > > > On Wednesday 21 July 2004 10:27 am, Maksym Marchenko wrote: > > Andrew L. Gould wrote: > > > On Wednesday 21 July 2004 08:39 am, Maksym Marchenko wrote: > > >>Hi! > > >> > > >> > > >>I have a Siemens 510 laptop with 128 MB RAM and 4GB HDD. > > >>It has no Network card onboard. So I have only wireless pccard > > >>ORiNOCO Silver. > > >>I had before Intel Wireless/PRO 2011B. This one was bad (for > > >> FreeBSD) Now I have ORiNOCO, but I can't make it working. > > >>It works in Linux, but I want FreeBSD. > > >>I have compile new kernel, but it says: > > >>CIS is too long - truncating! > > >>pccard0: Card has no functions! > > >>cbb0: PC Card card activation failed > > >> > > >>Can anybody say, what must I doing? > > >> > > >>Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Look for information regarding your laptop brand/model, or similar > > > models, at: > > > > > > http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/ > > > > > > What version of FreeBSD are you running? I'm not > familiar with the > > > laptop; but FreeBSD 5.* has problems with many of the older pcmcia > > > slots. If you're running FreeBSD 5.*, consider: > > > > > > 1. recompiling the kernel using the OLDCARD kernel configuration > > > file. 2. If ACPI is enabled, try booting with it > disabled. (If it's > > > disabled, try booting with it enabled.) > > > 3. You might also consider changing to FreeBSD 4.10, the > production > > > version of FreeBSD. > > > > I was already at http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/ > > > > I'm running 5.2 , I had 4.9, bat it was the same trouble. > > May be 4.10 is better that way ... > > > > I've not found a reference about including OLDCARD during kernel > > compiling. How can I do that? > > If I'm reading OLDCARD correctly, it references GENERIC; so if you're > still using a GENERIC kernel, you can: > > #unless you're the only user on a standalone pc, boot > into single user > #login as root > cd /usr/src > make clean > make buildkernel KERNCONF=OLDCARD > make installkernel KERNCONF=OLDCARD > shutdown -r now > >
I am running an orinoco silver on a hp omnibook 800ct Durning install, when pccard is enabled choose the default address range, then select irq 3 and the card should be recognized. Mind you this is on 4.9-Release. Works very nicely for me. btw I had to give ssid to ifconfig extras. dave _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
