On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote: > 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.
This card, for example, works beautifully with OpenBSD: http://www.computeruniverse.net/products/e90335991/delock-industry-wlan-minipci-modul-2t3r.asp I'm not affiliated in any way with DeLOCK or computeruniverse, I'm just a happy customer. ciao, David
