I was disappointed to find the (admittedly cheap) adapter I bought for this gifted Acer AspireOne didn't work. I already new the on-board wireless chipset wasn't going to work, and I saw this review: http://www.amazon.com/review/R20NYPJH13BJ8X for a USB wireless adapter.
See the last lines of the dmesg below. Also, attempts to set the nwid and then use dhclient just give me a "no link" message. -- devin OpenBSD 5.3-current (GENERIC) #0: Sun Mar 3 22:47:56 EST 2013 r...@atom.nacredata.net:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC RTC BIOS diagnostic error 80<clock_battery> cpu0: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.60 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,EST,TM2,SSSE3,xTPR,PDCM,MOVBE,LAHF,PERF real mem = 1062227968 (1013MB) avail mem = 1033887744 (985MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 02/20/09, SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe7fc0 (29 entries) bios0: vendor Acer version "V1.05" date 02/20/2009 bios0: Acer Aspire one acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 acpi0: sleep states S3 S4 S5 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SSDT HPET APIC MCFG ASF! SLIC BOOT acpi0: wakeup devices UHC1(S3) UHC2(S3) UHC3(S3) UHC4(S3) ECHI(S3) EXP1(S4) EXP2(S4) EXP3(S4) EXP4(S4) AZAL(S0) MODM(S0) acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: apic clock running at 133MHz cpu at mainbus0: not configured ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 4 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apid 4 acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xe0000000, bus 0-255 acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 1 (EXP1) acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 2 (EXP2) acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 3 (EXP3) acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (EXP4) acpiec0 at acpi0 acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3, C2, C1, PSS acpipwrres0 at acpi0: FN00 acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature is 100 degC acpibtn0 at acpi0: PWRB acpibtn1 at acpi0: LID0 acpibtn2 at acpi0: SLPB acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 model "GC86508SM60 " type Lion oem "Simplo " acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online acpivideo0 at acpi0: OVGA bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xec00! 0xcf000/0x1000 cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 1597 MHz: speeds: 1600, 1333, 1066, 800 MHz pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82945GME Host" rev 0x03 vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82945GME Video" rev 0x03 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) intagp0 at vga1 agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0x40000000, size 0x10000000 inteldrm0 at vga1: apic 4 int 16 drm0 at inteldrm0 "Intel 82945GM Video" rev 0x03 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 not configured azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 82801GB HD Audio" rev 0x02: msi azalia0: codecs: Realtek ALC272 audio0 at azalia0 ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 16 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 ath0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros AR5424" rev 0x01: apic 4 int 16 ath0: AR5424 14.2 phy 7.0 rf 0.0, WOR5_ETSIC, address 00:24:2b:83:3f:58 ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 17 pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 2 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 18 pci3 at ppb2 bus 3 ale0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "Attansic Technology L1E" rev 0xb0: AR8113, msi, address 00:23:5a:49:56:12 atphy0 at ale0 phy 0: F1 10/100/1000 PHY, rev. 9 uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 16 uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 17 uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 18 uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 3 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 19 ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 16 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb3 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xe2 pci4 at ppb3 bus 4 ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801GBM LPC" rev 0x02: PM disabled pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801GB IDE" rev 0x02: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility pciide0: channel 0 disabled (no drives) pciide0: channel 1 ignored (disabled) ahci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801GBM AHCI" rev 0x02: msi, AHCI 1.1 ahci0: PHY offline on port 2 scsibus0 at ahci0: 32 targets sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, FUJITSU MHZ2160B, 0081> SCSI3 0/direct fixed naa.500000e0441acc03 sd0: 152627MB, 512 bytes/sector, 312581808 sectors ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801GB SMBus" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 17 iic0 at ichiic0 spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-5300CL5 SO-DIMM usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb3 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb4 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0 uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 isa0 at ichpcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 pms0: Synaptics touchpad, firmware 7.2 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support uvideo0 at uhub0 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Sonix Technology Co., Ltd. WebCam" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 2 video0 at uvideo0 vscsi0 at root scsibus1 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus2 at softraid0: 256 targets root on sd0a (6a654ace1854b106.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b WARNING: / was not properly unmounted rsu0 at uhub0 port 3 "Manufacturer Realtek RTL8191S WLAN Adapter" rev 2.00/2.00 addr 3 rsu0: MAC/BB RTL8712 cut 3, address 00:02:72:3b:d7:d9 rsu0 detached rsu0 at uhub0 port 1 "Manufacturer Realtek RTL8191S WLAN Adapter" rev 2.00/2.00 addr 3 rsu0: MAC/BB RTL8712 cut 3, address 00:02:72:3b:d7:d9 rsu0: failed loadfirmware of file rsu-rtl8712fw (error 2) rsu0: failed loadfirmware of file rsu-rtl8712fw (error 2) syncing disks... OpenBSD 5.3-current (GENERIC) #0: Sun Mar 3 22:47:56 EST 2013 r...@atom.nacredata.net:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC RTC BIOS diagnostic error 80<clock_battery> cpu0: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.60 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,EST,TM2,SSSE3,xTPR,PDCM,MOVBE,LAHF,PERF real mem = 1062227968 (1013MB) avail mem = 1033887744 (985MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 02/20/09, SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe7fc0 (29 entries) bios0: vendor Acer version "V1.05" date 02/20/2009 bios0: Acer Aspire one acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 acpi0: sleep states S3 S4 S5 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SSDT HPET APIC MCFG ASF! SLIC BOOT acpi0: wakeup devices UHC1(S3) UHC2(S3) UHC3(S3) UHC4(S3) ECHI(S3) EXP1(S4) EXP2(S4) EXP3(S4) EXP4(S4) AZAL(S0) MODM(S0) acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: apic clock running at 132MHz cpu at mainbus0: not configured ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 4 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apid 4 acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xe0000000, bus 0-255 acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 1 (EXP1) acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 2 (EXP2) acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 3 (EXP3) acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (EXP4) acpiec0 at acpi0 acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3, C2, C1, PSS acpipwrres0 at acpi0: FN00 acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature is 100 degC acpibtn0 at acpi0: PWRB acpibtn1 at acpi0: LID0 acpibtn2 at acpi0: SLPB acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 model "GC86508SM60 " type Lion oem "Simplo " acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit offline acpivideo0 at acpi0: OVGA bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xec00! 0xcf000/0x1000 cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 1597 MHz: speeds: 1600, 1333, 1066, 800 MHz pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82945GME Host" rev 0x03 vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82945GME Video" rev 0x03 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) intagp0 at vga1 agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0x40000000, size 0x10000000 inteldrm0 at vga1: apic 4 int 16 drm0 at inteldrm0 "Intel 82945GM Video" rev 0x03 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 not configured azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 82801GB HD Audio" rev 0x02: msi azalia0: codecs: Realtek ALC272 audio0 at azalia0 ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 16 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 ath0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros AR5424" rev 0x01: apic 4 int 16 ath0: AR5424 14.2 phy 7.0 rf 0.0, WOR5_ETSIC, address 00:24:2b:83:3f:58 ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 17 pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 2 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 18 pci3 at ppb2 bus 3 ale0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "Attansic Technology L1E" rev 0xb0: AR8113, msi, address 00:23:5a:49:56:12 atphy0 at ale0 phy 0: F1 10/100/1000 PHY, rev. 9 uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 16 uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 17 uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 18 uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 3 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 19 ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 16 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb3 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xe2 pci4 at ppb3 bus 4 ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801GBM LPC" rev 0x02: PM disabled pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801GB IDE" rev 0x02: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility pciide0: channel 0 disabled (no drives) pciide0: channel 1 ignored (disabled) ahci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801GBM AHCI" rev 0x02: msi, AHCI 1.1 ahci0: PHY offline on port 2 scsibus0 at ahci0: 32 targets sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, FUJITSU MHZ2160B, 0081> SCSI3 0/direct fixed naa.500000e0441acc03 sd0: 152627MB, 512 bytes/sector, 312581808 sectors ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801GB SMBus" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 17 iic0 at ichiic0 spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-5300CL5 SO-DIMM usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb3 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb4 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0 uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 isa0 at ichpcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 pms0: Synaptics touchpad, firmware 7.2 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support rsu0 at uhub0 port 1 "Manufacturer Realtek RTL8191S WLAN Adapter" rev 2.00/2.00 addr 2 rsu0: MAC/BB RTL8712 cut 3, address 00:02:72:3b:d7:d9 uvideo0 at uhub0 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Sonix Technology Co., Ltd. WebCam" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 3 video0 at uvideo0 vscsi0 at root scsibus1 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus2 at softraid0: 256 targets root on sd0a (6a654ace1854b106.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b rsu0: failed loadfirmware of file rsu-rtl8712fw (error 2) rsu0: failed loadfirmware of file rsu-rtl8712fw (error 2) rsu0: failed loadfirmware of file rsu-rtl8712fw (error 2) -- Devin M. Ceartas, owner NacreData L.L.C. nacred...@gmail.com i...@nacredata.com (919) 442-8899 AIM: nacredata skype IM: nacredata