After looking around at what I have installed, I found some more info that may help. I apologize for more than one post, but I wanted to get this info up on the list. Below is all I have at this point and expect to have, unless asked for more details. Thanks for your help!
What follows is the jist of what I said in my last post. I have a new T400 Thinkpad with the following: (note that I've tried many other avenues to find an answer to my problems, including an experienced oBSD friend, who suggested I write this). 160GB HDD/7200RPM CD-RW/DVDCOM24X24X248XUSL EXPR.CARD SLOT/PCCARDSLOT THINKPAD 11B/G WLAN PCI 3 INTG.WIR.WIDENET UPGRAD. 4 CELL LI-ION BATERRY INT.CORE2DUOPROCP8600 1GBPC3-8500 1067MHZMEM 14.1"WXGA+,LEDB/L WWAN 11N LCDCOVBEZLEDB/L14.1"W/OCAM ODD SWFCD-RW/DVD/ROM,VISTA MT 7417 SYSTE. LABEL WWAN MISCP-WWAN READYFULL WLAN MISCP-1X2HALF(H2) ENERGY STAR 4.0 PACK INTEG.WLESSANTENNA:14.1" CLEAR PLATE T400WLAN+WWAN UWB MISC PARTS-NO CARD(H1 42V8012 VBB EXPRESSCARDSLOTNPCCARDSLOT INT GRAP.M.ACC.X4500FRULBL BASE 2ND TOUCH INTEGRATED NEW INT LBL 2008 CORE2 DUO GEO LABEL US, WLAN FCC-ID/LABEL FOR WWAN FCC, LABEL 14.1 W X G A +TFT INT.GRAPH.MEDIAACCELX4500 2GBPC3-8500 1067MHZ2DIMM KYB US ENGLISH ULTRNAV(TRACKP+TOUCHPAD) There are a couple of issues: These issues occur both when I install 4.3 and a snapshot of 4.4 (both amd64). I copied the .iso's using isorecorder2 on a machine running XP. I do have an "official" set of 4.3 disks coming soon. My machine came earlier and I couldn't wait . . . perhaps I should have. 1) My ethernet is not being recognized at install and it is not noted when I "ifconfig." It does recognise that I have a wireless card (ath0), but I can't configure it. 2) X fails to load (the screen flickers and then outs an error message talking about enough memory for my video card, among other things). I installed all sets and answered yes to the question about planning to run X. What follows is the NEW info. The dmesg is not completely empty/full of jiberish. There are a few hundred lines of 'M^\?', I hit page-down a few times and eventually reached stuff that made a bit more sense. The machine that has oBSD on it is not connected to the web, so I can't easily send the dmesg. However, there is no indication of ethernet recognition (something like em0). Also, on the dmesg are indications that many things are not configured. Things like: -- pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 vendor "Intel", unknown product -- vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 vendor "Intel", unknown product -- there are also a few "not configured" things Is there anything else that I should look for on the dmesg that may be helpful to you? Also, I've looked at the Xorg.0.log and there is an (EE) message that says that it's unable to locate/open config file and a (WW) message that says the "OS did not count PCI devices, guessing wildly." These seemed pretty important. There are a handful of other (EE) and (WW) messages as well. Thanks, again. -- www.nealhogan.net
