Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 19:52:07 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "Thomas Vestergaard" <veedub@post6.tele.dk> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pcmcia problems. Message-ID: <200103230352.f2N3q7c09818@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 22 Mar 2001 18:38:52 %2B0100." <000801c0b2f6$f9092940$1032a8c0@main>
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Thomas, First, I use FreeBSD on my laptop and desktop (as well as some servers) and I'm quite happy with it for all of these. Linux does have some advantages, though. PC-card support is certainly one of these. But I prefer FreeBSD overall by a fairly wide margin and PC-card support should be MUCH better in V5. (It's being totally re-written.) If it means anything, I regularly attend North American Network Operators meetings. The attendees are typically network engineers from many of the larger network providers around the world. (Yes, I know Nor5th American implies a less international group, but it's open to all.) FreeBSD is run by a LARGE percentage of those in attendance on their laptops. Probably second to Windows. To fix the problem of the card not configuring in time, add the line: pccardd_flags="-z" # Additional flags for pccardd. to your /etc/rc.conf file. But wait until you get it working before doing this. First, you must add the line: pccard_enable="YES" # Set to YES if you want to configure PCCARD devices. to /etc/rc.conf. Without that, pccards won't ever configure. The most common problem with PC-cards in FreeBSD is IRQ selection. The file /etc/defaults/pccard.con has a line hear the top that lists available IRQs. It's almost alway wrong. Create the file /etc/pccard.conf and copy that line into it. Then edit it to show only those IRQs that are really free on your system. You can use "dmesg | grep irq" to get an idea what is in use. Never use 2. My file contains: irq 7 8 9 The defaults of 3 and 5 are almost always taken. You should get a message that the card as been inserted followed in a few seconds with a message containing the name of the card. After a few more seconds it should be ready to go. (This is somewhat dependent on whether you use DHCP.) Hopefully this will get you running. If not, send back more information. I use a Xircom and am quite happy with it. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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