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Date:      Mon, 18 Sep 2000 19:41:51 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Shaun <shaun@thecore.com>
To:        Charlie Schloemer <charlie@infoworks.net>
Cc:        Elitetek <freebsd@tekrealm.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 4.1r laptop Configuration
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10009181940330.19520-100000@thecore.com>
In-Reply-To: <200009181928.OAA24480@smtp.intop.net>

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Isn't the rc.conf parameter "pccard_ifconfig" not "pcmcia_ifconfig"?

On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Charlie Schloemer wrote:
> On 18 Sep 00, at 0:03, Elitetek wrote:
> 
> > has anyone had any experiance with freebsd on a laptop?
> > I am having a problem with the pcmcia nic (network card)
> > Freebsd picks up the card alright, but i can not make it
> > configure the card at startup, so services like apache error out
> > 
> > i have tried a few different things i seen, adding lines to rc.conf like
> > such:
> > 
> > ifconfig_ed1="inet my.ip.address.hidden netmask my.netmask."
> > then seen that i should use
> > 
> > pcmcia_ifconfig="inet blah.blah.blah.balh netmask my.netmask"
> > 
> > and it doesnt seem to pick it up
> 
> Does this card work okay when you config it manually at the 
> command line using ifconfig?  What version of FreeBSD are you 
> using?  Since the 3.x releases, defaults for rc.conf are kept in 
> /etc/defaults/rc.conf, while overrides are kept in /etc/rc.conf.  
> Which rc.conf are you changing?
> 
> If this doesn't work when manually configured, it certainly won't 
> work from scripts.  What is the output of 'dmesg'?
> 
> -Charlie

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