Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 08:49:01 -0500 From: "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com> To: "'Alex Varju'" <alex@varju.bc.ca>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: pccard problem with compaq armada e500 Message-ID: <000501c0afb2$30cb8e60$1401a8c0@zoso> In-Reply-To: <008601c0af87$265c41c0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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and as i recall, the 589 is a 10M card, where the 574 is a 10/100. If you're looking for a 100, there's plenty of them supported. check out the latest pccard.conf. -Otter > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ted > Mittelstaedt > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 3:41 AM > To: Alex Varju; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: pccard problem with compaq armada e500 > > > If you want to chase a problem and possibly find a fix then > you won't like this, but if your just trying to get work done, > you could do a lot worse than by replacing that 3C574B card > with a 3C589 card. The 589 cards are also cheap and plentiful. > > Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com > Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide > Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Alex Varju > >Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 11:48 PM > >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >Cc: alex@varju.bc.ca > >Subject: pccard problem with compaq armada e500 > > > > > >Hi there, > > > >I am trying to install FreeBSD on a Compaq Armada e500, and > have run into > >a bit of a snag. I've done a little bit of searching, and > found somebody > >else who seems to have had the same problem several months > ago, with no > >solution found: > > > > > >http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=2335+4178+/usr/local/ww > w/db/text/2000/freebsd-mobile/20001119.freebsd-mobile > > > >To summarize, I have a 3Com 3C574B card which hangs the laptop when I > >insert it (or boot with it inserted). I installed > 4.2-RELEASE from CD, > >and started to play from there. > > > >I came up with some hair-brained plan to try enabling the > kernel debugging > >code, with the hopes that maybe I could figure out what is > supposed to be > >going on .. I don't actually have any clue what I would do > once I was into > >the debugger, but I thought it might be interesting to learn. After > >recompiling the release source to include 'option DDB', I > rebooted and > >suddenly everything worked. > > > >I figured that this was rather strange, but decided to take > advantage of > >my suddenly functional network connection and install a > -STABLE snapshot > >from earlier this month (march 3), as well as some packages. > After doing > >all this, I rebooted with the -STABLE build of the kernel > (DDB enabled), > >and again the pc card wouldn't work. I backed out to the > -RELEASE kernel > >that I compiled, and stuff resumed functioning. > > > >>From my perspective, this seems rather strange. I have a > machine that is > >working, but I'm not comfortable with the fact that I can't make any > >changes to it without risking breaking things. I'm > completely willing to > >put my share of work into trying to resolve this, but I > don't have any > >clue where to start looking. Can somebody give me some advice or > >suggestions here? > > > >Thanks, > >Alex > > > >-- > >alex varju <alex@varju.bc.ca> > >just a guy > >webct canada > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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