From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 19 22:12:26 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1C341065670 for ; Tue, 19 May 2009 22:12:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsdlists@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f159.google.com (mail-ew0-f159.google.com [209.85.219.159]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 314668FC08 for ; Tue, 19 May 2009 22:12:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsdlists@gmail.com) Received: by ewy3 with SMTP id 3so114474ewy.43 for ; Tue, 19 May 2009 15:12:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Bb7BC+ELH7GdOlSXh01IOv19AwSiBjxREkMdDZxJb50=; b=QXEzXpd6eziXFlTVpDmYvN+0ep7CqEh/hnK963LQNHUxpD0qPzKJ5NhHHdExSL67lJ 26Zv6jYxpkJCf15kO92XfTVVm1mQri9OWuJVtZV/GXDe2i/hQBdh2POPC/19AqA1G1RQ aoHiIdYAuwW6hwK6T5Xsmyw8yMuE2VvguMlP4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=HB5rLT+R83RjjQt7NM3f/oREWcOyuRms2QAsi0957of6nShTe043OvqEfb7OeKRuud S6vherB8pyyhpar89XFnz4KfgGFOF8oKSX/7m6uqzFEN6RsVka1I5gOZ0+ADt801zEad iJa+BfXkUpjhyy/q9a4zHNmlX5m7uWfciLhWo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.36.209 with SMTP id w59mr138293wea.67.1242771145034; Tue, 19 May 2009 15:12:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A0F96A4.1000602@eskk.nu> References: <54db43990905161710m1879bb2bqaf1b059335d695a9@mail.gmail.com> <4A0F96A4.1000602@eskk.nu> Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 18:12:24 -0400 Message-ID: <54db43990905191512u6d69fb7dn7ff91252cc1aacc6@mail.gmail.com> From: Bob Johnson To: Leslie Jensen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Inspiron 15 (aka 1545) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 22:12:26 -0000 On 5/17/09, Leslie Jensen wrote: > > > Bob Johnson skrev: [...] >> I need a cheap, simple, reasonably light laptop, but not a tiny >> display, and I'm looking at the Best Buy pre-configured Inspiron 15 >> (i.e. Inspiron 1545). Anyone have direct experience with FreeBSD amd64 >> on one of these? Is there anything that isn't going to work? [...] >> > Hello Bob > > I'm running FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE amd64 on a Latitude E6500. I ordered it > with a Dell wireless but was unable to make it work. I then upgraded to > an Intel wireless card but it was to new, chip number 5200, so freebsd > has no support for that card either. I'm now using a Linksys USB > wireless stick that works. But it's inconvienient because I forget to > attach it and then I need to restart to get it to work. Have you tried (and failed) to build an NDIS driver for the wireless card using ndisgen? Thanks, -- Bob Johnson