Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 11:04:12 -0800 (PST) From: Alex Varju <alex@varju.bc.ca> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: pccard problem with compaq armada e500 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103181102250.3509-100000@login.webct.com> In-Reply-To: <008601c0af87$265c41c0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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Hi Ted, Thanks for your suggestion. I've just experimented a little bit more, and it looks like my Kingmax 20MB ATA card also causes the same hang. Based on this, I suspect that a new network card won't solve the problem. Any other ideas? Alex. -- alex varju <varju@webct.com> just a guy webct canada On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > 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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