From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 18 20:55:54 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4738D1065673 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:55:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D643E8FC14 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:55:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwc33 with SMTP id 33so5384023wwc.31 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:55:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=rS1kZv54FQ4L67GNpgtqZBuWs7Iui1ECc24lGwBB5+k=; b=nxmFH4amgyESu0jTu5Xdw5sms7uIZ6cYKIUlseVZWLkPU4/H0OZZ4XzSnwKIT5uRcW 05Otac+ov48Gzq4wWF5UT/Y5TwLq1m7p2kdIkKp2Q7LImfqA0l8zZ6KaCijZgs7Hzq6c r2yM2NEJgmthqRt9SzhPPIuhfe3YiiZrITJ9g= 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; b=HcA5D8N6iZ5MizG2hP4uhlkLwyLf5QWrsn+hgA/BFD5AQeT8ZqppV68tTYbKIquAJk Fv0DyUrd+YPLxRdanzeIAUq9rrR6lfglpY2XK8J4pU/9MGmpnnG6NaCU52Gh/Zg8ioG8 qu5eZ1Tcr5d7kceYKOo6euRvTweM+ma775/4E= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.190.40 with SMTP id d40mr1623471wen.34.1300481752998; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:55:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.72.207 with HTTP; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:55:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4D83ACA2.9040703@alokat.org> References: <4D83ACA2.9040703@alokat.org> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:55:52 -0500 Message-ID: From: Brandon Gooch To: Alokat Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing freebsd on a thinkpad x300 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: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:55:54 -0000 On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Alokat wrote: > Hi, > > I have successfully installed FreeBSD on my x300 but I have some driver > problems. > > Does someone know how to figure out which driver I need for the sound and > the wlan card? The sound card should be snd_hda(4): http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=snd_hda&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+8.2-RELEASE&format=html Here's a document detailing sound configuration: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-setup.html The wireless device driver should be iwn(4): http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iwn&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+8.2-RELEASE&format=html Please refer to the handbook for configuration instructions: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html > And the second point is: does someone know a GUI network manager I can use > for xfce4? There are (at least) a couple from ports you can try: http://www.freshports.org/net/pcbsd-netmanager http://www.freshports.org/net/wpa_gui/ I remember at one time testing a GTK-based utility, but I can't seem to dredge up the name of it from memory ATM... > Regards, > alokat Good luck, -Brandon