From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 21:10:51 2009 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 047D3106566B for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:10:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f20.google.com (mail-bw0-f20.google.com [209.85.218.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53EDF8FC12 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:10:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: by bwz13 with SMTP id 13so1542625bwz.19 for ; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:10:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=UPNAWUZz0sbUuUVHTlueaywlv6h+mgGOkNq6dqxpLhc=; b=RphcrYYB3EBVYMutCfNLMNEltII4v3XeUD6j5aiH+iz6K4Pz6l7KLgXWW9FM7+Ptr0 cJybjMBbEjYLlpoeBTbuAx/FNot2mLULnMp6EeZq2Y1y8N3xxM1TYpvRQuQgVGRuZvGr Uyx1F91tVX2Asj+mLyOPuWh2XdrYghvRak3wk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=Nu7LOufL1cJreFVh8oaWy+Lax7Sq4BPTHV52/IHIcfXOzx3uYZobwxy3jxxArscA8M moCWlAK9oPbzK9mNAD0Bt2JReAd+ldN7iWQ5OeiZ838AIjeaaDqAPPRiBW5fyjKcXp+T 50GWz6PRfYQcveHeH6DpfiQAo7DWV3csSmKvg= Received: by 10.223.110.11 with SMTP id l11mr16647521fap.50.1231449049177; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:10:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.115.1 with HTTP; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:10:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3a142e750901081310n31c83dd0p3b5793e8ad0f618b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 22:10:49 +0100 From: "Paul B. Mahol" To: "Neal Hogan" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ndis panic HP pavilion ze4400 won't boot 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: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:10:51 -0000 On 1/8/09, Neal Hogan wrote: > I'm father new to fBSD. I hope this is the appropriate list to send this > question to. > > I just installed 7.1-RELEASE on my HP pavilion and attempted to configure my > Broadcom wlan card (BCM94309 version 4.10.40.0) using ndisgen. I cp'd the > bcmwl5_sys.ko to /boot/kernel and added *bcmwl5_sys_load="YES"* to my > /boot/loader.conf. Now the machine will not boot. It crashes when it reaches > the ndis0 line. I've tried booting in all the modes but they all fail to > boot. I can escape to prompt, but am unsure what, if anything, I can do in > that mode to deal with the situation. > > With other releases (6.4 and 7.0) the machine would panick when I attempted > to ifconfig ndis0. However, I was able to boot in single user mode and > temporarily move the rc.conf file so that I cound boot in the default mode. > With 7.1, I don't appear to have that option. > > Is there anything I can do, short of a fresh install, to eliminate this > problem? I'm not too worried about getting the wifi up (although, I won't > turn down any advice). I just want the machine to boot. You can enter loader and from there unload bcmwl5_sys, type: unload bcmwl5_sys. loader is started one step before kernel. Before ever changing loader.conf you really should test it via kldload(1) and report any ndis issues via PR. >From where you fetched drivers and for what windows version? -- Paul