From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 28 07:21:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4529D1065677 for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:21:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C18A98FC1B for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:21:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id h3so228804nfh.33 for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:21:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=TLM1vz4SOWtb96gf3ItUPRD43nNOQQf7j2B8OP6goXQ=; b=B43pKAz2wAms/cT9oxYM5LnEcGpHwpsXUGKlMuW50lbA2DD+jfgAOl2o0u8CHmGSz+ 9CXKR39BdQ7wZafwm73h57UmH9KV6fcJDKzCGSjq4c0/9Yx8vY6DGhGZIzpsuAsj9sQm E4+/n4WOZEUd6OAF9IiVwag/lwZWUNWu4+hq0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=CGJyiIyc2GLToS1GIksHhH0vW+5XHRRQ1mS+5RXPSdryzQQeR/kdp0F26CVVMMUDEz sja0e9tBB/uJHgRDPuPfZwWZ2a3mRWYrMc7PCgWaHqmFLhCzoSug/5qTIWuzSM56/7r5 81dC8qOM1drK7O5NIBvIzcZavSTwEPQZ+iuBk= Received: by 10.210.66.13 with SMTP id o13mr1859839eba.193.1214636044072; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:54:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atlantis.dyndns.org ( [85.73.184.221]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 31sm970992nfu.9.2008.06.27.23.54.02 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:54:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4865E008.4070108@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:54:00 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080607) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Isaac MacFarlane References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Acer 4720Z and Atheros wireless card X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:21:54 -0000 Isaac MacFarlane wrote: > Hello all. I am trying to find a *NIX system that will work with this > system. Mandriva calls the card an AR5006 and Vista said it was an AR5007. > Vista worked fine for about a month or so, but I have decided I want to go > all free on my systems. Mandriva will work with the card but locks up after > a few hours requiring a restart. Not really acceptable. And it is the best I > found in the Linux world. Would any of the BSD systems work with this card? > Any recommendations would be most appreciated. > > Isaac MacFarlane > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > I believe this will work if you follow the instructions to build a custom kernel, as in the eeepc: http://nighthack.org/wiki/EeeBSD However, this will not be the easiest task if you are not familiar with FreeBSD in general.