Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 04:16:54 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Beattie <beattie@aracnet.com> To: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tecra 730, PAO/FreeBSD 2.1.5 and the 3c589C Combo Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970103035950.2270A-100000@eris.beattie.aracnet.com> In-Reply-To: <199701020614.XAA03358@rocky.mt.sri.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Wed, 1 Jan 1997, Nate Williams wrote: > > Well my Tecra 730 finally arrived. I tried to use the latest patches > > but it appears that the FreeBSD server nolomger carries the 2.2-ALPHA > > but only the 2.2-BETA. It seemed that the best approach would be to > > use the patches against 2.1.5R. > > Which patches are you speaking of? The PAO-961215.tar.gz patches against 2.2-ALPHA. > > > I got past a problem with the modem > > seral port using the options information in the laptop survey. I > > have not yet been able to configure X but I still have some things to > > try. The real problem I am having is with my 3Com 3c589C Combo card. > > I can not get it to use the BNC connector. I will take it to work > > tomorrow to see if the UTP port actually works. In any case any > > hints would be welcome. > > Let us know how it goes. > > > Nate > > > I got XF8632 working on 2.1.6 by linking /usr/libc.so.2.2 to /usr/libc.so.3.0. This works well with the Tecra 730's C&T chipset. I am seeing some problems with fvwm which I loaded off the 2.1.5 CD so I am considering going back to 2.1.5 with the eailer PAO patches and also 2.2-BETA with no patches. The 3c589C Combo does work with the UTP connector. Brian Beattie | From an MIT job ad "Applicants must also have http://www.aracnet.com/~beattie | extensive knowledge of UNIX, although they beattie@aracnet.com | should have sufficently good programming taste Fax (503)331-8186 | to not consider this an achievement." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMsz4rVQwtztGaITFAQE8QAP+JtaIqfFMdMpzl403TAEzxDQHZ4mJ8k1x 8Z9+DL+N0z8fWjnaFT4bcRHkwNY/D4sh9YV92eqiVdnFF3rLmT43vlRHj5Xw/9dv vWEuq05qIgGQu2qssf022WafJ8d5uGLAkSPC8vOO8KZvXNonpdHDE/1G/EQviRA/ BAgWaudraLE= =Gsy6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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