Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:25:53 +0000 From: Vittorio De Martino <vdemart1@tin.it> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Again] PCCARD & Wireless Aironet 350 Message-ID: <200504210825.53280.vdemart1@tin.it> In-Reply-To: <420008E5000CB3EE@ims3e.cp.tin.it> References: <420008E5000CB3EE@ims3e.cp.tin.it>
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Alle 10:05, luned=EC 18 aprile 2005, v.demartino2@virgilio.it ha scritto: > Dear friends, > > after years of linux (gentoo) I'm now having a go at FreeBSD on my box. > > Context: > Compaq Evo N800c - 512 MB > FreeBSD 5.4 (which I installed last night updating 5.3.) > Wireless pcmcia Cisco 350 aironet > > Frankly - I must admit - that linux and *BSDs depart a lot as far as pcmc= ia > management is concerned and I'm somewhat disorientated. > > The facts: > In the latest kernel: > > device pccard > device wlan > device an > > In rc.conf -> pccard_enable=3D"YES" > > BUT > upon inserting the aironet card, the system complains: > ..... > pccard0: Card has no functions! > cbb0: PC Card card activation failed > ...... > > > Please help me straighten things up wit step by step instructions. Sorry for being so insistent but I really need help. I'm now "forgetting" my long experience with linux to try to deal with this= =20 problem "as a child", that is giving nothing for granted and testing! So, after having read the many pieces of doc around the net, I started from= =20 scratch and began to issue the very basic commands related to pccards by=20 hand. To start with I issued: pccardd and the answer was the following fatal error: No PC CARDS slots found! What does it mean "exactly"? Is a matter of driver? of memory?=20 Vittorio
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