Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 21:08:12 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Luke Downey <gnawing_beaver@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: New to *nix, having some hiccups :-) Message-ID: <3CD728FC.2050803@potentialtech.com> References: <F60aRrTr8zo6uAKrFHL0000ea71@hotmail.com>
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Luke Downey wrote: > Thanks for the info. Not a lot of good news (man, no NIC means no > internet connection in FreeBSD, major bummer...). The good news is that you can get NICs that do work for about $10. We use cheapo Belkin for our test network. The performance isn't quite what 100mbs should be, but you can't beat the price. > Some questions about my mouse issue though. I was messing around with > it a little, but still couldn't make it work. I noticed something > interesting from when the kernel's loading (and binding drivers to > devices). > > It first binds ums0 to my Logitech mouse, which is what's to be expected > as far as I understand. Then there's another line that reads > "device_probe_and_attach returned 6", which also looks pretty normal to > me (albeit with rather untrained eyes). However, after that, it tries > to bind the same mouse to ugen0, and before the device probe and attach > line it gives another line that reads "ugen0: failed to configure from > index 0", I think I may have missed a word or two in there but that's > pretty much what it says, and it worries me :-). > > Any ideas? Thanks for the help already though! Unfortunately, I'm not well-versed on USB on FreeBSD, I can give you some pointers on getting better answers from others, though. Always post exact error messages. The approximations you give above aren't usually enough to get decent help. Typing "dmesg" will repeat the boot messages for you so you can get the exact messages. Also, look in the file /var/log/messages - it's where most warning/error messages are recorded. Also, post 1 question per email and use a subject line that summarizes your question, such as "need help with logitech USB mouse" > By the way, I got rejected twice by the mailing list when trying to send > from my pop mail account (jupiter@macintoxication.com), the SMTP host > was being rejected, I have no idea why... So then I figured I'd just > send via my auxiliary webmail account, at least this worked. This is usually because your ISPs SMTP relay doesn't not have a proper PTR record in DNS (reverse DNS record). Contact your ISP and tell them to fix it. You may have to yell and scream a bit, don't be afraid to raise the roof, as this is something that should be fixed anyway, and if the techs at your ISP know their stuff, it isn't a big deal to correct. -- Bill Moran Potential Technology http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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