Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 08:49:27 -0500 (EST) From: Richard J Kuhns <rjk@grauel.com> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help with built-in ethernet on new laptop, please Message-ID: <14738.45799.87381.40883@localhost.grauel.com> In-Reply-To: <14737.25844.924017.148281@localhost.grauel.com> References: <14737.25844.924017.148281@localhost.grauel.com>
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I wrote:nn > I was just given a new laptop (a BSI NP-2850), which has a built-in > ethernet card. I've loaded 4.0 (from CD), and things seem to be working > fairly smoothly except for the ethernet. > ... It works now. The problem was a new chip id. I mangled if_lnc.c, rebuilt the kernel, and it worked just fine. I then cvsuped to get up to 4.1-stable, and after rebuilding everything (which went perfectly smoothly, by the way) found that it's recognized without my having to do anything extra. It's identified as a PCnet-FAST+. -stable also seems to like the sound card: Yamaha DS-1E (YMF744), which was pleasant. So far, I'm very happy with this laptop. 600 MH PIII, 12 GB drive, 128 MB RAM, 8 MB Rage LT Pro video, DVD, 15.1" display, built-in ethernet for under US$2500. It weighs a little over 7 pounds. It only has a single slot, though. I found it at http://www.bsicomputer.com/. Thanks to Sean O'Connell, too, who came along with some good advice (try 4.1) even if it was a few minutes late :-). -- Richard Kuhns rjk@grauel.com PO Box 6249 Tel: (765)477-6000 \ 100 Sawmill Road x319 Lafayette, IN 47903 (800)489-4891 / To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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