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Date:      Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:06:17 -0400
From:      Jerry <freebsd.user@seibercom.net>
To:        FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD on Compaq mini CQ10 anyone?
Message-ID:  <20100926170617.1aba1049@scorpio>
In-Reply-To: <20100926193543.GA3755@Endeavour.lordofunix.org>
References:  <4C8316C5.2060906@gmail.com> <4C9F7589.5090707@lecuire.fr> <20100926193543.GA3755@Endeavour.lordofunix.org>

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On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 21:35:43 +0200
Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez <jlalarcon@gawab.com> articulated:

> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 06:32:09PM +0200, BernardL wrote:
> >   Le 05/09/2010 06:04, Gonzalo Nemmi a écrit :
> > > I just got one and was wondering if anyone was running FreeBSD on
> > > it and how well does it work out of the box.
> > > All comments are welcome.
> > >
> > I have one with FreeBSD 8.1. Some difficulties to install X11 (I
> > had to use Driver "vesa" instead of "intel" in the section "Device"
> > of xorg.config). And the internal Wifi device is not recognized by
> > FreeBSD. Regards
> > Bernard Lecuire
> > > Best Regards.
> > > Gonzalo Nemmi
> > > 
> 
> Can you tell us what is the Chip of your internal WiFi device?. Maybe
> knowing the Chip model and brand someone knows if can help you. :)

I have used  that PC. I am pretty sure it has an 'N' protocol wireless
network card and therefore FreeBSD will most likely not support it.
Virtually all new PCs have 'N' protocol cards installed by default
unless it is a very cheap model.

-- 
Jerry ✌
FreeBSD.user@seibercom.net

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