Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2002 17:16:47 -0700 From: "Michael W. Collette" <metrol@metrol.net> To: Will Andrews <will@csociety.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing Lists <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Repost: PCMCIA card for Vaio, advice needed Message-ID: <200206081716.47121.metrol@metrol.net> In-Reply-To: <20020609000508.GJ53809@squall.waterspout.com> References: <200206081623.18567.metrol@metrol.net> <20020609000508.GJ53809@squall.waterspout.com>
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On Saturday 08 June 2002 05:05 pm, you wrote: > On Sat, Jun 08, 2002 at 04:23:18PM -0700, Michael W. Collette wrote: > > Got a friend here with a Sony Vaio laptop. An old one. No built in > > ethernet, and I know the modem isn't going to enjoy support. With all > > that in mind, as he wanted to give a shot at leaving the world of Windows > > 98 viruses behind I decided on giving Suse Linux a shot. > > Actually, the modem might get support if it's a Lucent WinModem. > See ports/comms/ltmdm for the binary-only kernel module. It's not. I've got a modem on my laptop here that I was able to get working quite nicely with that port too. > > I'm now at a cross road. I'd love to just get FreeBSD on there, but I'm > > clueless as to which PCMCIA card out there will be fully supported for > > both ethernet and modem. It's that, or I end up purchasing a copy of > > Suse 8.0 and having their fancy installer handle upgrading the apps. I'm > > not so hot on doing this, as I'd be in the exact same place with > > application upgrades. with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of > > the message > > Xircom cards are supported but dual-function cards are not, > AFAIK... in other words you could only use one of the functions > at a time.. and I'm not sure you can choose which one. Also, > CardBus cards are only supported on -CURRENT. You should give > it a shot just for kicks, if you have time. Although.. on > -CURRENT sources I don't see "RBEM" anywhere in > defaults/pccard.conf, so you may be out of luck anyways. I've got a Xircom Realport RM56V1 card here not doing much. Also, this user already has a LinkSys ethernet card, which I know works very nicely under FreeBSD thanks to Warren's efforts. We fought with that driver a long while back when I had a Compaq laptop I was getting going. This user spends about 95% of his time on some kind of Ethernet setup. I just want to make sure that when he goes out of town that I'm able to provide him with some means of getting a dial up to work. A simple card swap wouldn't be a bad deal at all for him. I doubt I'll have the time to play with CURRENT on this thing. It's an old k6-500, and I know compiling is going to be time consuming on it. I don't want to have to spend days trying to get him outta my hair :) Getting X, sound, and all that working is going to be bad enough. Still beats the heck outta dealing with Windows viruses, or the screwy upgrade path the Linux distros provide. Later on, -- "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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