ORiNOCO Wireless - troubles

[Andrew L. Gould]

On Thursday 22 July 2004 04:14 pm, Maksym Marchenko wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:29:33 -0500, Andrew L. Gould
> <algould at datawok.com>
>
> wrote:
> > On Thursday 22 July 2004 12:49 pm, Maksym Marchenko wrote:
> >> On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:53:45 -0500, Andrew L. Gould
> >> <algould at datawok.com>
> >>
> >> wrote:
> >> > On Wednesday 21 July 2004 10:27 am, Maksym Marchenko wrote:
> >> >> Andrew L. Gould wrote:
> >> >> > On Wednesday 21 July 2004 08:39 am, Maksym Marchenko wrote:
> >> >> >>Hi!
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>I have a Siemens 510 laptop with 128 MB RAM and 4GB HDD.
> >> >> >>It has no Network card onboard. So I have only wireless
> >> >> >> pccard ORiNOCO Silver.
> >> >> >>I had before Intel Wireless/PRO 2011B. This one was bad (for
> >> >> >> FreeBSD) Now I have ORiNOCO, but I can't make it working.
> >> >> >>It works in Linux, but I want FreeBSD.
> >> >> >>I have compile new kernel, but it says:
> >> >> >>CIS is too long - truncating!
> >> >> >>pccard0: Card has no functions!
> >> >> >>cbb0: PC Card card activation failed
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>Can anybody say, what must I doing?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>Thanks in advance.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Look for information regarding your laptop brand/model, or
> >> >> > similar models, at:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/
> >> >> >
> >> >> > What version of FreeBSD are you running?  I'm not familiar
> >> >> > with the laptop; but FreeBSD 5.* has problems with many of
> >> >> > the older pcmcia slots.  If you're running FreeBSD 5.*,
> >> >> > consider:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 1. recompiling the kernel using the OLDCARD kernel
> >> >> > configuration file. 2. If ACPI is enabled, try booting with
> >> >> > it disabled. (If it's disabled, try booting with it enabled.)
> >> >> > 3. You might also consider changing to FreeBSD 4.10, the
> >> >> > production version of FreeBSD.
> >> >>
> >> >> I was already at http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm running 5.2 , I had 4.9, bat it was the same trouble.
> >> >> May be 4.10 is better that way ...
> >> >>
> >> >> I've not found a reference about including OLDCARD during
> >> >> kernel compiling. How can I do that?
> >> >
> >> > If I'm reading OLDCARD correctly, it references GENERIC; so if
> >> > you're still using a GENERIC kernel, you can:
> >> >
> >> > 	#unless you're the only user on a standalone pc, boot into
> >> > single user #login as root
> >> > 	cd /usr/src
> >> > 	make clean
> >> > 	make buildkernel KERNCONF=OLDCARD
> >> > 	make installkernel KERNCONF=OLDCARD
> >> > 	shutdown -r now
> >>
> >> That is wrote in FreeBSD Handbook:
> >> Procedure 2. Building a Kernel the ``New'' Way
> >>
> >> Change to the /usr/src directory.
> >> # cd /usr/src
> >> Compile the kernel.
> >> # make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
> >> Install the new kernel.
> >> # make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
> >>
> >> But I don't know, because elder OLDCARD was bigger, actually that
> >> was like GENERIC. But in 5.2 he isn't so big, only 17 lines
> >>
> >> http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/source/i386/conf/OLDCARD?v=RELENG52
> >>
> >> So I don't know, can I really do this with that new OLDCARD???
> >
> > I think so.  Look for a line in OLDCARD that says:
> >
> > 	include GENERIC
> >
> > If you 'make buildkernel' and it finishes successfully, you
> > probably have a good kernel.  If it errors out, don't install it --
> > do a 'make clean' instead.
>
> Thanks for help.
>
> ACPI mode - it says:
> WARNING:Driver mistake: repeat make_dev("ttyv0")
> panic: don't do that
>
> Single user mode - it says : don't know how to make buildkernel
> (I think - because I've installed kernel sources only
> (X-Kernel-Developer))
>
> But now I tried it with 4.9  - and it works. But only with 4.9
>
> With 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2 didn't. May be 5.2.1 will be better ...

Well, at least that's some good news.  Upgrading to 4.10 (and 4.11 in th 
future) should not be a problem.  The bad news is that 5.2.1, most 
probably, won't be any better than 5.2.

Andrew Gould