Re: Laptop update...

From: Ben Laurie <ben_at_algroup.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 14:09:15 +0100
Ruslan Ermilov wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 20, 2003 at 12:25:07PM +0100, Ben Laurie wrote:
>>The onboard WiFi doesn't work (Intersil Prism2.5) - its recognised, but
>>it won't associate. An old Lucent WaveLAN (with recent flash) card works
>>fine, however.
>>
> 
> I've got mine working by setting hw.cbb.start_memory=0xd8000 in
> /boot/loader.conf (or at run-time using sysctl(8)).  This is on
> ThinkPad 600X.

I'll try that.

>>But most importantly, perhaps, when I do:
>>
>>portupgrade -Rra
>>
>>it almost never completes, because I get coredumps in cc (and
>>occasionally weirder symptoms, like illegal instructions). I know this
>>is usually attributed to RAM, but I've tried swapping that out - so,
>>what else can I fiddle with that might affect this (and the other
>>problems)? More info available on demand, of course.
>>
> 
> Replace your RAM.

As I said, I've already done that, without change.

>  That may explain the X crashes too.  I got
> mine working without problems with 4.3.0, the NeoMagic driver
> has even grew the X-Video extension in this version!

X doesn't crash, it just won't come back once the screen has powersaved.

Cheers,

Ben.

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