Hi guys,
I don't know if any of you remember, I asked about some laptops a few
months back.
Anyway, I got a Toshiba Tecra A6, moved halfway across the planet and at
the moment (especially since I can't afford to build myself a REAL
machine right now) I really, really miss my FreeBSD.
It's running that OS with the L-word right now, since FreeBSD wouldn
give me sound nor network.
I was wondering if there was any hope in sight for me?
Sound is ALC861, wireless 3945ABG. I never got around to test the wired
ethernet (Intel PRO/1000, should work, right?).
I didn't even bother trying out X.org, because it should work (it's an
i945GM).
I really can't do without network and sound...
6.1 installs wonderfully, except for the stuff above. I don care about
the fingerprint stuff, card reader, etc.
--
Christian Lopez de Castilla Wagner
lopisaur@gmail.com
clopez@uni-koblenz.de
(+49-173)1030695
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On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 22:26:08 +0100 Christian Lopez de Castilla Wagner <lopisaur@gmail.com> wrote:> Sound is ALC861,Probably HDA, you should test the snd_hdac driver. Look on -multimedia mailinglist for clues.> wireless 3945ABG.As far as I know (and I'm interested, because I have a laptop with this device myself), nothing has happened on this front. It seems that Intel, for reasons of their own, isn't able to (or doesn't want to) release necessary docs to make a good driver. OpenBSD (4.0) have support for this via the wpi driver, but it doesn't support WPA yet, only WEP. Your best bet would be to a) exchange the network card, if possible. Some laptop network cards are miniPCI and can be exchanged, but I do not know if this is the case for the 3945ABG. b) use an external usb network "dongle". Look at the ural driver, you can find some of the supported devices quite cheap. I dont know how good they are, I have just tested one, and have some issues with it (stability) but haven't been able to rule out if it is something with my setup yet. HTH -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway
On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 22:26:08 +0100 Christian Lopez de Castilla Wagner <lopisaur@gmail.com> wrote:> wireless 3945ABG. I never got around to test theHmm, I checked this one closer, it seems like the 3945 is a PCIe Mini card, according to http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/resources/doc_library/tech_brief/310796.htm are there Atheros (ath) based PCIe MMini Cards for sale? -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway