Re: Acer 4720Z and Atheros wireless card

Manolis Kiagias <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Isaac MacFarlane wrote:
> Hello all. I am trying to find a *NIX system that will work with this
> system. Mandriva calls the card an AR5006 and Vista said it was an AR5007.
> Vista worked fine for about a month or so, but I have decided I want to go
> all free on my systems. Mandriva will work with the card but locks up after
> a few hours requiring a restart. Not really acceptable. And it is the best I
> found in the Linux world. Would any of the BSD systems work with this card?
> Any recommendations would be most appreciated.
>
> Isaac MacFarlane
> _______________________________________________
> [email protected] mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
>
>   


I believe this will work if you follow the instructions to build a 
custom kernel, as in the eeepc:

http://nighthack.org/wiki/EeeBSD

However, this will not be the easiest task if you are not familiar with 
FreeBSD in general.
_______________________________________________
[email protected] mailing list
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
lmpx.com only provides a reader for public news (NNTP) servers. It is not affiliated with the servers or forums shown here and is not responsible for the content of articles, which is written by their respective authors.