ath atheros 5424/2424 on the CQ60 Presario

[Kenneth Freidank]

I never got the light to turn blue, but it does work.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Kenneth <kennethcf at earthlink.net>
>Sent: Sep 14, 2009 12:26 AM
>To: Jules Gilbert <jules.stocks at gmail.com>
>Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>Subject: ath atheros 5424/2424 on the CQ60 Presario
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>Anyone been able to use the ath driver on an atheros 5424/2424?  I have a Compaq Presario CQ60 and can not get the wireless light to turn blue?
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>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jules Gilbert <jules.stocks at gmail.com>
>>Sent: Sep 13, 2009 7:14 PM
>>To: Kenneth <kennethcf at earthlink.net>
>>Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org, FreeBSD-x11 at freebsd.org, gesbbb at yahoo.com
>>Subject: Re: configuring X on the Presario with the 8200M driver
>>
>>Thanks, guys!
>>
>>I intend to set aside some time late this week to try this.  I bought
>>one but have not been able to configure the X environment yet;  I
>>notice that PC-BSD comes up fine; I thought of doing that and copying
>>the file, but that's about a half day or more of effort that way...
>>
>>Not good.
>>
>>Anyway, a couple questions...
>>
>>Is this likely to be compatible with FBSD 8.0?  Or no, and I will just use 7.2.
>>
>>--jg
>>
>>
>>On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 2:12 AM, Kenneth <kennethcf at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> Moving this discussion to freebsd-x11.
>>>
>>> I have a Presario CQ60 with the NVIDIA 8200M G, and X is working!
>>>
>>> Here are the steps to get there.  Do everything as root:
>>>
>>> 1) Update your ports to the most recent.  Follow the FreeBSD manual, section 4.5 Using the Ports Collection, nuke the contents of /usr/ports, and install a new base using portsnap or cvsup.
>>>
>>> 2) Install the nvidia-driver.
>>> # cd /usr/ports/x11-driver/nvidia-driver
>>> # make install clean  (I built with options FREEBSD_AGP checked, ACPI checked, LINUX unchecked).
>>>
>>> 3) You can install 2 more optional tools for configuring the nvidia card settings.  I have not used them, but I installed them.
>>> # cd /usr/ports/x11-driver/nvidia-settings
>>> # make install clean
>>> # cd /usr/ports/x11-driver/nvidia-xconfig
>>> # make install clean
>>>
>>> 4) I also installed the fbdev driver from X.Org.
>>> # cd /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-fbdev
>>> # make install clean
>>>
>>> 5) Add the nvidia driver as a dynamically loaded kernel module.
>>> # cd /boot
>>> # vi loader.conf  (you better know how to use vi to edit)
>>> --- add the line nvidia_load="YES"
>>> --- it is the only line I have in my loader.conf file
>>>
>>> 6) Reboot the system
>>> # reboot
>>>
>>> 7) If you want to see the version you just installed (your versions may be newer than mine below)...
>>> # pkg_info | grep nvidia
>>> nvidia-driver-185.18.29
>>> nvidia-settings-190.32
>>> nvidia-xconfig-190.32
>>> # pkg_info | grep fbdev
>>> xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.0_2
>>>
>>> 8) Generate your xorg.conf.new file.
>>> # cd /root
>>> # Xorg -configure
>>>
>>> 9) Edit the xorg.conf.new file.
>>> # vi xorg.conf.new
>>> --- change the line    Driver "nv"
>>>            to read    Driver "nvidia"
>>>
>>> 10) Test the config file.
>>> # Xorg -config xorg.conf -retro
>>> --- you should get a grey screen and your mouse should work, especially if your mouse worked when installing FreeBSD
>>> --- to kill the test, press CTRL-ALT-BKSP
>>>
>>> 11) If everything worked, move and rename (drop the new extension) the config file to the /etc directory
>>> # mv xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>>
>>> 12) Test again.  Log in as another user belonging to the wheel group (or login as root).
>>> % startx
>>> --- you should get 3 green windows
>>> --- you can kill X by clicking on the large window on the left, and typing exit
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>