? 2010-2-20 13:00, Michael Garland ??: > Greetings! > > I have a Gateway model P-6301 laptop with integrated USB wireless > adapter, using the Realtek TRL8187B chipset. Initially, the > instructions given on the page > http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Community+Group+laptop/urtw worked > like a charm, but after a reboot, the module would not load and the > device was not recognized. > > The install script appends several lines to /etc/driver_aliases > pertaining to the urtw driver to the end of the file, ending with > 'urtw "usbdf6,28"'. > > About halfway through the file is the entry, 'usb_mid "usb, device"'. > I had a USB keyboard plugged into the laptop, and it had been working > fine. I commented out the usb_mid entry, rebooted, and my USB > keyboard quit working, but my wireless was recognized and the driver > loaded without issue. To resolve the issue, I moved the usb_mid line > to the end of the file, rebooted, and now both my external USB > keyboard and the wireless chipset are working fine. > > Perhaps a change to the install script so that it inserts the urtw > lines before the usb_mid line, or so that it removes the usb_mid line > and replaces it at the end of the file, after the urtw entries? I > suspect my USB keyboard isn't the only device that will cause this > conflict - at least make a note that the user may need to move the > usb_mid line to the end of the file so that all other USB devices are > recognized and the appropriate modules loaded before the generic input > device module is loaded? It's not root cause, before I look into this issue, please give more details about: - OS version. - 32bit or 64bit? - output of #echo "::prtusb"|mdb -k - the /etc/driver_aliases file. You'd better to try opensolairs build123+, as RTL8187L/B USB WiFi was integrated since then.
Thanks, Michael > > Either way, thanks! > > MMG3 > > > > _______________________________________________ > laptop-discuss mailing list > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/laptop-discuss/attachments/20100223/6fc22255/attachment.html>
