From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 14 8: 6:59 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A33D37B400 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 2002 08:06:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp10.atl.mindspring.net (smtp10.atl.mindspring.net [207.69.200.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E50FB43E70 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 2002 08:06:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wbishop@mindspring.com) Received: from user-1120jag.dsl.mindspring.com ([66.32.77.80] helo=wbishop) by smtp10.atl.mindspring.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17ezjZ-000093-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 14 Aug 2002 11:06:53 -0400 Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20020814103756.009a4b60@pop3.norton.antivirus> X-Sender: wbishop/mail.mindspring.com@pop3.norton.antivirus X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 11:15:41 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Worth Bishop Subject: FBSD 4.6 Stable NIC install problem Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Recently installed FreeBSD 4.6 Stable from CD-ROM on dedicated machine, ie. no other OS. Using GENERIC kernel. Have attempted to install 3 different PCI NIC's (repeated installation routine each time) which all generate message "couldn't map ports/memory", a fatal initialization error. All are listed in the documentation as supported. The drivers and NIC's I've tried are reported in dmesg as (depending on which card is installed at the time, of course): dc0: at device 12.0 on pci0 xl0: <3Com 3C905B-TX Fast Etherlink XL> at device 12.0 on pci0 dc0: at device 12.0 on pci0 Have tried all other available PCI slots. All cards are functional in other machines running MS Windows variants. The 3Com card was functional in this machine under Windows 2000 prior to converting to FreeBSD. I can find no other indication of conflicts between this device and any other. What else might I try? Thanks, Worth Bishop PS - In searching FreeBSD site, combing through documentation, reviewing archives, etc. it appears quite a number of people have experienced similar problems with the ethernet interface installation in 4.6 Stable. Unfortunately, have not seen that any of them have been able to find solutions. Is this a systemic problem? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message