From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 28 08:59:42 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 067EF1065673 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:59:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.168]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0CA98FC0C for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:59:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so1386066wfg.7 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:59:41 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition; bh=L9sQquvEAt+aqhb4OPs+pw4wxLOBES7+meK7AauwKwM=; b=xhABilFMa0TitbEdiAnWG3ELCMhVEPRUYA11VVCGhoGfAGgrQjRwS2U3Ux9eGanwIk WbpvHdog9i2DYrfDtsoabO1CdZZK1U29v/K86uXvDep7lsVSb1NzKrC7okbkxRQ3No1c TIvKBj0OlYitfXD4wHlQ1PiJsWntsSXIlRH/w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=kDbL9Kzhh5mDR0NXObuYdiR5d6300yroiMr34TwUvdQZ94o/dpBobw3l1LQSrEtguk l/ga+nlf2wLipBcNMHJ2ilphNRkAt+Mq+fxedHFQqcLfFMcxfOKjZ93euacZVE5kQqT9 AEXBjEyWD7AiyYLFnRKRzGlbM9uPLwivgYyUI= Received: by 10.142.207.8 with SMTP id e8mr3274371wfg.65.1227861204522; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:33:24 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.180.20 with HTTP; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:33:24 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <1bd550a00811280033x4803b05cyf83446ae15f47086@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:33:24 +0100 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?=" To: FreeBSD MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: FBSD 7.1 BETA2 and RTL8168/8111 problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:59:42 -0000 Hi all, I recently installed FreeBSD 7.1 BETA2 on my system. During installation using FTP option, I could notice the following: After some random time (two, five or six minutes, for instance) the installation stalled and sysinstall lost the connection. I was taken back to the "Select FTP site" screen, and I had to configure my NIC again. Then, the install resumed and I got a usable system (MINIMAL + docs + manpages) But the problem persists. From time to time, it seems the kernel can't see the NIC. It happens during normal operation and no message is shown in /var/log/messages. ifconfig doesn't show my 're0' device, so I can't run dhclient on it and I have to reboot. I have to say that sometimes, even when I reboot, the NIC (RTL8168/8111 PCI Express) is not present. This device works fine in the same computer with either Vista or Fedora 9, though I have to say I had similar problems with earlier versions of Fedora (device disappearing or not present after boot), but after a kernel upgrade everything run smoothly. Does FreeBSD use the same driver than Linux does? Anybody else with this problem? Thanks in advance.