Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:33:24 +0100 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?=" <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: FBSD 7.1 BETA2 and RTL8168/8111 problem Message-ID: <1bd550a00811280033x4803b05cyf83446ae15f47086@mail.gmail.com>
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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.
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