From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 30 19:39:06 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 A188D1065673 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:39:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 745D48FC08 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:39:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so2078646rvf.43 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:39:06 -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:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=Y8fM1nASrNA5PFFR/F0ivO7SA9PR0L3VW6XmFXnP7Gw=; b=lBibMAEF6VSzYhsrKiuWmAr+OiiUK6IekaOgT8fnF5nwTPSeYJBn5qeW51DX+kLmyH u3b8g0qDDWPudwwDhe/tUaCizvEi5kevpuFmlgbAIVMYszH4eJGrgg85MA6AVfZPuYKJ jBAQuz4ocwXIN7bqqeCXRPR8KkKmJWUgu5U/Y= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=sJuISh4X9NtpOuBf3zKEPw7Af0F/bniRTTICZNfMdfLOEhYNoGjxZMqBj9xKTPbK2x 85m5IYBkobbkFdhDxa+25eTqNmI+BtkBvOcub52cpAeXranJBRuvhYiRbHuav+GoNiEg 5LwbWXeXy2ZwgzkNwP8ZSyDQkpjlZ9FFu46So= Received: by 10.142.140.14 with SMTP id n14mr4186017wfd.201.1228073946094; Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:39:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.180.20 with HTTP; Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:39:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <1bd550a00811301139r5f14f8bej9a80c3d30bd64d57@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:39:06 +0100 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?=" To: "Tore Lund" In-Reply-To: <49306C09.40308@next.online.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <1227874986.00041844.1227863401@10.7.7.3> <49306C09.40308@next.online.no> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:39:06 -0000 On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 11:09 PM, Tore Lund wrote: > Fernando Apestegu=EDa wrote: >> 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. > > All I can say is that I have the same NIC, which is built into my Asus > M2A-VM motherboard. I have used it since March 2008 with no problems at > all. For the past three days I have been running 7.1-BETA2, also with > no problems. I should like to provide more detail if that can be of any > help to you. > -- > Tore > Hi again, As Pegasus remarked, I can see two "PHY write failed" in dmesg. I did a freebsd-update a couple of days ago and I haven't seen this issue so far. I'll watch and report it should I get this error again. Cheers > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >