Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:33:30 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: adslvmlg@tpg.com.au Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2.1 can't load xl0 driver Message-ID: <20040913143330.B58835D04@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:42:43 %2B1000." <1095064963.41455d831ff01@postoffice.tpg.com.au>
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> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:42:43 +1000 > From: adslvmlg@tpg.com.au > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > Dear list, > My problem with 5.2.1-Release: > I use 4.10 for my server, and workstation, and recently I am planning to give > 5.2.1 a try, in order to getting familiar with the next release 5.3. > > After I installed 5.2.1 on my IBM Thinkpad A21P, the system didn't > recoganize my 3Com network card during installation. After I reboot > the system, the xl0 3Com NIC showed up, and I ifconfig it, and my > network is blocked, I can't ping any computer within my network. And > then I reboot the system again, the xl0 disappeared again. And the > system keep doing this to me. > > Just wondering is this a bug of 5.2.1 or it's the problem with my laptop? And > experienced this problem? A bug is a possibility, but I have not seen any other reports like this. It sounds like it might be a resource issue. Is this card a mini-PCI or a PCMCIA card? Are you using the GENERIC configuration (which is the kernel on the distribution)? Can you send the contents of dmesg? (This will probably require a COM port connection between the ThinkPad and another system.) With the information provided, it's really hard to even guess what might be happening. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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