From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 13 14:33:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49EE716A4CE for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:33:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from postal1.es.net (postal1.es.net [198.128.3.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AA8443D45 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:33:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net ([198.128.4.29]) by postal1.es.net (Postal Node 1) with ESMTP (SSL) id IBA74465; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:33:31 -0700 Received: from ptavv (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id B58835D04; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:33:30 -0700 (PDT) To: adslvmlg@tpg.com.au In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:42:43 +1000." <1095064963.41455d831ff01@postoffice.tpg.com.au> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:33:30 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20040913143330.B58835D04@ptavv.es.net> cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2.1 can't load xl0 driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:33:32 -0000 > 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