Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:00:43 +0100 From: Stephane THOMAS <stephane.thomas@lexmarkpartners-europe.com> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Pb with network interface and some other questions Message-ID: <OFCE910577.F56D2597-ONC1257272.0050ACBE-C1257272.005275EB@lexmark.com>
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Hi, I'm a FreeBSD newbie (I use GNU/Linux) so I hope my questions won't be too silly... So, to test freebsd I installed 6.2-RELEASE on a Dell Latitude D600 laptop. No problem to run X. I first felt in a trap choosing "Upgrade" in sysinstall... So I re-installed again, then follow instruction from the hand-book to buildworld, buildkernel, etc. No problem. The main pb I have is that the ethernet interface (bge0) works, but breakdown a few minutes after I boot. with this message (repeated) in the first VT : "bge0: PHY read timeout". I tried googling to find out a solution but I must admit I'm a little bit lost. Do one has an idea for this ? The problem happens with or without ACPI support. My network interface is : Broadcom BCM5705 A1, ASIC rev. 0x3001 I upgraded my BIOS with the last version available. ifconfig tell me : "media : Ethernet autoselect". I would try to force to 100MB but I can't find where to change this setting. Appart of this issue I feel FreeBSD to be a good OS, filesystem seems very clean and I like the "ports" concept. Stéphane THOMAS The second point is just a question I have : what's the difference between 6.2-RELEASE and 6.2-STABLE ? Stephane THOMAS TCS Desktop Teamhome | help
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