From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 23 15:50:09 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 B7A601065670 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:50:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gahr@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cpanel03.rubas-s03.net (cpanel03.rubas-s03.net [195.182.222.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48B528FC1A for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:50:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gahr@FreeBSD.org) Received: from 80-218-191-31.dclient.hispeed.ch ([80.218.191.31] helo=gahrtop.localhost) by cpanel03.rubas-s03.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1KAoIs-00029g-E3; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:50:02 +0200 Message-ID: <485FC622.5020802@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:49:54 +0200 From: Pietro Cerutti Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080610) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd@vfemail.net, User Questions References: <20080623084112.8knm86ara4g0ks4k@mail.vfemail.net> In-Reply-To: <20080623084112.8knm86ara4g0ks4k@mail.vfemail.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 OpenPGP: id=9571F78E; url=http://gahr.ch/pgp/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel03.rubas-s03.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - FreeBSD.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: Subject: Re: Problem with IF_RE 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: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:50:09 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 freebsd@vfemail.net wrote: | Dear List Members | | I am having an issue with a RealTek card for networking. The card in | question is recognised by FB alright, as you can see in the pciconf output | | re0@pci0:2:8:0: class=0x020000 card=0x311a1385 chip=0x816910ec rev=0x10 | hdr=0x00 | vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' | device = 'RTL8110SB Single-Chip Gigabit LOM Ethernet Controller' | class = network | subclass = ethernet | | But when I do an ifconfig, the result says Media None and No Carrier | | re0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 | options=9b | ether 00:1e:2a:3b:2e:62 | inet x.x.x.x netmask 0xffffffe0 broadcast x.x.x.x | media: Ethernet none | status: no carrier | | I know for a fact that the cable and the connection is alright -- I | tried with other devices (like Laptops and other desktops), and when I | plug the cable into the RTL card, the light on the switch shows | connection established. | | But ifconfig report shows "no carrier" ? ? ? | | Any and all help is highly appreciated. I have already CVSupped twice | within this week and built world and kernels from scratch as well. | | uname -a | FreeBSD **** 7.0-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p1 #3: Thu Jun 12 | 15:24:40 BST 2008 | | | kldstat | Id Refs Address Size Name | 1 18 0xc0400000 7bdce8 kernel | 2 2 0xc0bbe000 28588 linux.ko | 3 1 0xc0be7000 7558c4 nvidia.ko | 4 1 0xc133d000 7a88 if_re.ko | 5 1 0xc1345000 6921c acpi.ko | 6 1 0xc35c5000 4000 nullfs.ko | 7 1 0xc4623000 1e000 smbfs.ko | 8 2 0xc4641000 3000 libiconv.ko | 9 2 0xc4644000 3000 libmchain.ko | | | All practical suggestions and pointers are highly appreciated. Uhm, just out of curiosity, do you have the line devd_enable="YES" in your /etc/rc.conf? | | Thanks. - -- Pietro Cerutti gahr@FreeBSD.org PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEAREKAAYFAkhfxiEACgkQwMJqmJVx944h4ACfc4u1o3BPX8BgSicgp65VPVvy hEIAoKgO0TBnyCSsPJN7jkOh/qWy3NKx =inAk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----