Date: 13 Jun 1998 13:00:46 -0500 From: sfarrell+lists@farrell.org To: "Richard J. Finn" <rfinn@hiwd.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: more on my funky problem (help?) Message-ID: <87ra0tb2r5.fsf@couatl.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: "Richard J. Finn"'s message of "Fri, 12 Jun 1998 15:51:26 -0500" References: <358194CE.31E19B94@hiwd.net>
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"Richard J. Finn" <rfinn@hiwd.net> writes: > If you recall, I was having trouble getting 2.2.5 or 2.2.6 to get past > adding the route to my primary router during an upgrade from 2.2.2. > > I even tried configuring the install kernel to only enable the devices > I had (particularly the NIC). I only had my NIC enabled. It still > didn't work. > > I upgraded to 2.2.5 while in multiuser mode, rebooted, and rebuilt the > kernel. The machine wouldn't come back up with the new kernel. From > the console, it appeared that it was having (surprise) a problem talking > to the network. I rebooted with the GENERIC 2.2.5 kernel and it still > didn't work. I rebooted with the old 2.2.2 kernel and it works fine. > > From the 2.2.2 kernel: > > de0 <Digital 21140A Fast Ethernet> rev 32 int a irq 5 on pci1:11 > > de0: Digital DE500-AA 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.0 > > de0: address 00:00:e8:2b:2b:2d > > The 2.2.5 kernels have the same message when it comes to the NIC, with > the addition of a line that looks something like: > > de0: <100BaseTX> status: active > > I'm thinking there might be a problem where 2.2.5 and 2.2.6 are forcing > my NIC to go 100BaseT (I believe its currently only on a 10BaseT > ethernet). > > Any ideas or pointers?... man ifconfig.... you want "media 10baseT/UTP" option to force 10baseT. But this doesn't sound like your whole problem... also, you should see error messages like "no carrier de0: cable problem?" if the media isn't correct. -- Steve Farrell To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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