From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 12 10:55:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A7B216A41F for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:55:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from xfb52@dial.pipex.com) Received: from smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1AB943D67 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:55:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from xfb52@dial.pipex.com) Received: from [82.41.32.173] ([82.41.32.173]) by smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:56:23 +0000 Message-ID: <439D571F.4000905@dial.pipex.com> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:55:27 +0000 From: Alex Zbyslaw User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-GB; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20051106 X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Keith Bottner References: <012a01c5fd0b$02378df0$1801a8c0@Stile> In-Reply-To: <012a01c5fd0b$02378df0$1801a8c0@Stile> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Dec 2005 10:56:23.0308 (UTC) FILETIME=[B0EE24C0:01C5FF0A] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Detect hardware changes 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, 12 Dec 2005 10:55:30 -0000 Keith Bottner wrote: >I have not compiled a kernel. This is a standard FreeBSD 5.4-Release >installation. How can I check to see if the loadable module is installed? > > > Have a look in /var/run/dmesg.boot and see if you have a line like sk0: unknown media type 0xff If so, plug your card into the network and try again. Even if you don't see such a line, try it if you haven't already. If that doesn't work then what does /var/run/dmesg.boot show for sk0 and skc0? I have an SMC card based which fails to attach without a cable -- not sure if it needs to be plugged in to a router or not. The onboard chipset on a different PC has no such failing. --Alex