From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 28 17:38:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 045BF1065672 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:38:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD5D48FC18 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:38:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so1571476wfg.7 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:38:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=kGs5EH5R7o4xDZjMi/GT6n2Ekg+pbPBadCvhh7tkKsQ=; b=FOdsNhLo3dVX2PtFs+cRNz/ye1YwRiEoy9GkhFfOcSktzo2wrTp8h7heiUjpwXWXjO CHVe37QZsNIt1IGfBsZ7Ois7npVNXGX+pYd68uW2yCTdQ6xNbOJ2RbFMtdTtvv6IS3hz u3RPLFSGcgQaEEbTs0FnbR70lCgU3BusbWZq8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=L+2iGWaKNPbDSbsfVMKaJTgidHVLm6hoVKE6tYW9ZbuPqHMSfKcs/5uQn/ZLZYhqF6 UX8HHgtICx6BidFxkJ+m7tM3Sclyy+OD6Ux9MT7X8iNTUtpz42QedjIwCXHBwuDvtmTG +jDeLbXOo4k13tCVzKoNhLf+QemCwOdlelEE8= Received: by 10.142.246.19 with SMTP id t19mr3281360wfh.332.1227892473331; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:14:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.180.20 with HTTP; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:14:33 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <1bd550a00811280914p19e35e15xf0130d652406bf89@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:14:33 +0100 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?=" To: "FreeBSD Hackers" In-Reply-To: <1bd550a00811280033x4803b05cyf83446ae15f47086@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <1bd550a00811280033x4803b05cyf83446ae15f47086@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Fwd: FBSD 7.1 BETA2 and RTL8168/8111 problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:38:29 -0000 Hi, I forward my orginal mail to freebsd-questions. I hope someone can shed some light here... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fernando Apestegu=EDa Date: Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 9:33 AM Subject: FBSD 7.1 BETA2 and RTL8168/8111 problem To: FreeBSD Hi all, I recently installed FreeBSD 7.1 BETA2 on my system. During installation using FTP option, I could notice the following: After some random time (two, five or six minutes, for instance) the installation stalled and sysinstall lost the connection. I was taken back to the "Select FTP site" screen, and I had to configure my NIC again. Then, the install resumed and I got a usable system (MINIMAL + docs + manpages) But the problem persists. From time to time, it seems the kernel can't see the NIC. It happens during normal operation and no message is shown in /var/log/messages. ifconfig doesn't show my 're0' device, so I can't run dhclient on it and I have to reboot. I have to say that sometimes, even when I reboot, the NIC (RTL8168/8111 PCI Express) is not present. This device works fine in the same computer with either Vista or Fedora 9, though I have to say I had similar problems with earlier versions of Fedora (device disappearing or not present after boot), but after a kernel upgrade everything run smoothly. Does FreeBSD use the same driver than Linux does? Anybody else with this problem? Thanks in advance.