Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:21:54 +0100 From: Norman Khine <norman@khine.net> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Laptop freezes upon network initialization Message-ID: <47D06072.6070208@khine.net>
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Hello, I have a very strange problem and was hoping someone can help me. I have an old Toshiba 7000ct which I have rebuilt and is running FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE As this laptop does not have a network card, I have a Linksys 10/100 USB Network Adapter. Here I get the problem:- when I boot the machine without the Linksys it boots fine, but when I try to boot it up with the Linksys attached the machine simply freezes on the screen Doing initial network setup: hostname. disk stops responding and I have to force reboot the machine. When I boot the machine boots fine I will then plug the Linksys and the machine sees it and gives a message on the screen... auo0: Linksys Inc. LINKSYS USB Adapter, rev 1.10/1.01, addr2 aue0: Ethernet address: 00:e0:98:7f:b2:83 miibus0: <MII bus> on aue0 ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus0 ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baset-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto #ifconfig aue0 aue0: flags=8802<BROADCAST, SIMPLEX, MULTICAST> mtu 1500 ether 00:e0:98:7f:b2:83 media: Ethernet autoselect (none) status: no carrier When I plug the network cable, the green light comes on the Linksys and: #ifconfig aue0 aue0: flags=8802<BROADCAST, SIMPLEX, MULTICAST> mtu 1500 ether 00:e0:98:7f:b2:83 media: Ethernet autoselect (none) status: active I have tried to manually setup the card, but this simply freezes the laptop #ifconfig aue0 inet 10.0.1.181 netmask 255.255.255.0 I also manually configured /etc/rc.conf sshd_enabled="YES" usbd_enabled="YES" ifconfig_aue0="inet 10.0.1.191 netmask 255.255.255.0" defaultrouter="10.0.1.1" ... but no luck, everytime the USB Linksys is plugged or I try to bring the interface 'up' the machine simply freezes. I tried even using #/stand/sysinstall with DHCP, I get a message looking for DHCP server. Is there a way in which I can trace what the problem is or to manually force a connection? My setup: [10.0.1.1] Apple Base Station - DHCP on my apple here is my ifconfig output: en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet6 fe80::211:24ff:fe90:6fff%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 inet 10.0.1.199 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.1.255 inet6 2002:522b:2a5c::211:24ff:fe90:6fff prefixlen 64 autoconf ether 00:11:24:90:6f:ff media: autoselect status: active supported media: autoselect Any thoughts and ideas on this? Cheers --Norman %>>> "".join( [ {'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,None) or chr(97+(ord(c)-83)%26) for c in ",adym,*)&uzq^zqf" ] )
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