From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 5 09:20:03 2005 Return-Path: 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 29AD316A4CE for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2005 09:20:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92.asp.att.net [204.127.203.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4CD443D5F for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2005 09:20:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.hauber@mchsi.com) Received: from wizard.valleygate.net (12-219-204-24.client.mchsi.com[12.219.204.24]) by sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92) with ESMTP id <20050305092002m92002bqb6e>; Sat, 5 Mar 2005 09:20:02 +0000 From: Mike Hauber To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 04:22:47 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <1110000637.422943fdb3e74@imp6-q.free.fr> In-Reply-To: <1110000637.422943fdb3e74@imp6-q.free.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200503050422.48429.m.hauber@mchsi.com> cc: hb4j@free.fr Subject: Re: followup on help needed on configuring rl0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: m.hauber@mchsi.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 09:20:03 -0000 On Saturday 05 March 2005 12:30 am, hb4j@free.fr wrote: > hi everyone, > > I have been able to manually setup my rl0 without Xserver and > BEFORE this stinking "rl0 : watchdog timeout" error message > appeared at boot time and I could surf with NO problem, so that > means that Freesbie recognizes and initializes my realtek 8139 > nic (it is integrated on my medion laptop's motherboard) very > well. > > In order to do this, I had to interrupt the boot process just > before the place where the error message comes. > > Any idea as to how I could fix this ? > > ps : it does the same problem whether I use the Freesbie livecd > or my installation of it on my hard drive. > > thanks in advance for your help :o) > > original message : > > hi everyone, > > I am a very enthusiastic FreeBSD newbie (I have wanted to use > FreeBSD for years, but thanks to the latest Freesbie 1.1 which > is awesome, I have finally made the step). > > I have a good knowledge of linux administration, both system > and network and am presently learning the correspondances with > FreeBSD line commands. > > So, here is my problem for which I would need your help : > > on my laptop (medion 1GHz mobile, with a realtech 8129/8139 > network card), my network card is detected and recognized as > what it is but, whether I use sysinstall and its network config > wizard or dhclient or assign manually a network address with > netmask and so on (ifconfig inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) and the route also manually, it never changes > (whether rebooted in between or not), but says my ip is 0.0.0.0 > and dhclient complains that it cannot find any dhcp server > although, on another computer with the very same network cable > and networkplug on the wall, it has no problem whatsoever > > furthermore, when i boot under linux, it works perfectly fine > ... > > thanks in advance for your help > > hb4j > Have you checked your BIOS to make ensure that pnp bios was disabled? I've seen this problem before, and I think this was the solution. HTH, Mike