From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 23 16:10:38 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 89D7016A41C for ; Mon, 23 May 2005 16:10:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B35E43D48 for ; Mon, 23 May 2005 16:10:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id j4NGAub66034; Mon, 23 May 2005 09:11:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Abrie Lintvelt" , "freebsd-questions" Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 09:10:18 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 In-Reply-To: <428F02E8.4040107@aboutit.co.za> Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: RE: Problem with Realtek 8139C and 8139D NIC in 5.4 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, 23 May 2005 16:10:38 -0000 The Realtek 8139 cards are a pretty cheap chipset that many others have had problems with. Try a different card from a different manufacturer. It is probably some BIOS setting in your motherboard. You might try setting the board to non-pnp OS to allow the board to assign resources. Ted > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Abrie Lintvelt > Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 2:44 AM > To: freebsd-questions > Subject: Problem with Realtek 8139C and 8139D NIC in 5.4 > > > Hiya Guys > > I've recently started "playing" with FreeBSD. I use it at > home on a pc > for our ADSL connection, just for that added security. > Worked fine with 5.2, except that my WiFi connection was a > little buggy, > so I decided to upgrade to 5.4 > > After installing 5.4, my ed(4) card stopped working. It's > quite an old > card, so I decided to upgrade it as well. > Got myself a new RTL8139D card, and installed it only to keep getting > the error that it "couldn't map ports/memory". The system has 2 other > NICs in in as well, > A RTL8139A, and a Gigabyte Super 108 NIC using the ath(4) driver. > Uninstalled the other Realtek Card, same problem. Uninstalled > the WiFi, > same problem, > Uninstall ALL other NICs in the system and only leave in the 8139D, > problem still persists. > > Over to plan B, get another NIC from another unused PC. This > time it's > an 8139C. Same problem still. I'm really out of options. > Any way to resolve this issue? > > I'm kinda desperate to get my system up and running again. > > System Specs: > AMD Duron 700 > Gigabyte GA-7IX Motherboard (quite old I know, but the PC just stood > there doing nothing :) > 3dfx Voodoo Banshee AGP Display (see M/B note) > RTL8139A NIC (dunno where I got this one) > RTL8139D NIC > Gigabyte GN-WPEAG Wifi NIC > 128MB Ram > 6GB HDD > > Thanx for all the help. > > Abrie Linvelt > Web Developer > About IT dot Web > Tel: +27 12 460 1000 (w) > Fax: +27 12 460 1000(w) > Mobile: +27 82 638 6345 > www.aboutitweb.co.za > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >