From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 3 05:32:40 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D945316A400 for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2007 05:32:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Received: from eskimo.tundraware.com (eskimo.tundraware.com [66.92.130.161]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 743D213C46C for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2007 05:32:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (viper.tundraware.com [192.168.0.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by eskimo.tundraware.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l635WV33060703 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 3 Jul 2007 00:32:33 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Message-ID: <4689DF6D.3090503@tundraware.com> Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:32:29 -0500 From: Tim Daneliuk Organization: TundraWare Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Windows/20070509) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Norberto Meijome , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <7a49f37b0707021436p4e52e2e8mc165307ba610b5c7@mail.gmail.com> <46897B2F.1040700@tundraware.com> <20070703114048.637b0018@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070703114048.637b0018@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-tundraware.com-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-tundraware.com-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-tundraware.com-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-4.399, required 1, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-tundraware.com-MailScanner-From: tundra@tundraware.com X-Spam-Status: No Cc: Subject: Re: Problem with a NIC in FBSD 6.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: tundra@tundraware.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 05:32:40 -0000 Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:24:47 -0500 > Tim Daneliuk wrote: > >> PU wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I have a bit of a problem I'm hoping someone here can help with. I built a >>> 6.2 FBSD box and wound up with a bad NIC out of 3 and what I thought might >>> have been a bad pci slot. I replaced the NIC with a new one, and moved the >>> card to another slot just to make sure I took care of the problem. >>> However, now when I boot up, my rl0 interface is recognized, but isn't >>> 'initialized'. What I mean by that is that I see entries in dmesg, but an >>> ifconfig does not show that interface. I can't even plumb the thing as the >>> OS says it doesn't exist. What really throws me is that the other two NICs >>> and a video card that were also moved are recognized with no problems at >>> all. Problems just seem to follow the rl0 interface. > > [....] >> b) All NICs work in some slots but fail on others. This would hint >> to one of two possibilities: A bad PCI slot or a motherboard >> that does strange and perverse things by hardwiring certain >> interrupts to certain slot positions (yes, I've seen this and >> it's maddening). Remedy: Run over the motherboard with a large >> tank. > > Before heading to your local military surplus shop for a second hand tank, Personally, I keep a tank on hand at all times to "correct" misbehaving hardware. It's also useful for keeping the "Oh, you work on computers, could you fix my Windows laptop..." crowd away, particularly when the 50mm canons are aimed at their cars. But that's just me ... -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/