From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Oct 12 10:43:04 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B390A11C97 for ; Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:43:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7C9D1513 for ; Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:43:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id E4640A11C93; Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:43:03 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4131A11C92 for ; Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:43:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AAD68150F for ; Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:43:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-41-64.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.41.64]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5C5432787D; Mon, 12 Oct 2015 12:42:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id t9CAgsa7002033; Mon, 12 Oct 2015 12:42:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 12:42:54 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Paul Beard Cc: FreeBSD-questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10: no interfaces Message-Id: <20151012124254.a2b39c50.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <0D1A75F9-ADD6-4FB8-8921-5C2196645D1C@gmail.com> References: <0D1A75F9-ADD6-4FB8-8921-5C2196645D1C@gmail.com> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:43:04 -0000 On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 23:10:09 -0700, Paul Beard wrote: > I just built 10.2 from source, running in a VM, as I have been doing > with 8.x for a couple of years. The VM is a clone of the 8.4 environment. Do you have any nonstandard kernel options? > For some reason, no interfaces are created at boot time, no loopback > or other interfaces. As you might guess, that limits the utility of a > FreeBSD install a bit. Quite. :-) Network interfaces will only appear if the VM support has been installed _and_ the VM environment has defined virtual network interfaces (compatible with mentioned support). However, a loopback device should allear withouth any configuration. Depending on what VM you're using, "vmware-tools" might be needed. > Here’s a screen shot of what I can see: There is no screenshot. The list only allows text attachments. But you can link to a web resource. > Nothing in messages. The interface is seen in dmesg and seems to be loaded. What's the output of "ifconfig -a"? > What could be the trouble? Interfaces loaded, but not configured? CHeck the relevant sections of /etc/rc.conf. The transition from FreeBSD 8 to FreeBSD 10 might show some changes... -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...