From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 9 11:07:28 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE0B716A417 for ; Sun, 9 Sep 2007 11:07:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stefan.schablowski@prolificx.com) Received: from Mercury.nz.prolificx.com (mail.prolificx.com [203.167.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5149013C457 for ; Sun, 9 Sep 2007 11:07:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stefan.schablowski@prolificx.com) Received: from mercury.nz.prolificx.com ([172.18.1.12]) by Mercury.nz.prolificx.com with InterScan Message Security Suite; Sun, 09 Sep 2007 22:37:23 +1200 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 22:37:20 +1200 Message-ID: <048DAE2206FF0D45844991688ABAD6480129CBD7@Mercury.nz.prolificx.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Realtek RTL8169 - no driver attached Thread-index: AcfyzWaekGSljaJyR2KGwmpehTdPyA== From: "Stefan Schablowski" To: X-imss-version: 2.048 X-imss-result: Passed X-imss-scanInfo: M:P L:E SM:0 X-imss-tmaseResult: TT:0 TS:0.0000 TC:00 TRN:0 TV:3.6.1039(15410.001) X-imss-scores: Clean:34.33120 C:2 M:3 S:5 R:5 X-imss-settings: Baseline:2 C:1 M:1 S:1 R:1 (0.1500 0.1500) Subject: Realtek RTL8169 - no driver attached 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: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:07:28 -0000 Hi all, I would like to install FreeBSD 6.2 on a i386 system that includes a Realtek RTL8169 network card, but when booting from the install CD or from the installed system, there seems to be a problem with the driver: > dmesg ... pci0: at device 13.0 (no driver attached) ... > pciconf -l -v ... none0@pci0:13:0: class=3D0x020000 card=3D0x816910ec chip=3D0x816910ec rev= =3D0x10 hdr=3D0x00 vendor =3D 'Realtek Semiconductor' device =3D 'RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter' class =3D 'Network' subclass =3D ethernet ... > kldload if_re kldload: can't load if_re: File exists I've been running a FreeBSD server in production for over a year now and this is the first time ever I even have to think about hardware. The card itself is a cheap no-name card. What am I doing wrong ? Thank you very much, CU Stefan CAUTION: This e-mail and any attachment(s) contains information that is= both confidential and possibly legally privileged. No reader may make any= use of its content unless that use is approved by Prolificx separately in= writing. Any opinion, advice or information contained in this e-mail and= any attachment(s) is to be treated as interim and provisional only and for= the strictly limited purpose of the recipient as communicated to us.= Neither the recipient nor any other person should act upon it without our= separate written authorisation of reliance.