Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:52:36 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: William Gordon Rutherdale <will.rutherdale@utoronto.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot get ethernet off the ground Message-ID: <20090111165235.GA62524@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <49694724.6090705@utoronto.ca> References: <4968EDAF.40108@utoronto.ca> <3a142e750901101153x66d0099dxa871dce07df32175@mail.gmail.com> <49694724.6090705@utoronto.ca>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 08:11:00PM -0500, William Gordon Rutherdale wrote: > I have to use paper-sneakernet because > - no network connectivity yet > - tried plugging in a memory stick; it flashed but nothing showed up > with the 'mount' command > > Here are the last two entries from the 'pciconf -lv' command, which look > relevant to the problem. I had to write them down on paper and walk > over to this room to type them. Please pardon any typos: > > none2@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x2abf103c chip=0x816810ec > rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' > device = 'RTL 8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC' > class = network > subclass = ethernet There seems to have been some breakage of the re(4) and rl(4) drivers in the 7.1 release cycle. See [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=130011] You should try to get the files mentioned in the abovementioned link on your machine, and rebuild your kernel. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAklqI9MACgkQEnfvsMMhpyWOswCfRE3hhJOI94wqi1Jh8oogB54i m88An198b+YyPZ71CYePkeLrNomdP4BH =wjAU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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