Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 06:53:21 -0700 From: Paul Beard <paulbeard@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10: no interfaces Message-ID: <C5F10C2D-242F-43F2-BA24-A5C88D3F7779@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20151012124254.a2b39c50.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <0D1A75F9-ADD6-4FB8-8921-5C2196645D1C@gmail.com> <20151012124254.a2b39c50.freebsd@edvax.de>
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> On Oct 12, 2015, at 3:42 AM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: >=20 >> 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.= >=20 > Do you have any nonstandard kernel options? No, I built the GENERIC kernel.=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >> 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. >=20 > Quite. :-) >=20 > 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. I have the vbox* options set in rc.conf and the relevant ports installed. >=20 > Depending on what VM you're using, "vmware-tools" might be needed. >=20 >=20 >=20 >> Here=81fs a screen shot of what I can see: >=20 > There is no screenshot. The list only allows text attachments. > But you can link to a web resource. >=20 Ah, ok.=20 >=20 >=20 >> Nothing in messages. The interface is seen in dmesg and seems to be loade= d. >=20 > What's the output of "ifconfig -a"? Nothing much: no names, the summed values, and the properties=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >> What could be the trouble? >=20 > Interfaces loaded, but not configured? CHeck the relevant > sections of /etc/rc.conf. The transition from FreeBSD 8=20 > to FreeBSD 10 might show some changes. I made as few changes as I could unless I needed to. The same interfaces are= loaded as in 8.4 and appear in dmesg.=20
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