From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 19 15:35:11 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1C3716A41F for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:35:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mas039@bangor.ac.uk) Received: from agnostix.bangor.ac.uk (agnostix.bangor.ac.uk [147.143.2.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2628D43D4C for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:35:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mas039@bangor.ac.uk) Received: from publix.bangor.ac.uk (publix [147.143.5.6]) by agnostix.bangor.ac.uk (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j6JFYRuq023423; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:34:27 +0100 (BST) Received: (from mas039@localhost) by publix.bangor.ac.uk (8.12.8+Sun/8.12.8) id j6JFYQq6006483; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:34:26 +0100 (BST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17117.7553.838515.352459@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:34:25 +0100 From: g.w.roberts@bangor.ac.uk To: "Abrie Lintvelt" , "freebsd-questions" , "Ted Mittelstaedt" X-Mailer: VM 7.07 under 21.4 (patch 12) "Portable Code" XEmacs Lucid X-UWB-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-UWB-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-UWB-MailScanner-SpamCheck: nid sbam/not spam (goddefadwy/whitelisted), SpamAssassin (sgor/score=0.255, yn ofynnol/required 4.5, autolearn=disabled, NO_REAL_NAME 0.18, TW_DF 0.08) X-UWB-MailScanner-From: mas039@bangor.ac.uk Cc: Subject: RE: Problem with Realtek 8139C and 8139D NIC in 5.4 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: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:35:11 -0000 Your original message was two months ago, so this is probably too late for you, but: Some combinations of device and bus hardware do not like PCI IO modes enabled, so try setting the sysctl variable hw.pci.enable_io_modes="0" in /boot/loader.conf or /boot/loader.conf.local and rebooting. Or boot to the loader prompt and set it to zero. This worked for 5.4-RELEASE on my cheap laptop. otherwise the onboard RealTek8139 gave "rl0: couldn't map ports/memory". Gareth. -- Dr G W Roberts Dr G W Roberts Adran Mathemateg Department of Mathematics Prifysgol Cymru University of Wales Stryd y Deon Dean Street Bangor Bangor Gwynedd Gwynedd LL57 1UT LL57 1UT DU UK Ebost G.W.Roberts@bangor.ac.uk Tel +44 (0)1248 382480 / 382686 Ffacs +44 (0)1248 361429 WWW http://www.mathematics.bangor.ac.uk > The Realtek 8139 cards are a pretty cheap chipset that many others > have had problems with. Try a different card from a different > manufacturer. > > It is probably some BIOS setting in your motherboard. You might try > setting > the board to non-pnp OS to allow the board to assign resources. > > Ted > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Abrie Lintvelt > > Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 2:44 AM > > To: freebsd-questions > > Subject: Problem with Realtek 8139C and 8139D NIC in 5.4 > > > > > > Hiya Guys > > > > I've recently started "playing" with FreeBSD. I use it at > > home on a pc > > for our ADSL connection, just for that added security. > > Worked fine with 5.2, except that my WiFi connection was a > > little buggy, > > so I decided to upgrade to 5.4 > > > > After installing 5.4, my ed(4) card stopped working. It's > > quite an old > > card, so I decided to upgrade it as well. > > Got myself a new RTL8139D card, and installed it only to keep getting > > the error that it "couldn't map ports/memory". The system has 2 other > > NICs in in as well, > > A RTL8139A, and a Gigabyte Super 108 NIC using the ath(4) driver. > > Uninstalled the other Realtek Card, same problem. Uninstalled > > the WiFi, > > same problem, > > Uninstall ALL other NICs in the system and only leave in the 8139D, > > problem still persists. > > > > Over to plan B, get another NIC from another unused PC. This > > time it's > > an 8139C. Same problem still. I'm really out of options. > > Any way to resolve this issue? > > > > I'm kinda desperate to get my system up and running again. > > > > System Specs: > > AMD Duron 700 > > Gigabyte GA-7IX Motherboard (quite old I know, but the PC just stood > > there doing nothing :) > > 3dfx Voodoo Banshee AGP Display (see M/B note) > > RTL8139A NIC (dunno where I got this one) > > RTL8139D NIC > > Gigabyte GN-WPEAG Wifi NIC > > 128MB Ram > > 6GB HDD > > > > Thanx for all the help. > > > > Abrie Linvelt > > Web Developer > > About IT dot Web > > Tel: +27 12 460 1000 (w) > > Fax: +27 12 460 1000(w) > > Mobile: +27 82 638 6345 > > www.aboutitweb.co.za > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"