Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 11:50:19 -0500 From: Dimitri Yioulos <dyioulos@firstbhph.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and VMware tools (was Re: FreeBSD 7RC2 and VMware tools) Message-ID: <200803041150.21032.dyioulos@firstbhph.com> In-Reply-To: <200803040951.06410.dyioulos@firstbhph.com> References: <20080217180601.M82827@firstbhph.com> <47CC52A0.20904@fid4.com> <200803040951.06410.dyioulos@firstbhph.com>
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On Tuesday 04 March 2008 9:51 am, Dimitri Yioulos wrote: > On Monday 03 March 2008 2:33 pm, Michael C. Cambria wrote: > > Dimitri Yioulos wrote: > > > I've followed a > > > couple of posts in other forums (or fora, if you prefer :-) ) that > > > suggest using the e1000 NIC driver (e.g. > > > communities.vmware.com/message/352504), but it fails. This is the last > > > piece I need to make work. Suggestions? > > > > What's the problem you see? > > > > All I've ever needed to do was edit my .vmx file and add: > > > > ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000" > > > > MikeC > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > So, Mike, do I do nothing with the "ifconfig_le0=" line in /etc/rc.conf? > The post I read said to change it to "ifconfig_em0= ...", but that didn't > seem to work. > > Thanks. > > Dimitri More info. - I added ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000" to the vmx file and rebooted the FBSD server. I have network connectivity, but a check of dmesg shows the following: le0: <AMD PCnet-PCI> port 0x1400-0x147f irq 18 at device 17.0 on pci0 So, am I not using the virtual e1000? Dimitri -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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