Eric F Crist wrote: > On Nov 6, 2005, at 5:58 PM, Matthew Smith wrote: > >> I've just had a look through /var/log/messages and have spotted some >> lines that may be relevant: >> >> {timestamp} kernel: re0: couldn't map ports/memory >> {timestamp} kernel: rl0: couldn't map ports/memory >> {timestamp} kernel: pci0: <network, ethernet> at device 8.0 (no driver >> attached) > > Well, the second line there, referencing rl0 is indeed the Realtek > driver for the network card. The error, on the other hand, is > something I'm not familiar with. > > Reading through the archives, I see the following link: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2004-December/ > 067477.html <snip> My card started working when i disabled ACPI. </snip>
Hmm - thanks for the suggestion, I should have tried this; every time I've had ACPI enabled under Linux, it has broken something. However, I have just tried booting with ACPI disabled with the FreeBSD boot disk and the minimal installation that managed to get on my hard disk - the result is that FreeBSD cannot find any drives! So, worth a try, but not the solution. Furthermore, I have now tried swapping the Realtek card for a D-Link (DFE530TX) one. The problem persists... Just a minor point - is 6 actually a stable version? I was wondering whether I've gone and picked up a development version when I should have been using 5.something. Cheers M -- Matthew Smith Kadina Business Consultancy, South Australia Work: <http://www.kbc.net.au> Personal: <http://www.mss.cx> _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"