On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:04:59PM +0200, Markus Vervier wrote: > Jack Vogel wrote: >> >> I didn't mean the NIC EEPROM, but the system BIOS, make sure you are >> running the version that Jeremy said he was, if that matches you might go >> look at settings in the BIOS that are about management. >> > I'm now running the latest BIOS for my X60 version 2.22 with the same > results. Jeremy runs version 1.15 but on a T60. >> I thought you told us that when you had a back to back connection that it >> worked, no?? > Sorry, it does not work when having a b2b connection, never said that. > But I noticed another thing: > > It is important that the device was up without a cable connected: > > 1. power off completely > 2. boot freebsd without a cable connected > 3. in a rootshell do ifconfig em0 up > 4. connect the cable > 5. no link
This wasn't the procedure I was following when I did testing on my T60p widescreen -- I was booting with the cable connected. I'll have to try the above procedure tonight, although it may be wasted effort as Jack was able to repro it on an X60. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
