I installed 4.8-release for i386 via install48.iso found on the FTPs. However, to finish the install I had to disable my onboard ethernet LAN in BIOS to get past the network setup phase - otherwise the machine would completely lock up.
This is the first time I've installed OpenBSD on this machine. I know nVidia isn't that great of company. After re-enabling it in BIOS it boots normally and the machine functions until I issue 'ifconfig' with no arguments - it locks up completely just like during the install. When booting it 'enables' networking but does not freeze and I'm able to do other things like start X and format disks/etc. I don't have any ethernet cables attached during any of this. When invoking reboot while the LAN via BIOS was enabled the machine panicked: # reboot panic: rlphy_service: attempt to isolate phy Stopped at Debugger+0x4: popl %ebp RUN AT LEAST 'trace' AND 'ps' AND INCLUDE OUTPUT WHEN REPORTING THIS PANIC! DO NOT EVEN BOTHER REPORTING THIS WITHOUT INCLUDING THAT INFORMATION! ddb> Noticing the all caps, I followed orders. ddb> trace Debugger(d08bb89c,de256cd8,d08c0128,de256cd8,0) at Debugger+0x4 panic(d08c0128,d2f34f00,de256d0c,d05170a5,d09be940) at panic+0x5d rlphy_service(d2eba400,d2da52b0,3,d06c39ec,d2da5000) at rlphy_service +0x13d mii_pollstat(d2da52b0,de256e8c,de256e8c,d8a86c60,100) at nfe_ifmedia_sts+0x2 2 ifmedia_ioctl(d2da5030,de256e8c,d2da52b0,c0286936,d2da5060) at ifmedia_ioctl+0x 87 nfe_ioctl(d2da5030,c0286936,de256e8c,d2da5030,d2da5030) at nfe_ioctl +0xad ifioctl(d8aa2358,c0286936,de256e8c,d8a873c0,28) at ifioctl+0x3b7 sys_ioctl(d8a873c0,de256f64,de256f84,de256fa8,d8a873c0) at sys_ioctl +0x1b8 syscall() at syscall+0x2f0 --- syscall (number 11) --- 0x2: ddb> ps PID PPID PGRP UID S FLAGS WAIT COMMAND 31868 2375 2375 0 2 0 sh *29447 2375 2375 0 7 0x4000 ifconfig 2375 15715 2375 0 3 0x4080 pause sh 15715 7650 15715 0 3 0x4080 wait reboot 15117 16997 15117 1000 3 0x4080 ttyin ksh 6158 30378 9637 1000 3 0x4080 select FvwmPager 30378 9637 9637 1000 3 0x4080 select fvwm 16997 9637 9637 1000 3 0x44180 select xterm 9637 12228 9637 1000 3 0x4080 pause sh 4513 1 14772 35 3 0x180 poll xconsole 24126 1 14772 0 3 0x80 netio xconsole 12228 23925 12228 0 3 0x80 wait xdm 14863 18634 18634 0 3 0x40180 netio Xorg 18634 23925 18634 35 3 0x44180 select Xorg 25565 1 25565 0 3 0x4080 ttyin getty 18390 1 18390 0 3 0x4080 ttyin getty 19425 1 19425 0 3 0x4080 ttyin getty 11911 1 11911 0 3 0x4080 ttyin getty 7650 1 7650 0 3 0x4080 pause ksh 23925 1 23925 0 3 0x80 pause xdm 27132 1 27132 0 3 0x40180 select sendmail 16474 1 16474 0 3 0x80 select cron 13751 1 13751 0 3 0x180 select inetd 12754 25203 25203 74 3 0x180 bpf pflogd 26203 1 26203 0 3 0x80 netio pflogd 23062 12058 12058 73 3 0x180 poll syslogd 12058 1 12058 0 3 0x88 netio syslogd 14 0 0 0 3 0x100200 bored crypto 13 0 0 0 3 0x100200 aiodoned aiodoned 12 0 0 0 3 0x100200 syncer update 11 0 0 0 3 0x100200 cleaner cleaner 10 0 0 0 3 0x100200 reaper reaper 9 0 0 0 3 0x100200 pgdaemon pagedaemon 8 0 0 0 3 0x100200 pftm pfpurge 7 0 0 0 3 0x100200 usbevt usb1 6 0 0 0 3 0x100200 usbtsk usbtask 5 0 0 0 3 0x100200 usbevt usb0 4 0 0 0 3 0x100200 bored syswq 3 0 0 0 3 0x40100200 idle0 2 0 0 0 3 0x100200 kmalloc kmthread 1 0 1 0 3 0x4080 wait init 0 -1 0 0 3 0x80200 scheduler swapper Here is a dmesg, what stood out to me is that it repeats rlphy{0..31} at nfe0 phy {0..31}: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 .... : OpenBSD 4.8 (GENERIC) #136: Mon Aug 16 09:06:23 MDT 2010 dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: AMD Sempron(tm) 145 Processor ("AuthenticAMD" 686-class, 1024KB L2 cache) 2.82 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SSE3,MWAIT,CX16,POPCNT real mem = 2113433600 (2015MB) avail mem = 2068897792 (1973MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 12/10/09, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xf0010, SMBIOS rev. 2.6 @ 0xfce30 (47 entries) bios0: vendor American Megatrends Inc. version "V2.3" date 12/10/2009 bios0: MSI MS-7309 acpi at bios0 function 0x0 not configured mpbios0 at bios0: Intel MP Specification 1.4 cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: apic clock running at 200MHz mpbios0: bus 0 is type PCI mpbios0: bus 1 is type PCI mpbios0: bus 2 is type PCI mpbios0: bus 3 is type PCI mpbios0: bus 4 is type PCI mpbios0: bus 5 is type ISA ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 1 pa 0xfec00000, version 11, 24 pins pcibios0 at bios0: rev 3.0 @ 0xf0000/0x10000 pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xf4bb0/256 (14 entries) pcibios0: no compatible PCI ICU found: ICU vendor 0x10de product 0x03e0 pcibios0: Warning, unable to fix up PCI interrupt routing pcibios0: PCI bus #4 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xf000 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) "NVIDIA MCP61 Memory" rev 0xa1 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 not configured pcib0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "NVIDIA MCP61 ISA" rev 0xa2 nviic0 at pci0 dev 1 function 1 "NVIDIA MCP61 SMBus" rev 0xa2 iic0 at nviic0 spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-5300CL5 spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-5300CL5 iic1 at nviic0 "NVIDIA MCP61 Memory" rev 0xa2 at pci0 dev 1 function 2 not configured ohci0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "NVIDIA MCP61 USB" rev 0xa3: apic 1 int 7 (irq 7), version 1.0, legacy support ehci0 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 "NVIDIA MPC61 USB" rev 0xa3: apic 1 int 10 (irq 10) usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "NVIDIA EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb0 at pci0 dev 4 function 0 "NVIDIA MCP61" rev 0xa1 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 azalia0 at pci0 dev 5 function 0 "NVIDIA MCP61 HD Audio" rev 0xa2: apic 1 int 11 (irq 11) azalia0: codecs: Realtek ALC888 audio0 at azalia0 pciide0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 "NVIDIA MCP61 IDE" rev 0xa2: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <TSSTcorp, CDDVDW SH-S222A, SB02> ATAPI 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4 pciide0: channel 1 ignored (disabled) nfe0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "NVIDIA MCP61 LAN" rev 0xa2: apic 1 int 5 (irq 5), address 40:61:86:cc:1c:eb rlphy0 at nfe0 phy 0: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy1 at nfe0 phy 1: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy2 at nfe0 phy 2: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy3 at nfe0 phy 3: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy4 at nfe0 phy 4: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy5 at nfe0 phy 5: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy6 at nfe0 phy 6: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy7 at nfe0 phy 7: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy8 at nfe0 phy 8: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy9 at nfe0 phy 9: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy10 at nfe0 phy 10: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy11 at nfe0 phy 11: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy12 at nfe0 phy 12: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy13 at nfe0 phy 13: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy14 at nfe0 phy 14: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy15 at nfe0 phy 15: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy16 at nfe0 phy 16: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy17 at nfe0 phy 17: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy18 at nfe0 phy 18: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy19 at nfe0 phy 19: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy20 at nfe0 phy 20: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy21 at nfe0 phy 21: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy22 at nfe0 phy 22: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy23 at nfe0 phy 23: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy24 at nfe0 phy 24: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy25 at nfe0 phy 25: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy26 at nfe0 phy 26: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy27 at nfe0 phy 27: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy28 at nfe0 phy 28: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy29 at nfe0 phy 29: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy30 at nfe0 phy 30: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 rlphy31 at nfe0 phy 31: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 ifmedia_match: multiple match for 0x20/0xffffffff, selected instance 0 pciide1 at pci0 dev 8 function 0 "NVIDIA MCP61 SATA" rev 0xa2: DMA pciide1: using apic 1 int 10 (irq 10) for native-PCI interrupt wd0 at pciide1 channel 1 drive 0: <WDC WD800AAJS-00L7A0> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 76319MB, 156301488 sectors wd0(pciide1:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 6 pciide2 at pci0 dev 8 function 1 "NVIDIA MCP61 SATA" rev 0xa2: DMA pciide2: using apic 1 int 10 (irq 10) for native-PCI interrupt ppb1 at pci0 dev 9 function 0 "NVIDIA MCP61 PCIE" rev 0xa2 pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 ppb2 at pci0 dev 11 function 0 "NVIDIA MCP61 PCIE" rev 0xa2 pci3 at ppb2 bus 3 ppb3 at pci0 dev 12 function 0 "NVIDIA MCP61 PCIE" rev 0xa2 pci4 at ppb3 bus 4 vga1 at pci0 dev 13 function 0 "NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 430" rev 0xa2 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) pchb0 at pci0 dev 24 function 0 "AMD AMD64 10h HyperTransport" rev 0x00 pchb1 at pci0 dev 24 function 1 "AMD AMD64 10h Address Map" rev 0x00 pchb2 at pci0 dev 24 function 2 "AMD AMD64 10h DRAM Cfg" rev 0x00 km0 at pci0 dev 24 function 3 "AMD AMD64 10h Misc Cfg" rev 0x00 pchb3 at pci0 dev 24 function 4 "AMD AMD64 10h Link Cfg" rev 0x00 isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo com0: probed fifo depth: 15 bytes pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 usb1 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 "NVIDIA OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support softraid0 at root root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b I'm not sure where to start/go from here, but I do have a spare FastEthernet PCI NIC I can use for the time being. Some 3COM one. Thanks. -- end