Re: Problem upgrading from 7.0 RC2 to RC3 (ethernet)

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 09:06:24PM +0200, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am running RC2 right now and wired ethernet (fxp0) works just fine.
> Current dmesg below. I didn't notice the copious ACPI errors... which may be
> the cause why I have issues with suspend/resume.
> 
> I tried to upgrade to RC3. I downloaded netbsd-INSTALL.gz and just attempted
> to boot that kernel and perfom an upgrade.

It would be better to try  a GENERIC kernel + miniroot.kmod

> 
> Is this supposed to work? I hope so, it would avoid the hassle of burning a
> CD!
> 
> I boot and work through the menus until I need to configure the network.
> There I see the fxp0 interface, perform autoconfiguration.
> - dhcp never succeeds and I get a series of messages of CARRIER and NO
> CARRIER, until it eventually gives up with no address
> - repeating the attempt several times doesn't help
> - once it returns to the menus without IP, the whole computer becomes
> extremely sluggish... just navigating with the arrow keys is a pain
> 
> Perhaps this is a RC3 problem or an install kernel problem instead?

If GENERIC+miniroot doesn't work, does it work if you use a static address ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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