Hi there, I just tried another NIC (the onboard Realtek one) if it works.. It doesn't. I still don't get it. Please help me. :( regards, Frederic On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:31:57 +0200 Frederic Jaeckel <jchome%jc-ix.net@localhost> wrote: > Hi there, > > I have a Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-UD2H motherboard and a Intel fxp(4) > network card. > Normally everbody thinks "oh, fxp.. that works", yeah.. but not in > this system. I get very very strange effects. The kernel is > recognizing everything correctly, including all parts of the > motherboard and the fxp(4) card. > When I try to use the card, I send out SYNs but I don't get ACKs or > any other response. Even ARP doesn't work. This is a default install, > so no packetfilter is involved. Would be nice to attach a dmesg > output but this won't work, becaus I just have this box remotely via > Java KVM (just the possibility to get screenshots of the VGA output). > I already tried to disable ACPI, SMP, MPBIOS.. tried to use PCI FIXUPs > and looked up the config dumps.. (if anyone need that of the fxp(4), I > do have them already as screens). I even tried to disable all > unnecessary parts of the computer, like the internal soundcard, nic, > firewire, usb or everything. There's no way to get this network card > working. The very very strange effect is, that in Linux everything > works and that confuses me the most. ;) > I want to have NetBSD, not Linux.. so please give me some hints or > responses according this issue.. maybe some possibilities to debug it > or so. I would be very pleased. :) > > best regards, > Frederic 'jchome' Jaeckel
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