Hi, I'm a FreeBSD newbie (I use GNU/Linux) so I hope my questions won't be too silly...
So, to test freebsd I installed 6.2-RELEASE on a Dell Latitude D600 laptop. No problem to run X. I first felt in a trap choosing "Upgrade" in sysinstall... So I re-installed again, then follow instruction from the hand-book to buildworld, buildkernel, etc. No problem. The main pb I have is that the ethernet interface (bge0) works, but breakdown a few minutes after I boot. with this message (repeated) in the first VT : "bge0: PHY read timeout". I tried googling to find out a solution but I must admit I'm a little bit lost. Do one has an idea for this ? The problem happens with or without ACPI support. My network interface is : Broadcom BCM5705 A1, ASIC rev. 0x3001 I upgraded my BIOS with the last version available. ifconfig tell me : "media : Ethernet autoselect". I would try to force to 100MB but I can't find where to change this setting. Appart of this issue I feel FreeBSD to be a good OS, filesystem seems very clean and I like the "ports" concept. Stéphane THOMAS The second point is just a question I have : what's the difference between 6.2-RELEASE and 6.2-STABLE ? Stephane THOMAS TCS Desktop Team _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
