From nobody@FreeBSD.org Sat Mar 10 19:57:26 2001 Return-Path: Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1533F37B718 for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2001 19:57:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f2B3vQW24615; Sat, 10 Mar 2001 19:57:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200103110357.f2B3vQW24615@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 19:57:26 -0800 (PST) From: shivangp@kmfms.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: FBSD >= 4.0 does not recongnize NIC card - shared memory can't be cleared. X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 >Number: 25676 >Category: conf >Synopsis: FBSD >= 4.0 does not recongnize NIC card - shared memory can't be cleared. >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Mar 10 20:00:01 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: Thu Jul 12 17:24:01 PDT 2001 >Last-Modified: Thu Jul 12 17:24:28 PDT 2001 >Originator: Shivang Patel >Release: 4.2 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: When I try to install any version of FBSD 4.0 or greater I always get ed1: failed to clear shared memory at 0xc0000 - check configuration. I looked it up in the man pages and it says the following: When the card was probed at system boot time, the ed driver found that it could not clear the card's shared memory. This is most commonly caused by a BIOS extension ROM being configured in the same address space as the ethernet card's shared memory. Either find the offending card and change its BIOS ROM to be at an address that doesn't conflict, or change the iomem option in the kernel config file so that the card's shared memory is mapped at a non-conflicting address. I looked for 0xc0000 in system information in windows 98 and I found out that its my video card that has that address. But I tried chaning the video card to an old one but it still did not work. (NOTE: I did not go back into windows to check its location) Do I change the address of my NIC? If so how? If not how do I fix this problem? >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav To: shivangp@kmfms.com Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conf/25676: FBSD >= 4.0 does not recongnize NIC card - shared memory can't be cleared. Date: 11 Mar 2001 14:06:36 +0100 shivangp@kmfms.com writes: > When I try to install any version of FBSD 4.0 or greater I always > get ed1: failed to clear shared memory at 0xc0000 - check > configuration. 1) what kind of card is this? 2) can you show us the contents of /var/run/dmesg.boot? 3) can you show us your kernel config? > I looked for 0xc0000 in system information in windows 98 and I found > out that its my video card that has that address. Yes, that's the standard starting address for video RAM on a VGA- compatible graphics adapter in graphics mode (0xb8000 in text mode). Changing the card won't fix that. I suspect you have a typo in your kernel config, or your NIC is misconfigured (if it's one of those that come with a DOS config utility). BTW, this really belongs on -questions, not in the GNATS database. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org From: Kris Kennaway To: shivangp@kmfms.com Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/25676: FBSD >= 4.0 does not recongnize NIC card - shared memory can't be cleared. Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 16:25:08 -0800 --UugvWAfsgieZRqgk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline > When I try to install any version of FBSD 4.0 or greater I always > get ed1: failed to clear shared memory at 0xc0000 - check > configuration. Um, what NIC? Include your dmesg(8) output. Kris --UugvWAfsgieZRqgk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6rBdkWry0BWjoQKURAsCsAKDmdQK3E3+zupCRWgnqgIFWtkVCVACfYi5p cT2dCvDb3iFepDCJA+VgwGk= =UOat -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UugvWAfsgieZRqgk-- State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback State-Changed-By: kris State-Changed-When: Tue Mar 27 10:59:59 PST 2001 State-Changed-Why: Waiting for submitter feedback.. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=25676 State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed State-Changed-By: kris State-Changed-When: Thu Jul 12 17:24:01 PDT 2001 State-Changed-Why: Feedback timeout http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=25676 >Unformatted: