Rl0: watchdog timeout

freeseacher · Jan 24, 2006, 2:38 PM

Hi,
first of all i would like to thank you for wonderfull product :)
the second one:
after starting pfsense on realtek NIC ofter get that error.
on trivial freebsd i never got it. Am i doing some ting wrong? exept installing pfsense on realtek ?
I'm using 0.9.4

It would be no trouble if it was only on realtek NIC, but a got same mistake on xl0 also.
If need i can send dmesg

PS:Sorry for my russian :)

hoba · Jan 24, 2006, 2:46 PM

@freeseacher:

Am i doing some ting wrong? exept installing pfsense on realtek ?
I'm using 0.9.4

0.94??? That one is VERY old! Please reinstall with this version: http://pfsense.com/~sullrich/BETA2-BUGVALIDATION3/pfSense-LiveCD-1.0-PREBETA2-BUG-VALIDATION-EDITION3.iso

and apply this upgrade after the installation:
http://pfsense.com/~sullrich/BETA2-BUGVALIDATION5/pfSense-Full-Update-1.0-PREBETA2-BUG-VALIDATION-EDITION5.tgz

Sorry that there is no Installer for the latest version. You might as well wait for the next release that will be available soon.

sullrich · Jan 24, 2006, 3:21 PM

You need to reinstall due to the kernel issue. Upgrading won't fix it.

freeseacher · Jan 25, 2006, 4:03 AM

oh sorry surely 0.94.4
i've download it at the begining of december
pfSense-LiveCD-0.94.4.iso

yesterday i also try
pfSense-LiveCD-1.0BETA1.iso
that release

everything went in a same way.
it's very interesting for me that no one collide with that trouble

sullrich · Jan 25, 2006, 5:14 PM

Realtek nics are not that great. If the warning message is getting on you're nerves then switch NIC cards.

wolfman · Jan 25, 2006, 6:20 PM

So far, I've seen this error only because of an IRQ-Problem with an ACPI System, running pfsense on. It seems to me, that the realtek-driver is not able to share IRQ's under some circumstances with other drivers…

So, you might probably put the card in another pci-slot, and check, if the error occurs further on. Second, it may help to disable unneeded onboard components, as USB or LPT or a soundcard.