Rl0: watchdog timeout

freeseacher

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

@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

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

freeseacher

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

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

wolfman

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.