Problem getting network interface to work in install of haiku a r3 in vmware fusion 4 for macosx

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I downloaded initially the VM for r3 and that works fine. I can access the network. however the startup disk is quite small and can’t be resized.

So, I downloaded the .iso installer image and make a new VMware instance, and installed haiku. However, now I can’t get a network connection. In network control panel, no devices are listed. I have tried both in bridged modes and in NAT modes, sharing mac connection. Rebooted after each change for good measure.

However with listdev, I do see that the network controller is being detected.

It says

device Network controller (Ethernet controller) [2|0|0]
vendor 1022: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
device 2000: 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE]

however, nothing ever shows up in network control panel and i cant browse the web.

Interestingly when I first tried to copy the results of listdev, the terminal froze. I had to force-kill it. Then on rebooting haiku, haiku froze entirely mid-startup. A bit spooky interms of instability… no big deal as I had just installed and just did a reinstall to fix it, but hopefully it will be more stable on an ongoing basis.

Thanks for any advice-

Frank

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I tried this again using virtualbox 4.1.2 for mac os x 10.6.8.

Interestingly, had the exact same issue. No net connectivity, no devices showing up in network control panel. I’d like to get back into Haiku on Virtualbox to troubleshoot more (havent done a listdev), but I can’t boot into it again (see separate, virtualbox hangs thread).

Does Haiku not know how to use the device driver that was identified? Do I need to emulate something else or do some configuration on the OOB install to get networking working?

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Use an Intel Pro 1000 virtual device instead of the PCnet32 one.

Edit your .VMX file and set the Ethernet device as follow:

ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

Regards

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Hey that worked! You’re the best! Thanks!

Is there a reason this doesnt work out of the box?

Anyway, I’m excited to have it working now, time to download software.

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[quote=frankenburps]I tried this again using virtualbox 4.1.2 for mac os x 10.6.8.

Interestingly, had the exact same issue. No net connectivity, no devices showing up in network control panel. I’d like to get back into Haiku on Virtualbox to troubleshoot more (havent done a listdev), but I can’t boot into it again (see separate, virtualbox hangs thread).

Does Haiku not know how to use the device driver that was identified? Do I need to emulate something else or do some configuration on the OOB install to get networking working?[/quote]
What driver does it use? try intel driver :slight_smile:

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[quote=frankenburps]Hey that worked! You’re the best! Thanks!

Is there a reason this doesnt work out of the box?

Anyway, I’m excited to have it working now, time to download software.[/quote]
No driver for that device.