Re: Changing Ethernet Drivers [Solved]
- From: Johan Kullstam <kullstj-ml@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:59:15 -0500
Travis Crook <travis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:53:47 -0700
Travis Crook <travis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:38:11 +0100
Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@xxxxxx> wrote:
Travis Crook wrote:
[...]
First one in the list, after running modprobe forcedeth. The
question is: how do I tell the nic (which is a RealTek 8111
Gigabit on-board adapter) to use the forcedeth driver instead of
the r8169, which is automatically loaded on boot?
Thanks!
Try to put the module name "r8169" into the file
"/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist" before rebooting.
I tried the line "blacklist r8169" and rebooted - the module still
loaded.
Well, once again, the solution was to boot into Windows, tell it to
behave itself, then boot into linux and the whole world is happy.
Here is the reference:
"As of 27 May 2007, in kernel 2.6.21.3, you may experience the issues
with the r8169 driver if you dual boot Windows on some systems. Windows
by defaults disables the NIC at Windows shutdown time in order to
disable Wake-On-Lan, and this NIC will remain disabled until the next
time Windows turns it on. The r8169 driver in the kernel does not know
how to turn the NIC on from this disabled state; therefore, the device
will not respond, even if the driver loads and reports that the device
is up. To work around this problem, simply enable the feature
"Wake-on-lan after shutdown." You can set this options through Windows'
device manager."
I had no end of trouble with that realtek ethernet. Sometimes it
would just disappear from the list (lspci). Every so often, even
windows wouldn't see it. I scavanged an old 3com 905b pci card from a
retired machine in my basement. Then I disabled the realtek from the
boot bios. Problem solved.
Btw are there are any motherboards *not* using this POS realtek?
Every new board I have bothered to check had it. I guess some might
have an intel ethernet chipset. Unfortunately, newegg didn't give a
way to search motherboard on the basis of on-board ethernet make.
and it's found here:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_RTL8168
Thanks for all of the help and tips! It's always a learning
experience...
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Travis Crook
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208-478-7836
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Johan KULLSTAM
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