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Title: asus nx 1101
Post by: mhaskell on September 05, 2013, 10:25:32 pm
Hello.
I have been following MCE for about 2 years.  I tried to install dlink dge 530T but had no luck.  I finally bought a asus nx 1101 thinking it might work in 10.04, thinking it worked in previous versions.  I am experiencing the same issue with it as with the dlink card.  When i do a lspci -v the internal nic says it's a realtek 8101E irq 25 kernel driver r8169.  The asus card says realtek 8169 irq 16 kernel driver r8169.  when i ifconfig i see eth0, eth0:1 and lo.  I'm not very linux literate.  Can someone assist me - this has been the limiting factor for me getting deaper into mce.
thanks in advance
Mike
Title: Re: asus nx 1101
Post by: mhaskell on September 06, 2013, 12:31:23 am
possibly using the same 8169 driver is the problem?
Title: Re: asus nx 1101
Post by: tschak909 on September 06, 2013, 05:52:46 am
You may want to try installing Kubuntu 12.04, and grabbing the latest installer to install the 12.04 alpha, to see if this will solve your problem.

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apt-get install subversion
svn co http://svn.linuxmce.org/svn/trunk/src/new-installer
cd new-installer
./mce-install.sh
Title: Re: asus nx 1101
Post by: Crumble on September 06, 2013, 02:22:41 pm
The r8169 driver has been a problem for a long time.  Realtek is kinda dutty with linux.  I am having issues with my realtek soundcard at the moment.  The drivers always need some stupid tweak.  For me the tweak breaks linuxmce 1204.  :(  anyway for your situation try the r8168 driver.  and blacklist the 8169 driver.  this will most likely break something but its worth a shot.  I would first try and blacklist the r8169 driver and reboot.  Then try what is below.


# download driver for r8168, and unpack
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&getdown=false

# go to driver location
cd r8168-8.020.00/
sudo rmmod r8169
sudo mv /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/r8169.ko ~/r8169.ko.backup
make clean modules
sudo make install
sudo depmod -a
sudo insmod ./src/r8168.ko
sudo mv /initrd.img ~/initrd.img.backup
sudo mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-`uname -r` `uname -r`
sudo echo "r8168" >> sudo /etc/modules
lspci -v
sudo reboot
Title: Re: asus nx 1101
Post by: Marie.O on September 06, 2013, 03:05:57 pm
Solution to all of this: Get an Intel NIC. :)
Title: Re: asus nx 1101
Post by: mhaskell on September 11, 2013, 03:32:08 am
Sorry for the delay in responding. 

tschak909 and posde, thanks for your suggestions.  I will keep these solutions as backup plans.  I would like to volunteer to co-ordinate the hardware compatiblity section of the site.  If possible, can u tell me how best to go about it.

Crumble, I haven't had time to try your solution.  I will tomorrow.  I started out with a dlink dge-530T and then the asus card, and both have the same issue.  Thanks for the suggestion.

Mike

Title: Re: asus nx 1101
Post by: Marie.O on September 11, 2013, 06:36:29 am
Just do it.
Title: Re: asus nx 1101
Post by: phenigma on September 11, 2013, 04:27:34 pm
I second what posde says!  Drop into #linuxmce on Freenode IRC!  Jump on in and make it happen!

J.
Title: Re: asus nx 1101
Post by: Techstyle on September 13, 2013, 02:28:31 pm
I had that card in my Core for years, it worked out of the box - through 7.10 and 8.10.  I may still have it in my 10.04 core, I will have to check when I get home - I am away right now
Title: Re: asus nx 1101
Post by: mhaskell on September 15, 2013, 03:21:36 am
Crumble, the link for the driver on my computer brings me to an oriental page