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General => Users => Topic started by: mhaskell on September 05, 2013, 10:25:32 pm
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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
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possibly using the same 8169 driver is the problem?
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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.
apt-get install subversion
svn co http://svn.linuxmce.org/svn/trunk/src/new-installer
cd new-installer
./mce-install.sh
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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
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Solution to all of this: Get an Intel NIC. :)
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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
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Just do it.
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I second what posde says! Drop into #linuxmce on Freenode IRC! Jump on in and make it happen!
J.
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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
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Crumble, the link for the driver on my computer brings me to an oriental page