realtek rtl8169 driver

[craesz]

After searching the forums I got no hits on the above driver....

I had a NIC go bad (I hope) and so I replaced it. I bought a Belkin Gigabit card. It shows up as a realtek rtl8169. I figured PCLinuxOS would just see it and move on. Nope.

It doesn't like it apparently. I did obtain a driver from the Realtek site for Linux.

Now what? How do I get the system to use the driver?

When I try to configure it in PCC I get this error message

Unable to find network interface for selected device (using r8169 driver)

Sorry for being a pain as I feel like I should know how to do something like this by now....

Thanks in advance.

[Old-Polack]

After searching the forums I got no hits on the above driver....

I had a NIC go bad (I hope) and so I replaced it. I bought a Belkin Gigabit card. It shows up as a realtek rtl8169. I figured PCLinuxOS would just see it and move on. Nope.

It doesn't like it apparently. I did obtain a driver from the Realtek site for Linux.

Now what? How do I get the system to use the driver?

When I try to configure it in PCC I get this error message

Unable to find network interface for selected device (using r8169 driver)

Sorry for being a pain as I feel like I should know how to do something like this by now....

Thanks in advance.

What kernel are you using, and what's the name of the driver from the Realtek site?

[YouCanToo]

Which kernel are you using.  Open a console window and than type

uname-a

post your results.  I did a search on the forum and one person was having issues with the kernel-2.6.27.31.tex5 and the RTL-8169

[craesz]

Sorry. My kernel is 2.6.27.31.tex5. The driver (when the bz filed extracted) left me with a directory with a makefile, etc in it. It appears to be 6.012.00 version.

Got the driver file from here http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=4&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=6&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true

It claims to support kernels 2.6.x

[Old-Polack]

Sorry. My kernel is 2.6.27.31.tex5. The driver (when the bz filed extracted) left me with a directory with a makefile, etc in it. It appears to be 6.012.00 version.

Got the driver file from here http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=4&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=6&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true

It claims to support kernels 2.6.x

If there is a configure file also, The usual pattern, in a terminal, is;

./configure

make

su

root password

make install


If there is no configure file in the directory, then;

make

su

root password

make install


Usually there is a README file, and possibly an INSTALL file, that are plain text files, that give instructions on installing the application/driver.

When I do a search for Realtek drivers for that kernel, I get this.

[root@fatman ~]# locate rtl81 |grep 2.6.27.31.tex5
/lib/modules/2.6.27.31.tex5/kernel/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.27.31.tex5/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8180.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.27.31.tex5/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187.ko.gz

Have you tried any of these?

[craesz]

Followed the instructions in the readme file that came with the driver.

I'm using that card now BUT the onboard nVidia is now down.... wth??? It is giving me the same error message as I originally had with this card when I try to configure it. Instead of r8169 in the error message it says 'forcedeth'. How do I get this one back?

[craesz]

Here is the contents of my modprobe.conf file:

Code:

install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd; /sbin/modprobe ohci_hcd; /bin/true
blacklist audio
blacklist snd-usb-audio
alias sound-slot-1 snd_hda_intel
alias sound-slot-0 cx88_alsa
alias eth1 forcedeth
install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe sata_nv; /sbin/modprobe pata_amd; /bin/true
alias net-pf-1 unix
alias net-pf-2 ipv4
alias net-pf-3 ax25
alias net-pf-4 ipx
alias net-pf-5 appletalk
alias net-pf-6 netrom
alias net-pf-7 bridge
alias net-pf-8 atm
alias net-pf-9 x25
alias net-pf-11 rose
alias net-pf-12 decnet
alias ipv6 off
alias net-pf-15 af_key
alias net-pf-16 af_netlink
alias net-pf-17 af_packet
alias net-pf-19 af_econet
alias net-pf-20 atm
alias net-pf-23 irda
alias net-pf-24 pppoe
alias net-pf-25 wanrouter
alias net-pf-26 llc
alias net-pf-31 bluetooth
alias ath0 ath_pci
alias pci:v000010DEd000003EFsv00001458sd0000E000bc06sc80i00 forcedeth
alias pci:v00001106d00003106sv00001186sd00001403bc02sc00i00 via_rhine
options ipv6 disable=1

When I run ethtool -i eth0 it tells me there is no such device.

[Old-Polack]

craesz:

In a terminal;

[polack@fatman ~]$ lspci |grep -i eth

Post your results.

[craesz]

Code:

00:07.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2)
01:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)