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miaofthestars

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Registered: 2023-04-20

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Driver for Motorcomm YT6801 Ethernet

Hi all.

I recently purchased a fantastic new laptop, however it has the relatively obscure Motorcomm Microelectronics YT6801 Ethernet controller. I have found many people have issues with loading a driver for this, and I tried the AUR package `yt6801-dkms`, to no avail, and ifconfig etc reports no eth0 interface after installing that.

I'm wondering if anyone has an idea how to load the driver for this module properly?
Thanks in advance!

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Mia McKeown - she/her - calicomia@pm.me
"Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished."

miaofthestars

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From: South Africa

Registered: 2023-04-20

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Re: Driver for Motorcomm YT6801 Ethernet

Okay, worked out more of the issue. When I install `tuxedo-yt6801-dkms-git`, it fails to build against the kernel because of missing kernel headers. Any ideas?

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Mia McKeown - she/her - calicomia@pm.me
"Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished."

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: Driver for Motorcomm YT6801 Ethernet

install the kernel headers? e.g. linux-headers or linux-lts-headers depending on the kernel you're using: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dynami … stallation

miaofthestars

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From: South Africa

Registered: 2023-04-20

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Re: Driver for Motorcomm YT6801 Ethernet

Oh my Gosh, I am an idiot sometimes. My apologies for this silly thread, and thanks V1del for your kind assistance!

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Mia McKeown - she/her - calicomia@pm.me
"Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished."

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Driver for Motorcomm YT6801 Ethernet

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

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