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dunkelstern

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From: Augsburg, Germany

Registered: 2007-02-08

Posts: 68

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r8169 on MSI 965P Platinum Mainboard

Hi.

I have a problem with my new Gigabit ethernet. It's an onboard chip on my MSI 965P Platinum Mainboard. The kernel module that gets loaded is the "r8169".
The device is identified as "Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)" by lspci.

And now for my problem:
The network just runs fine IF I PULL THE ETHERNET plug and reinsert it before trying to connect to anything. If I let it plugged in it just shows that it has link (checked with mii-tool) but it doesn't receive any packet. That's bad because of some NFS mounts that time out on booting.
Resetting the receiver with "mii-tool -r -R" doesn't work. I have to pull the plug.

Anyone a clue why this happens? My previous Network card didn't show this behaviour and no other pc at the exact same wall plug dos exhibit any such behaviour.

AndyRTR

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From: Magdeburg/Germany

Registered: 2005-10-07

Posts: 1,641

Re: r8169 on MSI 965P Platinum Mainboard

02:04.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
        Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Unknown device 2304
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20
        I/O ports at d600 [size=256]
        Memory at fdefe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at fdd00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

my network works well. so i guess it's the brand of your motherboard that didn't implement the controller well. a BIOS update might fix it.

dunkelstern

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From: Augsburg, Germany

Registered: 2007-02-08

Posts: 68

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Re: r8169 on MSI 965P Platinum Mainboard

So perhaps it's my chipset. Thought of such a case but hoped it's not that way.

But there may be a little chance as we are not using exactly the same chip:
Yours: RTL-8169SC
Mine: RTL8111/8168B

Perhaps it's the older chip I own... Damn

funkyou

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From: Berlin, DE

Registered: 2006-03-19

Posts: 848

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Re: r8169 on MSI 965P Platinum Mainboard

You could try the driver from realtek and check if this works... AFAIK its included in the beyond kernel, but not the kernel26 one...

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