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blewisjr

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Registered: 2010-04-06

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kernel 2.6.33.4-1 r8169 driver issue

I am having a issue with my network chip on my mainboard.  It runs a r8169 chip.  When I upgraded the kernel the network randomly stopped working entirely.  So I decided to do a reinstall of Arch.  Everything reinstalls fine then once I boot bam no network again.  I tried messing with dhcpcd and ifconfig per the wiki however, the card can't even access the router.  When I look at my router the link light for that cable just blinks on and off.  So I grabbed a fedora12 disc and installed that so I can have network access back.  Anyone else have this issue?  Should I wait to reinstall after the next kernel update?  Or is there some kind of workaround I can do?  I did try the realtek drivers from their site but they won't build at all.

Ber

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Re: kernel 2.6.33.4-1 r8169 driver issue

After bootup, is your ethernet card listed by ifconfig? 

I'm also having problem with a card handled by r8169, but for me the problem is, I think,  a slow-responding dhcp server (something the network daemon doesn't like much it seems), if I configure the interface statically it's ok

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blewisjr

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Registered: 2010-04-06

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Re: kernel 2.6.33.4-1 r8169 driver issue

Yes the card is always listed but it seems it can't find my routers DHCP system won't even let me ping the router. Maybe I should try to statically configure it. Which is kind of funny because atm I am running fedora using DHCP.

tum

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Registered: 2010-05-18

Posts: 40

Re: kernel 2.6.33.4-1 r8169 driver issue

I am having issues with built-in r8169 driver and my routers , one of them gone broken .
So i am using realtek driver , i compiled succesfully new r8169-6.013.00 driver with kernel 2.6.33.4-1 .

blewisjr

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Registered: 2010-04-06

Posts: 10

Re: kernel 2.6.33.4-1 r8169 driver issue

problem solved by compiling the r8168.018 driver.