Travis Crook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:53:47 -0700 > Travis Crook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:38:11 +0100 >> Jörg-Volker Peetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Travis Crook wrote: >> > [...] >> > >> First one in the list, after running modprobe forcedeth. The >> > >> question is: how do I tell the nic (which is a RealTek 8111 >> > >> Gigabit on-board adapter) to use the forcedeth driver instead of >> > >> the r8169, which is automatically loaded on boot? >> > > >> > >> Thanks! >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > Try to put the module name "r8169" into the file >> > "/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist" before rebooting. >> >> I tried the line "blacklist r8169" and rebooted - the module still >> loaded. > > Well, once again, the solution was to boot into Windows, tell it to > behave itself, then boot into linux and the whole world is happy. > Here is the reference: > "As of 27 May 2007, in kernel 2.6.21.3, you may experience the issues > with the r8169 driver if you dual boot Windows on some systems. Windows > by defaults disables the NIC at Windows shutdown time in order to > disable Wake-On-Lan, and this NIC will remain disabled until the next > time Windows turns it on. The r8169 driver in the kernel does not know > how to turn the NIC on from this disabled state; therefore, the device > will not respond, even if the driver loads and reports that the device > is up. To work around this problem, simply enable the feature > "Wake-on-lan after shutdown." You can set this options through Windows' > device manager."
I had no end of trouble with that realtek ethernet. Sometimes it would just disappear from the list (lspci). Every so often, even windows wouldn't see it. I scavanged an old 3com 905b pci card from a retired machine in my basement. Then I disabled the realtek from the boot bios. Problem solved. Btw are there are any motherboards *not* using this POS realtek? Every new board I have bothered to check had it. I guess some might have an intel ethernet chipset. Unfortunately, newegg didn't give a way to search motherboard on the basis of on-board ethernet make. > and it's found here: > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_RTL8168 > > Thanks for all of the help and tips! It's always a learning > experience... > > -- > Travis Crook > Visions Beyond > www.VisionsBeyond.com > 208-478-7836 > -- Johan KULLSTAM
