On 2012-01-01, Paul van der Vlis <p...@vandervlis.nl> wrote: >>> >> The network driver does not work correctly in debian squeeze (frequent >> periodic lost connections requiring restarting the network). > > Hmm, that does not sound nice. Was it with exactly the Realtek chip I've > asked for? Is there a Debian bug about it? Was it on one machine, or > did you see it on more machines?
It ain't nice at all. I've seen the quirky behavior on the only machine I'm familiar with--my own. curty@einstein:~$ lspci -v | grep -i ethernet 06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06) curty@einstein:~$ uname -a Linux einstein 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Thu Nov 3 03:41:26 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux If I understand Andrei's (?) post correctly, the driver may be fixed in a more recent kernel (2.6.32-6?). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrnjg14c3.4hm.cu...@einstein.electron.org
