Search for firmware-realtek and install, this should help get rid of the
error.

14 Янв 2017 г. 12:13 PM пользователь "Pascal Hambourg" <
pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org> написал:

> Le 14/01/2017 à 10:18, M.A. Perry a écrit :
>
>>
>> On boot-up, the monitor briefly shows a message to the
>> effect     "... failed to load rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw firmware".
>> Running "dmesg | tail" shows much the same in more detail.
>>
>> Nevertheless, the wired ethernet connection to internet
>> seems to work fine.(...)
>>
>> The above suggests that other software takes over the
>> function of the missing Non-Free RealTek driver.
>>
>
> No.
> 1) The missing file is a firmware, not a driver.
> 2) No other software takes over the function of a missing firmware. The
> function just won't be used. Some firmware functions are optional, such as
> offload optimizations.
>
>

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