At Sun, 5 Oct 2025 12:21:03 -0400 Greg Wooledge <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 05, 2025 at 16:44:03 +0100, David wrote: > > I realise that Debian 9 is very old, but it's the version that should > > work with the application I'm trying to load. Newer versions don't > > work. > > > > The issue I'm getting with Debian 9 is that the nic driver does not > > load. > > > > The nic required is rt18168e-3 > > > > Can I load this separately? > > The way I would approach this is to find the oldest Debian kernel > package which includes this driver, and see if if works with Debian 9 > in your configuration. > > Usually, there is a great deal of flexibility to use older or newer > kernels with a given Debian version. You're not tied down to the > kernel that comes with your release. It's just a matter of ensuring > that the kernel and userland aren't so wildly far apart that they > can't work together. I suspect that the driver is there -- it is just that the OP needs to do something with modprobe or udev to "manually" load the driver, since appearently, udev is not auto detecting the NIC out of the box. > > > -- Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services [email protected] -- Webhosting Services
