On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:04 AM, <waltd...@waltdnes.org> wrote: > The last 4 lines from dmesg... > > [ 4.299946] r8169 0000:04:00.0 eth0: unable to load firmware patch > rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw (-2) > [ 4.312766] r8169 0000:04:00.0 eth0: link down > [ 4.312784] r8169 0000:04:00.0 eth0: link down > [ 6.019910] r8169 0000:04:00.0 eth0: link up > > It works. I'm sending this email via that nic, but I wonder if it > could cause problems down the road. Here's what "lspci -v" shows for > the nic.
You need to install the package linux-firmware, it contains that file and others. Then the message should go away! :)
