Test of mainline 4.17.0-041700rc4 kernel: ~/kernel $ ls -al total 64260 drwxr-xr-x 2 lord lord 4096 May 9 16:09 . drwx--x---+ 103 lord lord 20480 May 9 16:03 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 lord lord 1128092 May 9 16:09 libssl1.1_1.1.0g-2ubuntu4_amd64.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 lord lord 10217940 May 9 16:02 linux-headers-4.17.0-041700rc4_4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430_all.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 lord lord 1065936 May 9 16:02 linux-headers-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic_4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430_amd64.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 lord lord 8075016 May 9 16:03 linux-image-unsigned-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic_4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430_amd64.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 lord lord 45233732 May 9 16:07 linux-modules-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic_4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430_amd64.deb
~/kernel $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb Selecting previously unselected package libssl1.1:amd64. (Reading database ... 391867 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack libssl1.1_1.1.0g-2ubuntu4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libssl1.1:amd64 (1.1.0g-2ubuntu4) ... Preparing to unpack linux-headers-4.17.0-041700rc4_4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430_all.deb ... Unpacking linux-headers-4.17.0-041700rc4 (4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430) over (4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430) ... Preparing to unpack linux-headers-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic_4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430_amd64.deb ... Unpacking linux-headers-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic (4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430) over (4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430) ... Preparing to unpack linux-image-unsigned-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic_4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430_amd64.deb ... Unpacking linux-image-unsigned-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic (4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430) over (4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430) ... Selecting previously unselected package linux-modules-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic. Preparing to unpack linux-modules-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic_4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430_amd64.deb ... Unpacking linux-modules-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic (4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430) ... Setting up libssl1.1:amd64 (1.1.0g-2ubuntu4) ... Setting up linux-headers-4.17.0-041700rc4 (4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430) ... Setting up linux-headers-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic (4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430) ... Setting up linux-modules-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic (4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430) ... Setting up linux-image-unsigned-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic (4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430) ... I: /vmlinuz.old is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic I: /initrd.img.old is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu10) ... Processing triggers for linux-image-unsigned-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic (4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430) ... /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic Warning: No support for locale: en_US.utf8 /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub: Generating grub configuration file ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-41-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.13.0-41-generic Found memtest86+ image: /memtest86+.elf Found memtest86+ image: /memtest86+.bin done After disabling Intel microcode and nvidia proprietary drivers and booting into 4.17.0-041700rc4: $ lspci | awk '/[Nn]et/ {print $1}' | xargs -i% lspci -ks % 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 11) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Motherboard (one of many) Kernel driver in use: r8169 Kernel modules: r8169 $ apt-cache policy 4.17.0-041700rc4 linux-image-unsigned-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic: Installed: 4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430 Candidate: 4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430 Version table: *** 4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430 100 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status linux-headers-4.17.0-041700rc4: Installed: 4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430 Candidate: 4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430 Version table: *** 4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430 100 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status linux-headers-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic: Installed: 4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430 Candidate: 4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430 Version table: *** 4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430 100 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status linux-modules-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic: Installed: 4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430 Candidate: 4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430 Version table: *** 4.17.0-041700rc4.201805070430 100 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status linux-image-4.17.0-041700rc4-generic: Installed: (none) Candidate: (none) Version table: Ethernet driver module appears to be loaded successfully. Tagging as kernel-fixed-upstream. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Tags added: kernel-fixed-upstream -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1770046 Title: Realtek ethernet network adapter kernel driver r8169 does not load Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Realtek kernel driver r8169 does not load on kernel 4.15.0-20. $ lspci | awk '/[Nn]et/ {print $1}' | xargs -i% lspci -ks % 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 11) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Motherboard (one of many) $ lsb_release -rd Description: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia Release: 18.3 $ apt-cache policy 4.15.0-20 linux-headers-4.15.0-20: Installed: 4.15.0-20.21~16.04.1 Candidate: 4.15.0-20.21~16.04.1 Version table: *** 4.15.0-20.21~16.04.1 500 500 http://mirrordenver.fdcservers.net/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://mirrordenver.fdcservers.net/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status linux-modules-4.15.0-20-generic: Installed: 4.15.0-20.21~16.04.1 Candidate: 4.15.0-20.21~16.04.1 Version table: *** 4.15.0-20.21~16.04.1 500 500 http://mirrordenver.fdcservers.net/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status linux-headers-4.15.0-20-generic: Installed: 4.15.0-20.21~16.04.1 Candidate: 4.15.0-20.21~16.04.1 Version table: *** 4.15.0-20.21~16.04.1 500 500 http://mirrordenver.fdcservers.net/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status linux-image-4.15.0-20-generic: Installed: 4.15.0-20.21~16.04.1 Candidate: 4.15.0-20.21~16.04.1 Version table: *** 4.15.0-20.21~16.04.1 500 500 http://mirrordenver.fdcservers.net/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1770046/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp