Re: The dreaded RTL8111/8168B, ethernet driver failure

2013-07-08 Thread John McCardle
seem to be more sociable. On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 2:05 AM, Glenn English wrote: > > On Jul 7, 2013, at 10:31 PM, John McCardle wrote: > > > I am trying to use a realtek NIC under Linux (Debian 7.1). It is the > onboard ethernet in my Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3. > > I'm sorry

The dreaded RTL8111/8168B, ethernet driver failure

2013-07-07 Thread John McCardle
Hello, I am trying to use a realtek NIC under Linux (Debian 7.1). It is the onboard ethernet in my Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3. I've downloaded and started to use the r8168 driver, as opposed to the free r8169, however both drivers result in the ethernet not negotiating to gigabit speed or pulling an IP