IOMMU issues workaround (was Re: realtek r8189 driver problem on 64 bit kernel)

2013-10-14 Thread Wackojacko
On 12/10/13 16:49, Wackojacko wrote: On 12/10/13 16:37, Gary Dale wrote: On 12/10/13 11:03 AM, Wackojacko wrote: On 12/10/13 15:32, Gary Dale wrote: I had a similar problem but fixed it by enabling IOEMU in the BIOS of my Gigabyte 970A-D3P. I assume you mean IOMMU, I had already enabled this

Re: realtek r8189 driver problem on 64 bit kernel

2013-10-12 Thread Gary Dale
On 12/10/13 10:25 AM, Wackojacko wrote: I have recently updated my motherboard which has resulted in me having an updated realtek r8168 chip (rev 6 instead of rev 3), unfortunately the new chip fails to get a connection via dhcp, and setting a static address results in 100% packet loss. I am cur

Re: realtek r8189 driver problem on 64 bit kernel

2013-10-12 Thread Gary Dale
On 12/10/13 11:03 AM, Wackojacko wrote: On 12/10/13 15:32, Gary Dale wrote: I had a similar problem but fixed it by enabling IOEMU in the BIOS of my Gigabyte 970A-D3P. I assume you mean IOMMU, I had already enabled this a few minutes before you suggested it but it didn't appear to work at fir

Re: realtek r8189 driver problem on 64 bit kernel

2013-10-12 Thread Wackojacko
On 12/10/13 16:37, Gary Dale wrote: On 12/10/13 11:03 AM, Wackojacko wrote: On 12/10/13 15:32, Gary Dale wrote: I had a similar problem but fixed it by enabling IOEMU in the BIOS of my Gigabyte 970A-D3P. I assume you mean IOMMU, I had already enabled this a few minutes before you suggested i

Re: realtek r8189 driver problem on 64 bit kernel

2013-10-12 Thread Wackojacko
Sending tot the list sorry gary On 12/10/13 15:32, Gary Dale wrote: I had a similar problem but fixed it by enabling IOEMU in the BIOS of my Gigabyte 970A-D3P. I assume you mean IOMMU, I had already enabled this a few minutes before you suggested it but it didn't appear to work at first. H

realtek r8189 driver problem on 64 bit kernel

2013-10-12 Thread Wackojacko
I have recently updated my motherboard which has resulted in me having an updated realtek r8168 chip (rev 6 instead of rev 3), unfortunately the new chip fails to get a connection via dhcp, and setting a static address results in 100% packet loss. I am currently running sid amd64 and have trie