Hi,

I've just installed Slackware 13.37, including kernel 2.6.37.6. Ethernet card does not work with the default kernel, so I tried to compile a new one. Earlier the machine ran a kernel version 2.6.29.6, on the same harware.

Kernel config (set to Y):
Network device support
Dummy net driver support
Ethernet (1000 Mbit)
Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support

Kernel 2.6.29.6 and Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI worked well.
Under kernel 2.6.37.6 the network card does not work (device not found).

In addition: with kernel 2.6.29.6 PPPOE does not work.
Kernel config (set to Y):
Network device support
PPP support
PPP over Ethernet

I'd appreciate any advices in connection with both Realtek (newer kernel) and PPPOE (older kernel) problems. Thx in advance.

KEA.

I'm not sure about PPOE. But for ethernet, u can try the solution given @

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...el-5-a-921433/

That is for RHEL, however I hope it will work for your distro as well.

I have the same chip on my mainboard and it runs fine with the default kernel. Are you sure that this is a kernel issue?

> I have the same chip on my mainboard and it runs fine with the default kernel. Are you sure that this is a kernel issue?

'Device not found' -- what else could it be? It worked well for some years with kernel 2.6.29. After I installed a newer kernel, 2.6.37.6 (part of a newer distro), it does not work any more. Not with the original kernel, nor with a compiled one (options above). As I googled and asked a lot, I think it must be a kernel/driver problem.

Regards, KEA.

Hi,

I inserted a network card int a (the) free PCI-slot. Works well! In /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules I corrected its name from eth1 to eth0 and after reloading the kernel module I could bring it up with ifconfig as eth0. What may be interesting, that in the rules file it is identified as tulip, lspci says Accton Technology, while the physical title on the chip is SMC.

After some googling, asking and reading I think that RTL8168d/8111d network card is highly problematic in case of newer kernels.

Thx for everybody, regards: KEA.

For those with an onboard or pci-e version having similar issues, http://realtek.com.tw, then
downloads -> communications -> network -> gigabit -> pci express
click on software, then move down to
'LINUX driver for kernel 2.6.x and 2.4.x (Support x86 and x64)' (highest version)

Remember to blacklist the native r8168 in favor of the r8169.ko from realtek.
Tested under 64bit 1337, ~70MB/s, zero issues.
Shows up as 'RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03 and 06)'
You'll need kernel headers/source installed to build the r8169.ko module.

Cheers,