Hi!

On a Win XP I added an SLED 10 installation. The problem is that the installation didn't find the built in network card (PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet 168/8111).

It works ok with the WinXP.

How to fix it?

Since I'm a newbie , a detailed step by step will be appreciated.

TIA

Nanu

First we need to establish the VendorID:ProductID for your ethernet adapter.

'lspci' should list the PCI Bus ID + Vendor String

'lspci -n' should list the PCI Bus ID + VendorID:ProductID

Match up the PCI bus IDs for your gizmo and post the appropriate 'lspci' and 'lspci -n' lines and we can find out if your hardware will work and how to get it working.

I'm too new to this!

How can I use the ISPCI?

What is GIZMO?

TIA

Nanu

That's 'L', not 'I' (and of course case matters, so it's really 'l')

You need to open a console to type in the commands - for example:

1. [ctl][alt][F1] (gets you to virtual console 1)
2. log in as 'root'
3. do whatever you need
4. exit
5. [ctl][alt][F7] (returns you to the GUI)

For example, if I type in this command:
lspci | grep etwork
I get:
08:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)

That 08:00.0 is the PCI Bus ID, so the next thing I do is:
lspci -n |grep 08:00.0
and I get:
08:00.0 0280: 8086:4222 (rev 02)

So I have a 'Network controller' with VendorID:ProductID of 8086:4222

Unfortunately the network controllers also go by the name of "Ethernet controller" so for my wired card I do:

lspci |grep thernet
02:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)

lspci -n |grep 02:0e.0
02:0e.0 0200: 14e4:169c (rev 03)

So I know my wired ethernet adapter has the VendorID:ProductID of 14e4:169c

For the 'lspci' I get:
02:00.0 Ethernet Controller: Realtek Semiconductors co., Ltd. Unknown device 8168 (rev 02).

For the 'lspci -n' I get:
Class 0200: 10ec:8168 (rev 02).

What shall I do now?

TIA

Nanu

There is a driver in newer 2.6 kernels, but for older 2.6 kernels (earlier than about 2.6.22) you need to build the driver from RealTek.

What is your kernel version? (uname -r)

maybe it is already recognised.
What is the output of

uname -r:

2.6.16.21 -0.8 -smp


ifconfig -a:


lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 METRIC:1
RX packets:96 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:96 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueque len:0
RX bytes:6546 (6.3 Kb) TX bytes:6546 (6.3 Kb)

sit10 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 METRIC:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueque len:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 Kb) TX bytes:0 (0.0 Kb)

Hi!

Please anyone help me with the problem in this thread!

TIA

Nanu

Well, you have 2 options:
1. Install a kernel >= 2.6.23 (and also update some tools like udev and possibly binutils)
or
2. Download and install the driver from the RealTek website

Which one do you want to do?

I'm too new to linux to make a clever choice.

I will be glad to know:

- the difference between the 2 options.
- how to do each of them
- if the driver at the following site\page is OK, How to install it?

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...L8168/RTL8111C

TIA

Nanu