Realtek 8169SC NIC install on CentOS 5

stuartornum · 01-07-2008, 11:26 AM

Hi,

I have a Foxconn 945G7MD, which has an onboard Gbit LAN, according to Foxconn website its a Realtek 8110SC chipset.

I have installed CentOS 5 x64 bit, bare minimum, and the NIC was not installed, some searching around, I found out that this driver isn't included...?

I followed CentOS's guide to installing it (here) I downloaded r1000-kmod-1.05-3.2.6.18_8.1.1.el5.src.rpm and

Code:

rpm -ivh r1000-kmod-1.05-3.2.6.18_8.1.1.el5.src.rpm

Which seemed to go fine, now im not quite sure what to do now.

I have managed to put another supported NIC into the system, so I can get internet on the it!

Please note, I have been using Linux for a couple of years, but never had to do things like "compile the kernel" actually, I may have done, just without realising, lol!

Some more info which you may find handy

Code:

# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller IDE (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
02:00.0 IDE interface: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMB361 AHCI/IDE (rev 02)
02:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMB361 AHCI/IDE (rev 02)
03:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev c0)
03:02.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller
03:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)

Code:

]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
autofs4                56393  2
hidp                   83649  2
l2cap                  89281  5 hidp
bluetooth             118725  2 hidp,l2cap
sunrpc                195977  1
ipv6                  410913  20
acpi_cpufreq           46141  1
dm_mirror              60993  0
dm_mod                 93841  1 dm_mirror
video                  51273  0
sbs                    49921  0
i2c_ec                 38593  1 sbs
button                 40545  0
battery                43849  0
asus_acpi              50917  0
acpi_memhotplug        40133  0
ac                     38729  0
lp                     47121  0
floppy                 95465  0
snd_hda_intel          52189  0
snd_hda_codec         215233  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_dummy          37061  0
snd_seq_oss            65601  0
snd_seq_midi_event     41025  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                87905  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device         41813  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            77409  0
snd_mixer_oss          50113  1 snd_pcm_oss
sg                     69737  0
snd_pcm               116553  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
ide_cd                 73697  0
snd_timer              57417  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    95080  9 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_os                     s,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
pcspkr                 36289  0
shpchp                 70765  0
i2c_i801               41429  0
parport_pc             62313  1
natsemi                61345  0
cdrom                  68713  1 ide_cd
soundcore              43873  1 snd
i2c_core               56129  2 i2c_ec,i2c_i801
parport                73165  2 lp,parport_pc
serio_raw              40517  0
snd_page_alloc         43345  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
ahci                   53061  0
ata_piix               48329  4
libata                139369  2 ahci,ata_piix
sd_mod                 54081  5
scsi_mod              184057  4 sg,ahci,libata,sd_mod
ext3                  166609  3
jbd                    93873  1 ext3
ehci_hcd               65229  0
ohci_hcd               54493  0
uhci_hcd               57433  0

Thanks

Lenard · 01-07-2008, 01:57 PM

You have the source rpm file, now make sure you also have the kernel-devel and kernel-headers rpm packages installed on your system;

yum check-update
yum install kernel-devel kernel-headers

Next install the source rpm file; rpm -ivh r1000-kmod-1.05-3.2.6.18_8.1.1.el5.src.rpm

Change to the directory where the installed spec file resides; cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
Build: rpmbuild -bb something.spec
Install the binary driver from where the output sys the binary rpm fie you just built resides, someplace like /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 for example.

Or just follow the instructions here: http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/FAQ.php#B
Then do: yum install dkms-r1000

stuartornum · 01-07-2008, 03:50 PM

Hi Lenard,

Thanks for the reply.

I have done all of what you said above, all went fine. The only thing now is how do I get it enabled?

I have done:

Code:

[root@core ~]# modprobe r8169

and here is lsmod

Code:

[root@core ~]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
r8169                  64329  0
autofs4                57289  2
hidp                   83649  2
l2cap                  89409  5 hidp
bluetooth             118725  2 hidp,l2cap
sunrpc                197513  1
ipv6                  411425  20
cpufreq_ondemand       40401  2
acpi_cpufreq           46141  1
dm_mirror              60105  0
dm_multipath           52433  0
dm_mod                 96017  2 dm_mirror,dm_multipath
video                  51273  0
sbs                    49921  0
backlight              39873  0
i2c_ec                 38593  1 sbs
button                 40545  0
battery                43849  0
asus_acpi              50917  0
acpi_memhotplug        40133  0
ac                     38729  0
lp                     47121  0
floppy                 95465  0
sg                     69865  0
snd_hda_intel          55137  0
snd_hda_codec         296513  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_dummy          37061  0
snd_seq_oss            65473  0
snd_seq_midi_event     41025  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                87905  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device         41557  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            77505  0
snd_mixer_oss          49985  1 snd_pcm_oss
shpchp                 70765  0
snd_pcm               116681  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
i2c_i801               41429  0
ide_cd                 73697  0
snd_timer              57161  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    95977  9 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore              41825  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         44113  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_core               56129  2 i2c_ec,i2c_i801
cdrom                  68713  1 ide_cd
serio_raw              40517  0
parport_pc             62313  1
parport                73164  2 lp,parport_pc
natsemi                61345  0
pcspkr                 36289  0
ahci                   55621  0
ata_piix               49861  4
libata                160849  2 ahci,ata_piix
sd_mod                 56257  5
scsi_mod              186361  3 sg,libata,sd_mod
ext3                  166993  3
jbd                    93873  1 ext3
ehci_hcd               65229  0
ohci_hcd               54493  0
uhci_hcd               57433  0

I have ifcfg-eth1 (this is my working 100Mb NIC) I have created ifcfg-eth0 and put in the usual stuff, pretty much same as ifcfg-eth1.

Then issued:

Code:

[root@core ~]# service network restart
Shutting down interface eth1:                              [  OK  ]
Shutting down loopback interface:                          [  OK  ]
Bringing up loopback interface:                            [  OK  ]
Bringing up interface eth0:  Device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.
                                                           [FAILED]
Bringing up interface eth1:
Determining IP information for eth1... done.
                                                           [  OK  ]

Thanks again

Lenard · 01-07-2008, 04:16 PM

Did you forget to edit the /etc/modprobe.conf file??

alias eth0 r8189

By the way both Ethernet devices should not be active at the same time on the same subnet.