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Fedora 11 - no NIC, no wifi... Realtek 8172/8192se - I can't install the driver

If i've posted this in the wrong forum, i apologize...

I recently installed Fedora 11 on my new laptop (with much effort to find a distro that works on it). Now that it's up and running i can't connect to the internet, (n)either wired or wireless(ly?) (is that even a word?)... Google yielded a few results (but mostly for older versions of Fedora [e.g. 6]). I found what i thought was going to be the answer here, I followed it as close as i could but still no dice...

Yes, i downloaded the latest driver from Realtek...

okay, here's the specs...

Toshiba Satellite L505D-GS6000
AMD Turion II Dual-Core Mobile M500 2.20 GHz
4.00 GB RAM

uname -r:

Code:

2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586

(please see this post before you ask why i chose the i586 :))

lspci -v: <--(just the NIC & wifi info)

Code:

02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8172 (rev 10)

        Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8181

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 7

        I/O ports at 7000 [size=256]

        Memory at f2100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]

        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3

        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Mask- 64bit+ Count=1/1 Enable-

        Capabilities: [70] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00

        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting

        Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?>

        Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-r5-5t-gg-ef-55-77-22



03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)

        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff1e

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20

        I/O ports at 6000 [size=256]

        Memory at f0010000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]

        Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]

        Expansion ROM at f0020000 [disabled] [size=128K]

        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3

        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Mask- 64bit+ Count=1/1 Enable+

        Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01

        Capabilities: [ac] MSI-X: Enable- Mask- TabSize=2

        Capabilities: [cc] Vital Product Data

        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting

        Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?>

        Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-01

        Kernel driver in use: r8169

        Kernel modules: r8169

I'm thinking it's a driver issue, like i said, i followed the how-to (that i linked to) above, but that guide is for ubuntu 9.10... maybe thats why it didn't work for me...

Anyone feel patient enough to walk me through compiling the driver and installing it? (in plain english please... i'm still relatively new to the wonderful world of linux).

if anyone needs any more system info just let me know...

Check out the driver in the following site and install it manually

Hi der,
Please download the driver from
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&PFid=7&Conn=4

You will get a bunzipped tar file, extract it and read the README in it.
U can install the required driver and enable the ethernet controller.

regards,
Wesley

On the link he posted above i can't seem to find any linux drivers for my hardware... but, it could be me... anyone know?

you might want to stop doing anything on fedora 11 RIGHT NOW
fedora 11 is about to hit it's END OF LIFE in about 60 days

so in about 2 months there will NEVER be any updates to it

use fedora 13 it is in beta testing

okay, thanks... i'm DLing Fedora 13 right now (i hope it does me better than Fedora 12 did), but that still doesn't help me now. Plus as i learn how to troubleshoot this problem i'll have this knowledge for future reference...

Quote:

Originally Posted by the.laughing.man (Post 3936010)

Code:

2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586

(please see this post before you ask why i chose the i586 :))

lspci -v: <--(just the NIC & wifi info)

Code:

02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8172 (rev 10)

        Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8181

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 7

        I/O ports at 7000 [size=256]

        Memory at f2100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]

        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3

        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Mask- 64bit+ Count=1/1 Enable-

        Capabilities: [70] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00

        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting

        Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?>

        Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-r5-5t-gg-ef-55-77-22



03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)

        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff1e

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20

        I/O ports at 6000 [size=256]

        Memory at f0010000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]

        Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]

        Expansion ROM at f0020000 [disabled] [size=128K]

        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3

        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Mask- 64bit+ Count=1/1 Enable+

        Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01

        Capabilities: [ac] MSI-X: Enable- Mask- TabSize=2

        Capabilities: [cc] Vital Product Data

        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting

        Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?>

        Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-01

        Kernel driver in use: r8169

        Kernel modules: r8169

Is the problem solved?

try this,
Goto Realtek download page

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

in the search box type RT8101E and click go, the first under Downloads will give u the link for the driver for RT8101E..

Under linux, u can download from any of the 3 sites,

I dont think urs is RT8191S and urs is 8101E