How to configure/install Realtek RTL8139/810x under SUSE Enterprise server v.10

AceCraft · 07-08-2009, 10:54 AM

Hi!

I'm new to SUSE Enterprise server (v.10). Just recently I've performed standard installation of the system on AMILO Pi 2550 and when it came to configure network card (via YaST) there is no driver for Realtek RTL8139/810x NIC in the list. There was only RTL8129/8139 listed from all Realtek family, but this doesn't work. As I'm new to SUSE server (first time using server edition too) I've no clue how to fix this problem.

Can anyone help me finding driver and configuring this card?

Thank you in advice for your help!

nanoo · 07-09-2009, 10:19 AM

realtek8139 is a pretty old nic. I DO know that driver for this nic was in the vanilla kernel since at least 2002.
show us:

uname -a
lspci -k
ip link
dmegs|grep eth

AceCraft · 07-09-2009, 11:15 AM

Ok, so here it is:

Code:

uname -a

Linux michal-suse 2.6.16.21-0.8-smp #1 SMP Mon Jul 3 18:25:39 UTC 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

lspci (don't work with -k no such option)

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2a00 (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2a01 (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation Mobile IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Mobile SATA Controller AHCI (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 94c9
04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Unknown device 8136 (rev 01)

ip link

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: sit0: <NOARP> mtu 1480 qdisc noop 
    link/sit 0.0.0.0 brd 0.0.0.0

dmesg | grep eth

(just nothing was here)

nanoo · 07-10-2009, 03:19 AM

As I can see you have not 8139 but 8136.
But here http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/red...r-rtl8139.html people say the same thing. Thay have 8139 but lspci shows 8136. This is strange for me.
Fortunately explanation is also there. To make your nic running you need to update your 2.6.16.21-0.8-smp kernel at least to 2.6.18-5.
I believe this help.