On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 1:03 AM, Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > > Keith wrote ... > >> driver works fine in 5.2 . The EEE also needed a patched > >> ethernet driver with 5.0, while the driver in 5.2 worked fine. > > > > I spoke too soon. After a reboot, the network went away - or else > > I was not paying attention previously. The EEE PC Box uses a > > Realtek 8168B, but for some reason the (updated) SL5.2 kernel calls > > for the 8169 driver, which does not work. So I added rpmforge to > > my yum repositories, then installed the dkms-8168 driver. I'm not > > sure I did everything right - during boot it talks about the driver > > already being loaded - but it works now. The steps:
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 07:31:45AM -0800, Akemi Yagi wrote: > You might want to take a look at this CentOS wiki: > > http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/HardwareList/RealTekRTL8111b > > In the section "Solution", look for (3) that offers the kmod package > for this driver. A little more detail will be found in this CentOS > forum thread: > > http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=17854&forum=39&post_id=64799#forumpost64799 Thanks, Yagi-san! Indeed, I saw that first wiki page, and chose a streamlined version of solution (2) rather than solution (3), as (2) seemed more likely to tolerate kernel updates. Besides, the RPMforge repo looks like it is where all the Cool Kids (Dag, Dries, etc.) are hanging out, and the setup is very easy at https://rpmrepo.org/RPMforge/Using So thanks for reading that first page into the record. I suggest everyone with RealTek ethernet driver issues read it, as it explains them pretty well. (3) is a useful solution too, and the forum post you suggest covers a lot of the issues involved. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected] Voice (503)-520-1993 KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon" Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs
