On Wednesday 14 August 2013 11:04 am, Connie Sieh wrote: > On Wed, 14 Aug 2013, Larry Linder wrote: > > Gigabyte 970A-DS3 with Quad core AMD. > > SL 5.8 loads and everything works. > > > > Fedora 19 loads and everything works. > > kernel linux 3.9.5-301.fc19 > > > > SL 6.4 loads and when network is set up. Realtech on board chip set RTL > > 8168/811E as marked on chip. > > Network will not connect. > > Ping 192.168.0.1 - router and it runs ping and no return from router. > > "ifconfig" > > eth0 receives data but TX is always "0". > > Tried different drivers for realtech chip - nothing worked and most would > > fail when you "restart" no eth0. > > Fresh install of 6.4 with network set up - same result - no network TX. > > Loaded new Kernel from Elrepo. kernel-it-3.0.89-el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm > > Installed with rpm -i *.rpm. > > rebooted system > > touched key to select new kernel at boot. > > "ifconfig" > > eth0 receives data and transmits data. > > network now connects and everything now works. > > > > Conclusion is the kernel supplied in 6.4 has a mistake somewhere, > > realtech driver and hardware are good. > > Does SL 6.3 work out of the box? Each "point" release has many kernel > changes. If it is known if 6.3 works but 6.4 does not then that helps to > pins down when the problem was induced. > > -Connie Sieh > > > r8168 driver works with SL5.8. Installing new kernel solved the problem. > > r8169 driver is used with Fedora 19. > > > > Have learned more than I wanted to know. > > > > Thank you all for your help. > > Larry Linder > > > > On Tuesday 13 August 2013 11:57 am, Larry Linder wrote: > >> On Monday 12 August 2013 10:41 am, Larry Linder wrote: > >>> On Friday 09 August 2013 12:44 pm, you wrote: > >>>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Larry Linder > >>>> > >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>> Have you looked at ELRepo? Particularly, FAQ#4 at > >>>>>>> http://elrepo.org/tiki/FAQ may help you find the right driver for > >>>>>>> the NIC. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Akemi > >>>>> > >>>>> The problem with the MB's using RTL8168/8111 has been know for a few > >>>>> years. The 32 bit version of SL 6.2 works - have not verified it. > >>>>> We need to use SL 64 our system. > >>>>> > >>>>> Installed Windows 7 on a spare disk, Internet found and worked - > >>>>> hardware is checked. > >>>>> > >>>>> Downloaded new driver from "realtech.com" for RTL8168/8111 and > >>>>> sneaker net ed it over to SL 6.4 box applied the new driver. > >>>>> New driver must have a problem with the 64 bit interface - or SL 6 X > >>>>> _64 code is broken somewhere. > >>>> > >>>> Did you have a chance to identify your device IDs (see above, my > >>>> note)? > >>>> > >>>> I have a system with the following NIC: > >>>> > >>>> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > >>>> RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev > >>>> 02) > >>>> > >>>> The motherboard is GA-MA785GM-US2H. > >>>> > >>>> I use ELRepo's driver from kmod-r8168-8.032.00-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64. > >>>> The OS is SL 6.4 (64-bit) but this machine has been running SL for at > >>>> least 3 years with no apparent network trouble. > >>>> > >>>> Akemi > >>> > >>> Tried the driver from elrepo.X86.64 - did not work - > >>> A direct install of SL6.4 resulted in eth0 receiving data but not > >>> transmission. Installing new driver resulted in eth0 not being > >>> recognized. Ping quit - no eth0 found. "ifconfig" confirms that there > >>> is not eth0. > >>> > >>> We had to enable IOMMU on mother board and then Fedora 19 live would > >>> load. The driver used was in Fedora 19 was R1869- Internet was > >>> working. > >>> > >>> Tried using r1869 with SL 6.4 and eth0 was not listed in "ifconfig" > >>> > >>> Numerous people on net said that SL 6.4 32 bit version would load and > >>> Ethernet worked. May try this a later today to verify it. > >>> > >>> Reloading SL 6.4 from DVD this AM to use system as an isolated box. > >>> > >>> Any help would be appreciated. > >>> Learned more about drivers than I wanted to know. > >>> > >>> Comment: > >>> Fedora 19 with the latest Gnome desktop is written for a tablet. It > >>> only takes 6 mouse clicks to do anything useful - Hope RH 7 will allow > >>> a person to select an older version of KDE or Gnome. > >>> I would hate to think of the number of "mouse ites" injuries we could > >>> have. Is there a number of simpler desktops available. > >>> The new KDE is useless, Gnome in Fidora 19 is terrible so where do > >>> people who need a no BS computer go? > >>> > >>> Thank You All > >>> > >>> Larry Linder > >> > >> The mystery of why there is no Internet on 6.4 using the Gigabyte board > >> become more confusing. > >> We were looking at our hardware list and decided that boxes deployed two > >> years ago had essentially the same NIC stuff and they worked with 5.5 - > >> 5.9. We loaded 5.8 into new Gigabyte hardware and guess what it worked > >> perfectly !!! > >> The 6.4 DVD was down loaded and checked and everything matches. > >> There is something wrong in the Gnome system network set up. SL 5.8 has > >> a very different network setup. > >> We got pretty suspicious when we loaded updated driver and new Kernel > >> 3.0.8 and same result. Too many people stated that this worked. > >> > >> SL 6.4 is loading for the nth time and we will use another scheme to > >> setup network. > >> > >> Thank You All > >> > >> Larry Linder
SL6.1 does not work. Network error and then a timeout on initialization. Problem crept in sometime between 5.8 and 6.1. We do not have a copy of 6.0 but am downloading one now. Larry Linder Larry Linder
