i used the below command to purge: *sudo apt purge r8168-dkms*
*find /lib/modules /usr/src /var/lib/dkms -name '*r8168*'* output: /lib/modules/5.10.0-23-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8168.ko.bak Please note that I have reinstalled my linux kernel in an attempt to make the ethernet interface work again , which has installed the kernel built-in driver and solved my problem . Below are the files under /lib/modules/5.10.0-23-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek before i reinstalled my kernel and after purging the r8168-dkms driver: 8139cp.ko 8139too.ko r8168.ko r8169.bak Then i had changed r8168.ko to r8168.ko.bak and r8169.bak to r8169.ko , and reboot, in an attempt to reload the driver r8169, but didn't work. And FInally did a kernel reinstall, which actually solved my issue. On Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 12:45 PM Andreas Beckmann <a...@debian.org> wrote: > [please keep the bug in Cc:] > > On 01/06/2023 04.06, Mohammed Anas wrote: > > Sorry to not mention it, But after purging the new driver , i did reboot > > the system. But the old driver was still not loaded. > > Weird. How did you purge the new driver? > > Please send the output of the following command: > > find /lib/modules /usr/src /var/lib/dkms -name '*r8168*' > > > Andreas > > [image: Mailtrack] <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=signaturevirality11&;> Sender notified by Mailtrack <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=signaturevirality11&;> 01/06/23, 21:27:26
