Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card? [SOLVED]

2017-01-15 Thread M.A. Perry
Thank you. M.A.P. -- On 01/15/2017 10:28 AM, Jeremy Nicoll wrote: On Sun, 15 Jan 2017, at 09:16, M.A. Perry wrote: 3. From 1. and 2. I have concluded that the non-free "programming" added to the interface hardware is non-volatile (i.e. persistent); which raises the

Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card? [SOLVED]

2017-01-15 Thread Jeremy Nicoll
On Sun, 15 Jan 2017, at 09:16, M.A. Perry wrote: > 3. From 1. and 2. I have concluded that the non-free > "programming" added to the interface hardware > is non-volatile (i.e. persistent); which raises the > question how does one de-install the non-free > firmware should

Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card? [SOLVED]

2017-01-15 Thread M.A. Perry
People, My thanks to all of you for the useful reactions to my question. I will try to summarise what was said. 1. The ethernet internet card (in my case a chip set on the motherboard) requires "firmware" and not software. [In fact when I wrote "software" in my initial

Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card?

2017-01-14 Thread Brian
On Sat 14 Jan 2017 at 17:27:27 +, Curt wrote: > On 2017-01-14, wrote: > > > > Suffice it to say, I prefer to not add non-free to non-free (of > > course I'd prefer the whole firmware in the device to be free: > > getting there slowly). > > Well, then,

Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card?

2017-01-14 Thread Curt
On 2017-01-14, wrote: > > Suffice it to say, I prefer to not add non-free to non-free (of > course I'd prefer the whole firmware in the device to be free: > getting there slowly). Well, then, you're a little bit pregnant. > It is a complicated field, and

Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card?

2017-01-14 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 11:38:19AM +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 14/01/2017 à 11:23, to...@tuxteam.de a écrit : > > > >Now there's already some firmware on that card (ROM, flash, > >whatever persistent storage). But those things are set up > >to

Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card?

2017-01-14 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 14/01/2017 à 11:43, Michael Milliman a écrit : While I do not have a RealTek ethernet nic, the wireless interface on my laptop is RealTek and it has a similar situation, though without the firmware, the wireless interface will not run at all. The required firmware for my interface is

Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card?

2017-01-14 Thread Michael Milliman
On 01/14/2017 04:43 AM, Michael Milliman wrote: On 01/14/2017 04:13 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 14/01/2017 à 10:18, M.A. Perry a écrit : On boot-up, the monitor briefly shows a message to the effect "... failed to load rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw firmware". Running "dmesg | tail" shows

Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card?

2017-01-14 Thread Michael Milliman
On 01/14/2017 04:13 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 14/01/2017 à 10:18, M.A. Perry a écrit : On boot-up, the monitor briefly shows a message to the effect "... failed to load rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw firmware". Running "dmesg | tail" shows much the same in more detail. Nevertheless, the

Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card?

2017-01-14 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 14/01/2017 à 11:23, to...@tuxteam.de a écrit : Now there's already some firmware on that card (ROM, flash, whatever persistent storage). But those things are set up to receive more firmware from the operating system on the "main" computer. (...) (My WiFi hardware also would like to get

Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card?

2017-01-14 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 10:18:40AM +0100, M.A. Perry wrote: > Dear People, > A question here, not a problem as such. > My (domestic dektop) runs under Debian 8.6 (Jessie) > and has a RealTek ethernet (i.e internet) wired interface. > > On boot-up,

Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card?

2017-01-14 Thread Вадим Колчев
Search for firmware-realtek and install, this should help get rid of the error. 14 Янв 2017 г. 12:13 PM пользователь "Pascal Hambourg" < pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org> написал: > Le 14/01/2017 à 10:18, M.A. Perry a écrit : > >> >> On boot-up, the monitor briefly shows a message to the >> effect

Re: Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card?

2017-01-14 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 14/01/2017 à 10:18, M.A. Perry a écrit : On boot-up, the monitor briefly shows a message to the effect "... failed to load rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw firmware". Running "dmesg | tail" shows much the same in more detail. Nevertheless, the wired ethernet connection to internet seems to work

Which driver for RealTek RTL8168 ethernet interface card?

2017-01-14 Thread M.A. Perry
Dear People, A question here, not a problem as such. My (domestic dektop) runs under Debian 8.6 (Jessie) and has a RealTek ethernet (i.e internet) wired interface. On boot-up, the monitor briefly shows a message to the effect "... failed to load rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw firmware". Running