[GTALUG] Motherboards and Network Chips

[William Park]

I have the same chipset:

    $ lspci -s2: -v
    02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
	    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 and other motherboards
	    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 81
	    I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
	    Memory at dc104000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
	    Memory at dc100000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
	    Capabilities: <access denied>
	    Kernel driver in use: r8169
	    Kernel modules: r8169

So, check for 'r8169' or something similar.  My kernel is 3.10.96.
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William

On Sun, Feb 07, 2016 at 03:33:22PM -0500, Howard Gibson wrote:
>    I am trying to update Linux on my desktop.  I have a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 with a Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 network chip built into it.  Installing Fedora_20 onto this is dead easy.  If I try anything more recent, the networking does not work.  I have tried Fedoras 22, 23, KFedora_23, and Ubuntu_15.04.  When I boot from the install DVD, there is no network.  I have even installed a wireless card.  This works fine from Fedora_20.  It does not work from KFedora_23.  
> 
>    How up to date is Slackware these days?
> 
>    Normally, when something does not work, I go out on the internet and find a solution.  Non-functioning network is an order of magnitude more difficult.  
> 
>    I had network problems upgrading my laptop.  I was able to overcome them, but we seem to have transitioned from an easy install of Linux, to a difficult one, at least for some motherboards and network chips.  
> 
>    Has anyone figured out a reliable way to install Linux on this hardware? 
> 
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