[GTALUG] Motherboards and Network Chips

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

On 07/02/16 03:33 PM, 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.

I did a fresh install of Fedora 23 when it came out on the machine on 
which I'm typing this and it has the same Ethernet controller. I didn't 
have to do anything special for networking to work. It's currently 
running with kernel 4.3.4 without any problems.

[root at jupiter ~]# lspci -s2: -v
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
     Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M4A785TD Motherboard
     Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29
     I/O ports at c800 [size=256]
     Memory at f4fff000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
     Memory at f4ff8000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
     Expansion ROM at f7df0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
     Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
     Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
     Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01
     Capabilities: [ac] MSI-X: Enable- Count=4 Masked-
     Capabilities: [cc] Vital Product Data
     Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
     Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
     Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
     Kernel driver in use: r8169
     Kernel modules: r8169

[root at jupiter ~]#

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Regards,

Clifford Ilkay

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