Mel, I used both linux-firmware & linux-firmware-nonfree from the trusty repository...wouldn't that be enough? =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= On 2014-03-03 3:31 PM, "Juan Alberto Cirez" <jaci...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am having a bit of the problem (actually there were two. One, seems to > be solved)... > I had a ASUS E35M1-M PRO mobo-based server w/8GB RAM and two NIC cards > (the onboard NIC and a D-LINK DGE-530T REV C1, later replaced by an INTEL > PRO/1000 GT DESKTOP). > When I first built this server I opted for a basic Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server > install and all was well, except that despite my best efforts I could not > get the DGE card up to Gigabit speed (and on occasions, during a reboot, > the card would stop working altogether) ; and worse, over the course of > hours, the memory usage crept to over 90% of installed capacity. > I desired to upgrade the kernel several times up to the 3.13.rc8 version > to no avail. > > I tried replacing the DGE NIC with the INTEL PRO/1000 GT and while that > fixed the problem I had with the NIC to starting during the reboot, the > memory leakage and NON-Gigabit speed remained. > > I lastly upgraded to Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch); but > encountered another problem: A definitive memory leak error every time I > logged into the system. > > After reading through several online post, I came to the conclusion (based > on others experience) that the problem may be due to a faulty samba > installation (or more specifically python-samba). > At this point I figured I had nothing to lose and decided to remove python > from the system and reinstall. After issuing the following commands: > # apt-get --purge autoremove python-* > # apt-get autoremove attr libaio1 libapparmor-perl libhdb9-heimdal > libkdc2-heimdal libldb1 libmpdec2 libntdb1 libpolkit-agent-1-0 > libpolkit-backend-1-0 libtevent0 policykit-1 run-one > # apt-get install python > # apt-get install samba > and rebooting the system, this is the current memory consumption: > KiB Mem: 7769996 total, 504060 used, 7265936 free, 17268 buffers > > Although the issue with the NIC remains, at least now my server is back to > performing within acceptable parameters. > > Now, any ideas how I can solve the issue with the NIC? > > Thanks > > >
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