Hi *, I have bought a Toshiba Satellite M115 Laptop, and I'm getting lots of problems with the Ethernet Network card [ RTL8101E (Fast Ethernet with PCI-Express interface)].
I have downloaded the driver from realtek.com.tw and I have followed the steps which appear in README file: <quote> <Linux device driver for Realtek Ethernet controllers> This is the Linux device driver released for RealTek Ethernet controllers, which are listed as following. 1. RTL8169S/SB/SC (Gigabit Ethernet with PCI interface) 2. RTL8168B (Gigabit Ethernet with PCI-Express interface) 3. RTL8101E (Fast Ethernet with PCI-Express interface) <Requirements> - kernel source tree (supported versions 2.4.x or 2.6.x) - compiler/binutils for kernel compilation <Quick install with proper kernel settings> Unpack the tarball : tar vzxf r1000_vX.YZ.tgz Change to the directory: cd r1000_vX.YZ If you are running the target kernel, then you should be able to do : make clean modules (as root or with sudo) make install depmod -a <Force Link Status> 1. Force the link status when insert the driver. If the user is in the path ~/r1000, the link status can be forced to one of the 5 modes as following command. #insmod ./src/r1000.ko speed=SPEED_MODE duplex=DUPLEX_MODE autoneg=NWAY_OPTION ,where SPEED_MODE = 1000 for 1000Mbps = 100 for 100Mbps = 10 for 10Mbps DUPLEX_MODE = 0 for half-duplex = 1 for full-duplex NWAY_OPTION = 0 for auto-negotiation off = 1 for auto-negotiation on For example: #insmod ./src/r1000.ko speed=100 duplex=0 autoneg=0 will force PHY to operate in 100Mpbs Half-duplex. 2. Force the link status by using ethtool. a. Insert the driver first. b. Make sure that ethtool exists in /sbin. c. Force the link status as the following command. #ethtool -s eth? speed SPEED_MODE duplex DUPLEX_MODE autoneg NWAY_OPTION ,where SPEED_MODE = 1000 for 1000Mbps = 100 for 100Mbps = 10 for 10Mbps DUPLEX_MODE = half for half-duplex = full for full-duplex NWAY_OPTION = off for auto-negotiation off = on for auto-negotiation on <Advanced feature> - Supports Jumbo Frame - Hardware Tx/Rx flow control </quote> The procedure that I show above was not successful. Then I tried with the steps from [1] which is almost the same, the only difference between both is that in this case I had to change some lines into src/r1000_n.c, then I compiled and it didn't work again :S Now, I'm compiling a new kernel version (2.6.19.1) because i read maybe the problem would be solved using this kernel. Have you had that problem? Can someone help me? Notes: I'm using Debian Testing (32 bits) Thanks for reading, [1] http://dvm.zapto.org:3334/~david/guicms/html/articles/one.php?number=118 -- Muammar El Khatib. Linux user: 403107. Key fingerprint = 90B8 BFC4 4A75 B881 39A3 1440 30EB 403B 1270 29F1 http://muammarelkhatib.net | http://www.teorex.org ,''`. : :' : `. `' `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
