-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/22/08 16:52, Travis Crook wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:53:47 -0700 > Travis Crook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:38:11 +0100 >> Jörg-Volker Peetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Travis Crook wrote: >>> [...] >>>>> First one in the list, after running modprobe forcedeth. The >>>>> question is: how do I tell the nic (which is a RealTek 8111 >>>>> Gigabit on-board adapter) to use the forcedeth driver instead of >>>>> the r8169, which is automatically loaded on boot? >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> >>> Try to put the module name "r8169" into the file >>> "/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist" before rebooting. >> I tried the line "blacklist r8169" and rebooted - the module still >> loaded. > > Well, once again, the solution was to boot into Windows, tell it to > behave itself, then boot into linux and the whole world is happy. > Here is the reference: > "As of 27 May 2007, in kernel 2.6.21.3, you may experience the issues > with the r8169 driver if you dual boot Windows on some systems. Windows > by defaults disables the NIC at Windows shutdown time in order to > disable Wake-On-Lan, and this NIC will remain disabled until the next > time Windows turns it on. The r8169 driver in the kernel does not know > how to turn the NIC on from this disabled state; therefore, the device > will not respond, even if the driver loads and reports that the device > is up. To work around this problem, simply enable the feature > "Wake-on-lan after shutdown." You can set this options through Windows' > device manager."
Well that never would have occurred to me... > and it's found here: > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_RTL8168 > > Thanks for all of the help and tips! It's always a learning > experience... > - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian because I hate vegetables!" unknown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHlnh8S9HxQb37XmcRAlJgAJ9giGj/4iZwlY3XUALM/cs87sVCYwCg2JyE 6S3XMY1Qf1FsY83xxKbInF0= =tc7C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
