On 10/13/2013 11:42 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> - There is no firmware patch for your LAN-on-motherboard chip
> (RTL8168B).
>
> - There is a firmware patch for the chip on the PCIe card (RTL8168D),
> but this was never included in the driver in Debian kernels (except in
> some experimental versions
I left out the answer to one of your questions. Yes, the
firmware-realtek package is installed. It is version 0.28+squeeze1.
During my temporary 3.2 backports kernel experiment, I also upgraded all
the firmware packages to the matching version from backports.
This may be indirectly significant -
On 10/12/2013 8:52 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> In this original broken configuration, were there any ethtool settings
> in /etc/network/interfaces ?
>
> Is the firmware-realtek package installed?
>
> Can you provide the boot log messages from r8169
> (grep r8169/var/log/dmesg) ?
When I first set
Package: linux-2.6
Version: 2.6.32-48squeeze4
Severity: important
This is a continuation of archived bug number 596390. The problem has
never been solved. I have a workaround that I consider unsatisfactory.
With everything set to auto-negotiate, and starting from a powered off
system, the NIC h
On 11/20/2010 11:55 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
Try 'mii-tool -vv eth0'?
New output. Just in case, I tried it with a third and fourth v, no
difference. This is with it hard-set to 100 full, I can do it with it
set to auto when I get home.
frodo:~# mii-tool -vv eth0
Using SIOCGMIIPHY=0x8947
e
On 11/20/2010 10:20 AM, Shawn Heisey wrote:
Unknown RealTek chip (mask: 0x2800)
I found what looks like a bug report and resolution for this same chip
and problem in FreeBSD.
http://www.pubbs.net/200904/netbsd/15177-50rc3-messed-up-rtl8111dl-onboard-nic.html
I know there are licensing
On 9/11/2010 8:15 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
Please try this while running kernel version 2.6.32:
1. Enable additional error logging by running: ethtool -s eth0 msglvl 0x3f
2. Enable autoneg again
3. Disconnect and reconnect the cable
4. Check for any new error messages in the kernel log
Also send
On 9/10/2010 4:57 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
Please test a newer version. There was a bug fix to r8169 in version
2.6.32-16 which might address this.
I was already on the -20 version. Then I tried the -21 recently added
to the backports archive, with no change.
After a little experimentati
Package: linux-2.6
Version: 2.6.32-20~bpo50+1
Severity: important
WHen I boot this kernel, my ethernet port stops working. The light on
the switch goes out. It is a Cisco 3550 switch with 10 10/100/1000 ports
and two GBIC ports. This server is plugged into a 10/100/1000 port.
In order to get
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