Ra'id Jamali Thanks for the info ... I will give that a try ASAP. It is much appreciated. Thomas
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Ra'id Jamali <raid.aljam...@gmail.com>wrote: > @ Thomas > > The RTL 8102E doesn't have a native driver under 8.10. Instead the r8169 > module gets loaded, which may be the cause of your issues. One solution > is to compile a driver for RTL8101/8102 using sources from Realtek. > > Have a look at: > > http://en.alessiotreglia.com/articles/how-to-compile-r8168-and-r8101-modules-for-realtek-ethernet-adapters/ > > -- > Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD fails to boot when RTL8102E LAN chip is enabled - with > modprobe abnormal exit on ICH8M laptop > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225749 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in OpenVZ kernel (patchset): Invalid > Status in "linux" source package in Ubuntu: Triaged > > Bug description: > When trying to run CD, it opens up, allows me to choose language and then > when I say use CD, it tries to boot and the crash with the following data: > udevd-event [1557] : run program: '/sbin/modprobe' abnormal exit > > I tried to boot with noapic and then got same error but with [1503] code. > > Notebook is new Toshiba (A305-S6837) with Intel Core Duo processor, 4 GB > ram, 320 Gb HD, chicony usb 2 webcam, realtek HD audion, Intel 965 express > graphics, Intel 4965AGN wireless, Realtek RTL 8102E ethernet, pioneer DVD > drive, synaptics pointing, > > Also tried Kubuntu 8.04 with same result. > > It has now been confirmed that it is due to a bug in r8169.c in Linux > kernel 2.6.24: a NULL pointer deference and subsequence memory corruption, > unable to continue booting, when the driver encounters an unknown MAC > version. For example, r8169.c in 2.6.24 recognizes RTL8101E but not > RTL8102E. > > An initial fix which prevents r8169 from crashing is at > http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/4/17/298 and has been packaged by Tim Gardner > (Ubuntu Kernel Team) et al. for testing. Missing entries for RTL8102 series > need to be added though. > -- Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD fails to boot when RTL8102E LAN chip is enabled - with modprobe abnormal exit on ICH8M laptop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225749 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
