I see the same problem on my MSI Wind U100. The wired port works on 2.6.27-9. It gives the following dmesg | grep 8169 when booted without cable connected: [ 4.362683] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded [ 4.362723] r8169 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 4.362753] r8169 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 4.362773] r8169 0000:01:00.0: unknown MAC (37a00000) [ 4.363680] eth0: RTL8169 at 0xf883c000, 00:21:85:dc:69:42, XID 34a00000 IRQ 221 [ 39.349290] r8169: eth0: link down
In 2.6.27-11, it seems to think a cable is connected even though none is: [ 4.842325] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded [ 4.842363] r8169 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 4.842392] r8169 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 4.842412] r8169 0000:01:00.0: unknown MAC (37a00000) [ 4.843241] eth0: RTL8169 at 0xf883c000, 00:21:85:dc:69:42, XID 34a00000 IRQ 221 [ 40.633048] r8169: eth0: link up Also if I remove the module with "sudo modprobe -r r8169", then try to reload it, I get: [ 402.682627] r8169 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A disabled [ 422.383316] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded [ 422.383401] r8169 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 422.383449] r8169 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A disabled [ 422.383487] r8169: probe of 0000:01:00.0 failed with error -22 In both cases, the received dropped packets count constantly increases up regardless if a cable is connected or not. Output of lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02) 02:00.0 Network controller: RaLink Device 0781 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- 2.6.27.11 kernel breaks r8169 support for rtl8102e https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326891 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