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From: Facundo Curti <facu.curti@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ethernet dont use kernel module
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 09:35:13
Message-Id: CABxff599cF1DoAtno-431uG31jf0=9-D+Bm0rUUxshTvDEm7WQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] ethernet dont use kernel module by "Canek Peláez Valdés"
1 >
2 > I suggest you to try r8168 module. The realtek RTL8111/8168 chip is buggy.
3 > The in-kernel module r8169 failed to work with the chip. When i used r8169
4 > and booted to windows or the other way around the network card was hard
5 > locked. It required a complete power out for a minute to reset the card.
6 > With r8168 module there is no problems. The code is here:
7 >
8 r8168.googlecode.com/files/r8168-8.036.00.tar.gz
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11 Broken link :P
12
13 I've fixed it!! Finally! But i have to say it... I'm stupid!! The problem
14 was that I was booting from the wrong kernel.
15 I was booting from "kernel-gentoo", and I was installing the new kernel as
16 "kernel-version-gentoo". So, no matter how much changes I made, the kernel
17 was always the same :P
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19 Sorry for make lose your time, was a stupid mistake from me :/ Thank you
20 for patience!

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Re: [gentoo-user] ethernet dont use kernel module Matti Nykyri <matti.nykyri@×××.fi>