On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 1:03 AM, Keith Lofstrom <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Keith wrote ...
> >> driver works fine in 5.2 .  The EEE also needed a patched
> >> ethernet driver with 5.0, while the driver in 5.2 worked fine.
> >
> > I spoke too soon.  After a reboot, the network went away - or else
> > I was not paying attention previously.  The EEE PC Box uses a
> > Realtek 8168B, but for some reason the (updated) SL5.2 kernel calls
> > for the 8169 driver, which does not work.  So I added rpmforge to
> > my yum repositories, then installed the dkms-8168 driver.  I'm not
> > sure I did everything right - during boot it talks about the driver
> > already being loaded - but it works now.  The steps:


On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 07:31:45AM -0800, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> You might want to take a look at this CentOS wiki:
> 
> http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/HardwareList/RealTekRTL8111b
> 
> In the section "Solution", look for (3) that offers the kmod package
> for this driver.  A little more detail will be found in this CentOS
> forum thread:
> 
> http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=17854&forum=39&post_id=64799#forumpost64799

Thanks, Yagi-san!

Indeed, I saw that first wiki page, and chose a streamlined version
of solution (2) rather than solution (3), as (2) seemed more likely
to tolerate kernel updates.  Besides, the RPMforge repo looks like
it is where all the Cool Kids (Dag, Dries, etc.) are hanging out,
and the setup is very easy at  https://rpmrepo.org/RPMforge/Using 

So thanks for reading that first page into the record.  I suggest
everyone with RealTek ethernet driver issues read it, as it explains
them pretty well.  (3) is a useful solution too, and the forum post
you suggest covers a lot of the issues involved.

Keith

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