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Re: artheros-8161 card not usuable under standard linux
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Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]>
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Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 8 Jul 2013 10:07:00 -0700
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On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Charles Elsaesser <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> hello Alan and Earl,
>
> All was you told me had to be considered, which takes some reflexion and
> time.
>
> As I could not connect to the internet in a first time of 5 weeks, with a
> new low-price asus-x75vc computer, after reading your advices, I found some
> "alx" reference on
> http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/elrepo/elrepo/el6/i386/RPMS/kmod-alx-0.0-2.20121003.el6.elrepo.i686.rpm
> http:///linuxsoft.cern.ch/elrepo/elrepo/el6/x86_64/RPMS/kmod-alx-0.0-2.20121003.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
>
> this driver works for my
> Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet
> (rev 10)

Thanks for posting your note. The ELRepo's DeviceID has now been
updated to include the alx driver (that was missing).

pci 1969:1090 kmod-alx
pci 1969:1091 kmod-alx

It indeeds supports your device.

Akemi

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