On Wed, 14 Aug 2013, Larry Linder wrote:

> Gigabyte 970A-DS3 with Quad core AMD.
> SL 5.8 loads and everything works.
>
> Fedora 19 loads and everything works.
> kernel linux 3.9.5-301.fc19
>
> SL 6.4 loads and when network is set up.  Realtech on board chip set RTL
> 8168/811E as marked on chip.
> Network will not connect.
> Ping 192.168.0.1 - router and it runs ping and no return from router.
> "ifconfig"
> eth0 receives data but TX is always "0".
> Tried different drivers for realtech chip - nothing worked and most would fail
> when you "restart" no eth0.
> Fresh install of 6.4 with network set up - same result - no network TX.
> Loaded new Kernel from Elrepo.    kernel-it-3.0.89-el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
> Installed with rpm -i *.rpm.
> rebooted system
> touched key to select new kernel at boot.
> "ifconfig"
> eth0 receives data and transmits data.
> network now connects and everything now works.
>
> Conclusion is the kernel supplied in 6.4 has a mistake somewhere, realtech
> driver and hardware are good.

Does SL 6.3 work out of the box?  Each "point" release has many kernel 
changes.  If it is known if 6.3 works but 6.4 does not then that helps to 
pins down when the problem was induced.

-Connie Sieh
>
> r8168 driver works with SL5.8.  Installing new kernel solved the problem.
> r8169 driver is used with Fedora 19.
>
> Have learned more than I wanted to know.
>
> Thank you all for your help.
> Larry Linder
>
> On Tuesday 13 August 2013 11:57 am, Larry Linder wrote:
>> On Monday 12 August 2013 10:41 am, Larry Linder wrote:
>>> On Friday 09 August 2013 12:44 pm, you wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Larry Linder
>>>>
>>>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>> Have you looked at ELRepo? Particularly, FAQ#4 at
>>>>>>> http://elrepo.org/tiki/FAQ may help you find the right driver for
>>>>>>> the NIC.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Akemi
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem with the MB's using RTL8168/8111 has been know for a few
>>>>> years. The 32 bit version of SL 6.2 works - have not verified it.
>>>>> We need to use SL 64 our system.
>>>>>
>>>>> Installed Windows 7 on a spare disk, Internet found and worked -
>>>>> hardware is checked.
>>>>>
>>>>> Downloaded new driver from "realtech.com" for RTL8168/8111 and
>>>>> sneaker net ed it over to SL 6.4 box applied the new driver.
>>>>> New driver must have a problem with the 64 bit interface - or SL 6 X
>>>>> _64 code is broken somewhere.
>>>>
>>>> Did you have a chance to identify your device IDs (see above, my note)?
>>>>
>>>> I have a system with the following NIC:
>>>>
>>>> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
>>>> RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev
>>>> 02)
>>>>
>>>> The motherboard is GA-MA785GM-US2H.
>>>>
>>>> I use ELRepo's driver from kmod-r8168-8.032.00-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.
>>>> The OS is SL 6.4 (64-bit) but this machine has been running SL for at
>>>> least 3 years with no apparent network trouble.
>>>>
>>>> Akemi
>>>
>>> Tried the driver from elrepo.X86.64 - did not work -
>>> A direct install of SL6.4 resulted in eth0 receiving data but not
>>> transmission.  Installing new driver resulted in eth0 not being
>>> recognized. Ping quit - no eth0 found.   "ifconfig" confirms that there
>>> is not eth0.
>>>
>>> We had to enable IOMMU on mother board and then Fedora 19 live would
>>> load. The driver used was in Fedora 19 was R1869-  Internet was working.
>>>
>>> Tried using r1869 with SL 6.4 and eth0 was not listed in "ifconfig"
>>>
>>> Numerous people on net said that SL 6.4 32 bit version would load and
>>> Ethernet worked.  May try this a later today to verify it.
>>>
>>> Reloading SL 6.4 from DVD this AM to use system as an isolated box.
>>>
>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>> Learned more about drivers than I wanted to know.
>>>
>>> Comment:
>>> Fedora 19 with the latest Gnome desktop is written for a tablet.   It
>>> only takes 6 mouse clicks to do anything useful - Hope RH 7 will allow a
>>> person to select an older version of KDE or Gnome.
>>> I would hate to think of the number of "mouse ites" injuries we could
>>> have. Is there a number of simpler desktops available.
>>> The new KDE is useless, Gnome in Fidora 19 is terrible so where do people
>>> who need a no BS computer go?
>>>
>>> Thank You All
>>>
>>> Larry Linder
>>
>> The mystery of why there is no Internet on 6.4 using the Gigabyte board
>> become more confusing.
>> We were looking at our hardware list and decided that boxes deployed two
>> years ago had essentially the same NIC stuff and they worked with 5.5 -
>> 5.9. We loaded 5.8 into new Gigabyte hardware and guess what it worked
>> perfectly !!!
>> The 6.4 DVD was down loaded and checked and everything matches.
>> There is something wrong in the Gnome system network set up.  SL 5.8 has a
>> very different network setup.
>> We got pretty suspicious when we loaded updated driver and new Kernel 3.0.8
>> and same result.   Too many people stated that this worked.
>>
>> SL 6.4 is loading for the nth time and we will use another scheme to setup
>> network.
>>
>> Thank You All
>>
>> Larry Linder
>