On Wednesday 14 August 2013 11:04 am, Connie Sieh wrote:
> 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

SL6.1 does not work.  Network error and then a timeout on initialization.
Problem crept in sometime between 5.8  and 6.1.

We do not have a copy of 6.0 but am downloading one now.

Larry Linder


Larry Linder