On Wed, 9 Aug 2017, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 4:27 AM, Bill Maidment <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Pat > I have updated my test system with all the sl-testing updates > and after rebooting it doesn't recognise the on-board network > connection. > Motherboard is Asus M4N68T, but I don't know any details of the > network chip. > Rebooting to the old kernel recognises the on-board network > connection OK. > dmesg on the old kernel reveals > > [ 1.485449] r8169 0000:01:09.0 eth0: RTL8169sb/8110sb at > 0xffffc90000c1ac00, a0:f3:c1:10:53:25, XID 10000000 IRQ 19 > [ 1.485451] r8169 0000:01:09.0 eth0: jumbo features [frames: > 7152 bytes, tx checksumming: ok] > [ 1.539302] forcedeth 0000:00:07.0: ifname eth0, PHY OUI > 0x732 @ 1, addr e0:cb:4e:c2:6f:10 > > Perhaps I need to install a forcedeth driver for the new kernel? The forcedeth driver is not supported at SL7, but is available in elrepo. If this driver was installed previously as a kmod driver then it should have worked on the 7.4 upgrade; you probably should look for it with: rpm -qa |grep forcedeth Do you recall how it was installed? cheers, etc. denice -- deatrich @ triumf.ca, Science/ATLAS PH: +1 604-222-7665 <*> This moment's fortune cookie: It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.