Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit -- which Realtek driver do I use?

[xigen]

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false

I think I am having an issues with r8169 and I would like to use r8168 as recommended in the forums.

When I go to the RealTek site (listed at top of post) ... there are two candidates for my AMD64 bit system: version 8.034= and version 1.07. Which one do I use?

[chili555]

You want 8.038. Please note that, in order to compile the driver, you also need to install build-essential and linux-headers-generic.

Also note that version 1.07 is for kernel version 2.4. We haven't used 2.4 since Chili had no gray hair!!

Post back if you need additional assistance.

[praseodym]

Installation instructions here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...8#post13095598

[xigen]

Woooo! That worked.

Many thanks.

[xigen]

hey Chili...

Well - that worked perfectly. Then I ran updates and now it does not work.

I tried to patch the new kernel by repeating your instructions. That did not work.

What would you suggest I do now?

[xigen]

I had a difficult time with the Realtek 8169 driver. Networking did not work. (motherboard: Gigabyte 970A-UD3P Bios F1)

I installed r8168 and blacklisted r8169. Then, with networking working, I installed upgrades and rebooted.

Then networking did not work. I repeated the install of r8168, rebooted, and: no networking.

echo -e "nameserver 8.8.8.8\nnameserver 8.8.4.4" | sudo tee /etc/resolv.conf
sudo service network-manager restart

If it works: Ok.
If not: Download these files and save them in "Downloads":

http://media.cdn.ubuntu-de.org/forum....038.00.tar.gz

http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...buntu5_all.deb

Do not extract the *tar.gz!

Installation:

cd ~/Downloads/
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
sudo tar xvf 3005217-r8168-dkms-8.038.00.tar.gz -C /usr/src
sudo dkms add -m r8168-dkms -v 8.038.00
sudo dkms build -m r8168-dkms -v 8.038.00
sudo dkms install -m r8168-dkms -v 8.038.00
sudo depmod -a
sudo update-initramfs -u 
echo "blacklist r8169" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

reboot


...................

How do I go about seeing what is happening and fixing it?

Best. MW

[chili555]

'Now it does not work' covers a lot of ground. What doesn't work? Did you recompile? Can you repeat the steps and copy and paste the result here so we can try to see what went wrong?

[xigen]

I expected the computer to connect to the network.

when I ping my router:
$ ping 192.168.2.1

connect: network is unreachable

[xigen]

steps taken:

1) go to your prior (*and awesome) post.
2) repeat everything line for line
3) reboot ...

4) try to reinstall driver r8168 and blacklist r8169
5) follow your prior instructions.

Unfortunately, my computer is not connected to the network.

[chili555]

Did r8168 build without error? Did it modprobe without error? Was an interface, ideally eth0 created?

ifconfig

Does Network Manager attempt to connect? Do you see an available connection when you click the NM icon? http://programcounter.files.wordpres...01/systray.png Perhaps Wired Connection 1?

Are there messages or clues here?

cat /var/log/syslog | grep -e eth0 -e etwork | tail -n20