New kernel appears to have broken WIRED networking.

**praseodym** · August 19th, 2015

Did you uninstall the other package?

Code:

sudo apt-get remove --purge r8168-dkms

Reboot and check:

Code:

modinfo r8168 | egrep 'versi|filen'
locate r8168.ko | grep lib
lsmod
dmesg | grep r8
cat /etc/network/interfaces
cat /etc/resolv.conf

**em3raldxiii** · August 25th, 2015

I've finally had a chance to sit back down at my PC and give 'er a go. I didn't get very far. Here's the output of the commands listed just so we can be totally clear. Note that the dmesg appears to have one entry for 8168:

apt-get remove

modinfo

lsmod

dmesg

Interfaces

Resolv

So I am a little unsure of how to proceed at this juncture.

**praseodym** · August 25th, 2015

Both drivers are loaded:

Code:

sudo modprobe -rfv r8169 r8168
sudo modprobe -v r8168
sudo depmod -a
sudo update-initramfs -u

**Bashing-om** · August 25th, 2015

em3raldxiii; Hello:

@ praseodym; As I pass by and peek over your shoulder.

The system shows to have 202 packages needing updating. Recon updating will go a long way in correcting this situation ?

an extra pair of eyes

**em3raldxiii** · August 29th, 2015

@Bashing-om I too noticed the need for updating, but I am a little fuzzy as to how to do it without a network connection (in all my years of Linuxing, I have never encountered this need LOL - wired Networking has rarely ever been a problem for me).

Anyhoo ... I am about to give this another go ...

**Bashing-om** · August 29th, 2015

em3raldxiii; My Thought ;

Boot up a live environment, and from that alternate perform a full CHange Root routine into the install.

Once in the install from the CHRoot, one can do the updates .

Mind you, in the Networking arena, I will take a back seat to praseodym, but might consider firing up that wired connection manually ( /etc/network/interfaces) .

with a liveDVD

wonders can happen

**em3raldxiii** · August 29th, 2015

@Bashing-om I'll keep the live-enviro CHRooting in mind if this happens again. On the upside, @praseodym has patiently won this round - I'm posting this from U15.04! Woot. I'll mark the thread as solved, and put a brief synopsis in the original post with props to Praseodym.

**Bashing-om** · August 29th, 2015

em3raldxiii

When he us good

he is good

**em3raldxiii** · November 17th, 2015

UPDATE: Ever since kernel 3.19.0-26-generic, this solution has stopped working properly. I am going to try running the whole shebang once again and see if I can get it rocking again. I have been using Kernel '26 in the meantime.
UPDATE NOVEMBER 30: I've solved this problem, too, and I have edited the original post. It turns out that I had to remove the previous module AND its source files.