i run ubuntu hardy and have a p5gc asus motherboard, with a nic on board it is the r8168. the problem is commonly known that it does not work right out of the box, there is a fix for it, but only works with kernel 2.6.24-16 and i got the 2.6.24-17 and it does not work anymore. i have found this site:
http://www.jamesonwilliams.com/hardy-r8168.html
the author was so nice to offer precompiled drivers for 2.6.24-17 but i got no clue how to install them, can anyone please help? thx in advance
addition: these are the steps i follow from the readme in the tarball and i get this:
sorry to bother again, i downloaded the tarball, did:
rmmod r8169
depmod -a
cp r8168_scripts/precompiled/r8168.ko.v6.17-generic \
/lib/modules/2.6.24-17-generic/kernel/drivers/net/r8168.ko
then did
insmod r8168.ko
but get an error:
insmod: error inserting ‘r8168.ko’: -1 Invalid module format
what am I doing wrong? thx for the help again
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