r8168 on Ubuntu 12.04

[matera.ttp]

The old switchmod does not work in 12.04.

Here is updated version: https://gist.github.com/2390823

Or just tar on my dropbox: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1901109/r816...od12.04.tar.gz including drivers r8168-8.028 that works fine for me.

Steps:
1. Download http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1901109/r816...od12.04.tar.gz
2. tar -xzf r8168_switchmod12.04.tar.gz
3. cd r8168_switchmod12.04
4. sudo ./switchmods12.04

List of available drivers: http://code.google.com/p/r8168/downloads/list

[underkz]

nice one ! A big thank's to you for this amazing script.

I would like to add that the driver, even if it's the incorrect one by default (r8169 instead of r8168 ), is functioning better than when I was on 11.10 (I'm not loosing the connection randomly with this one)

I'm wondering if its the case for others people?

Edit: After using the script with r8168-8.029, all is working great

[Daniel15]

Thanks for this, seems to work perfectly

[praseodym]

Hi,

you can also install this driver via dkms:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-$(uname -r) linux-headers-generic build-essential dkms
wget http://media.cdn.ubuntu-de.org/forum/attachments/44/18/3005217-r8168-dkms-8.029.00.tar.gz
sudo tar xvf 3005217-r8168-dkms-8.029.00.tar.gz -C /usr/src
sudo dkms add -m r8168-dkms -v 8.029.00
sudo dkms build -m r8168-dkms -v 8.029.00
sudo dkms install -m r8168-dkms -v 8.029.00 
echo "blacklist r8169" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
sudo modprobe -rfv r8169
sudo modprobe -v r8168

From here:
http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/la.../#post-3005217

You should install the metapackage linux-headers-generic or linux-headers-generic-pae (or whatever kernel-architecture is in use) for that. Otherwise the driver r8169 occurs again with the new kernel image.

[markseddon]

Excellent!

Much appreciated, it's always a hassle to upgrade and have no internet connection.

Thanks once again.

Mark.

[praseodym]

New driver version 31 available. I updated the link

[chrisbeeley]

Dude, you rock! A billion thank yous, so much frustration removed from my evening.

If I ever learn to do anything useful, you can ask me to help you with it any time.