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Obviously, you have the proposed and/or backports sources activated. Here, kernel 3.13-32 is active. You need these files:
http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...-34.60_all.deb
http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...4.60_amd64.deb
Save them in "Downloads" and install via
Code:sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/*.deb sudo dkms autoinstall sudo modprobe -v r8168
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hmmmmm..... trouble:
Exec format error ...
Code:meow@MeowBatunde:~$ sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/ *.deb [sudo] password for meow: dpkg-split: error: error reading /home/meow/Downloads/: Is a directory dpkg: error processing archive /home/meow/Downloads/ (--install): subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2 dpkg: error processing archive *.deb (--install): cannot access archive: No such file or directory Errors were encountered while processing: /home/meow/Downloads/ *.deb meow@MeowBatunde:~$ cd Downloads/ meow@MeowBatunde:~/Downloads$ ls linux-headers-3.13.0-34_3.13.0-34.60_all.deb linux-headers-3.13.0-34-generic_3.13.0-34.60_amd64.deb meow@MeowBatunde:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb (Reading database ... 195905 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack linux-headers-3.13.0-34_3.13.0-34.60_all.deb ... Unpacking linux-headers-3.13.0-34 (3.13.0-34.60) over (3.13.0-34.60) ... Preparing to unpack linux-headers-3.13.0-34-generic_3.13.0-34.60_amd64.deb ... Unpacking linux-headers-3.13.0-34-generic (3.13.0-34.60) over (3.13.0-34.60) ... Setting up linux-headers-3.13.0-34 (3.13.0-34.60) ... Setting up linux-headers-3.13.0-34-generic (3.13.0-34.60) ... Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms 3.13.0-34-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-34-generic meow@MeowBatunde:~/Downloads$ sudo dkms autoinstall meow@MeowBatunde:~/Downloads$ sudo modprobe -v r8168 insmod /lib/modules/3.13.0-34-generic/updates/dkms/r8168.ko modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'r8168': Exec format error meow@MeowBatunde:~/Downloads$
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Obviously, its not compiling with this kernel. Use kernel 3.13-32 instead
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still getting the Exec format error
Code:meow@MeowBatunde:~$ cd Downloads/ meow@MeowBatunde:~/Downloads$ ls linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic_3.13.0-32.57_amd64.deb linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic_3.13.0-32.57_i386.deb meow@MeowBatunde:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb [sudo] password for meow: Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic. (Reading database ... 195905 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic_3.13.0-32.57_amd64.deb ... Unpacking linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic (3.13.0-32.57) ... Preparing to unpack linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic_3.13.0-32.57_i386.deb ... Unpacking linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic (3.13.0-32.57) over (3.13.0-32.57) ... More than one copy of package linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic has been unpacked in this run ! Only configuring it once. dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic: linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic depends on linux-headers-3.13.0-32. linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic depends on libc6 (>= 2.11). dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic meow@MeowBatunde:~/Downloads$ sudo dkms autoinstall meow@MeowBatunde:~/Downloads$ sudo modprobe -v r8168 insmod /lib/modules/3.13.0-34-generic/updates/dkms/r8168.ko modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'r8168': Exec format error
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http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/po...-32.57_all.deb
instead of linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic_3.13.0-32.57_i386.deb
Edit: here it compiles without error
3.13.0-32-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 15 03:51:08 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Last edited by praseodym; August 23rd, 2014 at 07:00 PM.
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Source for both i386 and amd64
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/
Code:meow@MeowBatunde:~/Downloads$ ls linux-headers-3.13.0-32_3.13.0-32.57_all.deb linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic_3.13.0-32.57_amd64.deb meow@MeowBatunde:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb [sudo] password for meow: Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-3.13.0-32. (Reading database ... 205570 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack linux-headers-3.13.0-32_3.13.0-32.57_all.deb ... Unpacking linux-headers-3.13.0-32 (3.13.0-32.57) ... Preparing to unpack linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic_3.13.0-32.57_amd64.deb ... Unpacking linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic (3.13.0-32.57) over (3.13.0-32.57) ... Setting up linux-headers-3.13.0-32 (3.13.0-32.57) ... Setting up linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic (3.13.0-32.57) ... Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms 3.13.0-32-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-32-generic meow@MeowBatunde:~/Downloads$ sudo dkms autoinstall meow@MeowBatunde:~/Downloads$ sudo modprobe -v r8168 insmod /lib/modules/3.13.0-34-generic/updates/dkms/r8168.ko modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'r8168': Exec format error 2nd try. I deleted all prior .deb files on the usb drive and re-downloaded the .deb files from security.ubuntu.com meow@MeowBatunde:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb (Reading database ... 220701 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack linux-headers-3.13.0-32_3.13.0-32.57_all.deb ... Unpacking linux-headers-3.13.0-32 (3.13.0-32.57) over (3.13.0-32.57) ... Preparing to unpack linux-headers-3.13.0-34-generic_3.13.0-34.60_amd64.deb ... Unpacking linux-headers-3.13.0-34-generic (3.13.0-34.60) over (3.13.0-34.60) ... Setting up linux-headers-3.13.0-32 (3.13.0-32.57) ... Setting up linux-headers-3.13.0-34-generic (3.13.0-34.60) ... Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms 3.13.0-34-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-34-generic meow@MeowBatunde:~/Downloads$ sudo dkms autoinstall meow@MeowBatunde:~/Downloads$ sudo modprobe -v r8168 insmod /lib/modules/3.13.0-34-generic/updates/dkms/r8168.ko modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'r8168': Exec format error meow@MeowBatunde:~/Downloads$ 3rd try with all download files from ubuntu.security.com linux-image-3.2.0-32-generic_3.2.0-32.51_amd64.deb linux-image-3.2.0-32-generic_3.2.0-32.51_i386.deb meow@MeowBatunde:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-3.2.0-32-generic. (Reading database ... 220701 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack linux-image-3.2.0-32-generic_3.2.0-32.51_amd64.deb ... Done. Unpacking linux-image-3.2.0-32-generic (3.2.0-32.51) ... Preparing to unpack linux-image-3.2.0-32-generic_3.2.0-32.51_i386.deb ... Done. Unpacking linux-image-3.2.0-32-generic (3.2.0-32.51) over (3.2.0-32.51) ... Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d . run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.2.0-32-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-32-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.2.0-32-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-32-generic More than one copy of package linux-image-3.2.0-32-generic has been unpacked in this run ! Only configuring it once. Setting up linux-image-3.2.0-32-generic (3.2.0-32.51) ... Running depmod. update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later) Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.2.0-32-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-32-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 3.2.0-32-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-32-generic Error! Your kernel headers for kernel 3.2.0-32-generic cannot be found. Please install the linux-headers-3.2.0-32-generic package, or use the --kernelsourcedir option to tell DKMS where it's located run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.2.0-32-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-32-generic update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-32-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.2.0-32-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-32-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.2.0-32-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-32-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.2.0-32-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-32-generic Generating grub configuration file ... Warning: Setting GRUB_TIMEOUT to a non-zero value when GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT is set is no longer supported. Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-34-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-34-generic Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-32-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-32-generic Found memtest86+ image: /memtest86+.elf Found memtest86+ image: /memtest86+.bin done meow@MeowBatunde:~/Downloads$ sudo dkms autoinstall meow@MeowBatunde:~/Downloads$ sudo modprobe -v r8168 insmod /lib/modules/3.13.0-34-generic/updates/dkms/r8168.ko modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'r8168': Exec format error
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Ok, uninstall it:
Reboot and install the driver again.Code:sudo dkms remove -m r8168-dkms -v 8.038.00 --all sudo rm -r /usr/src/r8168-dkms-8.038.00
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It finally works! woot woo.. and thank you.
I went back to fist principals and tried the 'most simple' solution.
1) Go to the RealTek site and look very carefully at the driver instructions
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false
I took Chili555's advice and got the latest driver:
LINUX driver for kernel 3.x and 2.6.x and 2.4.x
8.038 2014/3/4
in the README of the tar.gz file:
<Quick install with proper kernel settings>
Unpack the tarball :
# tar vjxf r8168-8.aaa.bb.tar.bz2
Change to the directory:
# cd r8168-8.aaa.bb
If you are running the target kernel, then you should be able to do :
# ./autorun.sh (as root or with sudo)
You can check whether the driver is loaded by using following commands.
# lsmod | grep r8168
# ifconfig -a
2) use the ./autorun.sh file (*included with the driver download)
Wha!La! ... it worked.
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In the future will my r8168 driver continue to work if I update the kernel?
Would it make sense to just spend some money and buy a new NIC card which does not have these issues? If so - what linux h/w resource would you recommend?
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As always a big thank you. I really appreciate your help.
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No, you need to compile again. Tried the dkms one? This one does compile automatically
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