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[Bug 839393] Re: Network problem with the r8169 driver and RTL8111/8168B

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From: Dmitry <839393@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:08:36 -0000
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** Also affects: r8169 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Network problem with the r8169 driver and RTL8111/8168B

Status in “linux-backports-modules-3.0.0” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “linux-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “r8169” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “linux-backports-modules-3.0.0” source package in Oneiric:
  Fix Released
Status in “linux-meta” source package in Oneiric:
  Fix Released
Status in “r8169” source package in Oneiric:
  New

Bug description:
  == SRU Justification ==
  Some users are experiencing connectivity issues with the r8169 driver in v3.0.  Apparently the r8169 driver in v3.1 is more reliable.

  == Impact ==
  Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller

  == Fix ==
  Provide the v3.1 r8169 driver via linux-backports-modules
  ------------

  Hi,

  I have a newer motherboard (GA-990XA-UD3), the network chips is
  1 x Realtek RTL8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

  lspci:
  03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)

  The problem is that ubuntu 11.10 beta uses the driver r8169 and the network does not work :
  lsmod
  Module                  Size  Used by
  bnep                   18436  2
  rfcomm                 47946  0
  bluetooth             166112  10 bnep,rfcomm
  parport_pc             36962  0
  ppdev                  17113  0
  lp                     17799  0
  dm_crypt               23199  0
  parport                46562  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
  snd_hda_codec_hdmi     32040  1
  snd_hda_codec_realtek   330769  1
  snd_hda_intel          33390  2
  snd_hda_codec         104802  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
  snd_hwdep              13668  1 snd_hda_codec
  snd_pcm                96755  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
  snd_seq_midi           13324  0
  snd_rawmidi            30547  1 snd_seq_midi
  snd_seq_midi_event     14899  1 snd_seq_midi
  sp5100_tco             13791  0
  snd_seq                61896  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
  k10temp                13166  0
  i2c_piix4              13301  0
  snd_timer              29991  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
  snd_seq_device         14540  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
  snd                    68266  14 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
  serio_raw              13166  0
  edac_core              53746  0
  edac_mce_amd           23709  0
  soundcore              12680  1 snd
  snd_page_alloc         18529  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
  binfmt_misc            17540  1
  squashfs               36799  1
  overlayfs              28267  1
  nls_utf8               12557  1
  isofs                  40253  1
  dm_raid45              78155  0
  xor                    12894  1 dm_raid45
  dm_mirror              22203  0
  dm_region_hash         20918  1 dm_mirror
  dm_log                 18564  3 dm_raid45,dm_mirror,dm_region_hash
  btrfs                 648895  0
  zlib_deflate           27139  1 btrfs
  libcrc32c              12644  1 btrfs
  radeon               1015926  3
  firewire_ohci          40722  0
  ttm                    76805  1 radeon
  firewire_core          63626  1 firewire_ohci
  drm_kms_helper         42558  1 radeon
  usbhid                 47198  0
  hid                    95463  1 usbhid
  mxm_wmi                12979  0
  crc_itu_t              12707  1 firewire_core
  drm                   236330  5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
  i2c_algo_bit           13423  1 radeon
  wmi                    19256  1 mxm_wmi
  r8169                  52788  0
  xhci_hcd               78641  0
  ahci                   26002  2
  libahci                26861  1 ahci

  The solution is to use the driver r8168 :
  https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=27000

  Since I use the r8168 driver the network works very well.

  Thank you for correcting the problem.

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