Bug#514691: problem with the module r8169

[yellow protoss <yellowprotoss@gmail.com>]

Hey,

Ok I found. With Etch debian the module was going much better. Under Lenny the module is dropping (no ethernet) pretty more often. 

I found that for you guys for testing, after 15minutes of switching off the router (hence no net), the module goes mad and breakage.

Lenny and its kernel doesnt like your module. 

Maybe ndiswrapper would be a solution. Man, I have another pc, and debian cannot get its hardware working. That those mini compaq hp pc with sky2 module/driver.


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On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:

On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 12:02 +0200, yellow protoss wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>
> New testing perfomed. I checked your Lenny. The bug still occurs.
>
> Man, you know Debian Lenny is called Stable. So what's going on?

"stable" means we don't change it much, not that we are sure it will be
stable or functional on all hardware.  Of course we aim for that.

> When will have no problems with hardware under Linux? I mean there is
> so much to do.

When hardware ceases to suck. ;-)

> I have an old PC, I also have a problem with my pcmcia that are not
> workign in the kernels.
> Is there any tricks for having a fast kernel + all working modules.
>
> I have impression that kernels are becoming pretty heavy nowadays, as
> slow as microsoft. .... to say how it is dramatically going.
>
> Can we rethink the way a kernel works, to load only hte necessary
> based on a database on internet.
>
> The kernel starts empty, can work on a DX486, and as soon as lcpci
> sees the modules or new hardware get the modules from internet or at
> teh first install, it installs it automatically.

[...]

That is, in fact, what the kernel does with the help of udev.  Except
that there is no downloading on demand, since that requires that you
already have the necessary networking modules loaded.

Ben.

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