Bug#611954: r8169: unable to start network after squeeze upgrade to kernel 2.6.32
I have a partial upgrade to squeeze and I am unable to continue because there
is no network connection.
I followed recommendations in squeeze release notes. That is
1. do a minimal upgrade.
2. upgrade kernel and udev.
3. During kernel upgrade, apt-get reported missing firmware files:
r8169: rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw and ...-1.fw.
4. While the network connection still existed, I installed firmware-realtek.
(I also installed firmware-linux-nonfree, as I was not quite certain at that point which
package contained rtl8168d-1|2.fw.)
5. After installing firmware packages, /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1|2.fw
both exist.
6. After re-booting into squeeze there is no network connection.
syslog contains the entries:
r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
r8169 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
r8169 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
r8169 0000:03:00.0: irq 34 for MSI/MSI-X
RTL8168d/8111d at 0xffffc90000c44000, 00:24:1d:d2:e6:7b, XID 083000c0 IRQ 34
r8169 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw
eth0: unable to apply firmware patch
I cannot complete the squeeze upgrade.
Surely I am not the only person with this Gigabyte motherboard to upgrade
to squeeze. How did it work for others? What's different about mine?
My ethernet adaptor is on the motherboard (Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3P).
Processor i7-860. Architecture is amd64.
I have a working lenny in another partition on the same computer (which I am
using to send this email). It may be useful for comparisons. I have only
moderate linux knowledge, so if you ask me to do anything too difficult, don't
assume I will know how to do it.
I need to make a fairly quick decision whether to revert the squeeze
partitions to lenny (using dd partition images I made before starting the
upgrade), because the lenny partition I am currently using is designed to
support repair work, not to support my normal work.
Regards. Gerry
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