Re: Changing Ethernet Drivers [Solved]
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On 01/22/08 16:52, Travis Crook wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:53:47 -0700
> Travis Crook <travis@visionsbeyond.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:38:11 +0100
>> Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Travis Crook wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>>> First one in the list, after running modprobe forcedeth. The
>>>>> question is: how do I tell the nic (which is a RealTek 8111
>>>>> Gigabit on-board adapter) to use the forcedeth driver instead of
>>>>> the r8169, which is automatically loaded on boot?
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> Try to put the module name "r8169" into the file
>>> "/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist" before rebooting.
>> I tried the line "blacklist r8169" and rebooted - the module still
>> loaded.
>
> Well, once again, the solution was to boot into Windows, tell it to
> behave itself, then boot into linux and the whole world is happy.
> Here is the reference:
> "As of 27 May 2007, in kernel 2.6.21.3, you may experience the issues
> with the r8169 driver if you dual boot Windows on some systems. Windows
> by defaults disables the NIC at Windows shutdown time in order to
> disable Wake-On-Lan, and this NIC will remain disabled until the next
> time Windows turns it on. The r8169 driver in the kernel does not know
> how to turn the NIC on from this disabled state; therefore, the device
> will not respond, even if the driver loads and reports that the device
> is up. To work around this problem, simply enable the feature
> "Wake-on-lan after shutdown." You can set this options through Windows'
> device manager."
Well that never would have occurred to me...
> and it's found here:
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_RTL8168
>
> Thanks for all of the help and tips! It's always a learning
> experience...
>
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
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