Re: Realtek RTL8111E ethernet controler
> > [ 14.422267] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: unable to load firmware
> > patch rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw (-2)
> ...........................................^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Have you got the firmware-realtek package installed?
Right, I missed this firmware installation. So I installed it, and even if
there is no more complain about firmware that cannot be loaded, the
networking still does not work.
Here is the new dmesg relevant part:
[ 1.244114] udevd[66]: starting version 175
[ 1.253510] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
[ 1.253535] r8169 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 46 (level, low) -> IRQ 46
[ 1.253566] r8169 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.253617] r8169 0000:02:00.0: irq 72 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1.254046] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: RTL8168evl/8111evl at 0xffffc90000c6a000, 8c:89:a5:61:54:1e, XID 0c900800 IRQ 72
[ 1.254049] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: jumbo features [frames: 9200 bytes, tx checksumming: ko]
...
[ 13.209195] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: link down
[ 13.209203] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: link down
[ 13.209779] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 14.494481] fuse init (API version 7.17)
[ 15.539324] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: link up
[ 15.539891] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 17.029664] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
Below, dmesg after making the interface down, then up, then probing for an IP
threw dhclient:
[ 76.481188] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: link down
[ 76.481196] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: link down
[ 76.481795] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 78.800839] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: link up
[ 78.801511] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 89.552083] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
And finally below, dmesg output after running XFCE (which tried to get an IP
automatically):
[ 678.800085] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 678.800098] WARNING: at /build/buildd-linux-2.6_3.2.15-1-amd64-EOdTQR/linux-2.6-3.2.15/debian/build/source_amd64_none/net/sched/sch_generic.c:255 dev_watchdog+0xe9/0x148()
[ 678.800104] Hardware name: MS-7640
[ 678.800108] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (r8169): transmit queue 0 timed out
[ 678.800111] Modules linked in: mperf cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_stats cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_conservative parport_pc ppdev lp parport fuse loop dm_crypt dm_mod snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_ctxfi snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event snd_page_alloc snd_rawmidi snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_timer snd nvidia(P) mxm_wmi psmouse wmi edac_mce_amd edac_core k10temp soundcore fam15h_power sp5100_tco joydev serio_raw i2c_piix4 pcspkr i2c_core evdev processor button thermal_sys xfs sr_mod cdrom sd_mod crc_t10dif usbhid hid ohci_hcd xhci_hcd ahci libahci ehci_hcd usbcore usb_common libata scsi_mod r8169 mii [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
[ 678.800190] Pid: 0, comm: swapper/2 Tainted: P O 3.2.0-2-amd64 #1
[ 678.800194] Call Trace:
[ 678.800197] <IRQ> [<ffffffff81046811>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x78/0x8c
[ 678.800211] [<ffffffff810468bd>] ? warn_slowpath_fmt+0x45/0x4a
[ 678.800217] [<ffffffff812a1e75>] ? netif_tx_lock+0x40/0x72
[ 678.800226] [<ffffffff812a1fd6>] ? dev_watchdog+0xe9/0x148
[ 678.800232] [<ffffffff81051ebc>] ? run_timer_softirq+0x19a/0x261
[ 678.800237] [<ffffffff812a1eed>] ? netif_tx_unlock+0x46/0x46
[ 678.800245] [<ffffffff810659ff>] ? timekeeping_get_ns+0xd/0x2a
[ 678.800251] [<ffffffff8104be30>] ? __do_softirq+0xb9/0x177
[ 678.800259] [<ffffffff813504ac>] ? call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
[ 678.800266] [<ffffffff8100f8e5>] ? do_softirq+0x3c/0x7b
[ 678.800271] [<ffffffff8104c098>] ? irq_exit+0x3c/0x9a
[ 678.800278] [<ffffffff81023fe8>] ? smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x74/0x82
[ 678.800284] [<ffffffff8134ed1e>] ? apic_timer_interrupt+0x6e/0x80
[ 678.800287] <EOI> [<ffffffffa00e2398>] ? arch_local_irq_enable+0x4/0x8 [processor]
[ 678.800308] [<ffffffffa00e3020>] ? acpi_idle_enter_simple+0xc6/0x102 [processor]
[ 678.800312] [<ffffffff8126b8ab>] ? cpuidle_idle_call+0xec/0x179
[ 678.800314] [<ffffffff8100d248>] ? cpu_idle+0xa5/0xf2
[ 678.800317] [<ffffffff8133b77f>] ? start_secondary+0x1d5/0x1db
[ 678.800319] ---[ end trace 4d6bc7419a9975af ]---
[ 678.816600] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: link up
Regards.
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