Hello,
After 1-2 hours, depends on the traffic i start loosing packets, ussualy it starts with 1-2 % and it only goes up, one time i even reached 25%. I have
linux-epug:/home/radu # lspci | grep Ethernet
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579V Gigabit Network Connection (rev 05)
A quick search over the internet showed that it is not an isolated problem, and there are patches for different kernel versions. Some people say that downloading the drver from Intel solves the problem, other say it dosn’t. Currently i’m using
linux-epug:/home/radu # rmmod e1000e
linux-epug:/home/radu # modprobe e1000e
to get my connection back up, with 0% packet loss, but this is kinda of annoying, especially since i’m using my computer 51% for gaming. I tried to install the latest Intel driver, however when i try to compile it i get
linux-epug:/home/radu/Downloads/e1000e-2.4.14/src # make install
Makefile:117: *** Linux kernel source not configured - missing autoconf.h. Stop.
which as far as i know happens only when u are missing the kernel source files, which is not the case here, i have them all. I actually compiled the latest Nvidia 325 beta and it worked.
Here is the list of the packages i have installed :
rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-firmware-20130114git-1.2.1.noarch
kernel-desktop-3.7.10-1.1.1.x86_64
kernel-source-3.7.10-1.16.1.noarch
kernel-devel-3.7.10-1.1.1.noarch
kernel-desktop-devel-3.7.10-1.1.1.x86_64
kernel-docs-3.7.10-1.16.1.noarch
kernel-source-3.7.10-1.1.1.noarch
kernel-desktop-devel-3.7.10-1.16.1.x86_64
kernel-desktop-3.7.10-1.16.1.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.7.10-1.16.1.noarch
My OS is Opensuse 12.3, 64 bit, KDE.
If someone could tell me what i am doing wrong when i’m trying to install Intel drivers, or even better provide a patch for the kernel that OpenSuse uses would be great. I would do it myself if i knew how, however i’m still a “learning penguin” :).
Thank you,
Barsoianu Radu