Hi guys,
I’ve just installed a fresh copy of 11.4 and the updates are driving me crazy. My internet connection is up, but the download stops and goes, and when I try using firefox, it takes a minute to even start to load any page. I have the system monitor up and it is telling me that the network is not receiving anything except for these bursts of data aprox. every 30 seconds. I’m not sure if this is a hardware or software issue so I just wanted to see if this has happened to anyone else.
Right, I should also add that my network card is a RTL8111/8168B PCI Express. Its a realtek card.
Did some more forum searching. I seem to have found the problem and solution.
Default driver for Realtek RTL8111E chip (Ethernet) does not work
On 08/13/2011 09:06 PM, torrmercury wrote:
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> Did some more forum searching. I seem to have found the problem and
> solution.
>
> ‘Default driver for Realtek RTL8111E chip (Ethernet) does not work’
> (http://tinyurl.com/65nqers)
Yes, that driver has some problems with that device under heavy load. As it is a
regression, it would be nice if someone with the device could do a bisection to
determine which code change introduced the problem.
Hey, it seems like I cannot get the driver to work. I think I’m going to just do a clean install of suse and then let yast take the 6 hours it needs to update everything and then try the driver again. also what do you mean by do a bisection? I’m newish to linux so I’m not exactly sure what you mean.
On 08/14/2011 11:26 AM, torrmercury wrote:
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> Hey, it seems like I cannot get the driver to work. I think I’m going to
> just do a clean install of suse and then let yast take the 6 hours it
> needs to update everything and then try the driver again. also what do
> you mean by do a bisection? I’m newish to linux so I’m not exactly sure
> what you mean.
When you install the kernel sources using git, which is the version control
system for the kernel, then one of the commands is “git bisect”. You specify a
starting “bad” version, and a “good” one. Then git finds a source commit that is
halfway between. You build and test that kernel, then report it as good or bad.
Git then selects the next candidate, etc. until you have found the change that
breaks it. Kernel developers and early testers use it to find the source of
problems. It is probably not for beginners. I suggested it as I don’t have the
hardware.