>:( I got a new Dell Studio 17 'cause I need to use windows and linux dual booting. I’m able to connect to a wired network (all I have) under NetworkManager but not under ifup (my preferred method).I’m using openSUSE 11.2 x86_64 final.
dmesg:
6.233104] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
6.233138] r8169 0000:20:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
6.233260] r8169 0000:20:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
6.233476] r8169 0000:20:00.0: irq 31 for MSI/MSI-X
19.907148] r8169: eth0: link up
19.907171] r8169: eth0: link up
215.709177] r8169: eth0: link up
ifconfig:
br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:E8:D8:61:9C
inet6 addr: fe80::224:e8ff:fed8:619c/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:360 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:121032 (118.1 Kb)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:E8:D8:61:9C
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:31 Base address:0xc000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:106 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:106 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:7132 (6.9 Kb) TX bytes:7132 (6.9 Kb)
ifstatus:
eth0 device: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
DHCP4 client (dhcpcd) is running
. . . but is still waiting for data
eth0 is up
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
link/ether 00:24:e8:d8:61:9c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
modproge | grep r8169:
alias pci:v00000001d00008168svsd00002410bcsci r8169
alias pci:v00001737d00001032svsd00000024bcsci r8169
alias pci:v000016ECd00000116svsdbcsci* r8169
alias pci:v00001259d0000C107svsdbcsci* r8169
alias pci:v00001186d00004300svsdbcsci* r8169
alias pci:v000010ECd00008169svsdbcsci* r8169
alias pci:v000010ECd00008168svsdbcsci* r8169
alias pci:v000010ECd00008167svsdbcsci* r8169
alias pci:v000010ECd00008136svsdbcsci* r8169
alias pci:v000010ECd00008129svsdbcsci* r8169
lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
08:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
14:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Device 10f7 (rev 01)
14:00.1 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Device 8120 (rev 01)
14:00.2 Mass storage controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Device 8130 (rev 01)
20:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
lsmod | grep r8169:
r8169 38276 0
modprobe | grep r8169:
alias pci:v00000001d00008168svsd00002410bcsci r8169
alias pci:v00001737d00001032svsd00000024bcsci r8169
alias pci:v000016ECd00000116svsdbcsci* r8169
alias pci:v00001259d0000C107svsdbcsci* r8169
alias pci:v00001186d00004300svsdbcsci* r8169
alias pci:v000010ECd00008169svsdbcsci* r8169
alias pci:v000010ECd00008168svsdbcsci* r8169
alias pci:v000010ECd00008167svsdbcsci* r8169
alias pci:v000010ECd00008136svsdbcsci* r8169
alias pci:v000010ECd00008129svsdbcsci* r8169
uname -a:
Linux laptop 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2009-10-26 15:49:03 +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
I couldn’t find anything about this problem in the forums but rember reading that the 64bit kernal has a problem with this. Anybody know of a fix or any information?
Thanks, Tom Taylor
linxt@comcast.net