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a small rant about Ubuntu, bear with me
Last edited Tue Jun 4, 2013, 02:26 PM - Edit history (1)
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/X58-Pro-E.htmlI have the motherboard above, which came on the market back in 2009. It's been on the market for 4 years, practically ancient. It's an LGA1366 board, which is harder and harder to find on Newegg (only 5 available).
The onboard LAN chipset is the Realtek 8111C Gigabit LAN controller.
I tried to install Ubuntu on this board 4 years ago, to no avail. It simply would not install, period.
Now it will, but the LAN will not activate, no matter what I do. The freaking LAN chipset has been around for at least 4 years, if not more. WTF.
Yes, I know I need to stop being a big baby and go do my homework etc etc etc. It's just MADDENING to have an OLD MOTHERBOARD and the LAN chipset not just work right away after installation.
Is Linux Mint any better ? My hardware is definitely NOT bleeding edge by a long shot. It's from a well-established company and it's 4 years old.
I'm NOT bashing Linux in general. It's a great OS, no doubt about it.
Thanks for listening.
eta, solution found:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1022411.html
This is guidance for those with integrated Realtek RTL8111 series gigabit Ethernet, built in to motherboards such as the ASRock G41M-LE.
Ubuntu 8.10 (and may other versions) have been reporting problems with connectivity. Here is the solution in a walk-through format. You must be root (sudo su -).
1) Check to see if the r8169 module is loaded
-> lsmod | grep r816
r8168 41104 0
-> lspci -v
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 8168
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
2) Download the official Realtek driver
Realtek RTL8111/RTL8168 (http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false#2)
3) Remove the r8169 module
-> rmmod r8169
-> mv /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/r8169.ko ~/r8169.ko.backup
( the ` is a backtick, it is not an apostrophe or single quote )
4) Build the new r8168 module for the kernel
-> bzip2 -d r8168-8.009.00.tar.bz2
-> tar -xf r8168-8.009.00.tar
-> cd r8168-8.009.00
-> make clean modules
-> make install
5) Rebuild the kernel module dependencies
-> depmod -a
-> insmod ./src/r8168.ko
6) Remove the r8169 module from initrd
-> mv /initrd.img ~/initrd.img.backup
-> mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-`uname -r` `uname -r`
7) Add r8168 module to /etc/modules
-> echo "r8168" >> /etc/modules
8) Reboot, You are done!
9) Examine that ONLY the r8168 module is loaded for the interface
-> lspci -v
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 8168
Kernel driver in use: r8168
Kernel modules: r8168
If you need to, configure your /etc/network/interfaces for dhcp or static address then `sudo ifup eth0`
Ubuntu 8.10 (and may other versions) have been reporting problems with connectivity. Here is the solution in a walk-through format. You must be root (sudo su -).
1) Check to see if the r8169 module is loaded
-> lsmod | grep r816
r8168 41104 0
-> lspci -v
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 8168
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
2) Download the official Realtek driver
Realtek RTL8111/RTL8168 (http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false#2)
3) Remove the r8169 module
-> rmmod r8169
-> mv /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/r8169.ko ~/r8169.ko.backup
( the ` is a backtick, it is not an apostrophe or single quote )
4) Build the new r8168 module for the kernel
-> bzip2 -d r8168-8.009.00.tar.bz2
-> tar -xf r8168-8.009.00.tar
-> cd r8168-8.009.00
-> make clean modules
-> make install
5) Rebuild the kernel module dependencies
-> depmod -a
-> insmod ./src/r8168.ko
6) Remove the r8169 module from initrd
-> mv /initrd.img ~/initrd.img.backup
-> mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-`uname -r` `uname -r`
7) Add r8168 module to /etc/modules
-> echo "r8168" >> /etc/modules
8) Reboot, You are done!
9) Examine that ONLY the r8168 module is loaded for the interface
-> lspci -v
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 8168
Kernel driver in use: r8168
Kernel modules: r8168
If you need to, configure your /etc/network/interfaces for dhcp or static address then `sudo ifup eth0`
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