Realtek 8168 network driver
Hi, It seems that Suse 10.1 does not recognise the NIC on my Asus V6J laptop. I found a driver-source for it on Realtek's website. I followed the readme-file, but there are problems. I did : -unpack the source in a directory -made sure kernel-source and gcc are installed -did a "make mrproper" "make oldconfig" in the kernel-source directory. -make clean modules Result : complaints about "no rule to make target...". In a directory of the kernel-source it was looking for a file that exists in the source-directory of the driver. I made a symbolic link of the driver-source directory to the kernel-source-directory. A new try gave following problem : linux-lk:~/r1000 # make clean modules make -C src/ clean make[1]: Entering directory `/root/r1000/src' rm -f *.o *.ko *~ core* .dep* .*.d .*.cmd *.mod.c *.a *.s .*.flags make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/r1000/src' make -C src/ modules make[1]: Entering directory `/root/r1000/src' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.16.13-4-smp/build SUBDIRS=/root/r1000/src modules make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.16.13-4-obj/i386/smp' make -C ../../../linux-2.6.16.13-4 O=../linux-2.6.16.13-4-obj/i386/smp modules /root/r1000/src/Makefile:28: /usr/src/linux-2.6.16.13-4/src/Makefile_linux26x: No such file or directory make[5]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/src/linux-2.6.16.13-4/src/Makefile_linux26x'. Stop. make[4]: *** [_module_/root/r1000/src] Error 2 make[3]: *** [modules] Error 2 make[2]: *** [modules] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.16.13-4-obj/i386/smp' make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/r1000/src' make: *** [modules] Error 2 linux-lk:~/r1000 # Now I'm stuck. Does anyone have a working driver for that NIC ? How did you get it ? Thanks. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Koenraad Lelong R&D Manager ACE electronics n.v.
On Tuesday 08 August 2006 12:36, Koenraad Lelong wrote:
It seems that Suse 10.1 does not recognise the NIC on my Asus V6J laptop. I found a driver-source for it on Realtek's website. I followed the readme-file, but there are problems. I did :
i went through this same problem a couple of days ago for my Acer notebook. Here are some tips...
-unpack the source in a directory
edit r1000_n.c and change: a) the broken MODULE_PARM call to MODULE_PARM_DESC b) there is an undefined variable. Look at the #ifdef'd code just above that for the proper variable name and edit it.
/usr/src/linux-2.6.16.13-4/src/Makefile_linux26x: No such file or
Now edit the Makefile, and where it says something like: include .../Makefile.linux26 change the path to the absolute path your source copy, like: include /root/r1000/src/Makefile.linux26
I made a symbolic link of the driver-source directory to the kernel-source-directory.
You don't need to do that.
Now I'm stuck. Does anyone have a working driver for that NIC ? How did you get it ?
See this link and read all of the posts: The source code/Makefile changes are mentioned here: http://suseforums.net/lofiversion/index.php/t20483.html -- ----- stephan@s11n.net http://s11n.net "...pleasure is a grace and is not obedient to the commands of the will." -- Alan W. Watts
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On Tuesday 08 August 2006 12:36, Koenraad Lelong wrote:
It seems that Suse 10.1 does not recognise the NIC on my Asus V6J laptop. I found a driver-source for it on Realtek's website. I followed the readme-file, but there are problems. I did :
i went through this same problem a couple of days ago for my Acer notebook. Here are some tips...
-unpack the source in a directory
edit r1000_n.c and change:
a) the broken MODULE_PARM call to MODULE_PARM_DESC
b) there is an undefined variable. Look at the #ifdef'd code just above that for the proper variable name and edit it.
/usr/src/linux-2.6.16.13-4/src/Makefile_linux26x: No such file or
Now edit the Makefile, and where it says something like:
include .../Makefile.linux26
change the path to the absolute path your source copy, like:
include /root/r1000/src/Makefile.linux26
I made a symbolic link of the driver-source directory to the kernel-source-directory.
You don't need to do that.
Now I'm stuck. Does anyone have a working driver for that NIC ? How did you get it ?
See this link and read all of the posts:
The source code/Makefile changes are mentioned here: http://suseforums.net/lofiversion/index.php/t20483.html
Thanks, it works now. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Koenraad Lelong R&D Manager ACE electronics n.v.
It seems that Suse 10.1 does not recognise the NIC on my Asus V6J laptop. I found a driver-source for it on Realtek's website. I followed the readme-file, but there are problems. I did :
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