https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709886
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709886#c5
Michael McWilliam changed:
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--- Comment #5 from Michael McWilliam 2011-10-21 15:47:26 UTC ---
So for convenience I am posting the relevant information from the referenced
thread:
Michael McWilliam:
Hello All
I just performed a fresh install of Suse 11.4. It worked great except that the
network communication would cut in and out intermittently. I managed to solve
the problem posting it here for other users and for future suse releases. I
will give the hardware I am running, the symptoms and the fix:
Hardware
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H67MA-UD2H-B3
Ethernet controller: Realtek RTL8111E
Default module: r8169 (run lsmod to see loaded modules)
Symptoms
========
1) After 10-20s of network use
The internet will freeze randomly and all network dependent applications will
be affected simultaneously
2) 30-60s after:
The internet will come back and everything will be working normally
3) Immediately after the internet resumes:
An entry like below shows up in /var/log/messages
Jun 23 15:38:05 pilotuvic kernel: [18856.827556] r8169 0000:03:00.0: eth0: link
up
Solution
======
1) First make sure that linux kernel source is installed in your system (yast
software management)
2) ensure that gcc is installed (yast software management)
3) Download the latest linux driver for RTL8111E from the realtek website
The one that I am running is the 8168 driver version 8.024.00
4) unzip the tarball (creates a directory called "r8168-x.xxx.xx")
5) As root run the autorun.sh from inside the newly created "r8168-x.xxx.xx"
directory
I hope that helps!!!
Take Care
Mike
Sven Hartrumpf:
Thanks Mike for sharing this valuable information.
We were hit by several reboots with a similar pattern on openSUSE 11.4
(with RTL8111/8168B) and your solution seems to help.
BTW:
This kernel bug is known outside openSUSE for 3 or 4 months, see for example
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32962
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=115644&p=1
Could openSUSE try to fix their kernel rpms soon? This is a really bad bug!
Sven Hartrumpf:
When I searched for pilotmm's bug report, I found another bug report which
seems to be very similar:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702205
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