kernel module & python numpy

[richard]

Hi I've asked this question before and not had an answer.
The kernel module for this onboard NIC is broken and has been since
kernel version 2.6.22

 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI
Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01) Subsystem: ASRock
Incorporation Unknown device 8168 Flags: bus master, fast devsel,
latency 0, IRQ 508 I/O ports at c800 [size=256]
	Memory at f7eff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Expansion ROM at f7ec0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [48] Vital Product Data
	Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+
Queue=0/1 Enable+ Capabilities: [60] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
	Capabilities: [84] Vendor Specific Information
Are there any plans to do something about it, or is it one of the
problems that no-one claims ownership of.
The NIC sends data but ignores all incoming data, so it fails on an arp
request.
This is not a sole ubuntu problem, but with only 3 PCI slots on this
machine, its a PIA having to use a slot for a NIC.

Second problem 
python-numpy


I've had to install and compile python-numpy 1.0.4 as the Ubuntu
version 1.1.0 will not allow some packages to run /compile, ie wsjt.
Who is the Ubuntu maintainer for python-numpy ?

However, as I have python-numpy 1.0.4 install every time I run the
package updater it borks on python-numpy.

On the previous distro I used I knew exactly where and which file to
edit so that the package updater would ignore a package and update all
except the select package.

Could some point me at the correct config file.
I suspect I'm going to need to tag more pakages not to be updated or
attempt to update, as there are also problems with the distributed
gfortran, ( single and double precision).


TIA


Richard

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