[ubuntu-uk] Non-default driver

[Rowan]

Sean, is "make clean modules" an instruction you type in? I assumed it 
was an instruction to ME, to make them clean somehow.

Sean Miller wrote:
> Hi Rowan,
>
> What is it you don't understand?
>
> They appear to be giving you two options :-
>
> a. revert to the default Ubuntu driver
>
>   
>> 1. mv /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.bak
>> 2. sed 's/blacklist r8169/#blacklist r8169/' /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.bak >
>> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
>> 3. reboot
>>     
>
> So you go into shell and switch to root, which you can do by typing
> "sudo bash" and then entering your password.  You then take what's
> written in 1 and 2 above and type them into the shell exactly as
> shown.  After that you shutdown and restart the computer, either by
> using "shutdown -rf" from the shell or from the desktop.
>
> b. update their driver
>
>   
>> 1. cd /root/lc2000/r8168-8.008.00
>> 2. make clean modules
>> 3. depmod -a
>> 4. reboot"
>>     
>
> Same principle as above... type exactly what's written in 1-3 and then restart.
>
> Best,
>
> Sean
>
>