Realtek 8111e vs. Precise

[Ric Moore]

On 03/04/2013 01:26 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> I picked up a new motherboard last Friday, an MSI 970A-G46, that has
> the noted LAN controller on board, and when I first brought it up it
> ran flawlessly.  Saturday morning I replaced one of my DVD writers and
> my secondary hard disk, and the LAN died.  I thought it was the
> hardware, since it was working before the power cycle, but I got an
> exchange yesterday afternoon and it has the same problem.
>
> I found this writeup on the problem,
> http://www.twm-kd.com/linux/realtek-rtl81688111e-and-ubuntu-linux/, so
> I figured that would be it, but....
>
> 1. The write-up says the problem is fixed in Precise, which is what I run.
>
> 2. The link to the Realtek site where the driver should be
> downloadable, http://www.realtek.com/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false,
> appears to be the right page, but the download links fail to load.
>
> I called MSI Tech Support, but they're Linux-ignorant (no surprise
> there) - they insist I have to diagnose this with Windows.  (They'll
> be getting feedback about that when I get the thing working again.)
>
> I have two questions:
>
> 1. I've never tried booting Windows to run from a CD/DVD or a flash
> drive - is that even possible?
>
> 2. Does anyone know enough about this to hazard a suggestion, other
> than to get a different m/b?
>
> I confess, I did not check the system logs - I've been doing Linux for
> over 13 years, consistently for the last 6, and I still forget this
> one (mental barrier of some kind - I'd check them in Windows...).
>
> (I temporarily solved the problem by putting a PCI NIC in the box, and
> that works fine, but it's old 10/100 and I prefer not to have to use
> add-in cards for that sort of thing.)

Tried booting your machine from an Ubuntu Live CD and see if it all 
works?? Then it would be a config problem and not a hardware problem if 
the live session works, Ric




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..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
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