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Ah, sounds like the ol' Realtek onboard NIC issues (older in-kernel drivers mistakenly latch onto newer chipsets and can't drive them properly)

There are a few guides out there, but it basically comes down to blacklisting the in-kernel module, downloading (from a different machine, of course :) ) the drivers from Realtek, building them, installing them, and then dancing a small jig.

Ubuntu-specific instructions (should work fine for Linux Mint since it's Ubuntu-based)
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bmouring said:
Ah, sounds like the ol' Realtek onboard NIC issues (older in-kernel drivers mistakenly latch onto newer chipsets and can't drive them properly)

There are a few guides out there, but it basically comes down to blacklisting the in-kernel module, downloading (from a different machine, of course :) ) the drivers from Realtek, building them, installing them, and then dancing a small jig.

Ubuntu-specific instructions (should work fine for Linux Mint since it's Ubuntu-based)


If you were here right now I would probably kiss you. Man this solved the searching I've been doing for the past 2 days. Thank you so much!

Just a bit of warning is that anytime you update the kernel itself (via the little update manager) you're going to have to rebuild and reinstall the driver, so it may make sense to freeze the kernel version to prevent this issue from cropping up

Quick how-to covering doing just that.

Also, dance the jig and we'll call it even ;) 

Ok. So once the Internet was enabled I went ahead and updated the system. I guess it messed with the kernel because I went back and it wouldn't connect to the Internet anymore. I remember still being able to use the Internet after updating and rebooting. But anyways, I went back and re-installed the OS and tried doing the steps again but it won't correct the drivers.

Were there any steps along the instructions that failed or didn't complete normally?

What driver is being reported as the owner for the interface
  1. lspci -v //and look for the listing for the Realtek device, make sure it's using r8168 and not the problematic r8169

I reinstalled Linux Mint 11 OEM and went down the steps of the guide. Below is the text from the terminal.
(1) The first one is the steps that the guide details.
(2) The second one is running lspci -v after the reboot.

  1. oem@flores-family ~ $ sudo su
    

  2. [sudo] password for oem:
    

  3.  
  4. flores-family oem # lsmod | grep r816
    

  5. r8169                  48022  0 
    

  6. flores-family oem # lspci -v
    

  7. 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS880 Host Bridge
    

  8. 	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS880 Host Bridge
    

  9. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0
    

  10. 	Capabilities: [c4] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface
    

  11. 	Capabilities: [54] HyperTransport: UnitID Clumping
    

  12. 	Capabilities: [40] HyperTransport: Retry Mode
    

  13. 	Capabilities: [9c] HyperTransport: #1a
    

  14. 	Capabilities: [f8] HyperTransport: #1c
    

  15.  
  16. 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    

  17. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
    

  18. 	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
    

  19. 	I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
    

  20. 	Memory behind bridge: fe900000-feafffff
    

  21. 	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000dfffffff
    

  22. 	Capabilities: [44] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+
    

  23. 	Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx)
    

  24. 	Kernel modules: shpchp
    

  25.  
  26. 00:07.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    

  27. 	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    

  28. 	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
    

  29. 	I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
    

  30. 	Memory behind bridge: feb00000-febfffff
    

  31. 	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fdf00000-00000000fdffffff
    

  32. 	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
    

  33. 	Capabilities: [58] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
    

  34. 	Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
    

  35. 	Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 9601
    

  36. 	Capabilities: [b8] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+
    

  37. 	Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
    

  38. 	Capabilities: [110] Virtual Channel
    

  39. 	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    

  40. 	Kernel modules: shpchp
    

  41.  
  42. 00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [IDE mode] (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
    

  43. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  44. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 22
    

  45. 	I/O ports at c000 [size=8]
    

  46. 	I/O ports at b000 [size=4]
    

  47. 	I/O ports at a000 [size=8]
    

  48. 	I/O ports at 9000 [size=4]
    

  49. 	I/O ports at 8000 [size=16]
    

  50. 	Memory at fe8ffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
    

  51. 	Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
    

  52. 	Capabilities: [70] SATA HBA v1.0
    

  53. 	Kernel driver in use: ahci
    

  54. 	Kernel modules: ahci
    

  55.  
  56. 00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
    

  57. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  58. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
    

  59. 	Memory at fe8fe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    

  60. 	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
    

  61.  
  62. 00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
    

  63. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  64. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
    

  65. 	Memory at fe8fd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    

  66. 	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
    

  67.  
  68. 00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
    

  69. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  70. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
    

  71. 	Memory at fe8ff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
    

  72. 	Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
    

  73. 	Capabilities: [e4] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00e0
    

  74. 	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
    

  75.  
  76. 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
    

  77. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  78. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
    

  79. 	Memory at fe8fc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    

  80. 	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
    

  81.  
  82. 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
    

  83. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  84. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
    

  85. 	Memory at fe8fb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    

  86. 	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
    

  87.  
  88. 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
    

  89. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  90. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
    

  91. 	Memory at fe8ff400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
    

  92. 	Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
    

  93. 	Capabilities: [e4] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00e0
    

  94. 	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
    

  95.  
  96. 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3c)
    

  97. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  98. 	Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel
    

  99. 	Capabilities: [b0] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable- Fixed+
    

  100. 	Kernel modules: sp5100_tco, i2c-piix4
    

  101.  
  102. 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
    

  103. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  104. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
    

  105. 	I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
    

  106. 	I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
    

  107. 	I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
    

  108. 	I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
    

  109. 	I/O ports at ff00 [size=16]
    

  110. 	Capabilities: [70] MSI: Enable- Count=1/2 Maskable- 64bit-
    

  111. 	Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp
    

  112. 	Kernel modules: pata_atiixp
    

  113.  
  114. 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
    

  115. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 821f
    

  116. 	Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
    

  117. 	Memory at fe8f4000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    

  118. 	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
    

  119. 	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
    

  120. 	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
    

  121.  
  122. 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
    

  123. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  124. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0
    

  125.  
  126. 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
    

  127. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
    

  128. 	Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=64
    

  129.  
  130. 00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
    

  131. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  132. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
    

  133. 	Memory at fe8fa000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    

  134. 	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
    

  135.  
  136. 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
    

  137. 	Flags: fast devsel
    

  138. 	Capabilities: [80] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface
    

  139.  
  140. 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
    

  141. 	Flags: fast devsel
    

  142.  
  143. 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
    

  144. 	Flags: fast devsel
    

  145. 	Kernel modules: amd64_edac_mod
    

  146.  
  147. 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
    

  148. 	Flags: fast devsel
    

  149. 	Capabilities: [f0] Secure device <?>
    

  150. 	Kernel driver in use: k10temp
    

  151. 	Kernel modules: k10temp
    

  152.  
  153. 00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
    

  154. 	Flags: fast devsel
    

  155.  
  156. 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS880 [Radeon HD 4250] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    

  157. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 1705
    

  158. 	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
    

  159. 	Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
    

  160. 	I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
    

  161. 	Memory at fe9f0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
    

  162. 	Memory at fea00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
    

  163. 	Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
    

  164. 	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
    

  165. 	Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
    

  166. 	Kernel driver in use: radeon
    

  167. 	Kernel modules: radeon
    

  168.  
  169. 01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RS880 Audio Device [Radeon HD 4200]
    

  170. 	Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc RS880 Audio Device [Radeon HD 4200]
    

  171. 	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
    

  172. 	Memory at fe9e8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    

  173. 	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
    

  174. 	Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
    

  175. 	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
    

  176. 	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
    

  177.  
  178. 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
    

  179. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 2309
    

  180. 	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 41
    

  181. 	I/O ports at e800 [size=256]
    

  182. 	Memory at fdffb000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
    

  183. 	Memory at fdffc000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
    

  184. 	Expansion ROM at febe0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
    

  185. 	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
    

  186. 	Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
    

  187. 	Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01
    

  188. 	Capabilities: [ac] MSI-X: Enable- Count=4 Masked-
    

  189. 	Capabilities: [cc] Vital Product Data
    

  190. 	Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
    

  191. 	Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
    

  192. 	Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number f5-00-00-00-68-4c-e0-00
    

  193. 	Kernel driver in use: r8169
    

  194. 	Kernel modules: r8169
    

  195.  
  196. flores-family oem # rmmod r8169
    

  197. flores-family oem # mv /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/r8169.ko ~/r8169.ko.backup
    

  198. flores-family oem # cd /media/TRAVELDRIVE
    

  199. flores-family TRAVELDRIVE # ls
    

  200. r8168-8.024.00.tar.bz2  r8168-8.024.00.tar.bz2.copy
    

  201. flores-family TRAVELDRIVE # bzip2 -d r8168-8.024.00.tar.bz2
    

  202. flores-family TRAVELDRIVE # tar -xf r8168-8.024.00.tar
    

  203. tar: r8168-8.024.00/Makefile: Cannot change ownership to uid 500, gid 500: Operation not permitted
    

  204. tar: r8168-8.024.00/src/Makefile: Cannot change ownership to uid 500, gid 500: Operation not permitted
    

  205. tar: r8168-8.024.00/src/r8168_asf.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 500, gid 500: Operation not permitted
    

  206. tar: r8168-8.024.00/src/rtl_eeprom.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 500, gid 500: Operation not permitted
    

  207. tar: r8168-8.024.00/src/r8168.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 500, gid 500: Operation not permitted
    

  208. tar: r8168-8.024.00/src/r8168_n.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 500, gid 500: Operation not permitted
    

  209. tar: r8168-8.024.00/src/r8168_asf.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 500, gid 500: Operation not permitted
    

  210. tar: r8168-8.024.00/src/rtl_eeprom.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 500, gid 500: Operation not permitted
    

  211. tar: r8168-8.024.00/src/rtltool.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 500, gid 500: Operation not permitted
    

  212. tar: r8168-8.024.00/src/rtltool.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 500, gid 500: Operation not permitted
    

  213. tar: r8168-8.024.00/src/Makefile_linux24x: Cannot change ownership to uid 500, gid 500: Operation not permitted
    

  214. tar: r8168-8.024.00/src: Cannot change ownership to uid 500, gid 500: Operation not permitted
    

  215. tar: r8168-8.024.00/README: Cannot change ownership to uid 500, gid 500: Operation not permitted
    

  216. tar: r8168-8.024.00/autorun.sh: Cannot change ownership to uid 500, gid 500: Operation not permitted
    

  217. tar: r8168-8.024.00: Cannot change ownership to uid 500, gid 500: Operation not permitted
    

  218. tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
    

  219. flores-family TRAVELDRIVE # cd r8168-8.024.00
    

  220. flores-family r8168-8.024.00 # make clean modules
    

  221. make -C src/ clean
    

  222. make[1]: Entering directory `/media/TRAVELDRIVE/r8168-8.024.00/src'
    

  223. rm -rf *.o *.ko *~ core* .dep* .*.d .*.cmd *.mod.c *.a *.s .*.flags .tmp_versions Module.symvers Modules.symvers Module.markers *.order
    

  224. make[1]: Leaving directory `/media/TRAVELDRIVE/r8168-8.024.00/src'
    

  225. make -C src/ modules
    

  226. make[1]: Entering directory `/media/TRAVELDRIVE/r8168-8.024.00/src'
    

  227. make -C /lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/build SUBDIRS=/media/TRAVELDRIVE/r8168-8.024.00/src modules
    

  228. make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic'
    

  229.   CC [M]  /media/TRAVELDRIVE/r8168-8.024.00/src/r8168_n.o
    

  230.   CC [M]  /media/TRAVELDRIVE/r8168-8.024.00/src/r8168_asf.o
    

  231.   CC [M]  /media/TRAVELDRIVE/r8168-8.024.00/src/rtl_eeprom.o
    

  232.   CC [M]  /media/TRAVELDRIVE/r8168-8.024.00/src/rtltool.o
    

  233.   LD [M]  /media/TRAVELDRIVE/r8168-8.024.00/src/r8168.o
    

  234.   Building modules, stage 2.
    

  235.   MODPOST 1 modules
    

  236.   CC      /media/TRAVELDRIVE/r8168-8.024.00/src/r8168.mod.o
    

  237.   LD [M]  /media/TRAVELDRIVE/r8168-8.024.00/src/r8168.ko
    

  238. make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic'
    

  239. strip --strip-debug r8168.ko
    

  240. make[1]: Leaving directory `/media/TRAVELDRIVE/r8168-8.024.00/src'
    

  241. flores-family r8168-8.024.00 # make install
    

  242. make -C src/ install
    

  243. make[1]: Entering directory `/media/TRAVELDRIVE/r8168-8.024.00/src'
    

  244. install -m 744 -c r8168.ko /lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/kernel/drivers/net/
    

  245. make[1]: Leaving directory `/media/TRAVELDRIVE/r8168-8.024.00/src'
    

  246. flores-family r8168-8.024.00 # depmod -a
    

  247. flores-family r8168-8.024.00 # insmod ./src/r8168.ko
    

  248. flores-family r8168-8.024.00 # mv /initrd.img ~/initrd.img.backup
    

  249. flores-family r8168-8.024.00 # mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-`uname -r` `uname -r`
    

  250. Warning: No support for locale: en_US.utf8
    

  251. flores-family r8168-8.024.00 # echo "r8168" >> /etc/modules


  1. oem@flores-family ~ $ lspci -v
    

  2. 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS880 Host Bridge
    

  3. 	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS880 Host Bridge
    

  4. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0
    

  5. 	Capabilities: <access denied>
    

  6.  
  7. 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    

  8. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
    

  9. 	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
    

  10. 	I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
    

  11. 	Memory behind bridge: fe900000-feafffff
    

  12. 	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000dfffffff
    

  13. 	Capabilities: <access denied>
    

  14. 	Kernel modules: shpchp
    

  15.  
  16. 00:07.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    

  17. 	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    

  18. 	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
    

  19. 	I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
    

  20. 	Memory behind bridge: feb00000-febfffff
    

  21. 	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fdf00000-00000000fdffffff
    

  22. 	Capabilities: <access denied>
    

  23. 	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    

  24. 	Kernel modules: shpchp
    

  25.  
  26. 00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [IDE mode] (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
    

  27. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  28. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 22
    

  29. 	I/O ports at c000 [size=8]
    

  30. 	I/O ports at b000 [size=4]
    

  31. 	I/O ports at a000 [size=8]
    

  32. 	I/O ports at 9000 [size=4]
    

  33. 	I/O ports at 8000 [size=16]
    

  34. 	Memory at fe8ffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
    

  35. 	Capabilities: <access denied>
    

  36. 	Kernel driver in use: ahci
    

  37. 	Kernel modules: ahci
    

  38.  
  39. 00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
    

  40. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  41. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
    

  42. 	Memory at fe8fe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    

  43. 	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
    

  44.  
  45. 00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
    

  46. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  47. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
    

  48. 	Memory at fe8fd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    

  49. 	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
    

  50.  
  51. 00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
    

  52. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  53. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
    

  54. 	Memory at fe8ff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
    

  55. 	Capabilities: <access denied>
    

  56. 	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
    

  57.  
  58. 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
    

  59. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  60. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
    

  61. 	Memory at fe8fc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    

  62. 	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
    

  63.  
  64. 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
    

  65. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  66. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
    

  67. 	Memory at fe8fb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    

  68. 	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
    

  69.  
  70. 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
    

  71. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  72. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
    

  73. 	Memory at fe8ff400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
    

  74. 	Capabilities: <access denied>
    

  75. 	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
    

  76.  
  77. 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3c)
    

  78. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  79. 	Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel
    

  80. 	Capabilities: <access denied>
    

  81. 	Kernel modules: sp5100_tco, i2c-piix4
    

  82.  
  83. 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
    

  84. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  85. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
    

  86. 	I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
    

  87. 	I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
    

  88. 	I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
    

  89. 	I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
    

  90. 	I/O ports at ff00 [size=16]
    

  91. 	Capabilities: <access denied>
    

  92. 	Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp
    

  93. 	Kernel modules: pata_atiixp
    

  94.  
  95. 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
    

  96. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 821f
    

  97. 	Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
    

  98. 	Memory at fe8f4000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    

  99. 	Capabilities: <access denied>
    

  100. 	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
    

  101. 	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
    

  102.  
  103. 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
    

  104. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  105. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0
    

  106.  
  107. 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
    

  108. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
    

  109. 	Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=64
    

  110.  
  111. 00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
    

  112. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 3700
    

  113. 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
    

  114. 	Memory at fe8fa000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    

  115. 	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
    

  116.  
  117. 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
    

  118. 	Flags: fast devsel
    

  119. 	Capabilities: <access denied>
    

  120.  
  121. 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
    

  122. 	Flags: fast devsel
    

  123.  
  124. 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
    

  125. 	Flags: fast devsel
    

  126. 	Kernel modules: amd64_edac_mod
    

  127.  
  128. 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
    

  129. 	Flags: fast devsel
    

  130. 	Capabilities: <access denied>
    

  131. 	Kernel driver in use: k10temp
    

  132. 	Kernel modules: k10temp
    

  133.  
  134. 00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
    

  135. 	Flags: fast devsel
    

  136.  
  137. 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS880 [Radeon HD 4250] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    

  138. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 1705
    

  139. 	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
    

  140. 	Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
    

  141. 	I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
    

  142. 	Memory at fe9f0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
    

  143. 	Memory at fea00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
    

  144. 	Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
    

  145. 	Capabilities: <access denied>
    

  146. 	Kernel driver in use: radeon
    

  147. 	Kernel modules: radeon
    

  148.  
  149. 01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RS880 Audio Device [Radeon HD 4200]
    

  150. 	Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc RS880 Audio Device [Radeon HD 4200]
    

  151. 	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
    

  152. 	Memory at fe9e8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    

  153. 	Capabilities: <access denied>
    

  154. 	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
    

  155. 	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
    

  156.  
  157. 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
    

  158. 	Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Device 2309
    

  159. 	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 41
    

  160. 	I/O ports at e800 [size=256]
    

  161. 	Memory at fdffb000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
    

  162. 	Memory at fdffc000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
    

  163. 	Expansion ROM at febe0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
    

  164. 	Capabilities: <access denied>
    

  165. 	Kernel driver in use: r8168
    

  166. 	Kernel modules: r8168

Ok, it seems like the driver builds and loads properly (still a bit concerned about the issues reported by tar due to extracting onto a FAT32 filesystem on the removable storage), what does it behave like when you try to enable the ethernet connection via NetworkManager?

Is there any interesting/concerning results after trying to connect the ethernet and then issuing
  1. dmesg|grep -E "r816[89]" //let's try to catch info about _either_ modules

This is the result:

  1. [    1.683055] r8168 Gigabit Ethernet driver 8.024.00-NAPI loaded
    

  2. [    1.683080] r8168 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
    

  3. [    1.683103] r8168 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
    

  4. [    1.683925] r8168 0000:02:00.0: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X
    

  5. [    1.761600] r8168: This product is covered by one or more of the following patents: US5,307,459, US5,434,872, US5,732,094, US6,570,884, US6,115,776, and US6,327,625.
    

  6. [    1.761604] r8168  Copyright (C) 2011  Realtek NIC software team <nicfae@realtek.com> 
    

  7. [   23.922893] r8168: eth0: link down
    

  8. [   26.982737] r8168: eth0: link up
    

  9. [   27.920856] r8168: eth0: link up

It tries to connect but then it says that I was disconnected. I find it funny that it can't connect to the Internet, but yet when I'm installing it pulls the exact current time.

Ok. I'm already pretty sick and tired of trying to fix this thing. It might even be busted lol. I'm just gonna send it back and get the MOBO I have on my current PC: the BIOSTAR TA785G3. I've had Ubuntu on it in the past, and just used Ubuntu 11.04 as Live CD, and it worked fine. The MOBO is discontinued but I saw a few on Amazon.

I just can't seem to figure out what the difference in the LAN would be for both. I ran "lspci -v" in the terminal at it was using the r8169 LAN drivers.
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