r8168-dkms 8.035.00-1: r8168 kernel module failed to build

Bug #1156283 reported by Maxwell Dreytser
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
r8168 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Not even counting this bug, Ubuntu 13.04 & 12.10 are VERY BUGGY. Please release a new version quickly!

Maxwell.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: r8168-dkms 8.035.00-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-13.22-generic 3.8.3
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: openafs
ApportVersion: 2.9.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.8.0-13-generic
Date: Sun Mar 17 09:57:47 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-17 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130317)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 8.035.00-1
SourcePackage: r8168
Title: r8168-dkms 8.035.00-1: r8168 kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Maxwell Dreytser (admik) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in r8168 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Tamas Pasztor (tomcsi) wrote :

Hi,

I found the patch, and that's work for me.

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

The attachment "r8168-8.035.00.patch" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.]

tags: added: patch
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vitium (kvarley) wrote :

Confirmed for "Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)" on a Gigabyte 970A-DS3 motherboard.

64-bit 13.04
kernel 3.8.0-17-generic

The issue is fixed by using the patch file posted by tomcsi (https://launchpad.net/~tomcsi) (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/r8168/+bug/1156283/+attachment/3639888/+files/r8168-8.035.00.patch).

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Jan Schnackenberg (yehaa) wrote :

This bug caused my machine to be completely offline after upgrading to 13.04. Thanks to the patch posted by tomcsi I could at least manually enter the changes (reading them from my phone).

How could this bug not be a blocker for 13.04? The r8168-dkms package worked in 12.10, now it plain doesn't.

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Daniel Lo Nigro (daniel15) wrote :

Confirming that the attached patch works for me.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package r8168 - 8.035.00-2

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r8168 (8.035.00-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * kernel-3.8.patch: New, fix building the module for kernel 3.8+ that has
    removed the __dev* attributes. (Closes: #706978) (LP: #1108068, #1156283)
  * Use canonical Vcs-* URLs.
  * Switch to debhelper 9.

 -- Andreas Beckmann <email address hidden> Tue, 07 May 2013 10:02:12 +0200

Changed in r8168 (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Adam Conrad (adconrad) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello Maxwell, or anyone else affected,

Accepted r8168 into raring-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/r8168/8.035.00-1ubuntu1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

tags: added: verification-needed
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