Realtek RTL8111/8168B not supported

[Jure Sah]

In Ubuntu 12.04 LTS AMD64 the onboard gigabit network card "Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)" is not supported.

Installing the driver from the realtek website works (but then needs to be reinstalled manually every time the kernel is updated...). If including the driver is impossible due to whatever licensing issues, could there at least be a way to install the propertiary driver trough the "additional drivers" interface, so it's DKMSed in or whatever.

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

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DustWolf, thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:
apport-collect 1179036

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