network connection is lost every minute on Realtek rtl8152/3 USB Ethernet dongles

[Slav]

tail -F /var/log/kern.log
Mar 12 14:26:19 rufy kernel: [ 1581.350668] r8152 2-3:1.0 enx58ef687e7bb5: carrier off
Mar 12 14:26:28 rufy kernel: [ 1590.148179] r8152 2-3:1.0 enx58ef687e7bb5: carrier on
Mar 12 14:26:28 rufy kernel: [ 1590.182915] r8152 2-3:1.0 enx58ef687e7bb5: carrier off
Mar 12 14:26:32 rufy kernel: [ 1594.084354] r8152 2-3:1.0 enx58ef687e7bb5: carrier on
Mar 12 14:34:47 rufy kernel: [ 2089.286793] r8152 2-3:1.0 enx58ef687e7bb5: carrier off
Mar 12 14:34:56 rufy kernel: [ 2098.020350] r8152 2-3:1.0 enx58ef687e7bb5: carrier on
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dmesg
 2098.054894] r8152 2-3:1.0 enx58ef687e7bb5: carrier off
[ 2101.988225] r8152 2-3:1.0 enx58ef687e7bb5: carrier on
[ 2218.278463] r8152 2-3:1.0 enx58ef687e7bb5: carrier off
[ 2226.980566] r8152 2-3:1.0 enx58ef687e7bb5: carrier on
[ 2227.014909] r8152 2-3:1.0 enx58ef687e7bb5: carrier off
[ 2229.508400] r8152 2-3:1.0 enx58ef687e7bb5: carrier on
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lsusb | grep -i realtek
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bda:8153 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:22.04.16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-35.36~22.04.1-generic 5.19.17
Uname: Linux 5.19.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Mar 12 14:45:18 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-12-05 (97 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20220831)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=C.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: release-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
VarLogDistupgradeAptHistorylog:
 Start-Date: 2023-03-03 11:33:58
 Upgrade: tcpdump:amd64 (4.99.1-3build2, 4.99.1-3ubuntu0.1), libqmi-proxy:amd64 (1.30.4-1, 1.32.0-1ubuntu0.22.04.1), libpango-1.0-0:amd64 (1.50.6+ds-2, 1.50.6+ds-2ubuntu1), libmbim-glib4:amd64 (1.26.2-1build1, 1.28.0-1~ubuntu20.04.1), python3-macaroonbakery:amd64 (1.3.1-2, 1.3.1-2ubuntu0.1), libpangocairo-1.0-0:amd64 (1.50.6+ds-2, 1.50.6+ds-2ubuntu1), libmbim-proxy:amd64 (1.26.2-1build1, 1.28.0-1~ubuntu20.04.1), libpangoft2-1.0-0:amd64 (1.50.6+ds-2, 1.50.6+ds-2ubuntu1), libqmi-glib5:amd64 (1.30.4-1, 1.32.0-1ubuntu0.22.04.1), gir1.2-pango-1.0:amd64 (1.50.6+ds-2, 1.50.6+ds-2ubuntu1), libpangoxft-1.0-0:amd64 (1.50.6+ds-2, 1.50.6+ds-2ubuntu1)
 End-Date: 2023-03-03 11:34:00
mtime.conffile..etc.logrotate.d.apport: 2022-12-19T17:32:59.287674

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Bug reporting is about finding & fixing problems thus preventing future users from hitting the same bug.

I suspect a Support site would be more appropriate, eg. https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu. You can also find help with your problem in the support forum of your local Ubuntu community http://loco.ubuntu.com/ or asking at https://askubuntu.com or https://ubuntuforums.org, or for more support options please look at https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/community-support/709

( You've filed this as a problem with the `do-release-upgrade` or upgrade tool that upgrades a system from 20.04 to 22.04 LTS. It appears the upgrade completed successfully and you're now running 22.04 using the HWE kernel stack (5.19 currently). Your issue appears to be with linux (kernel) on 22.04 . As you filed against the upgrade process; details about that process were uploaded to this report, and not details about the linux kernel/modules etc that impact wifi; which may make it harder to detect issues & work on report. )

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Matthias Dieter Wallnöfer (mwallnoefer)]

Update:

Ok, but here you are talking about a wired connection:
> lsusb | grep -i realtek
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bda:8153 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

Anyway I think I have found the root issue: I had the 'tuned' daemon set to the most aggressive level (profile "powersave"). Changing the profile, the dongle is stable again, so I am not affected any more.

[Slav (sma2)]

It was awhile ago I filed this problem, but I am pretty sure it has nothing to do with USB dongle. (Well, at least in my case ).
I was on wifi and wifi connection was dropped practically every minute, making it impossible to do anything.
Once I switched to wired connection - this problem disappeared. Wired connection is inconvenience, but significantly faster. Plus, remote ssh connection stopped being dropped.
Anyway, I believe it is all about wifi connection.

Thank you.