r8169 appears to have stopped working between 3.13.0-57 and 3.13.0-58

[Sean McCauliff]

With my Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (rev. 4.0), I'm not able to send or receive any data on this wired connection. Selecting 3.13.0-57 at boot time makes it work again. Networking in general seems to work as I was able to pair with an iphone over bluetooth and send this bug report out.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: linux-image-3.13.0-59-generic 3.13.0-59.98
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-59.98-generic 3.13.11-ckt22
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-59-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC2: sean 2656 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: sean 2656 F.... pulseaudio
Date: Wed Jul 29 22:03:02 2015
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=G8x5HK-qpB9-4j90-Vo9w-Q154-czPM-7emZu3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-03-24 (1588 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
IwConfig:
 bnep0 no wireless extensions.

 eth1 no wireless extensions.

 lo no wireless extensions.
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M.
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-59-generic root=UUID=a99f9d70-8f40-4c7d-a5b1-d8396f35ef2c ro quiet splash vmalloc=192MB nomdmonddf nomdmonisw nomdmonddf nomdmonisw
PulseList:
 Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied
 No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-59-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-59-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.127.14
RfKill:
 0: hci0: Bluetooth
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-24 (339 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 10/07/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F3i
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: 990FXA-UD3
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF3i:bd10/07/2014:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rn990FXA-UD3:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream stable kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v3.13 stable kernel[0].

If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'.

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the tag: 'kernel-bug-exists-upstream'.

If you are unable to test the mainline kernel, for example it will not boot, please add the tag: 'kernel-unable-to-test-upstream'.
Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug as "Confirmed".

Thanks in advance.

[0] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.13.11-ckt24-trusty/

[Sean McCauliff (sean-mccauliff)]

I tested v3.13.11-ckt24-trusty and have updated to 3.13.0-61. This problem remains.

[Sean McCauliff (sean-mccauliff)]

The page I was referred to contains the BIOS images for revision 1.0 of this motherboard. The actual motherboard is rev 4.0. As far as I can tell the BIOS does not contain the revision information for the motherboard. The only way of getting the revision number was to examine the revision number printed on the motherboard.

The most current version of the this BIOS for rev 4.0 of this motherboard is is F3, the version being run was F3i (released on 10/07/2014). I upgraded the BIOS to F3 from F3i. The graphical login is visible, but Ubuntu no longer recognizes any of the USB ports nor does it recognize the NIC. This happens even when I boot to kernel version 3.13.0-57.

As I'm not able to get the keyboard to work I can't login. I can't ssh in because the NIC does not work.

I will try and revert to the previous BIOS version.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Sean McCauliff, could you please test for this via http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ and advise to the results?

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