Comment 14 for bug 186666

hi,

i have the same problem, but i'm using hardy heron the stable (released) version. eth0 is detected but it does not have any connection even on roaming mode, hdcp or using static ip. i have to put in another card (realtek) just to have internet connection. my SiS NIC is gigabit capable. here's my details:

harvey@datasphere:~$ lspci -vv | grep 00.02.0
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS968 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 01)

harvey@datasphere:~$ lspci -vv | grep 00.04.0
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 191 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev 02)

harvey@datasphere:~$ dmesg | grep 00:04.0
[ 40.624841] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:04.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 40.624852] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:04.0 to 64
[ 40.624864] 0000:00:04.0: Read MAC address from APC.
[ 40.678342] 0000:00:04.0: Unknown PHY transceiver at address 1.
[ 41.189814] 0000:00:04.0: Using transceiver at address 1 as default.
[ 41.221995] 0000:00:04.0: SiS 191 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter at f8970c00 (IRQ: 19), 00:1d:60:a1:87:9e

on hardy beta the NIC doesn't work but i haven't reported the bug since its already logged, hoping that the stable release will fix it, but it doesn't apparently (at least on my machine).

tried to recompile the sis190.ko driver (following this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-482284.html and this howtoforge howto: http://www.howtoforge.com/creating-the-sis191-gigabit-ethernet-driver-on-linux-2.6) but when i check the source it seems that there were already fixes made, only it didn't work for my machine which is described by lshw as:

harvey@datasphere:~$ sudo lshw
[sudo] password for harvey:
datasphere
    description: Desktop Computer
    product: System Product Name
    vendor: System manufacturer
    version: System Version
    serial: System Serial Number
    width: 32 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 smp-1.1 smp
    configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=2 uuid=40DE4187-8DFE-D511-B3A3-001D60A1879E
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: P5S-MX SE
       vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
       physical id: 0
       version: Rev x.xx
       serial: MS6C79B22408454
       slot: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
          physical id: 0
          version: 0306 (09/05/2007)
          size: 64KiB
          capacity: 448KiB
          capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification

any work around or patches from the kernel team will be greatly appreciated ...