Comment 60 for bug 225749

Ra'id Jamali
Thanks for the info ... I will give that a try ASAP. It is much
appreciated.
Thomas

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Ra'id Jamali <email address hidden>wrote:

> @ Thomas
>
> The RTL 8102E doesn't have a native driver under 8.10. Instead the r8169
> module gets loaded, which may be the cause of your issues. One solution
> is to compile a driver for RTL8101/8102 using sources from Realtek.
>
> Have a look at:
>
> http://en.alessiotreglia.com/articles/how-to-compile-r8168-and-r8101-modules-for-realtek-ethernet-adapters/
>
> --
> Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD fails to boot when RTL8102E LAN chip is enabled - with
> modprobe abnormal exit on ICH8M laptop
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225749
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>
> Status in OpenVZ kernel (patchset): Invalid
> Status in "linux" source package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> When trying to run CD, it opens up, allows me to choose language and then
> when I say use CD, it tries to boot and the crash with the following data:
> udevd-event [1557] : run program: '/sbin/modprobe' abnormal exit
>
> I tried to boot with noapic and then got same error but with [1503] code.
>
> Notebook is new Toshiba (A305-S6837) with Intel Core Duo processor, 4 GB
> ram, 320 Gb HD, chicony usb 2 webcam, realtek HD audion, Intel 965 express
> graphics, Intel 4965AGN wireless, Realtek RTL 8102E ethernet, pioneer DVD
> drive, synaptics pointing,
>
> Also tried Kubuntu 8.04 with same result.
>
> It has now been confirmed that it is due to a bug in r8169.c in Linux
> kernel 2.6.24: a NULL pointer deference and subsequence memory corruption,
> unable to continue booting, when the driver encounters an unknown MAC
> version. For example, r8169.c in 2.6.24 recognizes RTL8101E but not
> RTL8102E.
>
> An initial fix which prevents r8169 from crashing is at
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/4/17/298 and has been packaged by Tim Gardner
> (Ubuntu Kernel Team) et al. for testing. Missing entries for RTL8102 series
> need to be added though.
>