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Mario Kiko Subia (kiko53s) wrote : Re: [Bug 896575] Re: 10ec:8168 ASUS M5A88-V EVO Ethernet instability

P.S. installed enviroment

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Christopher M. Penalver <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Mario Kiko Subia, just to clarify, if you just tested the Quantal Live
> or installed environment, this is not testing mainline upstream. Hence,
> adding the tag kernel-fixed-upstream would be inappropriate in this
> case. Could you please clarify if this is the situation you are in?
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/896575
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> Title:
> 10ec:8168 ASUS M5A88-V EVO Ethernet instability
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> I have a newly installed motherboard which is a ASUS M5A88-V EVO.
> Ethernet is Realtek RTL8111/8168d PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
> Controller. The Ethernet connection is highly unstable ( Tested Ubuntu
> 11.04 and 11.10). If you go to the Realtek site you can download the
> correct driver but found a problem r8168-8.026.00 is current script
> loading driver, it does not work (Notified Realtek support). Instead
> make sure your using r8168-8.025.00 script.
>
> Realtek Site for drivers for board:
> http://www.realtek.com/downloads/downlo ... wn=false#2
>
> Correct working Script is located at this address:
> http://r8168.googlecode.com/files/r8168 ... 00.tar.bz2
>
> Basicly what is happening is Ubuntu releases are installing incorrect
> driver...It should be r8168 as per card but if you check your
> connection information you will see it is loading r8169 which is
> incorrect leading to the instability issues.
>
> kiko53s
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> AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
> Architecture: amd64
> AudioDevicesInUse:
> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
> /dev/snd/controlC1: kiko 1762 F.... pulseaudio
> /dev/snd/controlC0: kiko 1762 F.... pulseaudio
> CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> Card0.Amixer.info:
> Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe7f8000 irq 16'
> Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC892'
> Components : 'HDA:10ec0892,1043841b,00100302'
> Controls : 32
> Simple ctrls : 18
> Card1.Amixer.info:
> Card hw:1 'U0x46d0x802'/'USB Device 0x46d:0x802 at usb-0000:00:13.2-1,
> high speed'
> Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
> Components : 'USB046d:0802'
> Controls : 2
> Simple ctrls : 1
> Card1.Amixer.values:
> Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
> Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined cswitch cswitch-joined penum
> Capture channels: Mono
> Limits: Capture 0 - 6144
> Mono: Capture 6144 [100%] [30.00dB] [on]
> Card2.Amixer.info:
> Card hw:2 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfe9e8000 irq 19'
> Mixer name : 'ATI RS690/780 HDMI'
> Components : 'HDA:1002791a,00791a00,00100000'
> Controls : 4
> Simple ctrls : 1
> Card2.Amixer.values:
> Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
> Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
> Playback channels: Mono
> Mono: Playback [on]
> DistroRelease: LinuxMint 11
> HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=b7043bf5-0eac-4956-9e08-776bba0d4fbf
> InstallationMedia: Linux Mint 11 "Katya" - Release amd64 (20110501)
> IwConfig:
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0 no wireless extensions.
> MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
> Package: linux (not installed)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_US:en
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic
> root=UUID=7ae3a451-b5f4-4188-8c42-36afb1c6d775 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A
> linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A
> linux-firmware 1.52
> RfKill:
>
> Tags: katya
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
> UnreportableReason: This is not a genuine LinuxMint package
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
> dmi.bios.date: 09/20/2011
> dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: 0801
> dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.board.name: M5A88-V EVO
> dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
> dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
> dmi.chassis.type: 3
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
> dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0801:bd09/20/2011:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM5A88-VEVO:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
> dmi.product.name: System Product Name
> dmi.product.version: System Version
> dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
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