> > On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 02:48 -0700, David Gehrt wrote: > > I have F8 running on an HP a6400f with an rtl8111/8168 10/100/1000 > > Ethernet interface for which the kernel installed the r8169 driver, > > which didn't work. No matter what I tried the interface refused to > > transmit. > > > > I have seen several posts on the web, mostly from ubuntu people. Is > > thee a fix for F8 (my kernel version on this system is still > > 2.6.23.1-42.fc8). > > Apologies for the delay, I've been busy. Not to worry about the delay.I appreciate the response. > I ran into this myself recently, though on FreeBSD (although I would > have thought linux would have it licked by now). BSD doesn't have any > solution to this, even building the drivers didn't work. Realtek don't > make drivers, so only 3rd parties do it. The only solution I and others > have come up with is to install a supported card (rtl8139 is a nice > one... :) ). I came up with the same (but IMHO unsatisfactory) work around. After 20+ years of building my own systems I have a flock of Ethernet cards, so I used an Intel 10/100 (Ether pro?) card, but this POS HP system has only one slot, fortunately I don't need the modem that came ins that slot. I really miss Fry's This was my first purchase of a whole pre-built system. Not a good result. Of course HP does not support Linux (or FreeBSD for that matter). > There are drivers out there, but I reckon you'll have to compile and > pray... Thanx again, David > Good luck > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
