[gentoo-user] NIC problems after MS Windows update

[gentoo-user] NIC problems after MS Windows update

[Mick]

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Hi All,

I've run MS Windows update on a dual boot box which has a Realtek 
(RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ rev 10) card.  I thought that the update just updated 
the driver on MS Windows, but I fear it may have messed up the firmware.  I 
say this because when I boot in Linux either the 8139too module which is 
built in the kernel (2.6.20-gentoo-r6) does not seem to work, or/and dhcpcd 
times out.

eth0 is not shown under ifconfig by running /etc/init.d/net.eth0 after dhcpd 
times out and it only comes up after I run ifconfig eth0 up.

Has anyone using this card noticed this?  Is the kernel driver too old (is 
there a later 8139too module)?
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Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] NIC problems after MS Windows update

[Jakob]

Hi Mike,

I don't know if this helps but I have a Realtek 8169 in my box and if
I hibernate windows and then boot up gentoo my card isn't working. If
I boot windows again and shut it down (not hibernate) and then boot up
gentoo again the card is working. it seems that windows reserves the
card when hibernating and only give it back to normal state with a
normal shutdown.

regards
jakob
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Re: [gentoo-user] NIC problems after MS Windows update

[Mick]

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On Sunday 29 July 2007 14:43, Jakob wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> I don't know if this helps but I have a Realtek 8169 in my box and if
> I hibernate windows and then boot up gentoo my card isn't working. If
> I boot windows again and shut it down (not hibernate) and then boot up
> gentoo again the card is working. it seems that windows reserves the
> card when hibernating and only give it back to normal state with a
> normal shutdown.

Thanks jakob, every time I tried it in Gentoo, I had first shutdown WinXP 
normally.  I even removed the WinXP driver installed by MS Update and 
installed the latest one on the Realtek website:

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=6&PFid=6&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

Unfortunately, that made no difference in both OS'.  Then I updated the Gentoo 
kernel to the latest stable version (2.6.21-gentoo-r4) but still no cigar.  
Anything else I could try?  How do I troubleshoot it?
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Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] NIC problems after MS Windows update

[Jakob]

> Anything else I could try?  How do I troubleshoot it?

Have a look at the log files is always a good way to troubleshoot ;-)
what does dmesg and /var/log/messages say about eth0 or 8139?
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Re: [gentoo-user] NIC problems after MS Windows update

[Rumen Yotov]

On (29/07/07 18:05) Jakob wrote:
> > Anything else I could try?  How do I troubleshoot it?
> 
> Have a look at the log files is always a good way to troubleshoot ;-)
> what does dmesg and /var/log/messages say about eth0 or 8139?
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Hi,

Could also try the latest (~x86) kernel - 2.6.22-r2
HTH. Rumen
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Re: [gentoo-user] NIC problems after MS Windows update

[Ovidiu Bivolaru]

Hi,

Mick wrote:
> On Monday 20 August 2007, James Ausmus wrote:
>   
>> On 8/19/07, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> At long last I managed to find a work around to this problem, which was
>>> probably caused by Microsoft deciding to become environmentally
>>> friendly . . .
>>>       
> [snip...]
>
>   
>>> SOLUTION:
>>>
>>> Since all of this started with an update of the MS Windows drivers I
>>> thought that the problem has to do with some firmware or new setting,
>>> that the MS Windows drivers inflicted on the card.  Some relevant
>>> searching brought me to this page http://www.scyld.com/modules.html and
>>> the comments under The "D3-cold" problem.  Well, no sooner had I
>>> rebooted, after pulling the plug for a few seconds to make sure the
>>> machine powers down completely, the card was at long last recognised and
>>> an IP address obtained.  It seems then that the MS Windows driver shuts
>>> down the power to the card and the Linux driver does not/cannot switch it
>>> back on.
>>>       
>> Make sure you pass this info along to the kernel-side maintainer of
>> the 8139 driver you are using so that they can get the issue fixed.
>> You can find the maintainer in the source file - in this case,
>> /usr/src/linux/drivers/8139too.c - looks like it's Jeff Garzik.
>>
>> -James
>>     
>
> Done.
>
>   

Any update on this issue ? I'm using gentoo-sources-2.6.22-r5 (r2) and
I'm seeing the same problem (with gentoo-sources-2.6.21-r4 the same).

Regards,
Ovidiu

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Re: [gentoo-user] NIC problems after MS Windows update

[Michele Alzetta]

HI all,

I have the self-same problem with this card on a dual boot windows98 /
gentoo system.
In fact, I have TWO 8139 cards installed and the problem is present with both.
Windows actually disactivates only the one it uses, and not the other.

On another mailing list I found someone suggesting that activating the
"wake on lan" option in the windows network card options solves the
problem, and in fact it does.

Anyway, seems it is not only an XP update problem, it seems to be a
more general windows thing.
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