From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Francois Romieu Subject: Re: r8169 auto-negotiation problem Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:20:15 +0100 Message-ID: <20080212222015.GA21495@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> References: <20080203184525.GA12607@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: fgnijuhhu guduggurehug Return-path: Received: from electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com ([213.41.134.224]:37999 "EHLO electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751871AbYBLWib (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:38:31 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: fgnijuhhu guduggurehug : > > fgnijuhhu guduggurehug : > > [...] > >> I already posted my problem and what I did to solve it on > >> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=461429. > > > > Have you tried anything more recent than a 2.6.18 based kernel ? > > No, but if changes were made to the iniatialization of the chipset > in the current driver (mine was 2.2LK), this might do the trick. Please try a recent kernel. Your r8169 driver is badly outdated. [...] > Anyway, how to best upgrade the kernel in debian (without problems, > of course) ? The problem right now is that every apt-get upgrade > reverts the r8169 driver to the old one... I do not use debian but you can read: http://www.google.com/search?q=debian+kernel+upgrade -- Ueimor