I downloaded and extracted the latest Linux driver version from Realtek. I read the readme file and it instructed me to run
./autorun.sh
as root
. I did that. It compiled the driver for my kernel, removed the old default module, but then it fails to install the new 8168 module. It claims that it can't be found.Can this driver be installed manually? Is there a way to fix
autorun.sh
so it can install properly?Unknown_FoolUnknown_Fool
SCO OpenServer 6 and UnixWare 7.1.x. 1.09, 2010/3/2, 77k,. SCO Unix 5.0.6 and 5.0.7. 1.06, 2008/8/1, 24k, Global. Linux driver for kernel 2.4.x (Support x86.
3 Answers
Assuming your r8168 was compiled correctly, do the following:
- Create dependency list of kernel modules:
- Add this line to
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
: - Edit
/etc/initramfs-tools/modules
and add line: - Update existing initramfs:
Note that in command 4, those are not quotation marks, but grave accents. That is the key to the left of the one key on the alpha part of the keyboard.
Reboot. You should come up running r8168. To verify, run
TimTim
There are nice guides helping you:
But stay away from kernels newer than 3.0 ;-)
NikiokoNikioko
For your special problem: have you checked, if the src directory of your compilation contains a r8168.ko file? If not, the compilation failed, and I suggest you to do some adjustments as suggested here:
If the r8168.ko file has been built correctly, you just have to copy it to the /lib/modules/
uname -r
/kernel/drivers/net/ directory, where uname -r
stands for the kernel which you compiled the module for. After that, a simple 'depmod -a' and 'modprobe r8168' should start the module immediately. To get it started at start-up, you have to add it to the /etc/modules file. Blacklisting r8169 in the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist file might be necessary, but I am not sure about that.NikiokoNikioko