Description of problem: i have a new gigabyte motherboard with onboard RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller. the 2.6.22.2-42.fc6 kernel loads the r8169 module BUT i am unable to use the network interface. no errors, nothing. all seams fine but i am unable to use the interface :-( i removed the r8169 module from memory and... after downloading the r8168 sources from realtek, compiling and installing all works fine. could you add this module pre-compiled in the next kernel version ? Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.22.2-42.fc6 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: have the r8168 module as part of the kernel's modules Additional info: direct link to r8168 sources (at realtek) ftp://209.216.61.149/cn/nic/r8168-8.001.00.tar.bz2
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i know you don't support fc6 :-) it works great for me as is. we are in the middle os the school year so i can not update just now... maybe in the summer time. just suggested you see if you can add this useful module to your new kernels for fc7 / fc8 / devel kindly, Nadav :-)