network card realtek 8101e problem

[debian-fede]

Hi!
Im trying to get this card "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)" up and running.
Ive been searching a lot and it's all the same:

-Download the driver from realtek webpage
-Follow instructions from the readme file:
rmmod r8169

# make clean modules (as root or with sudo)
# make install
# depmod -a
# modprobe r8101

But when i restart networking, the system freezes.
One of the messages is "Kernel panic - not syncing : fatal exception on interrupt"

I use Debian, xfce, kernel 2.6.30.3 (customized by me...)

[MikeTbob]

Hi!
Im trying to get this card "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)" up and running.
Ive been searching a lot and it's all the same:

-Download the driver from realtek webpage
-Follow instructions from the readme file:
rmmod r8169

# make clean modules (as root or with sudo)
# make install
# depmod -a
# modprobe r8101

But when i restart networking, the system freezes.
One of the messages is "Kernel panic - not syncing : fatal exception on interrupt"

I use Debian, xfce, kernel 2.6.30.3 (customized by me...)

I'd suggest that you try compiling your own kernel and use the built-in driver instead of the RealTek driver. It's been in the kernel since around 2007.

[debian-fede]

The only module i find in the kernel is r8169, is this the one i need?

[MikeTbob]

The only module i find in the kernel is r8169, is this the one i need?

No, that is not what you need, and I apologize because I do not know what I was looking at the other day when I posted my last message to you. You were on the right track by downloading the .tar.gz file.

During the compile of the 8101 driver, did you get any errors of any kind? Did you remember to rmmod 8169 before you started the 8101 module?

Check whether the built-in driver, r8169.ko (or r8169.o for kernel 2.4.x), is installed. 
lsmod | grep r8169
If it is installed, please remove it.
rmmod r8169

[debian-fede]

Yes, i have done that, i tried two things: removing the module with rmmod and taking it out from the kernel.

I get errors if i compile the module with sudo, the only way i can compile is with su.

For example, "make clean modules" gives me the next error if i run it with sudo:

make -C src/ clean
make[1]: se ingresa al directorio `/home/fede/Documentos/Linux/r8101-1.013.00/src'
rm -rf *.o *.ko *~ core* .dep* .*.d .*.cmd *.mod.c *.a *.s .*.flags .tmp_versions Module.symvers Modules.symvers Module.markers *.order
make[1]: se sale del directorio `/home/fede/Documentos/Linux/r8101-1.013.00/src'
make -C src/ modules
make[1]: se ingresa al directorio `/home/fede/Documentos/Linux/r8101-1.013.00/src'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.30.3/build SUBDIRS=/src modules
make[2]: se ingresa al directorio `/usr/src/linux-2.6.30.3'
scripts/Makefile.build:44: /src/Makefile: No existe el fichero o el directorio
make[3]: *** No hay ninguna regla para construir el objetivo `/src/Makefile'. Alto.
make[2]: *** [_module_/src] Error 2
make[2]: se sale del directorio `/usr/src/linux-2.6.30.3'
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: se sale del directorio `/home/fede/Documentos/Linux/r8101-1.013.00/src'
make: *** [modules] Error 2

(I'm from Argentina, that's why it's in spanish.)