RC2 feedback

[richb]

Oh yeah.. before I forget.. now I don't have the old ones anymore to test, but I seem to remember (just hit me with a fish when I am wrong) that after the system boots and you get to the login screen there was the opportunity to reboot from there, not just shut down.

Did that option go away or am I seeing ghosts?

Shutdown was added after one of the betas. Reboot was never there.

[Eadwine Rose]

Just something I seem to remember in the top of the login screen when I had a bad harddrive boot and wanted to reboot without logging in. Ah well hehe.

Thanks for clarifying

[anticapitalista]

Actually, the original betas had both shutdown and reboot. It was decided to change the lightdm menu to include only shutdown.

[richb]

Yes, now I remember it was a bar at the top, but never in the new lightdm box.

[Eadwine Rose]

Ahh .. too bad. Ah well, thanks for confirming I was not nuts (this time )

[golden45]

Running usb hp 1010 printer.No problemns with setup and use using mx-14 rc2.Thanks John

[JimC]

IGNORE BELOW PROBLEM -- THIS WAS CAUSED BY USER ERROR DUE TO A LOOSE CABLE

STOCK R8169 MODULE WORKS FINE WITH THIS CHIPSET

Problem with MX-14 RC2 - No wired Ethernet for Realtek RTL8111/8168B, with no working driver in MX-14 RC2 (at least not running it live).

System: Dell XPS 8500 - Intel H77 chipset with Core i7 3770, 12GB DDR3, Nvidia GT 640

Ethernet Adapter section from lshw:

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           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
                vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: 07
                serial: b8:ca:3a:77:4d:86
                size: 10Mbit/s
                capacity: 1Gbit/s
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl8168e-3_0.0.4 03/27/12 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
                resources: irq:44 ioport:d000(size=256) memory:f2104000-f2104fff memory:f2100000-f2103fff

lspci network adapter section:

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03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 07)

hwinfo network adpater section:

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33: PCI 300.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.a3fVRnbG_tF
  Parent ID: Z7uZ.cTMhghLM911
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:03:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x8168 "RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x0545 
  Revision: 0x07
  Driver: "r8169"
  Driver Modules: "r8169"
  Device File: eth0
  I/O Ports: 0xd000-0xdfff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xf2104000-0xf2104fff (ro,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xf2100000-0xf2103fff (ro,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 44 (no events)
  HW Address: b8:ca:3a:77:4d:86
  Link detected: no
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd00008168sv00001028sd00000545bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: r8169 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe r8169"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #25 (PCI bridge)

lsmod:

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Module                  Size  Used by
dm_mod                 78611  0 
joydev                 16847  0 
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     35226  2 
wl                   3942985  0 
snd_hda_codec_realtek    40657  1 
x86_pkg_temp_thermal    12853  0 
snd_hda_intel          35030  1 
lib80211               12829  1 wl
ath3k                  12605  0 
intel_powerclamp       12882  0 
snd_hda_codec         130677  3 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel
nouveau               816906  2 
snd_hwdep              12910  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                69436  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc         12882  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq                47432  0 
snd_seq_device         12980  1 snd_seq
btusb                  21248  0 
snd_timer              22187  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
iTCO_wdt               12727  0 
arc4                   12453  2 
mxm_wmi                12467  1 nouveau
wmi                    17147  2 mxm_wmi,nouveau
coretemp               12734  0 
ttm                    55496  1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper         35224  1 nouveau
drm                   198116  4 ttm,drm_kms_helper,nouveau
iTCO_vendor_support    12585  1 iTCO_wdt
bluetooth             199360  3 ath3k,btusb
crc16                  12327  1 bluetooth
kvm_intel             128872  0 
i2c_algo_bit           12647  1 nouveau
ath9k                  84848  0 
kvm                   321419  1 kvm_intel
ath9k_common           12615  1 ath9k
ath9k_hw              387369  2 ath9k_common,ath9k
snd                    50842  11 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device
crc32_pclmul           12809  0 
psmouse                76603  0 
ath                    17153  3 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath9k_hw
i2c_i801               16843  0 
crc32c_intel           12624  0 
mac80211              406021  1 ath9k
soundcore              12890  1 snd
cfg80211              355997  4 wl,ath,ath9k,mac80211
rfkill                 18380  3 cfg80211,bluetooth
lpc_ich                16616  0 
pcspkr                 12531  0 
i2c_core               23342  5 drm,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,nouveau
evdev                  17172  5 
serio_raw              12737  0 
r8169                  59053  0 
mfd_core               12537  1 lpc_ich
aesni_intel            17934  1 
aes_i586               16647  1 aesni_intel
xts                    12583  1 aesni_intel
mii                    12595  1 r8169
lrw                    12686  1 aesni_intel
gf128mul               12834  2 lrw,xts
ablk_helper            12508  1 aesni_intel
cryptd                 14125  1 ablk_helper
fan                    12601  0 
processor              27676  0 
thermal                17268  0 
dcdbas                 13080  0 
mei_me                 13152  0 
mei                    44836  1 mei_me
video                  17513  1 nouveau
button                 12824  1 nouveau
thermal_sys            22845  6 fan,video,intel_powerclamp,thermal,processor,x86_pkg_temp_thermal
squashfs               30755  1 
nls_utf8               12416  1 
nls_cp437              12417  1 
vfat                   16967  1 
fat                    52607  1 vfat
hid_generic            12369  0 
usbhid                 39684  0 
hid                    76868  2 hid_generic,usbhid
pata_via               12722  0 
udf                    82501  0 
crc_itu_t              12331  1 udf
sg                     25573  0 
pata_atiixp            12659  0 
xhci_hcd              101977  0 
wusbcore               35595  0 
uwb                    60163  1 wusbcore
fuse                   72877  2 
uhci_hcd               26253  0 
ohci_pci               12704  0 
ohci_hcd               25681  1 ohci_pci
ehci_pci               12432  0 
ahci                   25000  0 
libahci                26693  1 ahci
ata_piix               29374  0 
libata                153279  5 ahci,libahci,pata_via,pata_atiixp,ata_piix
sd_mod                 43552  2 
crct10dif_generic      12517  1 
crc_t10dif             12399  1 sd_mod
crct10dif_common       12340  2 crct10dif_generic,crc_t10dif
sr_mod                 21563  0 
cdrom                  38861  1 sr_mod
usb_storage            43272  1 
scsi_mod              151166  5 sg,usb_storage,libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
aufs                  162113  2769 
isofs                  38663  0 
loop                   21865  3 
ehci_hcd               43617  1 ehci_pci
usbcore               133907  11 ath3k,btusb,uhci_hcd,usb_storage,wusbcore,ohci_hcd,ohci_pci,ehci_hcd,ehci_pci,usbhid,xhci_hcd
usb_common             12408  1 usbcore

Here's an old article that may or may not be pertinent (on building a rtl8111/rtl8198 driver):

http://unixblogger.wordpress.com/2011/1 ... rnet-card/

There may already be modules built in repos somewhere (I don't know), but I don't see anything other than the r8169 module running MX-14 RC2 live from a USB stick, and the r8169 driver doesn't work with this adapter (and I've tried manually removing it and reloading it again with modprobe, reconfiguing it using ifconfig, etc. -- no dice, the r8169 driver doesn't work with it, unless the install is missing firmware needed by it or something similar. But, I get the impression from some articles that a different driver is needed for the rtl8111/rtl8198 (see link above), and then you'd need to blacklist r8169, too. But, that article is from 2011, so things may have changed by now.

BTW, my wireless does work. This machine came with an Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) installed; and it's detected just fine and using the ath9k driver in MX-14

But, I have no wired Ethernet in MX-14 RC2; and I suspect this Dell is using a fairly common ethernet chipset if it's in this model (and the XPS 8500 has now been replaced by a newer XPS 8700, so the XPS 8500 is not brand new or anything.

[BitJam]

@JimC, I did a quick Google(Linux RTL8111/8168B) and saw lots of people had problems with this chipset. The solution seems to involve downloading a driver from the RealTek web site. IMO the big questions are: what is the license on that driver? Are we free to re-distribute it? Maybe there is a solution we can use in those search results.

[JimC]

IGNORE PROBLEM -- THIS WAS USER ERROR DUE TO A LOOSE CABLE

STOCK R8169 MODULE WORKS FINE WITH THIS CHIPSET

BTW, the driver from Realtek also works using the installed R8168 module (either way works fine).


Well... I don't know about the licensing. But, that driver is not working with my chipset.

I went ahead and installed MX-14 RC2 to a hard drive for further testing.

I've got the old r8169 driver removed, and even blacklisted it and rebooted after building the new driver, The new driver built fine and loads. But, the my wired ethernet does not work with it for some reason. It appears that realtek firmware is already installed. But, perhaps there is a minor diffrence in my chipset's revision or something.

I tried the latest 8.038 driver from realtek, which built a module named r8168 module I'm loading. I got it from this download page:

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/dow ... wn=false#2

But, no dice (isn't working).

Not a big deal to me, as my wireless is working with MX-14. But, others with the same wired ethernet chipset (in a Dell or similar machine) may have issues.

[JimC]

P.S.

Same thing in OpenSUSE Edu-Life 13.1 (more apps and more repos enabled compared to the standard OpenSUSE release)-- wired adapter not working, wireless is working.

I just finished installing it to another partition on my boot SSD (setup using btrfs so I can make snapshots as desired, so I can easily back out any changes if it gets messed up). I'm using YAST to install all updates to it now. Then, I'll play with the driver issue more as time permits.

Wired works in Windows 8. But, perhaps this chipset just doesn't like most Linux distros.