Bug 9443

Summary:	mageia 2 and 3 platform x86 64 does not conect net, the pc has Ethernet realtek RTL8111/8168B
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Cibertxiki Fores <cibertxiki>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED OLD	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	mageia, marja11
Version:	Cauldron	Keywords:	NEEDINFO
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:		CVE:
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Description Cibertxiki Fores 2013-03-18 20:05:11 CET

Description of problem:mageia 2 and 3 platform x86 64 does not conect net, the pc has Ethernet realtek RTL8111/8168B . there is a bug about this problem in realtek page but i can't repear it, they talk about realtek drivers and conections whith modules 8168, but mageia only tries to connect with module 8169.
also as i can't connect the net i can't downloads drivers and programs (for .make or install)


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:  always, i never can connect net


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Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2013-03-19 00:25:20 CET

what for iso did you try ? is this only in the install (as you said in the component)

Comment 2 Cibertxiki Fores 2013-03-20 01:31:00 CET

I tried whith mageia2 livecd x86 64 ,in live no function net connection,
 mageia 2 livecd x 86 64, installed and no function net connection, 
mageia2 dvd x86 64, installing and no function net connetion,
 mageia 3 dvd live x86 64, in live no funtion net connection, 
the other programs function perfect, only no conect net, i
 can't download updates.
 i tried whith mageia2 32 bits live, in live net function perfect,
 mageia2 live 32 bits installed, net function perfect, mageia2 dvd 32
 bits installed, net fuction perfect,

 now i'm using mageia 2 32 bits cd live installed

 my english is short sorry.
 thanks

 cibertxiki

Comment 3 Manuel Hiebel 2013-03-21 00:22:39 CET

well, it can be a software issue or a driver one, 
so is, iwlist scan working: yes/no, what for driver is used (lscpidrake -v or lsmod) you could test with each isos

Component: Installer => RPM Packages

Comment 4 keith ericson 2013-05-29 06:26:10 CEST

I have a brand spanking new Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 motherboard that uses this NIC. I spent the weekend trying to get ANY 64-bit Linux to work with this NIC: Mandriva 2010.2, Fedora 18, Centos 5.9, Ubuntu 12.04 and 13.04. Not one of the 64-bit versions would connect, although they all recognized that the NIC is there. First clue that 32-bit would work was when I loaded Trinity Rescue Kit 3.4 and it worked just fine. So I tried Mandriva 2010.2 32-bit and *PRESTO* it worked: connects, dhcpd gets an address and all is right with the world.

When I found the Mageia distro I thought, since Version 3 was an April 2013 release, it might have fixed this very, VERY well known bug. Nope - same result as all the others: NIC is recognized, TX reports lots of sends, RX reports nothing received.

I have also tried the Mageia Live DVD 64-bit and it fails in the same way. Mageia Live DVD 32-bit works, as I have now come to expect.

keith ericson
email: mageia@compumetics.com

CC: (none) => mageia

Comment 5 Samuel Verschelde 2015-05-17 20:06:01 CEST

Do Mageia 4 & 5 perform better?

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Comment 6 Marja Van Waes 2015-09-22 20:53:20 CEST

(In reply to Samuel VERSCHELDE from comment #5)
> Do Mageia 4 & 5 perform better?

No reply and no "me too!s" since May 2013, closing as OLD

@ anybody still having this issue in Mga5 or caildron: please reopen this report, give details and remove NEEDINFO from the whiteboard

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => marja11
Resolution: (none) => OLD