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KoenK Guest
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Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 13:30 Post subject: add client to m23 using realtek 8168 network card on laptop |
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hallo,
By adding some laptops to the m23 system the client gets network and starts installing but loses his network over and over again.
Changing the network card model is difficult beacuse its a laptop.
What would you suggest?
I've tried everything
thanks in advance
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Maren Guest
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 19:00 Post subject: |
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Hallo!
If you've really tried everything, then we won't be able to help you
No, seriously, could you tell us what you tried so we don't suggest things you already did?
(like checking network cables, trying the same on another machine with another nw-card,...)
A web search told us that there may be problems caused by the kernel module for this specific network card on Ubuntu.
Did you try to install Ubuntu on the laptops? Which version? Is there a BIOS option in the laptop firmware which is called something like 'deep sleep' (energy saving)?
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FillFeile
Joined: 28 Mar 2014 Posts: 11
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:25 Post subject: Same problem with the realtek 8168 |
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I have nearly the same problem with this network card. I am currently trying to setup a Dell vostro 1520 with a Realtek 8168 as a m23 client.
If I boot the laptop over PXE the system starts fine but then displays the following to me: [screen has terminated]. After activating the console, this is a part of the dmesg output:
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r8169 ... eth0: unable to load firmware patch rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw (-2)
r8169 ... eth0: link down
r8169 ... eth0: link up
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Please help me with fixing this problem and let me know if you need more information.
Thanks FillFeile |
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Maren Guest
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 16:31 Post subject: |
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Thank you, FillFeile for concretizing the problem.
So now we know that it is the m23 netboot image which seems not to contain the firmware for you network card.
Unfortunately, there is not much you can do about this if you want to do a network boot, we will have to put the necessary firmware into the netboot image.
This will be difficult, as there are a lot of different network card requiring different drivers, although they all have the same name / number ...
We will look into this more closely next week.
Could you meanwhile tell us which m23 you are using?
If you need an ad hoc solution, you can only install the distro without m23 and then integrate it...
Note to self: Look here for solution help: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=657544 |
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FillFeile
Joined: 28 Mar 2014 Posts: 11
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 7:54 Post subject: |
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Sorry Maren, maybe I was a bit too fast with my complain.
Our problem was the result of a buggy DHCP setup. After fixing this, all works fine.
Thank you for your answer anyway. |
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 17:01 Post subject: |
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Mmmh. Strange error message for this kind of problem - but I'm happy to hear it's working now! |
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