Thanks,

But something is not really clear to me.
Do I have to do all these steps in chroot environment?

chroot /opt/ltsp/i386

regards
Wim

Xavier Brochard wrote:
> Hi
>
> Le vendredi 12 février 2010 16:41:39, vous avez écrit :
>   
>> Ubuntu 9.04 Live CD verwendet kernel 2.6.28 and the network card is
>>  working. 
>>     
>
> Because they included the driver from the Realtek web site.
> However, I've added in my previous email simple steps to add the Realtek 
> driver in your current  distribution.
>
>   
>> Leider verwendet Debian Lenny kernel 2.6.26
>>     
>
> you forget to write in english :)
>
> regards
> xavier
>  
>   
>> Xavier Brochard wrote:
>>     
>>> Le jeudi 11 février 2010 19:09:30, Wim De Geeter a écrit :
>>>       
>>>> It seems that debian lenny did not include this module needed for my
>>>> card.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to insert this in the initramfs.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas how to solve this?
>>>>         
>>> From
>>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=558316
>>> "The Intel D945GSEJT mainboard ships with a RealTek rtl8168d network
>>> card, which wasn't supported before kernel 2.6.31. Be aware that starting
>>> with Debian's kernel 2.6.32, you'll need a binary firmware as well
>>> (rtl8168d-1.fw and rtl8168d-2.fw), which are not available yet."
>>>
>>>
>>> Googling for "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B" returns a
>>> bunch of messages.
>>>
>>> Extract for some answers:
>>> - Lenny load the right driver, but it doesn't work very well.
>>> - update the kernel to 2.6.28
>>> - see comment 21 on this bug ubuntu bug report:
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/141343
>>> - step by step for a past ubuntu version, but might help you (to do in
>>> chroot)
>>>
>>> 1 - Downloaded current driver from :
>>>  http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false
>>>  2 - Unpacked on the Desktop
>>>  3 - $ sudo mv r8168-8.004.00 /usr/src
>>>  4 - $ cd /usr/src/r8168-8.004.00
>>>  5 - $ sudo make clean modules
>>>  6 - $ sudo make install
>>>  7 - $ sudo depmod -a
>>>  8 - $ sudo insmod ./src/r8168.ko
>>>  9 - $ lsmod -a | grep 8186 #just to check it was there
>>>  10 - $ cd /etc/modprobe.d
>>>  11 - $ sudo touch blacklist-network
>>>  12 - $ vi blacklist-network # add "blacklist r8169" to the file
>>>  13 - $ sudo update-initramfs -u #to make the change permanent
>>>  14 - reboot
>>>  15 - ethtool -i eth0 #to see new driver assigned
>>>
>>>
>>> Aloso  lots of bug reports by googling on bugs.debian.org with
>>> "Realtek RTL8111/8168B  lenny site:bugs.debian.org"
>>>
>>> Xavier
>>> xav...@alternatif.org - 09 54 06 16 26
>>>       
>
> Xavier
> xav...@alternatif.org - 09 54 06 16 26
>   

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