Bug#611954: r8169: unable to start network after squeeze upgrade to kernel 2.6.32

2011-08-07 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2011-08-07 at 11:58 +1000, Gerry Butler wrote: > I have a partial upgrade to squeeze and I am unable to continue because there > is no network connection. > > I followed recommendations in squeeze release notes. That is > > 1. do a minimal upgrade. > > 2. upgrade kernel and udev. > > 3

Bug#611954: r8169: unable to start network after squeeze upgrade to kernel 2.6.32

2011-08-07 Thread Gerry Butler
I have now bypassed the problem by installing another network  interface  card.  I was able to continue the squeeze upgrade,  which is now essentially complete. However the onboard ethernet adaptor is still not working. syslog still contains a message ``eth0: unable to apply firmware patch''. I wo

Bug#611954: r8169: unable to start network after squeeze upgrade to kernel 2.6.32

2011-08-06 Thread Gerry Butler
I have a partial upgrade to squeeze and I am unable to continue because there is no network connection. I followed recommendations in squeeze release notes. That is 1. do a minimal upgrade. 2. upgrade kernel and udev. 3. During kernel upgrade, apt-get reported missing firmware files: r8169: r