but surely with this ethernet won't going anywhere... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-firmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1782608
Title: Fresh Ubuntu 18.04 install uses wrong Realtek wired network driver. Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Hi there, Installing Ubuntu 18.04 on my newish laptop which contains a Realtek 8168 NIC seems to use the r8169 driver by default, and should use the r8168 in order to work properly. To fix, I removed or blocked the 8169 driver, installed the 8168 driver and then reconfigured NetworkManager - which was quite difficult for a new user like me. I've included details from my system since I addressed the issue yesterday. Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help more. ~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Release: 18.04 ~$ apt-cache policy r8168-dkms r8168-dkms: Installed: 8.045.08-2 Candidate: 8.045.08-2 Version table: *** 8.045.08-2 500 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ~$ neofetch OS: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS x86_64 Host: Aspire A515-51G V1.10 Kernel: 4.15.0-23-generic Uptime: 30 mins Packages: 2124 Shell: bash 4.4.19 Resolution: 1920x1080 Terminal: gnome-terminal CPU: Intel i5-8250U (8) @ 3.400GHz GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 620 GPU: NVIDIA GeForce MX150 Memory: 3457MiB / 7725MiB ~$ sudo lshw -c network *-network description: Ethernet interface product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0.1 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.1 logical name: enp2s0f1 version: 12 serial: 98:29:a6:40:b5:f1 size: 10Mbit/s capacity: 1Gbit/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8168 driverversion=8.045.08-NAPI duplex=half latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10Mbit/s resources: irq:128 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:a4204000-a4204fff memory:a4200000-a4203fff ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: linux-firmware 1.173.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-23.25-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-23-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: kpatch_livepatch_Ubuntu_4_15_0_23_25_generic_40 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: communitheme:ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Jul 19 09:56:08 2018 Dependencies: InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-16 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: linux-firmware UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/1782608/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp