[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

Martin - The kernel oops reported in https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/223656/comments/1 has been fixed. This driver has other issues, but I'm marking this one as fix released. Steve has confirmed that the oops no longer happens. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Hardy) S

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

Now i can report, tahat with newest 19 gneric kernel the NIC works well, i havent tried S3 or S4, but now it is runnig 24 hour well. Thank you Jan -- RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223656 You received this bug notification because y

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

Hi Steve, my failure on the Dell Vostro is with the ide drivers. Adding "all_generic_ide" in grub allows the system to run. Of course, the LiveCD won't boot. Thanks.Peter -- RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223656 You received thi

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

Polvell, are you failing on the NIC driver with the old LiveCD or you fail on ide channel? -- RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223656 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubu

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

Three or four times ! That's good. I think I might have had a successful restore once. Certainly not more. I tried it yesterday with the all_generic_ide fix to see if that helped. Nah. Reloaded all the pages and then froze at "Suspending console(s)" This is the Dell Vostro 200, by the way. --

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

Sorry for the misleading. Actually I am not meaning RUN LEVEL 4. I mean when we go to hibernate for 3 or 4 times without reboot. r8169 will fail to load on the RTL8102EL NIC card. -- RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223656 You received

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

I've no permission to look at bug 240648! But, 8.04 worked/installed on Dell/Vostro for several boots [until we hit run level 4 a few times!]. Go figure! -- RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223656 You received this bug notification b

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

Please look at issue #240648, we find the updated R8169.c driver will fail to load after system go to S4 for 3 or 4 times. And eth0 will disappear. I tested it with same platform I reported this issue(223656) and checked with latest latest 2.6.24-19-generic kernel. And still can find this issue.

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

Reopening then, thanks for testing! ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Hardy) Status: Fix Released => Confirmed -- RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223656 You received this bug notification becaus

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

Great thing is, that thic cd boots, it doesn't hangup during initram. But the NIC doesn't work out of the box. Jan -- RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223656 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, w

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

As reported earlier [similar Dell Vostro], this liveCD fails.Note: 'all-generic-ide' works for me! -- RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223656 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

hello, i have intel little falls motherboard with the same NIC. I can do some tests for you, if i am not sure, what would help you. I try the current daily live CD. If it's OK? -- RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223656 You received thi

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

The image from I downloaded this morning does NOT solve the problem. I tried to boot as LiveCD and it arrived at busybox. This is a Dell Vostro 200 (SATA disk, SATA DVD, no floppy, Core 2 Duo) -- RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

I'll test live-cd later today and will let you know. thanks. -- RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223656 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

Please take a look at Bug #240470. I'm having another issue that might be related to this one even using the -19.33 kernel; did any of you see anything similar? -- RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223656 You received this bug notificati

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

Copied to hardy-updates. The new kernel was tested extensively by many people, who reported back in other bug reports. Due to lack of feedback, this particular bug was not confirmed to be tested, though. Please report back here if the bug still occurs for you with the new kernel packages, then we w

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

We are currently building candidates for Ubuntu 8.04.1, which you can get from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/hardy/daily-live/current (desktop) and http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/hardy/daily/current (alternates). They should fix this particular bug, too. Testing and verification appreciated! -- RTL8102EL

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

Sounds like we bought the same system; and, I too plan to develop/play on this Vostro! Your grub circumvent suggestion works fine, but I only rebooted 3 times! Let me know if you need help [I used text editor and have a terminal log of pertinent changes]. Otherwise, I'm using Linksys USB adapter f

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

I'm also having problems on a Vostro 200. It worked OK for a while (several weeks, occasional usage) but has now become unbootable. During the attempt, it drops to BusyBox but still keeps trying, producing lots of errors (but I'm not familiar with how to save them -- maybe a digital camera of the

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

Tim, Just saw this bug, I've reported my "live cd" problem by updating Bug#32123 with [probably] too much detail. I wound up looking at my initramfs looping and should have come to you guys. I encountered problems booting my new Vostro 200 [dual core Intel 2180]. Appears to be with DVD/hard dri

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Target: ubuntu-8.04.1 => None -- RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223656 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs ma

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

Accepted into -proposed, please test and give feedback here ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Hardy) Status: New => Fix Committed -- RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223656 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

SRU Justification: Impact: Some models of RTL8102EL NIC cause kernel oops during module load. Patch Description: Perform PCI initialization earlier in load sequence. Patch: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu- hardy.git;a=commit;h=222947b1ea81041269639ddb2033f252a5e0ed25 TEST CASE: See

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

Tim, Thank you for the fix. We finally get the HW in Dell and Scott help to verify your fix on this issue with our prototype finally and proved to pass the NIC test. You can go on to officially publish it according to your process. Just one question to you, how will you provide the fix to us, by u

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

For the ubuntu8.04 install issue ,issue fixed with this solution. The steps is: 1. Put the following line to the file: /etc/apt/source.list. deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/timg-tpi/ubuntu hardy main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/timg-tpi/ubuntu hardy main 2. run Synaptic with internet connectio

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

** Tags added: hw-specific -- RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223656 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com h

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

SRU Justification: Impact: r8169 driver crashes during boot. Patch description: The PCI device pointer is initialized prior to be dereferenced. Patch: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu- hardy.git;a=commit;h=222947b1ea81041269639ddb2033f252a5e0ed25 TEST CASE: Certain motherboards with

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu- hardy.git;a=commit;h=222947b1ea81041269639ddb2033f252a5e0ed25 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223656 You recei

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

I am checking if Realtek can provide source code and allow source code be integrated to upstream kernel driver. -- RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223656 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

Tim -, We tried all the PCI options but still get the same problem. And today, we tried the source code from RealTek, and it can successfully loaded in hardy. Here is the steps we take 1. Install Ubuntu 7.10. NIC is recogonized as rtl8169 and driver is loaded but not functional. 2. Upgrade to 8.0

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

Steve - I think somehow we are going to have to instrument and debug this issue. Somebody with kernel development abilities is going to have to get their hands on this hardware in order to figure out why the PCI code is crashing. In the meantime, there are a couple of other PCI options you could t

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

We have tried both pci=bios and pci=nobios before and can find this problem all the time. We will vistit ODM tomorrow, and will get pci ids then. And we also try the beta driver from Realtek. For this beta driver, we need to check if it's OK to be integrate into upstream kernel. -- RTL8102EL N

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

Steve: I wanted the PCI IDs for the ethernet chipset. MSI is described here: http://lwn.net/Articles/44139/ There are various flags you can pass at kernel boot time that allow you to control the PCI BIOS stuff. You can read about them in the kernel source code under Documentation/kernel-parameter

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

Yes, it's rtl18169_init_one(). Actually I believe it's a kernel issue that we lost the 2nd digit of each 2 digits. That means if there is "2.6.24-16-generic" printed by printk, it will appear on the monitor as "2.6.2-1-generic". I duplicate this lost digit issue on our RTSed platform with AHCI

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

Steve - could you PCI identifiers for this NIC? Is the motherboard capable of using MSI? -- RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223656 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

Steve - the dmesg that you have attached appears to be garbled. The first line makes no sense 'Linux version 2.6.2-1-generic'. It ought to be ' Linux version 2.6.24-16-generic'. Are you using a serial device or something to capture the console? The stack trace is similarly confusing in that it ref

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

We can't with this issue to boot the system to do the ODM testing in May. It's urgent for us. ** Changed in: dell Importance: Undecided => Critical -- RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223656 You received this bug notification becaus

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Invalid -- RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223656 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubunt

[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

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[Bug 223656] Re: RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail

** Attachment added: "Dmesg log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13985749/C%3A%5CDocuments%20and%20Settings%5Csteve_zhang%5C%E6%A1%8C%E9%9D%A2%5Cvm.log ** Also affects: dell Importance: Undecided Status: New -- RTL8102EL NIC chip cause Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD boot up fail fail https://bu