Netgear GA511 operating problem with Ubuntu 8.04/8.10
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| linux (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Bug Description
I have a Netgear GA511 gigabit networking card installed in a Compaq nx7400 laptop connected to a 1G capable network. This card worked very well with Ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10. Once I upgraded to 8.04 and then 8.10 it does not work well. At first I thought it did not work at all since the Link/Act led remained off . I had several of my Linux expert buddies look into this and they could not figure out the problem especially since the card is listed on the HCL and I have the corresponding kernel module installed.
However, I have found that if I keep the laptop turned on, with the card installed and connected to the 1G network it will "wake up" and work properly after 3-8 hours. For laptops this is a problem since they are not generally left on this long.
I am running 8.10 with all updates
The driver is: r8169
I have attached the output of lspci -vvnn and dmesg for your reference. This output was generated after the card started functioning.
| Aland Adams (aland-hp) wrote | #1 |
| Przemek K. (azrael) wrote | #2 |
| affects: | ubuntu → linux (Ubuntu) |
| Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
| Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee) wrote | #3 |
| tags: | added: kj-expired |
| Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Incomplete → Expired |
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