[Mageia-discuss] Cannot connect to the internet (ethernet) without an extra command

[Dimitrios Glentadakis]

Στις Πέμπτη 03 Μάρτιος 2011 18:42:35 γράψατε:
> i have this card internet
> r8169           : Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.|RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [NETWORK_ETHERNET] (rev: 03)
> And with Mageia i did nt have any problem since yesterday that i dont have internet connexion
> 
> To be connected i have to execute this commande:
> ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off
> 
> Before (mandriva) i had this setting:
> 
> i created this file:
> /etc/modprobe.d/r8169.conf
> 
> with this content:
> # turn off autonegotiation on the r8169 ethernet driver
> install r8169 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install r8169 && /usr/sbin/ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off
> 
> 
> The problem is that now it does nt work and i have to run the command "ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off" manually
> 
> Is any other setting that i can to do have internet connexion on every boot, or to execute this command on boot
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
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I added the command in the file /etc/rc.d/rc.local and it is connected after reboot.
/etc/rc.d/


[dglent at localhost ~]$ cat /etc/rc.d/rc.local 
#!/bin/sh
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: rc.local
# X-Mandriva-Compat-Mode
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Short-Description: Local initialization script
# Description: This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
#              You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't
#              want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.
### END INIT INFO

touch /var/lock/subsys/local
ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off

I dont know if it is important but it has the word Mandriva this file


-- 
Dimitrios Glentadakis