Linux kernel lts in system testing 30 October 2017, 02:19:56 On installing this kernel and rebooting networking would not start a downgrade to the system kernel made networking work again.
Re: Linux kernel lts in system testing Reply #1 – 30 October 2017, 03:15:51 are you getting any errors on dmesg? your network module is probably not loaded/updated/workingmore info is needed - network module, network setup, errors in dmesg, etcfor instance i use r8168 module (package from extra) and on linux-ck i have to rebuild each time the kernel upgrades
Re: Linux kernel lts in system testing Reply #2 – 30 October 2017, 04:09:17 r8168: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout ............ dmesg when network not working
Re: Linux kernel lts in system testing Reply #3 – 30 October 2017, 09:49:10 Quote from: robin0800 – on 30 October 2017, 04:09:17r8168: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout ............ dmesg when network not workingYour r8168 module is probably from arch's repos, as we don't provide it in ours and linux-lts in testing is newer than arch's. I suggest you use r8168-dkms.
Re: Linux kernel lts in system testing Reply #4 – 30 October 2017, 12:27:00 The r8168-lts I was using is in community the r8168-dkms is in arch.using the dkms driver does indeed work with the new kernel.Should r8168-dkms be in the repo's ?