Hi there,
for now, Manjaro manage my Ethernet with r8169 driver. My concern, is when my laptop goes in hibernation, the network card never went back: I’ve to restart the PC.
Here is the link with specifications for DELL G7 7700 (rtx2060 version, so network card isn’t RTL8111H) : https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/fr-fr/g-series-17-7700-laptop/dell-g7-17-7700-setup-and-specifications/communications?guid=guid-00670079-10ab-40ff-a2a8-fb1af87bcf86
Thanks for any help
Technical details from Manjaro
lspci -k -nn | grep -A 3 -i net ✔
00:14.3 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi [8086:06f0]
Subsystem: Rivet Networks Device [1a56:1652]
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: iwlwifi
00:15.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH Serial IO I2C Controller #0 [8086:06e8]
--
3c:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:2502] (rev 1f)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:09f9]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
then
inxi -Faz ✔
System:
Kernel: 6.1.12-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
root=UUID=dca8cecc-c26f-4f8b-b39c-1a12c8ae0445 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor resume=UUID=d97779d9-142d-430d-b9c0-e61a86feea80
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.26.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.8 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: G7 7700 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0M7GYR v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
v: 1.21.0 date: 12/16/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 72.2 Wh (100.0%) condition: 72.2/97.0 Wh (74.4%)
volts: 12.0 min: 11.4 model: BYD DELL XYCW008 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
status: full
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mobile Mouse MX
Anywhere 2S serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored)
rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-10750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake
gen: core 10 level: v3 note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xF4
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB
L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1891 high: 2600 min/max: 800/5000 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 2600 2: 900 3: 2600
4: 2600 5: 2600 6: 900 7: 2600 8: 900 9: 2600 10: 900 11: 900 12: 2600
bogomips: 62431
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: retbleed mitigation: Enhanced IBRS
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB
filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Dell driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9bc4
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA TU106M [GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile] vendor: Dell
driver: nvidia v: 525.89.02 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 525.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-02) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-22 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1f15 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-5:4 chip-ID: 0bda:565a class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.8
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: nouveau
alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4480x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1182x285mm (46.54x11.22")
s-diag: 1216mm (47.87")
Monitor-1: HDMI-1-0 pos: left res: 2560x1080 dpi: 81
size: 798x334mm (31.42x13.15") diag: 865mm (34.06") modes: N/A
Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: primary,right res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 128
size: 382x215mm (15.04x8.46") diag: 438mm (17.26") modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.5 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2)
direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell
driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-cnl
alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0401
Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:10f9 class-ID: 0403
Sound API: ALSA v: k6.1.12-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Interface: sndio v: N/A running: no
Sound Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 running: no
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi vendor: Rivet Networks
driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:06f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 3c:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:2502
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp60s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-14:8 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 480.93 GiB (34.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 102000WD temp: 44.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Toshiba model: KBG40ZNS512G
NVMe KIOXIA 512GB size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 10410106 temp: 34.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 914.28 GiB size: 898.86 GiB (98.31%)
used: 479.01 GiB (53.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 28.3 MiB (9.5%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16.93 GiB used: 1.89 GiB (11.2%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C pch: 46.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 327 Uptime: 34m wakeups: 4 Memory: 15.39 GiB
used: 5.6 GiB (36.4%) Init: systemd v: 252 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 clang: 15.0.7 Packages: 1912
pm: pacman pkgs: 1881 libs: 494 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 16
pm: snap pkgs: 15 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.25
Hi @Golfy,
This NIC can be a hit or miss - it may even change from kernel to kernel - at some point it did for my Clevo N141WU - for my hardware the kernel driver works best - but back-in-time the r8168 module was necessary to have functional NIC.
There is a package extra/linux61-r8168 which you may try instead of the kernel driver r8169.
As I’m new on linux (I’ve left Microsoft one year ago), I don’t know how to use this package (I’ve installed it with PAMAC but it seems I’m using each driver).
lspci -k -nn | grep -A 3 -i net ✔
00:14.3 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi [8086:06f0]
Subsystem: Rivet Networks Device [1a56:1652]
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: iwlwifi
00:15.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH Serial IO I2C Controller #0 [8086:06e8]
--
3c:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:2502] (rev 1f)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:09f9]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169, r8168
I’ve tried this command without success (network card disappear) :
sudo modprobe -r r8169 && sleep 3 && sudo modprobe r8168 && systemctl restart NetworkManager
Here is the result of previous command, with r8168 driver:
spci -k -nn | grep -A 3 -i net ✔ 15s
00:14.3 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi [8086:06f0]
Subsystem: Rivet Networks Device [1a56:1652]
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: iwlwifi
00:15.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH Serial IO I2C Controller #0 [8086:06e8]
--
3c:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:2502] (rev 1f)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:09f9]
Kernel modules: r8169, r8168
If you mean the r8168 driver, then you have to blacklist the r6189 driver and then it should be used automagically:
echo "blacklist r8169" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/r8169.conf
And reboot to see if it worked.
If it didn’t, just remove the file to reset everything to its current state:
sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/r8169.conf
As I recall the package automagically blacklist r8169
Just checked - it doesn’t - the install informs what to do
post_install() {
rebuild_module_dependencies
echo '>>> The module r8168 conflicts with r8169. You can blacklist it with:'
echo '>>> `echo "blacklist r8169" > /etc/modprobe.d/r8169_blacklist.conf`'
}
So @Mirdarthos is correct - after install you need to blacklist the kernel driver and restart your system
echo "blacklist r8169" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/r8169_blacklist.conf
If it doesn’t help you will have to redo - that is
sudo rm -f /etc/modprobe.d/r8169_blacklist.conf
sudo pacman -Rns linux61-r8168
reboot
The r8169 driver is automagically blacklisted if r8168 driver is installed via Manjaro Settings Manager GUI or
sudo mhwd -i pci network-r8168