Wired Connection Keeps Deactivating

So every few seconds (or minutes, it’s really random) Network manager pops a notification that my Wired connection has been disabled, after a few seconds it is back on until it happens again. I don’t really know what other info to give here, so i you want some info from a Terminal command, please let me know.

Thanks in advance.

Hi @GrindFreak, and welcome!

It sounds like a driver problem. But could also be hardware-related. We’ll need more information regarding your computer to be able to help. To that end, please see [HowTo] Provide System Information, [HowTo] post screenshots and links and, finally, [HowTo] Increase your chances of solving your issue.

Thank you very much for answering!
I followed the links you sent me and below i post the output of the following commands: export and inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --width

inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --width                                                                       ✔ 
System:
  Kernel: 5.16.2-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.16-x86_64
    root=UUID=8ca01669-9c05-46de-bcd2-d612d9820376 rw quiet apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11
    vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B450M S2H v: x.x
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: F50
    date: 11/27/2019
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.28 GiB used: 4.49 GiB (61.8%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega Graphics bits: 64 type: MCP
    arch: Zen family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x11 (17) stepping: 0
    microcode: 0x8101016
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 384 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 4 MiB
    desc: 1x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1535 high: 1584 min/max: 1600/3500 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1584 2: 1553
    3: 1492 4: 1513 bogomips: 27959
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext clflush clflushopt clzero cmov cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb cpuid
    cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid
    fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm
    mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc
    nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq
    pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse
    pse36 rapl rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni skinit smap
    smca sme smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 succor svm svm_lock
    syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme
    vmmcall wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  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: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
    disabled, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Raven Ridge [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series]
    driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15dd class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.org 1.21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
    loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
    resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 09:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:15de class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 09:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: C-Media USB PnP Audio Device type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-4:2 chip-ID: 0d8c:0136
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-4: Texas Instruments PCM2902 Audio Codec type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 3-2:2 chip-ID: 08bb:2902
    class-ID: 0300
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.16.2-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.43 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 bus-ID: 08:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp8s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 698.65 GiB used: 122.91 GiB (17.6%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WDS500G2B0A
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 90WD scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD2500BEVS-22UST0 size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 1.5 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1A01
    scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 457.09 GiB (98.20%)
    used: 122.91 GiB (26.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
    uuid: 8ca01669-9c05-46de-bcd2-d612d9820376
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: NO_LABEL
    uuid: BE77-F238
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-2: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 232.26 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 34989B56989B1608
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-4:2 info: C-Media USB PnP Audio Device type: Audio,HID
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0d8c:0136 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 1-5:3 info: [Maxxter] Optical Gaming Mouse [Xtrem]
    type: Mouse,Keyboard driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 18f8:0f97 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-2:2 info: Texas Instruments PCM2902 Audio Codec
    type: Audio,HID driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4
    rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 08bb:2902 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 16.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 30.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 243 Uptime: 2h 7m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 13.0.0 Packages: 1334 pacman: 1327 lib: 357
  flatpak: 0 snap: 7 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.12
export                                                                                                            ✔ 
COLORFGBG='15;0'
COLORTERM=truecolor
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS='unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus'
DESKTOP_SESSION=plasma
DISPLAY=:0
GTK2_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:/home/noisefuck/.gtkrc-2.0:/home/noisefuck/.config/gtkrc-2.0
GTK3_MODULES=xapp-gtk3-module
GTK_MODULES=canberra-gtk-module
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/noisefuck/.gtkrc:/home/noisefuck/.config/gtkrc
HOME=/home/noisefuck
KDE_APPLICATIONS_AS_SCOPE=1
KDE_FULL_SESSION=true
KDE_SESSION_UID=1000
KDE_SESSION_VERSION=5
KONSOLE_DBUS_SERVICE=:1.214
KONSOLE_DBUS_SESSION=/Sessions/1
KONSOLE_DBUS_WINDOW=/Windows/1
KONSOLE_VERSION=211201
LANG=C
LANGUAGE=''
LC_ADDRESS=el_GR.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=el_GR.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=el_GR.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY=el_GR.UTF-8
LC_NAME=el_GR.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC=el_GR.UTF-8
LC_PAPER=el_GR.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=el_GR.UTF-8
LC_TIME=el_GR.UTF-8
LESS=-R
LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\C-[[01;32m'
LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\C-[[01;32m'
LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\C-[[0m'
LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\C-[[0m'
LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\C-[[01;47;34m'
LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\C-[[0m'
LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\C-[[01;36m'
LOGNAME=noisefuck
LS_COLORS='rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=00:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.lz4=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.tzo=01;31:*.t7z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lrz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.lzo=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.zst=01;31:*.tzst=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.alz=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.cab=01;31:*.wim=01;31:*.swm=01;31:*.dwm=01;31:*.esd=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.mjpg=01;35:*.mjpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.webp=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.m4a=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.opus=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:'
LS_OPTIONS='--color=auto'
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/noisefuck
MOTD_SHOWN=pam
OLDPWD=/home/noisefuck
P9K_SSH=0
P9K_TTY=old
PAM_KWALLET5_LOGIN=/run/user/1000/kwallet5.socket
PATH=/home/noisefuck/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl:/var/lib/snapd/snap/bin
PKGFILE_PROMPT_INSTALL_MISSING=1
PROFILEHOME=''
PWD=/home/noisefuck
QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0
QT_LINUX_ACCESSIBILITY_ALWAYS_ON=1
SESSION_MANAGER=local/noisefuck:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/784,unix/noisefuck:/tmp/.ICE-unix/784
SHELL=/bin/bash
SHELL_SESSION_ID=e1cc4801247d41ddb75afaa901de6504
SHLVL=1
SYSTEMD_EXEC_PID=673
TERM=xterm-256color
USER=noisefuck
WINDOWID=100663303
XAUTHORITY=/home/noisefuck/.Xauthority
XCURSOR_SIZE=24
XCURSOR_THEME=breeze_cursors
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/home/noisefuck/.config/kdedefaults:/etc/xdg
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/home/noisefuck/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
XDG_SEAT=seat0
XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=KDE
XDG_SESSION_ID=2
XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session1
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
XDG_VTNR=1
_P9K_TTY=/dev/pts/1

Please provide the output for:

lsmod

When I first saw this:

I thought that’s the problem. And, indeed, it looks that way. There it’s recommended to use the r8168 driver instead. And it’s in the AUR:

$ pamac search r8168
[...]
r8168-dkms                                                                                                                                                                                                                           8.049.02-1   AUR
A kernel module for Realtek 8168 network cards (DKMS version)

So can be quite easily installed with:

pamac build r8168

So try it and see if it helps. I hope it does!

Hi,
Sorry for the late reply, have been very busy past days.
So i thought that this had worked for a day, and then it happened again.
I installed r8168, but im not sure if uninstalled the other drivers, or even running the one i installed for that matter(r8168).

Below i post the commands i posted in my earler post aswell as the command you asked for:

inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --width                                                                       ✔ 
System:
  Kernel: 5.16.2-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.16-x86_64
    root=UUID=8ca01669-9c05-46de-bcd2-d612d9820376 rw quiet apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11
    vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B450M S2H v: x.x
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: F50
    date: 11/27/2019
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.28 GiB used: 2.49 GiB (34.2%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega Graphics bits: 64 type: MCP
    arch: Zen family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x11 (17) stepping: 0
    microcode: 0x8101016
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 384 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 4 MiB
    desc: 1x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1472 high: 1615 min/max: 1600/3500 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1429 2: 1615
    3: 1422 4: 1424 bogomips: 27956
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext clflush clflushopt clzero cmov cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb cpuid
    cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid
    fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm
    mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc
    nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq
    pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse
    pse36 rapl rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni skinit smap
    smca sme smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 succor svm svm_lock
    syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme
    vmmcall wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  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: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
    disabled, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Raven Ridge [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series]
    driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15dd class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.org 1.21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
    loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
    resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 09:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:15de class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 09:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: C-Media USB PnP Audio Device type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-4:2 chip-ID: 0d8c:0136
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-4: Texas Instruments PCM2902 Audio Codec type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 3-2:2 chip-ID: 08bb:2902
    class-ID: 0300
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.16.2-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.43 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel modules: r8168 port: f000
    bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp8s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: deprecated dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 698.65 GiB used: 338.41 GiB (48.4%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WDS500G2B0A
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 90WD scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD2500BEVS-22UST0 size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 1.5 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1A01
    scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 457.09 GiB (98.20%)
    used: 108.38 GiB (23.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
    uuid: 8ca01669-9c05-46de-bcd2-d612d9820376
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: NO_LABEL
    uuid: BE77-F238
  ID-3: /run/media/noisefuck/34989B56989B1608 raw-size: 232.26 GiB
    size: 232.26 GiB (100.00%) used: 230.04 GiB (99.0%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sdb2
    maj-min: 8:18 label: N/A uuid: 34989B56989B1608
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-4:2 info: C-Media USB PnP Audio Device type: Audio,HID
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0d8c:0136 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 1-5:3 info: [Maxxter] Optical Gaming Mouse [Xtrem]
    type: Mouse,Keyboard driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 18f8:0f97 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-2:2 info: Texas Instruments PCM2902 Audio Codec
    type: Audio,HID driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4
    rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 08bb:2902 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 16.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 34.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 229 Uptime: 25m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 13.0.0 Packages: 1338 pacman: 1330 lib: 357
  flatpak: 0 snap: 8 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.12

export                                                                                                            ✔ 
COLORFGBG='15;0'
COLORTERM=truecolor
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS='unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus'
DESKTOP_SESSION=plasma
DISPLAY=:0
GTK2_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:/home/noisefuck/.gtkrc-2.0:/home/noisefuck/.config/gtkrc-2.0
GTK3_MODULES=xapp-gtk3-module
GTK_MODULES=canberra-gtk-module
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/noisefuck/.gtkrc:/home/noisefuck/.config/gtkrc
HOME=/home/noisefuck
KDE_APPLICATIONS_AS_SCOPE=1
KDE_FULL_SESSION=true
KDE_SESSION_UID=1000
KDE_SESSION_VERSION=5
KONSOLE_DBUS_SERVICE=:1.107
KONSOLE_DBUS_SESSION=/Sessions/1
KONSOLE_DBUS_WINDOW=/Windows/1
KONSOLE_VERSION=211201
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=''
LC_ADDRESS=el_GR.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=el_GR.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=el_GR.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY=el_GR.UTF-8
LC_NAME=el_GR.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC=el_GR.UTF-8
LC_PAPER=el_GR.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=el_GR.UTF-8
LC_TIME=el_GR.UTF-8
LESS=-R
LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\C-[[01;32m'
LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\C-[[01;32m'
LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\C-[[0m'
LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\C-[[0m'
LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\C-[[01;47;34m'
LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\C-[[0m'
LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\C-[[01;36m'
LOGNAME=noisefuck
LS_COLORS='rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=00:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.lz4=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.tzo=01;31:*.t7z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lrz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.lzo=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.zst=01;31:*.tzst=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.alz=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.cab=01;31:*.wim=01;31:*.swm=01;31:*.dwm=01;31:*.esd=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.mjpg=01;35:*.mjpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.webp=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.m4a=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.opus=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:'
LS_OPTIONS='--color=auto'
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/noisefuck
MOTD_SHOWN=pam
OLDPWD=/home/noisefuck
P9K_SSH=0
P9K_TTY=old
PAM_KWALLET5_LOGIN=/run/user/1000/kwallet5.socket
PATH=/home/noisefuck/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl:/var/lib/snapd/snap/bin
PKGFILE_PROMPT_INSTALL_MISSING=1
PROFILEHOME=''
PWD=/home/noisefuck
QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0
QT_LINUX_ACCESSIBILITY_ALWAYS_ON=1
SESSION_MANAGER=local/noisefuck:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/800,unix/noisefuck:/tmp/.ICE-unix/800
SHELL=/bin/bash
SHELL_SESSION_ID=a99562b752044b76bf2902b360753ac4
SHLVL=1
SYSTEMD_EXEC_PID=689
TERM=xterm-256color
USER=noisefuck
WINDOWID=4194311
XAUTHORITY=/home/noisefuck/.Xauthority
XCURSOR_SIZE=24
XCURSOR_THEME=breeze_cursors
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/home/noisefuck/.config/kdedefaults:/etc/xdg
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/home/noisefuck/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
XDG_SEAT=seat0
XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=KDE
XDG_SESSION_ID=2
XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session1
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
XDG_VTNR=1
_P9K_TTY=/dev/pts/1

lsmod                                                                                                             ✔ 
Module                  Size  Used by
ntfs3                 274432  0
qrtr                   57344  4
rfkill                 32768  3
vfat                   24576  1
fat                    90112  1 vfat
intel_rapl_msr         20480  0
intel_rapl_common      32768  1 intel_rapl_msr
edac_mce_amd           53248  0
kvm_amd               167936  0
mousedev               24576  0
joydev                 28672  0
amdgpu               8699904  37
kvm                  1089536  1 kvm_amd
snd_usb_audio         385024  2
snd_hda_codec_realtek   163840  1
gigabyte_wmi           20480  0
snd_hda_codec_generic    98304  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     86016  1
ledtrig_audio          16384  1 snd_hda_codec_generic
wmi_bmof               16384  0
snd_hda_intel          61440  4
irqbypass              16384  1 kvm
snd_usbmidi_lib        45056  1 snd_usb_audio
crct10dif_pclmul       16384  1
snd_rawmidi            53248  1 snd_usbmidi_lib
crc32_pclmul           16384  0
snd_seq_device         16384  1 snd_rawmidi
ghash_clmulni_intel    16384  0
aesni_intel           380928  0
r8168                 573440  0
crypto_simd            16384  1 aesni_intel
snd_intel_dspcfg       32768  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_intel_sdw_acpi     20480  1 snd_intel_dspcfg
mc                     65536  1 snd_usb_audio
cryptd                 28672  2 crypto_simd,ghash_clmulni_intel
snd_hda_codec         184320  4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek
rapl                   16384  0
snd_hda_core          118784  5 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hwdep              20480  2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm               167936  5 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
sp5100_tco             20480  0
gpu_sched              53248  1 amdgpu
snd_timer              45056  1 snd_pcm
drm_ttm_helper         16384  1 amdgpu
r8169                 106496  0
ccp                   131072  1 kvm_amd
snd                   126976  24 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi
i2c_piix4              36864  0
pcspkr                 16384  0
k10temp                16384  0
ttm                    86016  2 amdgpu,drm_ttm_helper
rng_core               16384  1 ccp
soundcore              16384  1 snd
realtek                36864  1
wmi                    40960  2 gigabyte_wmi,wmi_bmof
video                  57344  0
gpio_amdpt             20480  0
gpio_generic           20480  1 gpio_amdpt
pinctrl_amd            32768  0
mac_hid                16384  0
acpi_cpufreq           32768  0
uinput                 20480  0
vboxnetflt             32768  0
vboxnetadp             28672  0
squashfs               77824  7
loop                   36864  14
vboxdrv               540672  2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
ipmi_devintf           20480  0
ipmi_msghandler        81920  1 ipmi_devintf
sg                     45056  0
fuse                  172032  7
crypto_user            20480  0
ip_tables              32768  0
x_tables               61440  1 ip_tables
ext4                  999424  1
crc32c_generic         16384  0
crc16                  16384  1 ext4
mbcache                16384  1 ext4
jbd2                  192512  1 ext4
usbhid                 73728  0
serio_raw              20480  0
atkbd                  36864  0
libps2                 20480  1 atkbd
crc32c_intel           24576  2
i8042                  45056  0
xhci_pci               20480  0
xhci_pci_renesas       24576  1 xhci_pci
serio                  28672  4 serio_raw,atkbd,i8042

Let’s try blacklisting the current one:

sudo sh -c 'echo blacklist r8169 >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf'

Followed by re-installing to driver:

pamac build r8168-dkms

And rebooting to see what happens.

Well… it seems to be working I guess :slight_smile:
Thank you very much for your help!

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