Comment 5 for bug 212497

About two days ago I downloaded Ubuntu 8.04 RC version (ubuntu-8.04-rc-desktop-i386.iso) and have just tested it.

Now it works!!! although the network driver installed is not r8168 but r8169, which did not work at all for RTL8111C ethernet chip in Ubuntu Linux 8.04 beta.

r8169 driver detected my ethernet chip and I can see its IP is allocated correctly. I'm using it now, and believe it is working fine.

I tested it for approximately 30 minutes and left it for about one hour then tested again. It is still working OK, and I could not find any problems so far.

However, I did not install it. I just used Live CD to see if it works, as my hard disk drive does not have enough space to backup the current system (Ubuntu 7.10) so I cannot install it now.

Can anyone actually install and test it?

I hope the final released version of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy will also have the network driver fixed. Otherwise, no network means I can do nothing because without network I cannot even get any bug fix patch files.

Thanks, Ubuntu Development Team!

Regards,
Kevin

P.S. Although lspci says my ethernet chip is RTL8111/8168B, yet according to the motherboard manual, it is RTL8111C, and when my PC is booted, I can see the network device is 8168. However, as I said, r8169 driver in Ubuntu 8.04 RC seems to work fine.

I've attached the result of lspci -vv.