Realtek card support

Support
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Hello,

  • OpenMandriva Lx version: ROME 24.12 Live USB

  • Desktop environment (KDE, LXQT…): KDE (wayland)

  • Description of the issue (screenshots if relevant): No wired internet connection.

  • Relevant informations (hardware involved, software version, logs or output…): Missing support for Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 network card. lspci -v output: 72:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
    Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 65d1
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
    I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
    Memory at 84304000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    Memory at 84300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Capabilities:
    Kernel driver in use: r8169
    Kernel modules: r8169

ip link show output:
2: enp114s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 80:fa:5b:69:dd:af brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Previously I tried to install r8168-dkms driver and blacklist the r8169 driver, as many thought the latter was not working properly. It didn’t work on any distributions since 6.12 kernel update. Last time I had wired internet connection was with fedora 41 a few weeks ago (cannot remember kernel version).
Can this issue be solved in OpenMandriva? If yes, how and when? Thanks in advance for your replies.

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The issue is more is the device supported by kernel.org. You can check that here. If it is and is not working then file a bug report here. Select New issue>Bug report.

If it is not supported by kernel.org is there a Linux driver for the device somewhere else? And if there is would the license be compatible with OM policy. Some licenses we can not support. It there is such a driver somewhere you can make a package request here. Select New issue>Package request.

Edit: You might get a different or quicker answer at OM-Chat. See post below for the wiki link.

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