Blacklist r8169 driver

 · blacklisted the r module in /etc/modprobe.d/ rebooted. It didn't work, as lsmod still listed the module as in use, and lspci -v still told me that the card was using the r driver and module. I finally managed to blacklist the module passing the option to grub, by adding www.doorway.ruist=r to the default command line in /etc.  · Blacklisting the r driver: The r is loaded when the r is not found on your system. This will give you a network and internet connection, but with the r driver your RTL card will be very unstable. To use the r module explicitly you can add the r module to not be loaded by adding it to a blacklist file. Enter the following command to configure the blacklist. sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-rconf /dev/null.

Blacklisting the r driver: The r is loaded when the r is not found on your system. This will give you a network and internet connection, but with the r driver your RTL card will be very unstable. The driver r is problematic and there are several things we might try. Let's start with the simplest first and see if we can fix it. If not, I will edit this answer to proceed to the more complex. Please open a terminal and do: sudo ethtool -s eth0 speed duplex full autoneg off. Now check: dmesg | grep eth0. No luck - each time ubuntu boots, r is right back there, like a bad penny. Here is the pertinent portion of the www.doorway.ru file: # don't let the realtek r driver load blacklist r Output of the lsmod command (portion): hid 1 usbhid r 0 xhci_hcd 0.

My network card doesn't work with the r drivers, so I blacklisted that one and manually installed the r drivers. Any improvement? If you have compiled the r driver, I suggest you blacklist r sudo -i echo "blacklist r" >. blacklist r It seems to have works and I now see this line in the log: Oct 27 kernel: r Gigabit Ethernet driver.