[elrepo] elrepo Digest, Vol 56, Issue 5

Wed Feb 19 13:32:42 EST 2014

Hi, guys,

As it turns out, I'd correctly chosen the right kmod driver and had it
installed already on the machine, which is a RHEL 6.5 (Santiago) x86_64.
 Also have the local repository of the DVD iso mounted.

'yum grouplist' shows the installed and available groups but 'yum update'
won't work as there is still no net access (wired Ethernet) and of course
it wants me to register with Red Hat but unable to reach the server,
naturally.

So as far as I know, 6.5 would have the latest kernel, right?  Or am I
missing something here when doing the update locally?

Thanks!

David

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>    1. Atheros 8161 Gigabit ethernet controller (D. R. Hardy)
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> Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 14:27:27 -0500
> From: "D. R. Hardy" <drhardy84 at gmail.com>
> To: elrepo at lists.elrepo.org
> Subject: [elrepo] Atheros 8161 Gigabit ethernet controller
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> Greetings;
>
> I am given to understand that I can use one of the kmod-alx drivers to get
> a RHEL 6.5 machine's Atheros 8161 ethernet controller working (supplied
> with HP Pavilion).  I'm a RHEL subscriber with a developer license and have
> opened a problem report and gone through multiple procedures and internet
> searches and come up short.
>
> My machine has zero internet access at present and I also understand that I
> need to do the updates first before I can utilize any ethernet drivers.
>  But I can't get the updates without the net;  chicken-and-egg scenario
> here, as sneakernet and USB sticks are limited in this regard.
>
> Meanwhile there are four different kmod-alx drivers at elrepo;  which one
> to use?
>
> Any thoughts, advice, would be helpful and much appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> davidx
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> Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 20:25:46 +0000
> From: Alan Bartlett <ajb at elrepo.org>
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> Subject: Re: [elrepo] Atheros 8161 Gigabit ethernet controller
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> On 18 February 2014 19:27, D. R. Hardy <drhardy84 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Greetings;
> >
> > I am given to understand that I can use one of the kmod-alx drivers to
> get a
> > RHEL 6.5 machine's Atheros 8161 ethernet controller working (supplied
> with
> > HP Pavilion).  I'm a RHEL subscriber with a developer license and have
> > opened a problem report and gone through multiple procedures and internet
> > searches and come up short.
> >
> > My machine has zero internet access at present and I also understand
> that I
> > need to do the updates first before I can utilize any ethernet drivers.
>  But
> > I can't get the updates without the net;  chicken-and-egg scenario here,
> as
> > sneakernet and USB sticks are limited in this regard.
> >
> > Meanwhile there are four different kmod-alx drivers at elrepo;  which
> one to
> > use?
> >
> > Any thoughts, advice, would be helpful and much appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > davidx
>
> Look up the Vendor:Device ID pairing (the "fingerprint") for the
> problematical NIC. Just execute --
>
> lspci -nn | grep -i net
>
> Now search for the pairing on the DeviceIDs page [1]. If you obtain a
> match, then the relevant kmod package will be shown.
>
> Alan.
>
> [1] http://elrepo.org/tiki/DeviceIDs
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 00:11:06 +0000
> From: Phil Perry <phil at elrepo.org>
> To: elrepo at lists.elrepo.org
> Subject: Re: [elrepo] Atheros 8161 Gigabit ethernet controller
> Message-ID: <5303F69A.3030206 at elrepo.org>
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> On 18/02/14 19:27, D. R. Hardy wrote:
> > Greetings;
> >
> > I am given to understand that I can use one of the kmod-alx drivers to
> get
> > a RHEL 6.5 machine's Atheros 8161 ethernet controller working (supplied
> > with HP Pavilion).  I'm a RHEL subscriber with a developer license and
> have
> > opened a problem report and gone through multiple procedures and internet
> > searches and come up short.
> >
> > My machine has zero internet access at present and I also understand
> that I
> > need to do the updates first before I can utilize any ethernet drivers.
> >   But I can't get the updates without the net;  chicken-and-egg scenario
> > here, as sneakernet and USB sticks are limited in this regard.
> >
> > Meanwhile there are four different kmod-alx drivers at elrepo;  which one
> > to use?
> >
> > Any thoughts, advice, would be helpful and much appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > davidx
> >
> >
>
> Hi David,
>
> Yes, kmod-alx is the correct driver for the Atheros 8161 ethernet
> controller.
>
> The latest version, kmod-alx-0.0-8, was built against the RHEL-6.4
> kernel so you will need at least 6.4 installed before installing
> kmod-alx. If you're not already at at least 6.4, can you download the
> latest 6.5 DVD ISO image and update locally from that.
>
> Then just grab a copy of the latest kmod-alx RPM from the repository for
> your architecture and transfer via USB stick or similar onto the machine
> in question, install and reboot.
>
> x86:
>
> http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el6/i386/RPMS/kmod-alx-0.0-8.el6.elrepo.i686.rpm
>
> x86-64:
>
> http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el6/x86_64/RPMS/kmod-alx-0.0-8.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Phil
>
> PS - If it's not possible to update the system to at least 6.4, you
> might get away with updating just the kernel to the 6.4 kernel
> (kernel-2.6.32-358.el6), and be able to install the driver and get it
> working to facilitate a full update.
>
>
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