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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Expreß Root Port (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Expreß Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Expreß Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Expreß Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Expreß Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400M GS (rev a1)
06:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Expreß Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
08:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Firewire (IEEE 1394) (rev 02)
08:05.2 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MMC/SD Controller (rev 02)
08:05.3 Maß storage controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MS/xD Controller (rev 01)

Fixing the built-in Realtek network card

As the built-in network card currently doesn’t work with the r8169 driver in 2.6.24 kernel, you’ll have to built the r8168 driver provided by Realtek. After some research using ubuntuforums.org ([1] and [2]) and linuxquestions.org, I managed to fix some arising issues. Currently, you have to patch the driver provided by Realtek, because it isn’t working with 2.6.24’s network API. If you haven’t already done so, you have to install the build-essential package. Here’s how it works:

1. Download the latest driver for Linux kernel 2.6.x from the Realtek homepage.
2. Unpack it: tar xvf r8168-8.006.00.tar.bz2
3. Move it to /usr/src: sudo mv r8168-8.006.00 /usr/src/
4. Download the patch file which energymomentum posted at ubuntuforums.org
5. Move it to /usr/src/r8168-8.006.00/src: sudo mv r8168-8.006.00.hardy.diff /usr/r8168-8.006.00/src/
6. cd /usr/src/r8168-8.006.00/src
7. Apply the patch file: patch < r8168-8.006.00.hardy.diff
8. cd ..
9. Build the module: sudo make clean modules
10. Install the module: sudo make install
11. Generate module dependencies: sudo depmod -a
12. Load the module: sudo insmod ./src/r8168.ko
13. Blacklist the old driver: sudo sh -c 'echo "blacklist r8169" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-network'
14. Make changes permanent: sudo update-initramfs -u
15. Basically that’s it, after a reboot you’re ethernet card should be working

That’s it for now, if new issues arise, I will update this post.