linux-kernel - Re: Oops with Gigabyte motherboard "GA-X48-DQ6" and r8168 Realtek driver

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Date:	Fri, 9 Jan 2009 22:52:45 +0100
From:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
To:	Roman Medina-Heigl Hernandez <roman@...labs.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Oops with Gigabyte motherboard "GA-X48-DQ6" and r8168 Realtek driver

Roman Medina-Heigl Hernandez wrote:
> It includes two RTL8111/8168B NICs, which seem the cause of the kernel
> crashes (*but I'm not sure*)..., a Quad core, 4GB RAM and two 500GB HDs.
> 
> I installed Debian Linux (4.0) on it and I'm getting *kernel panic*
> errors (r8168 module) when set to production state. I couldn't get any
> kernel debug messages since I'm using Debian stock kernel
> (2.6.18-6-686-bigmem) and I'm not a kernel hacker either.

Have you tried the 2.6.24 kernel that is available for Debian Etch? That 
seems to me the most logical thing to try first as a possible solution.

It was included as part of the "Etch and a half" stable release update 
[1].

Cheers,
FJP

[1] http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/etchnhalf
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