I am running 16.04 LTS x64. Since kernel 4.4.0, I must always issue the command sudo modprobe r8169
after I boot, otherwise my ethernet connection does not work. If I check under network connections, an ethernet connection is listed, but if I click on the drop down menu in the system tray to see what connections are available, my ethernet connection is not listed.
If I run sudo lshw
after boot, but before I probe the module, it tells me that the networkcard is "UNCLAIMED".
Update 1:
The output of dkms status; grep r8169 /etc/modprobe.d/*
is as follows, and is identical before and after probing the module to get the ethernet connection working:
virtualbox, 5.0.18, 4.4.0-22-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox, 5.0.18, 4.4.9-040409-generic, x86_64: installed
/etc/modprobe.d/r8168-dkms.conf:# map the specific PCI IDs instead of blacklisting the whole r8169 module
/etc/modprobe.d/r8168-dkms.conf:# to blacklist the whole r8169 module
/etc/modprobe.d/r8168-dkms.conf:#blacklist r8169
How can I go about solving this issue? I would like to not have to probe the module on boot manually.
dkms status; grep r8169 /etc/modprobe.d/*
terminal command.