Realtek Network Card Detection

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Hello,

I have successfully built the Falkon browser on PC hardware using the NOVA kernel. My system is equipped with two network cards: one Intel e1000 and one Realtek. While the e1000 card is recognized and functions correctly, the Realtek card is not being detected or initialized.

Interestingly, this issue does not occur on Sculpt OS, where both network cards are identified and work without any issues. My good friend Sedric (ttcoder) suggested implementing a delay to address the problem, but this did not resolve the issue. I also attempted to change the initialization order, prioritizing the Realtek card over the e1000, but the Realtek card still failed to be recognized.

I would greatly appreciate any insights or advice on how to troubleshoot and resolve this problem.

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Ah so that ‘delay’ trick did not work, dang. So that is not the only/significant difference between your system scenario and SculptOS…

I guess you’ll want to provide us with more information, especially the Log (text capture, or screen grab)

Some others ideas…

  • did you try to create your system from the latest Genode 24.08 ? The release notes mention an upgrade of the drivers’ Linux upstream
  • does your system composition work with on another device ? (just to rule out a composition/configuration problem) Does it work in a VM like Virtual Box ?