Realtek 8126 driver not loaded
Installed Bazzite on a new build - 9800x3d with an Asus x870e-e which uses the Realtek 8126 ethernet controller. Bazzite is updated to the latest version, however it doesn't look like a LAN driver is available.
Does anyone know if there is there a driver upstream that will be coming shortly, and if so, when?
Can anything be done in the meantime to enable network functionality?
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I'm assuming you got a brand brand new motherboard and got a (to the kernel) unknown version of the chip.
I believe 6.13 adds some extra support for 8125 and 8126 RTL chips.
You could try bazzite-testing see if it loads
testing runs on 6.12, stable is still on 6.11
bazzite-rollback-helper rebase testingYou could try this, but i have zero idea if it works, or everything explodes.
https://github.com/openwrt/rtl8126
https://iiaku.com/2024/12/17/how-to-install-realtek-rtl8126-drivers-on-linux/
GitHub
GitHub - openwrt/rtl8126: Realtek 8126 Linux driver
Realtek 8126 Linux driver. Contribute to openwrt/rtl8126 development by creating an account on GitHub.
iiAku
How to Install Realtek RTL8126 Drivers on Linux
Hello folks,
Recently, I bought a brand new computer with the PRO-X870-P-WIFI motherboard. It has a Realtek® 8126VB 5G LAN port.
I have been running Linux for a while, especially Solus. I was surprised when I realized that my 5GbE port was not natively supported.
I started looking for drivers
I would just install testing
6.12:
So 100% testing should work
Oh, if it is in testing then 100% use that over what i found.
https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.12 has that in the commit log
Linux_6.12 - Linux Kernel Newbies
Summary of the changes and new features merged in the Linux kernel during the 6.12 development cycle
Solution
So use
bazzite-rollback-helper rebase testing and it should workuse USB tethering on your phone connected to Wifi as a workaround
or if Wifi works use that
thank you both for the quick replies. switching over to testing now and we'll see how things go
if either of you are still keeping an eye on this, will i need to switch back to stable once 612 launches to avoid staying on the testing kernel? if so, is it just bazzite-rollback-helper rebase stable for the terminal command?
switching to testing worked - thanks again to you both.
I'll let you know when the next stable version of bazzite is out
In the meantime you can track it here: https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/releases
GitHub
Releases · ublue-os/bazzite
Bazzite is a cloud native image built upon Fedora Atomic Desktops that brings the best of Linux gaming to all of your devices - including your favorite handheld. - ublue-os/bazzite
If you have any weird issues running the testing branch of bazzite, feel free to post about it in #🎮bazzite
because you'll be helping the testing branch until it releases to stable 🙂
updates to testing are quick so if there's a confirmed issue, shouldn't be long until the team pushes out another testing update
@icon New stable is out
So you can do
bazzite-rollback-helper rebase stable to go back to stablethanks so much!
support on the discord has been great - really makes me feel a lot more comfortable leaving windows behind.