[Bug 1780654] Re: Realtek Ethernet driver lost after update to kernel 4.15.0-24

Do you have any special reason to use r8168-dkms instead of the default
one, r8169?

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Title:
Realtek Ethernet driver lost after update to kernel 4.15.0-24

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed

Bug description:
After automatic update to kernel 4.15.0-24 from 4.13 in my Ubuntu
16.04 desktop installation, the ethernet driver r8168 dissapears and
the device is not recognized by the system.

This issue appears every time my kernel is updated. I assume this is
because I installed the latest version from the vendor manually.
(8.45)

It is usually solved rebuilding the driver. But with this kernel
update, now the driver update procedure fails in the compilation
phase.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-image-4.13.0-45-generic 4.13.0-45.50~16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-45.50~16.04.1-generic 4.13.16
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-45-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: i3
Date: Sun Jul 8 17:39:03 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-04 (399 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
SourcePackage: linux-hwe
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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