Missing e1000 network driver in Photon OS 4.0 Rev2
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Description
Describe the bug
I am running Photon OS 4.0 Rev2 in the latest VMware Workstation. There was a system crash and when I rebooted the VM, it appears that the e1000 driver became lost. It does not show up in dmesg. I extracted the photon-4.0-c001795b8 iso and unfortunately, I cannot locate any network driver in the RPMS directory and its subdirectories. Apparently, it is not labeled as e1000driver or something obvious but is labeled something less obvious. Does anyone know what the e1000 driver is called in the Photon OS iso for this version?
Reproduction steps
- Photon OS VM crash in VMware workstation
- Reboot
- Missing e1000 network driver
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Expected behavior
I expect to have internet connection with the e1000 driver loaded. It is not loaded after my system crash.
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Research direction
Start with the Photon OS 4.0 Rev2 environment, the extracted photon-4.0-c001795b ISO and its RPMS directories, then inspect the reported dmesg state after reboot. Done means identifying the e1000 driver package or name for this release and confirming that it loads and provides network connectivity.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- networking, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100