This is after the machine was powered down and this is a fresh boot-up.



art@dtop:~/r8168-8.025.00$ tail /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

# EDAC driver for amd76x clashes with the agp driver preventing the aperture
# from being initialised (Ubuntu: #297750). Blacklist so that the driver
# continues to build and is installable for the few cases where its
# really needed.
blacklist amd76x_edac

# Ubuntu hates r8169. Tries to run for r8111B which is bad.
blacklist r8169

art@dtop:~/r8168-8.025.00$ lsmod | grep r8169
r8169                  42534  0
art@dtop:~/r8168-8.025.00$