Ethernet on Bionic-Mate?

[zaius]

I have a possibly stupid question  

I can't seem to get the Bionic-Mate build (run off SD) to connect to the internet with an Ethernet to USB adapter.  When I was testing internet speeds with Debian, I just plugged it in and it worked with either USB port.  Now I can't seem to get the same adapter to work Bionic-Mate.  I've tried a bunch of settings.  WiFi still works though.  What am I doing wrong?

[xalius]

Is the kernel config missing the driver for your dongle? What driver is it using on Debian?

[zaius]

Is the kernel config missing the driver for your dongle? What driver is it using on Debian?

Sorry, no idea.  Although I tried two different adapters, a Moshi USB 3 and the Pine64 USB 2, and they both worked on the stock Debian build.

[jpakkane]

I had the same issue but manually running sudo dhclient made it work.

[zaius]

I had the same issue but manually running sudo dhclient made it work.

I tried that, but it didn't work.

"Cannot find device eth0"

[ndp]

I had the same issue but manually running sudo dhclient made it work.

I tried that, but it didn't work.

"Cannot find device eth0"

I got mine to work by making the following change to /lib/udev/rules.d/73-usb-net-by-mac.rules :

from:
    
     IMPORT{builtin}="net_id", NAME="$env{ID_NET_NAME_MAC}"

to:

    IMPORT{builtin}="net_id", NAME="eth0

After making the change I rebooted the pinebook pro and the usb ethernet connection now work properly.

I found the above solution in the following link:
https://superuser.com/questions/1000570/...er-upgrade

 
In my case I also need the "r8152" kernel module because I have a Realtek 8152 USB ethernet adapter so I added r8152 to /etc/modules.

Hope this helps.

[zaius]

I got mine to work by making the following change to /lib/udev/rules.d/73-usb-net-by-mac.rules :

from:
    
     IMPORT{builtin}="net_id", NAME="$env{ID_NET_NAME_MAC}"

to:

    IMPORT{builtin}="net_id", NAME="eth0"

After making the change I rebooted the pinebook pro and the usb ethernet connection now work properly.

I found the above solution in the following link:
https://superuser.com/questions/1000570/...er-upgrade

 
In my case I also need the "r8152" kernel module because I have a Realtek 8152 USB ethernet adapter so I added r8152 to /etc/modules.

Hope this helps.

Thanks, I'll try that when I get chance.  There has been quite a bit of OS development since the last time I used my PBP.  I'm still leaning towards Ubuntu when things get settled, and there is an SPI boot, working SSD adapter, etc.  Ubuntu is what I used the day my MBP was getting its battery replaced, and it seems to have the most software packaged.

[Arwen]

@zaius, you can use "lsusb" to see what USB driver is needed. In my case;

Code:

# lsusb -s 004:004 -v
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 0b95:1790 ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet
...
# grep -i 179 /usr/src/linux/.config
CONFIG_USB_NET_AX88179_178A=m
...
# modprobe ax88179_178a
# ifconfig -a
...
enp56s0f4u1u1: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
       ether 00:0a:cd:26:45:3c  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
       RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
       RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
       TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
       TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
...

Note I am not using that interface. I have a builtin Ethernet on the computer I am using now.

Edit: Forgot to mention that I simplified the USB & kernel module command sequence. Meaning I ran commands to find what I needed, like the kernel module name.