Ethernet on Bionic-Mate?

[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.